The 2028 IIHF World Championship will be hosted by either France or Kazakhstan from 12 to 28 May 2028. ^[1]

Bidding process

These are the bids: ^[2]

•   France
•   Kazakhstan
•   Norway (withdrew)

The vote will take place on 24 May 2024, during the IIHF General Assembly in Prague. ^[1]

France

On 5 September 2023, the French Federation confirmed their plans to host the World Championship for the first time since 2017, with matches in Paris and Lyon after discussions about a potential co-host with Great Britain fell through. ^[3] In January 2024, their application was officially submitted. ^{[1] [4]}

These are the venues for the French bid:

• Paris – Accor Arena, capacity 15,000
• Lyon – LDLC Arena, capacity 12,500

Kazakhstan

On 9 February 2024, Kazakhstan filed another bid for the championship after losing to Germany for 2027. ^[5] Similar to 2027, the venues are in Astana and Almaty. ^[6]

These are the venues for the Kazakh bid:

• Almaty – Almaty Arena, capacity 12,000
• Astana – Barys Arena, capacity 11,578

Withdrawn bid

Norway

After withdrawing from the 2027 bidding process, Norway considered bidding for 2028. ^[7] However, this didn't materialise due to financial reasons. ^[3]

Participants

Qualified as hosts

  France   Kazakhstan

Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2027 IIHF World Championship

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Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2027 IIHF World Championship Division I

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