IIHF - Game schedules released for all lower divisions of U18 Women’s World Championships

U18 Women’s Worlds

Game schedules released for all lower divisions of U18 Women’s World Championships

by IIHF|02 DEC 2025

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Following the publication of all game schedules for the men’s U20, women’s and men’s U18 tournaments, the IIHF now releases the schedules for all lower divisions of the 2026 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women’s World Championship tournaments.

The top division of the 2026 IIHF U18 Women’s World Championship, set to take place from 10 to 18 January 2026 in Canada, already has its schedule confirmed. Now, the IIHF is pleased to announce the game schedules for all five lower division tournaments in the U18 Women’s category, which will be played across four continents early next year.

The Division I Group A tournament will be hosted in Ritten, Italy, from 12 to 18 January 2026, while Division I Group B will take place in Katowice, Poland, from 5 to 11 January 2026. Division II Group A follows in Istanbul, Türkiye, from 19 to 25 January 2026. One week later, Cape Town, South Africa, will stage the Division II Group B tournament from 26 January to 1 February 2026. Finally, the Division III tournament will be held in Bangkok, Thailand, from 29 January to 4 February 2026.

A full list of links to the five newly published game schedules can be found below: