The media accreditation application period for the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Copenhagen and Herning, Denmark is over and registration is closed.
 

Media accreditation for the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group A in Budapest, Hungary, can be requested until 1st April.

For press/photo credentials please complete the online application form (it can be change to Hungarian language). TV, radio and websites who wish to publish video/audio content please contact [email protected].

Media accreditation for the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division I Group B in Kaunas, Lithuania, can be requested until 15th April.

For press/photo credentials please complete the application form and send it to [email protected]. TV, radio and websites who wish to publish video/audio content please contact [email protected].

Media accreditation for the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Division II Group A in Tilburg, Netherlands, can be requested until 15th April.

Click here to submit the application form.

Media accreditation for the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship in Chelyabinsk and Magnitogorsk, Russia, can be requested until 5th April.

For more information and to fill the form click here: English / Russian.

Media accreditation for the 2018 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division I Group A in Riga, Latvia, can be requested until 1st April.

Please complete the application form and send it to [email protected]. Foreign TV, radio and websites who wish to publish video/audio content please contact the other address in the form.

For non-top-division events (Division I, II etc.) that are not listed, please contact the organizing member national association. The contact information can be found here.

For IIHF World Championships, the application forms for media accreditation are distributed by the respective national ice hockey association to the following type of media only: (The media types are listed in order of priority)

1. National news agencies (Example: Reuters, AP, CP, DPA, Itar-TASS, FNB, TT).
2. National daily newspapers (Example: Die Welt, Aftonbladet, Globe & Mail).
3. Major regional daily newspapers (Example: Göteborgs-Posten, Basler Zeitung, The Toronto Star).
4. Major daily sport papers (Example: Sport-Express, Russia, La Gazzeta dello Sport).
5. Major sport or hockey weeklies (L' Equipe, Sports-Illustrated, The Hockey News).
6. Major weekly magazine (Example: Der Spiegel, Newsweek).
7. Major sport or hockey websites (Example: ESPN.com, TSN.ca) - Note: No requests from applicants who write for websites which do not regularly cover sports or hockey will be approved.
8. Other magazines (economic, lifestyle, fashion). Only time-limited accreditations.

In general, one credential per media outlet will be approved. For national news agencies, national daily newspapers the general limit will be three and for major regional newspapers and major daily sport papers the general limit will be two accreditations. Considerations will be given to special requests.

Also special considerations will be given to media of the hosting country and to regional media from hosting cities.

Since it is very difficult to control the validity of the increasing number of applications from freelance journalists, the following rules apply:

Further to the accreditation application, a freelance journalist must submit the following documents to the responsible person at the national association:

1. Copy of a valid press card from a relevant press association (AIPS, national press association, national sports press association).
2. List of media outlets that the freelancer will provide with stories, reports.
3. Written confirmation from the editor of the media outlet that has assigned the freelancer to the IIHF World Championship.

In general, no application requests will be approved to freelance journalists from the organising country.