The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the Ice Hockey World Federation IIHF have the Schedules for both Olympic ice hockey tournaments in Milan next year. For the first time in 20 years, the Deutscher Eishockey-Bund (DEB) with men and women Team Germany will represent at the 2026 Olympics.
The German men's national team starts in Group C on Thursday, 12 February 2026, against Denmark. Women's team The games will begin a week earlier on Thursday, February 5, 2026, against Sweden.
The familiar format from the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing has been adopted for Milano Cortina 2026. Both German teams face a tight schedule: The men's team will play three matches within four days. After the opening match against Denmark and a day off, they will immediately face Latvia and world champions USA. The women's team will compete in Group B over five days against Sweden, Japan, France, and hosts Italy for the quarterfinals.
In the Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina 2026 will be available for the first time since 2014 NHL professionals be on the national team roster. Six German NHL players have already been announced for the preliminary men's roster.
The men's ice hockey tournament will take place from February 11 to 22. The women's tournament begins on February 5, with the final on February 19. The main venue will be the new Milan Santa Giulia Sand with 14.000 seats. The second venue is the Milan Rho Arena with 5.700 seats.
Match dates of the German ice hockey teams in Milano Cortina 2026:
Men – Group C
12.02.2026/21/10 | XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. | Germany - Denmark
14.02.2026/12/10 | XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. | Germany – Latvia
February 15.02.2026, 21 | 10:XNUMX PM | USA – Germany
Women – Group B
05.02.2026/12/10 | XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. | Sweden - Germany
07.02.2026/12/10 | XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. | Germany - Japan
09.02.2026/16/40 | XNUMX:XNUMX p.m. | Germany - France
February 10.02.2026, 16 | 40:XNUMX PM | Italy – Germany
Ticketing information is available at https://tickets.milanocortina2026.org/en
The complete schedule is available on the IIHF website: www.iihf.com