2017 MIHF Winter Championship

The 2017 MIHF Winter Championship is the first Championship event hosted by the Mapperdonian Ice Hockey Federation (MIHF), being held in Vancouver and Calgary, Western Republic, in January and February 2017. 20 teams will compete in the championship.

Arkmarken won their 1st gold medal, defeating Rumas 1–0 in the gold medal game. Bronze medal game was played between Tisilian Empire and Novasrbija, and the winner of the game was Tisilian Empire, which eventually won their first bronze medal.

Venues
The Western Republic was chosen to host the first games. Ice Hockey Federation of Western Republic chose Rogers Arena in Vancouver and Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary to be the venues of the championship. The Final match will be played in Rogers Arena.

Firstly, It was announced that Vancouver will host the championships alone, but on January 15th, Ice Hockey Federation of Western Republic announced that Calgary will be another host city of the championship.

Participants

 * Western Republic†
 * Welarka*
 * Tisilian Empire*
 * Ether*
 * Novasrbija*
 * Arkmarken*
 * Aneto*
 * Scotland-Ireland*
 * United Great Lakes*
 * Albadonia*
 * Monteregis*
 * Rumas*
 * Hoflan*
 * Vandaysia*
 * Socialist Union of Catalan Republics*
 * Thristarnia*
 * Kingdom of Inkami*
 * Qysid*
 * Polnocslavia*
 * Pennsyljersaware*

* = Qualified as joining the Mapperdonian Ice Hockey Federation † = Qualified as host

Seeding
The seeding in the preliminary round was based on the joining date to the Championship.

Tournament Awards

 * Best players selected by the directorate:
 * Best Goaltender:     Rumas Flag.png Alessandro Affini
 * Best Defenceman:     New flag for Arkmarken.png Jussi Eerikäinen
 * Best Forward:       Tisilia.png Alberte Beaulieu