page_title: 2019 IIHF World Championship
section_title: Participants
hierarchical_section_title: 2019 IIHF World Championship / Participants
caption_attribution_description: Slovenčina: Medveď Macejko, oficiálny maskot hokejových majstrovstiev sveta 2019 na Slovensku.
context_page_description: The 2019 IIHF World Championship was hosted by Slovakia from 10 to 26 May 2019. It was the second time that Slovakia has hosted the event as an independent country, as was the case in 2011. The host cities were Bratislava and Košice, as announced by the International Ice Hockey Federation on 15 May 2015.
  Finland won their third title by defeating Canada in the final. The Finns had 18 debutantes for the 2019 IIHF World Championship and were widely regarded as an outsider to win any medal at all. Despite this, the Finns won their third World Championship, and lost only two games in the tournament. Russia secured the bronze medal after a penalty-shootout win over the Czech Republic. This tournament was also the first time since the 2006 IIHF World Championship that both promoted teams stayed in the top division.
context_section_description: Qualified as host
   Slovakia
  Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2018 IIHF World Championship
   Austria
   Canada
   Czech Republic
   Denmark
   Finland
   France
   Germany
   Latvia
   Norway
   Russia
   Sweden
    Switzerland
   United States
  Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2018 IIHF World Championship Division I
   Great Britain
   Italy
caption: Macejko, was the mascot for the tournament.
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