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2023 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
2022
2024

The 2023 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships will be the 86th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams will participate in several levels of competition. The competition will also serve as qualifications for division placements in the 2024 competition.[1]

Championship (Top Division)[]

The tournament will be held in Tampere, Finland and Riga, Latvia from 12 to 28 May 2023.[2]

Teams

Division I[]

Group A[]

The tournament will be held in Nottingham, England from 29 April to 5 May 2023.[2]


Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom (H) 5 4 1 0 0 24 7 +17 14 Promoted to the 2024 Top Division
2 Flag of Poland Poland 5 4 0 1 0 28 9 +19 13
3 Flag of Italy Italy 5 3 0 0 2 23 16 +7 9
4 Flag of Korea South Korea 5 2 0 0 3 8 20 −12 6
5 Flag of Romania Romania 5 1 0 0 4 9 26 −17 3
6 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 5 0 0 0 5 7 21 −14 0 Relegated to the 2024 Division I B
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Group B[]

The tournament will be held in Tallinn, Estonia from 23 to 29 April 2023.[2]


Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Flag of Japan Japan 5 5 0 0 0 29 10 +19 15 Promoted to the 2024 Division I A
2 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 5 3 0 1 1 35 16 +19 10
3 Flag of China China 5 2 1 0 2 19 18 +1 8
4 Flag of Estonia Estonia (H) 5 1 1 0 3 13 18 −5 5
5 Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 5 1 0 1 3 14 31 −17 4
6 Flag of Serbia Serbia 5 0 1 1 3 7 24 −17 3 Relegated to the 2024 Division II A
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Division II[]

Group A[]

The tournament will be held in Madrid, Spain from 16 to 22 April 2023.[2]


Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Flag of Spain Spain (H) 5 5 0 0 0 30 9 +21 15 Promoted to the 2024 Division I B
2 Flag of Georgia Georgia 5 4 0 0 1 20 8 +12 12
3 Flag of Croatia Croatia 5 3 0 0 2 26 18 +8 9
4 Flag of Australia Australia 5 1 0 0 4 16 22 −6 3[lower-alpha 1]
5 Flag of Israel Israel 5 1 0 0 4 14 37 −23 3[lower-alpha 1]
6 Flag of Iceland Iceland 5 1 0 0 4 14 26 −12 3[lower-alpha 1] Relegated to the 2024 Division II B
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.
Notes:

Group B[]

The tournament will be held in Istanbul, Turkey from 17 to 23 April 2023.[1]


Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Flag of the United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates 5 5 0 0 0 35 10 +25 15 Promoted to the 2024 Division II A
2 Flag of Belgium Belgium 5 4 0 0 1 33 10 +23 12
3 Flag of Bulgaria Bulgaria 5 3 0 0 2 19 20 −1 9
4 Flag of New Zealand New Zealand 5 2 0 0 3 15 22 −7 6
5 Flag of Turkey Turkey (H) 5 1 0 0 4 12 26 −14 3
6 Flag of Mexico Mexico 5 0 0 0 5 10 36 −26 0 Relegated to the 2024 Division III A
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Division III[]

Group A[]

The tournament will be held in Cape Town, South Africa from 17 to 23 April 2023.[1][2]


Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Flag of Chinese Taipei Chinese Taipei 4 4 0 0 0 30 4 +26 12 Promoted to the 2024 Division II B
2 Flag of Turkmenistan Turkmenistan 4 2 0 0 2 17 16 +1 6[lower-alpha 2]
3 Flag of South Africa South Africa (H) 4 2 0 0 2 16 17 −1 6[lower-alpha 2]
4 Flag of Thailand Thailand 4 2 0 0 2 20 21 −1 6[lower-alpha 2]
5 Flag of Luxembourg Luxembourg 4 0 0 0 4 3 28 −25 0
6 Flag of North Korea North Korea[lower-alpha 3] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegated to the 2024 Division III B
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.
Notes:
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  2. Championship updates.

Group B[]

The tournament was held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina from 27 February to 5 March 2023.[1][2]


Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Flag of Kyrgyzstan Kyrgyzstan 5 5 0 0 0 76 5 +71 15 Promoted to the 2024 Division III A
2 Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina (H) 5 3 1 0 1 39 20 +19 11
3 Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong 5 2 1 1 1 41 26 +15 9
4 Flag of Singapore 5 2 0 1 2 31 31 0 7
5 Flag of Iran Iran 5 1 0 0 4 19 53 −34 3
6 Flag of Malaysia Malaysia 5 0 0 0 5 6 77 −71 0 Relegated to the 2024 Division IV
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Division IV[]

The tournament was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 23 to 26 March 2023.[1][2]


Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1 Flag of Philippines Philippines 3 2 1 0 0 35 6 +29 8 Promoted to 2024 Division III B
2 Flag of Mongolia Mongolia (H) 3 2 0 1 0 19 8 +11 7
3 Flag of Kuwait Kuwait 3 1 0 0 2 4 24 −20 3
4 Flag of Indonesia Indonesia 3 0 0 0 3 3 23 −20 0
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

References[]

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External links[]


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