Ice Hockey Championship Dumfries

First officially held at the 1920 summer olympics it is the sport s highest profile annual international tournament the iihf was created in 1908 while the european championships the precursor to the world championships were first held in 1910.

Ice hockey championship dumfries. Subscribe to our newsletter. This is the second time in five years that ice hockey uk have hosted a division ii tournament after dumfries was the venue for the 2015 competition. The countdown is on to the women s world championship ice hockey tournament at dumfries ice bowl which is being held from monday march 30 to sunday april 5 this year. The ice hockey world championships are an annual international men s ice hockey tournament organized by the international ice hockey federation iihf.

The world championships double header is an incredible boost for the ice bowl british ice hockey and the economy of dumfries and galloway. Ice hockey uk and dumfries council will host both the women s division ii group a and the under 18 women s division i group b competitions. Great britain women will play host to australia dpr korea mexico slovenia and spain from 2nd to 8th april 2019 at dumfries ice bowl. 2019 iihf ice hockey u18 women s world championship division ibq.

Ice hockey uk and dumfries and galloway council have won their bid to host the 2021 under 18 women s world championship in scotland. Please enter a valid email address. The sixth world championship ice hockey tournament to be held in dumfries in just five years concluded at the ice bowl on saturday evening. The u18 tournament takes place from 6th to 12th january 2019.

Great britain under 18 women were set to play on home ice for the second time in three years with the uk scheduled to host the competition in january next year. Thank you for subscribing. In april 2nd 8th another world championship will take place at the dumfries venue to further promote the sport and give a boost to the women s game in great britain. The two tournaments in total will generate more than 350 000 for the regional economy from the funding the council receive for hosting the events.

The great britain ladies team will compete against top seeds kazakhstan plus korea poland new zealand and croatia to try and earn promotion from the international ice hockey federation s group 2a. There will be no under 18 women s world championship event in dumfries this season after the division ii group a tournament was one of 10 cancelled by the iihf but bosses from ice hockey uk and dumfries and galloway council remain committed to international ice hockey returning in the future. Council officials had previously indicated that the ice bowl. The schedule for the 2019 women s world championship division ii group a in dumfries has been confirmed.

Gb are joined by france poland and china as well as promoted netherlands and norway who were relegated from the second tier last season. France took gold norway silver and great britain secured a bronze medal in the women s under 18s world championship division i group b. Ihuk wins bid to host u18 women s world championship tournament in dumfries.