1. IISHF Title Events 2026 - Selection for European Championships
Attached please find the final selection and ranking of the teams for the IISHF European Championships for IISHF Title Events 2026. The ranking and selection of teams for the IISHF European Championships has been done according to §18.5 IISHF Regulations. According to §18.3. IISHF Regulations all participating and listed teams have already officially confirmed their participation on the “IISHF Title Event Confirmation Sheet”.
We kindly ask all NMA’s to inform their teams about their participation and in addition to carefully check the selection list and inform IISHF if anything is not listed according to the input given to IISHF. Deadline for responding to the above request/check is set to 13.01.2026 and reply must be sent to office@iishf.com – in case of no reply we assume the approval for correctness.
2. IISHF Title Events 2026 - Selection for European Cups
Attached please find the final selection and ranking of the teams for all IISHF European Cups for IISHF Title Events 2026. The ranking and selection of teams for the IISHF European Cups has been done according to article §18.5 IISHF Regulations. According to article §18.3 IISHF Regulations all participating and listed teams have already officially confirmed their participation on the “IISHF Title Event Confirmation Sheet”.
Please note the following special comments for the selection of teams for the IISHF European Cups 2026 mentioned:
IISHF Men European Cup: The Swiss team IHC Biel / Bienne is selected for this Title Event since they are the hosting club.
IISHF Men Challenge Cup: The 3 Swiss teams IHC Malcantone, SHC Givisiez and SHC Buix have all been selected for the IISHF Men Challenge Cup since they have preference for this event if not selected for the IISHF Men European Cup.
IISHF Men Challenge Cup: The Swiss team SHC Givisiez is selected for this Title Event since they are the hosting club.
IISHF U19 European Cup: The German team Crash Eagles Kaarst is selected for this Title Event since they are the hosting club.
IISHF U16 European Cup: The Swiss team SHC Rossemaison is selected for this Title Event since they are the hosting club.
IISHF U13 European Cup: The German team Bissendorfer Panther is selected for this Title Event since they are the hosting club.
We kindly ask all NMA’s to inform their teams about their participation and in addition carefully check the selection list and inform IISHF if anything is not listed according to the input given to IISHF. Deadline for responding to the above request/check is set to 13.01.2026 and reply must be sent to office@iishf.com – in case of no reply we assume the approval for correctness.
3. Teams willing to play Friday evening games for selected IISHF Title Events 2026
In addition to the teams that have already replied we would like to remind that for all of the IISHF European Cup Title Events 2026 (except the IISHF Men European Cup - which is a 3 days event and the IISHF Women European Cup – which is an event for 6 teams) there is an option for teams to play games on the Opening Night at the 4 other IISHF European Cups with 10 participating teams (U13 , U16, U19 and Men Challenge Cup).
It is not mandatory to play games Friday however if we can play 2 games or at least 1 game Friday evening then the length of all group games for a 10 team Title Event can then be extended from 2x10 minutes to 2x12 minutes. IISHF prefers the hosting club to play on the Opening Night if the hosting club permits games Friday evening.
We need to get any missing response delivered from all the participating teams for the mentioned IISHF Title Events. The response should be delivered by the NMA’s. When responding the participating teams should reply if they are willing to play games on Friday (Yes or No).
Currently we have 2 teams ready to play Friday evening games for the IISHF Men Challenge Cup and the IISHF U16 European Cup and one team ready to play Friday evening games for the IISHF U19 European Cup.
Deadline for responding to the above request must be sent to office@iishf.com no later than 13.01.2026.
