In May, it’s finally time for the Hockey World Championship 2026. To begin with, the tournament will be played in Switzerland. Consequently, fans can look forward to not only thrilling hockey but also the stunning backdrop of the Swiss Alps. Therefore, if you’re a hockey fan, here’s everything you need to know about it!
Team Canada is looking for revenge after last year, when they were surprisingly eliminated in the quarterfinals by Denmark and for the loss in the Olympic final. As a result, they will be eager to prove themselves. In fact, they will get their shot in May, since the 89th annual Hockey World Championship is being played. Moreover, Canada has a history of bouncing back strong after setbacks. In other words, the team will arrive motivated, hungry, and determined. Ultimately, all eyes will be on them to see if they can reclaim glory.
When is Hockey World Championship 2026?
The World’s 2026 will be held between May 15th and May 31st in Switzerland. Interestingly, the last time Switzerland hosted the World’s was back in 2009. Since then, the country has continued to strengthen its hockey culture and build modern arenas. The games will be divided between Zürich and Fribourg.
The arenas
The arena in Zürich is called Swiss Life Arena and holds 12,000 spectators. Meanwhile, the arena in Fribourg is called BCF Arena and holds 9,262 seats. Additionally, both cities are well prepared to welcome fans from across the globe. However, Russia and Belarus remain banned from participation. This means that, once again, the competition will look slightly different than in previous decades.
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Where can I watch the World’s?
It has not yet been announced. However, last year the World’s was available on the NHL Network, and, therefore, fans can reasonably expect similar coverage. At the same time, new streaming options may also become available. In any case, hockey fans worldwide will have multiple ways to tune in.
Groups
A total of 16 teams are divided into two groups. Specifically, Group A will be playing in Fribourg, and Group B in Zürich. In other words, fans in both cities will get plenty of action. Furthermore, the group stage always produces upsets, rivalries, and surprises. Consequently, the road to the playoffs will not be easy for anyone.
Group A:
Sweden
USA
Czechia
Denmark
Slovakia
Norway
Slovenia
Italy
Gruoup B:
Switzerland
Canada
Finland
Germany
Latvia
Austria
Hungary
Great Britain
Schedule
Here is the full schedule. All start times are EST.
15th of May
10.20 AM: Finland – Germany 3-1
10.20 AM: Sweden – Canada 5-3
2.20 PM: Switzerland – USA 1-3
2.20 PM: Denmark – Czechia 4-1
16th of May
6.20 AM: Austria – Great Britain 5-2
6.20 AM: Slovakia – Norway 2-1
10.20 AM: Finland – Hungary 4-1
10.20 AM: Canada – Italy 6-0
2.20 PM: Switzerland – Latvia 4-2
2.20 PM: Slovenia – Czechia 3-2 OT
17th of May
6.20 AM: USA – Great Britain 5-1
6.20 AM: Italy – Slovakia 1-4
