IIHF ICE HOCKEY
WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
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HELD OVER TWO WEEKS (THREE WEEKENDS) IN MAY EACH YEAR
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WORLD’S 16 BEST NATIONAL ICE HOCKEY TEAMS PLAY 64 GAMES
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EACH NATIONAL TEAM PLAYS 7 GAMES IN THE PRELIMINARY ROUND
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THE TOP 4 TEAMS IN EACH GROUP ADVANCE DIRECTLY TO THE QUARTER-FINALS
SCHEDULING
2024
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PUCK DROP (THROUGH Quarter-Finals) at 16:20 and 20:20 local time (GMT +2)
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PUCK DROP (Semi-Finals) at 14:20 and 18:20 local time (GMT +2)
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PUCK DROP (Bronze medal and Gold medal games) at 15:20 and 20:20 local time (GMT +2)
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2 OR 3 games per day per venue, with two rest days during the tournament (after group stage and quarter-finals)
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160 HOURS live footage; news feed available within 30 minutes after end of each game
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FULL ARCHIVE available through Infront
2024
10 - 26 MAY
Prague & Ostrava (CZE)
2025
9 - 25 MAY
Stockholm (SWE) & Herning (DEN)
2026
15 - 31 MAY
Zürich & Fribourg (SUI)
2027
14 - 30 MAY
Düsseldorf & Mannheim (GER)
BROADCAST OBLIGATIONS
At least all games of the national team of the territory, all quarter-finals, semi-finals and medal games.
SPONSOR OBLIGATIONS
Broadcaster to offer main sponsors first negotiation and last refusal for official main sponsorship and/or commercial airtime, on a product category exclusivity basis.
