2027 IIHF World Championship

{{Short description|2027 edition of the IIHF World Championship}}

{{Infobox international ice hockey competition

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| year = 2027

| other_titles = Eishockey-Weltmeisterschaft der Herren 2027 {{nobold|{{in lang|de}}}}

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| country = Germany

| dates = 14–30 May

| num_teams = 16

| venues = 2

| cities = 2

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| prevseason = 2026

| nextseason = 2028

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The 2027 IIHF World Championship will be hosted by Düsseldorf and Mannheim, Germany, from 14 to 30 May 2027.

Host nation bid

The only bidders were Kazakhstan and Germany.{{cite web|title=Offiziell: DEB bewirbt sich um die Austragung der WM 2027, Konkurrenz aus Kasachstan und Norwegen|website=eishockeynews.de|url=https://www.eishockeynews.de/artikel/2022/09/23/offiziell-deb-bewirbt-sich-um-die-austragung-der-wm-2027-konkurrenz-aus-kasachstan-und-norwegen/45060842-e43a-4d6f-a9d5-5378cd5f0092.html|access-date=23 September 2022}} Norway withdrew its bid in January, four and a half months before the host selection.{{cite web|title=Norway withdraws bid|website=IIHF|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/41675/norway_withdraws_bid|access-date=30 May 2023}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hockey4you.no/post/norsk-ishockey-omfavner-vm-planer-n%C3%A5-er-f%C3%B8rste-s%C3%B8kerby-valgt|title=Norsk ishockey omfavner VM-planer, nå er første søkerby valgt|date=29 January 2022|website=Hockey4You}} Austria had also expressed interest.{{Cite web|url=https://hockey-news.info/oeehv-verband-plant-eine-a-wm-in-oesterreich-die-chancen-stehen-gut/|title=ÖEHV: Verband plant eine A-WM in Österreich – die Chancen stehen gut! – Hockey-News.info – Alle News über das nationale und internationale Eishockey|website=hockey-news.info|date=21 May 2019}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" ! rowspan=2 \| Bids
Votes
style="background:#90ee90;" \| style="text-align:left;"\| {{GER}} \| 102
style="text-align:left;"\| {{KAZ}} \| 34
colspan=1\| Total ! align=center\| 136

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! rowspan=2 | Bids

Votes

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| style="text-align:left;"| {{GER}}

| 102

style="text-align:left;"| {{KAZ}}

| 34

colspan=1| Total

! align=center| 136

In the end, on 26 May 2023, the IIHF Congress awarded Germany the rights to host the competition.{{cite web|title=And 2027 goes to …|website=iihf.com|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/45067/and_2027_goes_to_%e2%80%a6|access-date=26 May 2023}}

Venues

Two venues will be used.{{cite web|title=2027 IIHF-Eishockey-Weltmeisterschaft wird in Deutschland ausgetragen – Eishockey-Weltverband IIHF vergibt Recht zur Austragung an DEB|website=deb-online.de|url=https://www.deb-online.de/2023/05/26/2027-iihf-eishockey-weltmeisterschaft-wird-in-deutschland-ausgetragen-eishockey-weltverband-iihf-vergibt-recht-zur-austragung-an-deb/|access-date=26 May 2023}} There is potential that Germany's opening game will be at the football stadium, similar to 2010.{{Cite web|url=https://www.spiegel.de/sport/eishockey/eishockey-wm-2027-deutschland-erhaelt-wm-zuschlag-a-719b44ec-a6ef-4256-b131-556f640564fc|title=Deutschland richtet Eishockey-WM 2027 aus|date=26 May 2023|work=Der Spiegel|lang=de}}

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PSD Bank Dome !SAP Arena
Capacity: 14,282 !Capacity: 13,600
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!Düsseldorf

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!Mannheim

PSD Bank Dome

!SAP Arena

Capacity: 14,282

!Capacity: 13,600

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