The 2028 IIHF World Championship will be hosted in

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and

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from 12 to 28 May 2028, as they were the only bid to host this IIHF World Championship.

Host Nation Bid

These were the bids: * * (withdrew) * (withdrew) On 24 May 2024, during the IIHF General Assembly in

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, France was confirmed as the host.

France

On 5 September 2023, the French Federation confirmed their plans to host the World Championship for the first time since

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, with matches in

and

after discussions about a potential co-host with

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fell through. In January 2024, their application was officially submitted. These are the venues for the French bid: *

–

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, capacity 15,000 *

– LDLC Arena, capacity 12,500

Withdrawn bids

Kazakhstan

On 9 February 2024, Kazakhstan filed another bid for the championship after losing to

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for

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. Similar to 2027, the proposed venues were in

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and

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. The bid was withdrawn before the final decision on 9 May. These were the venues for the Kazakh bid: *

–

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, capacity 12,000 *

–

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, capacity 11,578

Norway

After withdrawing from the

bidding process, Norway considered bidding for 2028. However, this did not materialise due to financial reasons.

Venues

Participants

; Qualified as hosts * ; Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2027 IIHF World Championship: * TBD * TBD * TBD * TBD * TBD * TBD * TBD * TBD * TBD * TBD * TBD * TBD * TBD ; Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2027 IIHF World Championship Division I: * TBD * TBD

References

2028 Men Scheduled ice hockey competitions

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