2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships
The International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF organized in 2010 for the 74th time World Ice Hockey Championships.
The tournaments at a glance
Men 's World Cup
The 74th Ice Hockey World Championship for Men was held from 7 to 23 May 2010 in Cologne, Mannheim and Gelsenkirchen in Germany. The opening match between Germany and the United States took place at the Veltins- Arena in Gelsenkirchen before 77,803 spectators, this set a new world record in ice hockey spectators dar.
The other tournaments were held in the following places:
- Division I Group A: 19 to 25 April 2010 in Tilburg, The Netherlands
- Group B: 17 to 23 April 2010 in Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Group A: 11 to 17 April 2010 in Mexico City, Mexico
- Group B: 10 to 16 April 2010 in Narva, Estonia
- Group A: 14 to 17 April 2010 in Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Group B: 14 to 18 April 2010 in Yerevan, Armenia
Women
Due to the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver ( Canada), no tournament for women was held.
Juniors ( U20)
The 34th World Junior Championship ( U20) took place from 26 December 2009 to 5 January 2010 in Saskatoon and Regina in Canada. The other tournaments were held in the following places:
- Division I Group A: 14 to 20 December 2009, Megève and Saint- Gervais- les- Bains, France
- Group B: 14 to 20 December, 2009 in Gdansk, Poland
- Group A: 13 to 19 December 2009 Debrecen, Hungary
- Group B: 12 to 18 December, 2009 in Narva, Estonia
Juniors ( U18)
The 12th World Championship for Junior (U18 ) was held in Belarus from 13 to 23 April 2010 in Minsk and Bobruisk. The other tournaments were held in the following locations:
- Division I Group A: 12 to 18 April 2010 in Herning, Denmark
- Group B: 11 to 17 April 2010 in Krynica -Zdrój, Poland
- Group A: 13 to 19 March 2010 in Narva, Estonia
- Group B: 22 to 28 March 2010 in Brovary, Ukraine
- Group A: 8 to 14 March 2010 in Erzurum, Turkey
- Group B: 14 to 20 March 2010 in Monterrey, Mexico
Junior ( U18)
The 3rd Hockey World Championship U18 Junior Women was held from March 27 to April 3, 2010 in Chicago in the United States instead. The tournament of Division I was held in Piešťany in Slovakia from 3 to 9 April 2010.