10.20 AM: Austria – Hungary 4-2
10.20 AM: Sweden – Denmark 6-2
2.20 PM: Germany – Latvia 0-2
2.20 PM: Norway – Slovenia 4-0
18th of May
10.20 AM: Finland – USA 6-2
10.20 AM: Canada – Denmark 5-1
2.20 PM: Switzerland – Germany 6-1
2.20 PM: Czechia – Sweden 4-3
19th of May
10.20 AM: Latvia – Austria 1-3
10.20 AM: Italy – Norway 0-4
2.20 PM: Hungary – Great Britain 5-0
2.20 PM: Slovenia – Slovakia 4-5 AP
20th of May
10.20 AM: Switzerland – Austria 9-0
10.20 AM: Czechia – Italy 3-1
2.20 PM: USA – Germany 4-3 AP
2.20 PM: Sweden – Slovenia 6-0
21th of May
10.20 AM: Finland – Latvia 7-1
10.20 AM: Norway – Canada 5-6 OT
2.20 PM: Switzerland – Great Britain 4-1
2.20 PM: Denmark – Slovakia 1-5
22th of May
10.20 AM: Hungary – Germany 2-6
10.20 AM: Canada – Slovenia 3-1
2.20 PM: Finland – Great Britain 4-0
2.20 PM: Italy – Sweden 3-0
23th of May
6.20 AM: USA – Latvia 2-4
6.20 AM: Denmark – Slovenia 4-0
10.20 AM: Switzerland – Hungary 9-0
10.20 AM: Slovakia – Czechia 2-3
2.20 PM: Germany – Austria 6-2
2.20 PM: Sweden – Norway 2-3
24th of May
10.20 AM: Latvia – Great Britain 6-0
10.20 AM: Denmark – Italy 3-2 AP
2.20 PM: Finland – Austria 5-2
2.20 PM: Canada – Slovakia 5-1
25th of May
10.20 AM: USA – Hungary
10.20 AM: Czhechia – Norway
2.20 PM: Germany – Great Britain
2.20 PM: Slovenia – Italy
26th of May
6.20 AM: Hungary – Latvia
6.20 AM: Norway – Denmark
10.20 AM: USA – Austria
10.20 AM: Slovakia – Sweden
2.20 PM: Switzerland – Finland
2.20 PM: Czechia – Canada
Playoff schedule
May 28
10.20 AM: Quarter final 1
10.20 AM: Quarter final 2
2.20 PM: Quarter final 3
2.20 PM: Quarter final 4
30th of May
8.20 AM: Semifinal 1
12.20 PM: Semifinal 2
31th of May
2.20 PM: Final
Rosters
Team USA:
Devin Cooley, G
Drew Commesso, G
Joseph Woll, G
Ryan Ufko, D
Mason Lohrei, D
Will Borgen, D
Wyatt Kaiser, D
Ryan Lindgren, D
Declan Carlile, D
Justin Faulk, D
Connor Clifton, D
Ryan Leonard, F
James Hagens, F
Oliver Moore, F
Tommy Novak, F
Sam Lafferty, F
Alex Steeves, F
Isaac Howard, F
Mathieu Olivier, F
Max Plante, F
Matt Coronato, F
Paul Cotter, F
Max Sasson, F
Danny Nelson, F
Team Switzerland:
Sandro Aeschlimann, G
Leonardo Genoni, G
Dean Kukan, D
Sven Jung, D
Christian Marti, D
Tim Berni, D
Dominik Egli, D
Janis Moser, D
Roman Josi, D
Simon Knak, F
Damien Riat, F
Nico Hischier, F
Ken Jager, F
Nino Niederreiter, F
Timo Meier, F
Pius Suter, F
Denis Malgin, F
Calvin, Thurkauf, F
Sven Andrighetto, F
Christoph Bertschy, F
Theo Rochette, F
Attilio Biasca, D
Team Finland:
Joonas Korpisalo, G
Justus Annunen, G
Harri Sateri, G
Olli Maatta, D
Mikko Lehtonen, D
Henri Jokiharju, D
Vili Saarijarvi, D
Nikolas Matinpalo, D
Ville Heinola, D
Mikael Seppala, D
Urho Vaakanainen, D
Jesse Puljujarvi, F
Anton Lundell, F
Aleksander Barkov, F
Waltteri Merela, F
Patrik Puistola, F
Hannes Bjorninen, F
Janne Kuokkanen, F
Aatu Raty, F
Eemil Erholtz, F
Sakari Manninen, F
Saku Maenalanen, F
Tuevo Teravainen, F
Lenni Hameenaho, F
Team Germany:
Jonas Stettmer, G
