Sixteen elite nations descend upon the ice this May for a high-stakes battle. Map out every matchup from the opening puck drop to the gold medal final.
The schedule for the 2026 IIHF World Hockey Championships has been released.
The tournament is slated to start on Friday, May 15th, and run until Sunday, May 31st, when the medal games will take place.
The tournament consists of two groups, A and B, with a total of eight teams in each.
Group A
- United States
- Switzerland
- Finland
- Germany
- Latvia
- Austria
- Hungary
- Great Britain
Group B
- Canada
- Sweden
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Slovakia
- Norway
- Slovenia
- Italy
Below is the schedule for the 2026 World Hockey Championships, all in Eastern Standard Time (ET):
Friday, May 15
- 10:20 a.m. ET: Finland vs Germany
- 10:20 a.m. ET: Canada vs Sweden
- 4:20 p.m. ET: USA vs Switzerland
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Czechia vs Denmark
Saturday, May 16
- 6:20 a.m. ET: Great Britain vs Austria
- 6:20 a.m. ET: Slovakia vs Norway
- 10:20 a.m. ET: Hungary vs Finland
- 10:20 a.m. ET: Italy vs Canada
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Switzerland vs Latvia
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Slovenia vs Czechia
Sunday, May 17
- 6:20 a.m. ET: Great Britain vs USA
- 6:20 a.m. ET: Italy vs Slovakia
- 10:20 a.m. ET: Austria vs Hungary
- 10:20 a.m. ET: Denmark vs Sweden
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Germany vs Latvia
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Norway vs Slovenia
Monday, May 18
- 10:20 a.m. ET: Finland vs USA
- 10:20 a.m. ET: Canada vs Denmark
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Germany vs Switzerland
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Sweden vs Czechia
Tuesday, May 19
- 10:20 a.m. ET: Latvia vs Austria
- 10:20 a.m. ET: Italy vs Norway
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Hungary vs Great Britain
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Slovenia vs Slovakia
Wednesday, May 20
- 10:20 a.m. ET: Austria vs Switzerland
- 10:20 a.m. ET: Czechia vs Italy
- 4:20 p.m. ET: USA vs Germany
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Sweden vs Slovenia
Thursday, May 21
- 10:20 a.m. ET: Latvia vs Finland
- 10:20 a.m. ET: Canada vs Norway
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Switzerland vs Great Britain
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Denmark vs Slovakia
Friday, May 22
- 10:20 a.m. ET: Germany vs Hungary
- 10:20 a.m. ET: Canada vs Slovenia
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Finland vs Great Britain
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Sweden vs Italy
Saturday, May 23
- 6:20 a.m. ET: Latvia vs USA
- 6:20 a.m. ET: Denmark vs Slovenia
- 10:20 a.m. ET: Switzerland vs Hungary
- 10:20 a.m. ET: Slovakia vs Czechia
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Austria vs Germany
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Norway vs Sweden
Sunday, May 24
- 10:20 a.m. ET: Great Britain vs Latvia
- 10:20 a.m. ET: Denmark vs Italy
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Finland vs Austria
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Slovakia vs Canada
Monday, May 25
- 10:20 a.m. ET: USA vs Hungary
- 10:20 a.m. ET: Czechia vs Norway
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Germany vs Great Britain
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Slovenia vs Italy
Tuesday, May 26
- 6:20 a.m. ET: Hungary vs Latvia
- 6:20 a.m. ET: Norway vs Denmark
- 10:20 a.m. ET: USA vs Austria
- 10:20 a.m. ET: Sweden vs Slovakia
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Switzerland vs Finland
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Czechia vs Canada
Thursday, May 28
Quarterfinals
- 10:20 a.m. ET: Quarterfinals Game 1
- 10:20 a.m. ET: Quarterfinals Game 3
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Quarterfinals Game 2
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Quarterfinals Game 4
Saturday, May 30
Semifinals
- 9:20 a.m. ET: Semifinals Winners Game 1
- 4:00 p.m. ET: Semifinals Winners Game 2
Sunday, May 31
- 11:30 a.m. ET: Bronze Medal Game
- 4:20 p.m. ET: Gold Medal Game
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