2019 IIHF World Championship (WFAC)

The 2019 IIHF World Championship will be hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), and held in Copenhagen and Herning, Denmark, in 2020. The tournament is the top division of the 2019 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.

Bidding process
The application deadline was 1 September 2013, at which the IIHF had received two applications:


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 * Denmark was the only top-ranked IIHF country that had never hosted the tournament. Denmark had, however, hosted the Pool B tournament two times (1994 and 1999) and the Pool C tournament three times (1977, 1987 and 1991). The proposed arenas were the in  and the  in . Both arenas have a capacity of around 12,000 for hockey games.
 * Denmark was the only top-ranked IIHF country that had never hosted the tournament. Denmark had, however, hosted the Pool B tournament two times (1994 and 1999) and the Pool C tournament three times (1977, 1987 and 1991). The proposed arenas were the in  and the  in . Both arenas have a capacity of around 12,000 for hockey games.


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 * Latvia hosted the IIHF World Championship in 2007. The proposed arenas were, and a secondary venue to be built.
 * Latvia hosted the IIHF World Championship in 2007. The proposed arenas were, and a secondary venue to be built.

At the annual IIHF congress in Prague on 15 May 2015, Denmark was voted the host of the 2019 tournament, defeating the runner-up Latvia which received 12 votes.