IGOR NEMECEK

 (SVK) - REGIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT – EUROPE & AFRICA

Nemecek has extensive national and international experience. He was the president of the Slovakia Ice Hockey Federation for five years (2011-16) and has been a member of at least one IIHF committee since 2003. He was the CEO of the Organizing Committee for the 2011 World Championship, the first time Slovakia hosted the WM, and in 2019, the only other time Slovakia has hosted. Most recently, he was Sport Manager of ice hockey at the 2026 Olympics. 

In the first round of voting, Anders Larsson received 30 votes (25.64 per cent), Nemecek 29 (24.79 per cent), Heikki Hietanen 21 (17.95 per cent), Henrik Bach Nielsen 17 (14.53 per cent), Zsuzsanna Kolbenheyer 7 (5.98 per cent), Clifton Wrottesley 6 (5.13 per cent), Frank Gonzalez 5 (4.27 per cent), and Marta Zawadzka 2 (1.71 per cent). Zawadzka was dropped from the ballot for the second round and Wrottesley withdrew.

In the second round, Larsson and Nemecek had 34 votes (29.06 per cent), Hietanen 26 (22.22 per cent), Bach Nielsen 15 (12.82 per cent), Kolbenheyer 5 (4.27 per cent), and Gonzalez 3 (2.56 per cent). Gonzalez was removed from the ballot and Kolbenheyer withdrew.

In the third round, Nemecek had 43 votes (36.75 per cent), Hietanen 34 (29.06 per cent), Larsson 33 (28.21 per cent), and Bach Nielsen 7 (5.98 per cent).

In the fourth round, Nemecek had 54 votes (46.15 per cent), Hietanen 42 (35.90 per cent), and Larsson 21 (17.95 per cent). As a result, Larsson's name was dropped from the ballot.

In the fifth and final round, Nemecek recieved 68 votes (58.12 per cent) and Hietanen 49 (41.88 per cent).