Nyorai kuenderera mberi kwechikamu chino - Mushure memutambo we2017, zvakaziviswa kuti mutambo uyu waizokura kusvika kumapoka gumi muna 2019
, yakatambwa nezvikwata zvisere kubvira mutambo wekutanga muna 1990, kunze kwe2004, 2007, 2008, uye 2009, apo zvikwata zvipfumbamwe zvakatamba. Mutambo uyu wakaitwa mugore ra2004 waibatanidza zvikwata 9 apo Japan yakakwidziridzwa kubva muDivision II asi hapana chikwata chakadzikiswa kubva muDivision yepamusoro mugore ra2003, nekuda kwekumiswa kwemutambo weTop Division kuChina nekuda kwechirwere cheSARS. Zvikwata zviviri zvakaburitswa muTop Division muna 2004, zvichidzokera kuzvikwata zvisere muna 2005, asi nekuda kwekubudirira kwechikwata chemapoka mapfumbamwe muna 2004, IIHF yakafunga kuwedzera zvakare kusvika kumapoka mapfumbamwe muna 2007. IIHF yakadzokera kumapoka masere mushure memutambo wa2009, uye kutamba kwakaramba kuri muchimiro ichi kusvika pakuwedzera kwa2019.