Maximilian Franzreb, G
Philipp Grubauer, G
Kai Wissmann, D
Leon Gawanke, D
Eric Mik, D
Leon Huttl, D
Fabio Wagner, D
Philip Sinn, D
Moritz Seider, D
Marcus Weber, D
Maximilian Kasnter, F
Stefan Loibl, F
Nicolas Krammer, F
Alexander Ehl, F
Andreas Eder, F
Joshua Samanski, F
Manuel Wiederer, F
Parker Tuomie, F
Marc Michaelis, F
Daniel Fischbuch, F
Dominik Kahun, F
Lukas Reichel, F
Samuel Dove-McFalls, F
Frederik Tiffels, F
Team Latvia:
Gustavs Grigals, G
Mareks Mitens, G
Kristers Gudlevskis, G
Alberts Smits, D
Kristofers Bindulis, D
Arturs Andzans, D
Oskars Cibulskis, D
Ralfs Freibergs, D
Miks Tumanov, D
Roberts Mamcics, D
Kristaps Zile, D
Renars Krastenbergs, F
Glebs Prohorenkovs, F
Olivers Murnieks, F
Martins Dzierkals, F
Rudolfs Balcers, F
Toms Andersons, F
Sandis Vilmanis, F
Oskars Lapinskis, F
Deniss Smirnovs, F
Kristaps Skrastins, F
Filips Buncis, F
Oskars Batna, F
Haralds Egle, F
Team Austria:
David Kickert, G
Florian Vorauer, G
Atte Tolvanen, G
Ramon Schnetzer, D
Dominic Hackl, D
David Maier, D
Paul Stapelfeldt, D
Bernd Wolf, D
Gregor Biber, D
Thimo Nickl, D
Clemens Unterweger, D
Peter Schneider, F
Maximilian Rebernig, F
Leon Wallner, F
Henrik Neubauer, F
Dominic Zwerger, F
Ian Scherzer, F
Vinzenz Rohrer, F
Tim Harnisch, F
Lucas Thaler, F
Paul Huber, F
Simeon Schwinger, F
Benjamin Nissner, F
Leon Kolarik, F
Mario Huber, F
Team Hungary:
Bence Balizs, G
Adam Vay, G
Levente Hegedus, G
Marko Csollak, D
Bence Stipicz, D
Roland Kiss, D
Zeteny Hadobas, D
Gabor Tornyai, D
Milan Horvath, D
Tamas Ortenzky, D
Zsombor Garat, D
Doman Szongoth, F
Bence Horvath, F
Krisztian Nagy, F
Janos Hari, F
Istvan Sofron, F
Kristof Papp, F
Vilmos Gallo, F
Istvan Terbocs, F
Csanad Erdely, F
Marton Nemes, F
Csanad Ravasz, F
Peter Vincze, F
Balazs Sebok, F
Tamas Sarpatki, F
Team Great Britain:
Mat Robson, G
Ben Bowns, G
Lucas Brine, G
Liam Steele, D
Bradley Jenion, D
Mark Richardson, D
Josh Tetlow, D
David Clements, D
Joseph Hazeldine, D
Nathanael Halbert, D
Travis Brown, D
Ben Davies, F
Robert Lachowicz, F
Brett Perlini, F
Liam Kirk, F
Jack Hopkins, F
Sam Lyne, F
Cole Shudra, F
Johnny Curran, F
Logain Neilson, F
Ollie Betteridge, F
Robert Dowd, F
Bayley Harewood, F
Josh Waller, F
Cade Neilson, F
Group B
Team Canada:
Jet Greaves, G
Jack Ivankovic, G
Cam Talbot, G
Evan Bouchard, D
Dylan DeMelo, D
Sam Dickinson, D
Denton Mateychuk, D
Darnell Nurse, D
Morgan Rielly, D
Zach Whitecloud, D
Parker Wotherspoon, D
Sidney Crosby, F
Connor Brown, F
Macklin Celebrini, F
Dylan Cozens, F
Emmitt Finnie, F
Dylan Holloway, F
Fraser Minten, F
Ryan O’Reilly, F
Mark Scheifele, F
John Tavares, F
Robert Thomas, F
Gabriel Vilardi, F
Dawson Mercer, F
Team Sweden:
Arvid Soderblom, G
Magnus Hellberg, G
Love Harenstam, G
Jacob Larsson, D
Robert Hagg, D
Mattias Ekholm, D
Oliver Ekman-Larsson, D
Erik Brannstrom, D
Albert Johansson, D
Joel Persson, D
Linus Karlsson, F
Simon Holmstrom, F
Lucas Raymond, F
Jack Berglund, F
Anton Frondell, F
Andre Petersson, F
Jakob Silfverberg, F
Ivar Stenberg, F
Emil Heineman, F
Viggo Bjorck, F
Oskar Sundqvist, F
Rasmus Asplund, F
Carl Grundstrom, F
Jacon de la Rose, F
Team Czechia:
Josef Kořenář, G
Petr Kváča, G
Dominik Pavlát, G
Marek Alscher, D
Tomáš Cibulka, D
Tomáš Galvas, D
Libor Hájek, D
Filip Hronek, D
Michal Kempný, D
Jan Ščotka, D
Jiří Ticháček, D
Daniel Voženílek, F
Ondřej Beránek, F
Matěj Blümel, F
Jiří Černoch, F
Roman Červenka, F
Jakub Flek, F
Jaroslav Chmelář, F
Martin Kaut, F
Michal Kovařčík, F
Dominik Kubalík, F
Jan Mandát, F
Matyáš Melovský, F
Lukáš Sedlák, F
David Tomášek, F
Team Denmark:
Nicolaj Henriksen, G
Mads Søgaard, G
Frederik Dichow, G
Malte Setkov, D
Kasper Larsen, D
Markus Lauridsen, D
Morten Jensen, D
Daniel Baastrup, D
Anders Koch, D
Jesper Jensen Aabo, D
Phillip Bruggisser, D
Oliver Kjaer, F
Frederik Storm, F
Alexander True, F
Morten Poulsen, F
Jacob Schmidt-Svejstrup, F
Felix Scheel, F
Patrick Russell, F
Christian Wejse, F
Phillip Schultz, F
Mathias From, F
David Madsen, F
Nick Olesen, F
Mikkel Aagaard, F
Joachim Blichfeld, F
Team Slovakia:
Adam Gajan, G
Samuel Hlavaj, G
Eugen Rabcan, G
Frantisek Gajdos, D
Jozef Villiam Kmec, D
Samuel Knazko, D
Patrik Koch, D
Jakub Melisko, D
Luka Radivojevic, D
Mislav Rosandic, D
Maxim Strbak, D
Sebastian Cederle, F
Martin Fasko-Rudas, F
Marek Hrivik, F
Martin Chromiak, F
Andrej Kollar, F
Filip Mesar, F
Jakub Minarik, F
Aurel Naus, F
Oliver Okuliar, F
Servac Petrovsky, F
Kristian Pospisil, F
Martin Pospisil, F
Adam Sykora, F
Team Norway:
Tobias Normann, G
Henrik Haukeland, G
Mathias Arnkvæern, G
Johannes Johannesen, D
Victor Kopperstad, D
Kristian Østby, D
Max Krogdahl, D
Adrian Saxrud-Danielsen, D
Christian Kåsastul, D
Sander Hurrod, D
Stian Solberg, D
Mikkel Oby-Olsen, F
Noah Steen, F
Petter Vesterheim, F
Eirik Østrem Salsten, F
Thomas Olsen, F
Håvard Østrem Salsten, F
Emilio Pettersen, F
Mikkel Eriksen, F
Martin Rønnild, F
Jacob Berglund, F
Patrick Elvsveen, F
Andreas Martinsen, F
Markus Vikingstad, F
Tinus Luc Koblar, F
Eskild Bakke Olsen, F
Team Slovenia:
Lukaš Horak, G
Luka Kolin, G
Žan Us, G
Rožle Bohinc, D
Aljoša Crnović, D
Jan Ćosić, D
Jan Goličič, D
Blaž Gregorc, D
Aleksandar Magovac, D
Maks Perčič, D
Miha Štebih, D
Miha Beričič, F
Jan Drozg, F
Žan Jezovšek, F
Anže Kuralt, F
Nace Langus, F
Marcel Mahkovec, F
Luka Maver, F
Ken Ograjenšek, F
Robert Sabolič, F
Nik Simšič, F
Filip Sitar, F
Jaka Sodja, F
Rok Tičar, F
Matic Török, F
Team Italy:
Davide Faldani, G
Colin Furlong, G
Jacob Smith, G
Carmine Buono, D
Dylan Di Perna, D
Gregorio Gios, D
Gabriel Nitz, D
Phil Pietroniro, D
Peter Spornberger, D
Alex Trivellato, D
Luca Zanatta, D
Matt Bradley, F
Tommaso De Luca, F
Ivan Deluca, F
Cristiano DiGiacinto, F
Luca Frigo, F
Mikael Frycklund, F
Niccolò Mansueto, F
Daniel Mantenuto, F
Matthias Mantinger, F
Bryce Misley, F
Tommy Purdeller, F
Nick Saracino, F
Alessandro Segafredo, F
Marco Zanetti, F
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