Ice Hockey World Cup 2021

The national hockey league is still looking to revive the world cup of hockey but a proposed tournament in february 2021 has been axed by nhl commissioner gary bettman.

Ice hockey world cup 2021. Each city will host one group and two quarter final games with both semi finals and the medal games to be played in minsk. It will take place from 21 may to 6 june 2021. This marks the 14th time that canada will host the ihwjc. Division i group a.

The tournament will be held in zagreb croatia from 7 to 13 march 2021. Their joint bid won by a very tight margin against the finnish bid with the cities of tampere and helsinki. Chinese taipei great britain latvia mexico north korea spain. The ice hockey world championships are an annual international men s ice hockey tournament organized by the international ice hockey federation iihf.

Iihf council confirms groups for 2021 iihf ice hockey world championship in belarus and latvia. More en lv ru blr lat. Each city will host one group and two quarter final games with both semi finals and the medal games to be played in minsk. Due to the covid 19 pandemic it will be hosted behind closed doors in edmonton alberta canada with no spectators admitted for any game.

However this was ruled out by the nhl later that year. 2021 iihf ice hockey world championship. It is scheduled to begin on december 25 2020 and end with the gold medal game on january 5 2021. Welcome to minsk riga in 2021.

Iihf home 2021 iihf ice hockey world championship. Australia croatia iceland new zealand south africa promoted from division iii turkey. Their joint bid won by a very tight margin against the finnish bid with the cities of tampere and helsinki. Blr lat 24 feb 2020.

Minsk was the sole host of the 2014 iihf wor. A hedgehog was voted as official mascot for the 2021 iihf ice hockey world championship in minsk riga. It will be the second time hosting for both cities. The league will attempt to hold the next edition of the world cup in 2024.

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. A planned world cup of hockey in 2020 was shelved in january this year amid uncertainty over labor relations in the north american ice hockey league. The tournament will be held in jaca spain from 10 to 16 april 2021. In august 2019 it was reported that a world cup could take place in february 2021 if the cba could be extended or renewed.

Venue s 2 in 2 host cities the 2021 iihf world championship will be co hosted by minsk belarus and riga latvia as the iihf announced on 19 may 2017. Iihf home 2021 iihf ice hockey world championship. Division i group b. Welcome spiky the hedgehog.