Ice hockey tournaments

The big ones

• At the multi-sport Games · Every 4 yearsWinter Olympic Games (ice hockey) →

  Latest

  the United States won both

  Next

  French Alps 2030, 1 to 17 February

  India

  No medal; India's men have played no official international game since 2018 (the data pass, 2026-10-16)

  The title national teams are measured by, when NHL players take part

• World titles · YearlyIIHF World Championship →

  Latest

  Finland, over Switzerland; Norway third

  Next

  Germany 2027, Düsseldorf and Mannheim

  India

  No top-division game. India's men enter Division IV in 2027 after no official game since 2018

  The men's world title, held every year with divisions below the top group

• World titles · Yearly (in November from 2026, so also in Olympic years)IIHF Women's World Championship →

  Latest

  the United States beat Canada 4–3 in overtime

  Next

  Herning and Esbjerg 2026; 6 to 16 November 2026, so it is also held in an Olympic year; Quebec City 2027

  India

  No top-division game. India's women enter Division IV in 2027; they won bronze at the 2025 IIHF Women's Asia Cup (the data pass)

  The women's world title

• At the multi-sport Games · About every 4 years; next Almaty 2029Asian Winter Games (ice hockey) →

  Men's

  Kazakhstan

  Women's

  Japan

  Next

  Almaty 2029

  India

  India's men played for the first time at Harbin 2025 and placed 12th; they went at their own cost (the data pass, 2026-10-16)

  Asia's winter multi-sport title

Every tournament, by level