Quebec City to host women’s world hockey championship in 2027, world juniors in 2029
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Quebec City will host the 2027 women’s world hockey championship and co-host the 2029 world junior hockey championship.
Hockey Canada says that Trois-Rivières, Que., will share the world juniors hosting duties with the Quebec capital for the annual holiday-season tournament.
The women’s worlds, meanwhile, will be held exclusively in Quebec City with most games played at the 18,000-seat Videotron Centre.
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It will mark the first time Quebec City hosts the women’s world championship. The event was last held in Canada in 2023 in Brampton, Ont.
The host of the 2026 tournament is expected to be announced at the Oct. 3-4 IIHF semi-annual congress.
Quebec City last held the world juniors in 1978, when it co-hosted with Montreal.
The 2026 tournament will be held in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minn., and the 2027 edition will take place in Alberta – host cities have not been named – before the event moves to Finland in 2028.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 4, 2025.
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