Prague’s UNYP Arena has been confirmed as the host venue for the women’s 2026 EuroHockey Indoor Championship, bringing the event to the city for the third time.

This 1,300-capacity venue also hosted this top tier event in 2018 and will look forward to welcoming 10 nations for the event which runs from January 15^th to 18^th, 2026.

“Czech Hockey has a long history of hosting many European championships and we’re happy that EuroHockey decided to give the hosting of the European Championships 2026 indoor to our women’s national team,” said Czech Hockey President Gino Schilders.

“I believe the 2026 European championships will be a great opportunity for the team to show their skills in front of a home crowd.

“We are looking forward to welcome all teams and fans from the participating countries and, as always, federation staff and volunteers are eager to make this tournament a success. Looking forward to see you all in Prague!”

The confirmation is among four hosting venues to be announced today. Women’s Championship II will be hosted by Lousada in Portugal with eight teams competing over three days from January 16^th to 18^th, 2026.

On the men’s side, the EuroHockey Indoor Championship has already confirmed to take place in Germany from January 8^th to 11^th with the venue to be announced in due course.

There will be two second tier events of equal-standing – Championship II-A will be hosted by Croatia in Sveti Ivan Zelina while the II-B will be in Oslo’s Klemetsrudhallen. Both those tournaments will be played from January 9^th to 11^th 2026.

EuroHockey Indoor Championships 2026 

The EuroHockey Indoor Championships (Women and Men) 2026 will take place on the following dates at the venues stated. Participating nations have qualified for each division based on their final ranking from the 2024 competition. 

Men’s Indoor Championship – venue TBC – 8^th-11^th January 2026 

Teams: AUT, BEL, CZE, ESP, GER, IRL, POL, POR, SUI, TUR 

Men’s Indoor Championship II-A – Sveti Ivan Zelina (CRO), Zelina Indoor Hall – 9^th-11^th January 2026 

Teams: BUL, CRO, DEN, SVK, BLR (* excluded for the foreseeable future) 

Men’s Indoor Championship II-B – Oslo (NOR), Klemetsrudhallen – 9^th-11^th January 2026 

Teams: ITA, LTU, NOR, SWE, UKR 

Women’s Indoor Championship – Prague (CZE), UNYP Arena – 15^th-18^th January 2026 

Teams: AUT, BEL, CZE, ESP, GER, IRL, LTU, POL, SUI, UKR 

Women’s Indoor Championship II – Lousada (POR), Pavilhão Municipal de Lousada– 16^th-18^th January 2026 

Teams: BUL, CRO, FIN, ITA, POR, SVK, SWE, TUR 

NB The withdrawal date for all tournaments in this competition is 30^th June 2025.  Any National Association withdrawing after that date may be subject to a fine or other disciplinary action by EuroHockey.  See current EuroHockey Indoor Championship Regulations for further details. 

NB For the Indoor Championships tournaments the arrangement of the pools will be the responsibility of the FIH using the appropriate Indoor World Ranking positions (at the moment the match schedules are being prepared). 

EuroHockey / October 2024