2028 IIHF World Championship

2028 IIHF World Championship

The 2028 IIHF World Championship will be hosted in Paris and Lyon, France from 12 to 28 May 2028, as they were the only bid to host this IIHF World Championship.

Host Nation Bid

2028 IIHF World Championship

•  France •  Kazakhstan (withdrew) •  Norway (withdrew)

On 24 May 2024, during the IIHF General Assembly in Prague, France was confirmed as the host.

France

On 5 September 2023, the French Federation confirmed their plans to host the World Championship for the first time since (/wiki/2017IIHFWorldChampionship), with matches in Paris and Lyon after discussions about a potential co-host with Great Britain fell through. In January 2024, their application was officially submitted.

• Paris – Accor Arena, capacity 15,000 • Lyon – LDLC Arena, capacity 12,500

Kazakhstan

On 9 February 2024, Kazakhstan filed another bid for the championship after losing to Germany for (/wiki/2027IIHFWorldChampionship). Similar to 2027, the proposed venues were in Astana and Almaty. The bid was withdrawn before the final decision on 9 May.

• Almaty – Almaty Arena, capacity 12,000 • Astana – Barys Arena, capacity 11,578

Norway

After withdrawing from the (/wiki/2027IIHFWorldChampionship) bidding process, Norway considered bidding for 2028. However, this did not materialise due to financial reasons.

Venues

2028 IIHF World Championship

Paris	ParisLyon	Lyon
Accor Arena	LDLC Arena
Capacity: 15,000	Capacity: 12,500

Participants

2028 IIHF World Championship

•  France

Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2027 IIHF World Championship:

• TBD • TBD • TBD • TBD • TBD • TBD • TBD • TBD • TBD • TBD • TBD • TBD • TBD

Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2027 IIHF World Championship Division I: