Overview
- The 2026 IIHF World Championship will run from May 15 to May 31 with preliminary rounds hosted in Zurich and Fribourg.
- Germany’s national team has been placed in Group A in Zurich alongside host Switzerland, reigning champion USA, Finland, Austria, Great Britain, Hungary and Latvia.
- All of Germany’s preliminary games will take place at the 12,000-seat Swiss Life Arena where strong German support is expected.
- Coach Harold Kreis’s squad enters the tournament after missing the quarterfinals at the 2025 championship in Sweden and Denmark for the first time since 2018.
- Group B matches will be held in Fribourg featuring teams including Canada, Sweden, Slovakia, Denmark, Italy, Norway, Slovenia and the Czech Republic.