2019 IIHF World Championship (WFAC)

The 2019 IIHF World Championship is scheduled to be the 73rd edition of the Ice Hockey World Championships hosted by the (IIHF). It is scheduled to take place from 8 to 24 February 2019 in and,. This will be the first time that Denmark has hosted the World Championship on the top division.

Bidding process
The application deadline was 1 September 2013, by which date 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 (1993 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 (1993 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.

Seeding
The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the 2018 IIHF World Ranking:

Rosters
Each teams roster for the 2019 IIHF World Championship consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and two goaltenders, and at most 22 skaters and three goaltenders.

Officials
The IIHF selected 16 referees and 16 linesmen to work the tournament.

Preliminary round
The schedule was released on 8 August 2018.

All times are local .

Playoff round
All times are local .

Final ranking
The official IIHF final ranking of the tournament:

Directorate awards
Best players selected by the IIHF directorate:

All-Star team
The tournament All-Star team voted by the media: