The game plan for the IIHF Women's World Championship 2026 It has been confirmed. The best women's national ice hockey teams in the world will compete on 6 November 2026 in the Danish cities Herning and Esbjerg start the tournament.
We are taking part in the tournament ten teams The preliminary round runs until... 11. November, before the tournament moves into the playoff phase. The medal matches will take place on Monday, November 16th, instead of.
In Group A The USA, Czech Republic, Switzerland are playing, Germany and Austria. All preliminary round matches of this group will be played in Esbjerg Group B consists of Canada, Finland, Sweden, Japan, and host nation Denmark. The preliminary round matches for this group will take place in Herning.
This year's tournament also marks the introduction of a new competition formatUnlike in previous years, when the five highest-placed teams were grouped together in Group A and the next five teams in Group B, the groups will now be determined based on... World rankings and balanced based on the results of last year's tournament. This results in both groups being more evenly matched, which already in the preliminary rounds leads to more competition and excitement in the race for the title. IIHF Women's World Championship 2026 should ensure.
Schedule of the German women's national team (preliminary round/ Group A)
April 07.11.2026, 19 | 00:XNUMX p.m. | Germany - Austria
November 8, 2026 | 3:00 PM | USA – Germany
February 5, 2025 | 6:00 PM | Czech Republic – Germany
April 11.11.2026, 15 | 00:XNUMX p.m. | Germany - Switzerland
More information: IIHF – 2026 IIHF Women's World Championship game schedule released
Source: IIHF