2020 IIHF World Championship

The 2020 IIHF World Championship would have been hosted from 8 to 24 May 2020 by Switzerland, as the IIHF announced on 15 May 2015.[1]

Main article: 2020 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
2020 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host country  Switzerland
Dates8–24 May (cancelled)
Teams16
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
← 2019
2021 →

The tournament was cancelled on March 21, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Venues
Zürich
Lausanne
Hallenstadion Vaudoise Aréna
47°24′41″N 8°33′6″E 46°31′43″N 6°36′0″E
Capacity: 11,200 Capacity: 9,600

Participants
Qualified as host
Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2019 IIHF World Championship
Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2019 IIHF World Championship Division I

Seeding

The seedings in the preliminary round are based on the 2019 IIHF World Ranking, as of the end of the 2019 IIHF World Championship, using the serpentine system.[3]

Match officials

16 referees and linesman were announced on 25 February 2020.[4]

RefereesLinesmen

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 1 August 2019.[5]

Group A

Standings
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals
2  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7  Belarus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8  Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to 2021 Division I A[lower-alpha 1]
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
Notes:
  1. If Belarus finishes 8th then the overall 14th ranked team will be relegated. If both Belarus and Latvia finish 8th in their groups then only the 14th ranked team will be relegated.[6]

Matches
8 May 2020
Canada Cancelled Germany
Sweden Cancelled Czech Republic
9 May 2020
Germany Cancelled Great Britain
Slovakia Cancelled Denmark
Belarus Cancelled Czech Republic
10 May 2020
Great Britain Cancelled Slovakia
Canada Cancelled Denmark
Sweden Cancelled Belarus
11 May 2020
Czech Republic Cancelled Canada
Germany Cancelled Sweden
12 May 2020
Great Britain Cancelled Denmark
Belarus Cancelled Slovakia
13 May 2020
Czech Republic Cancelled Great Britain
Canada Cancelled Belarus
14 May 2020
Denmark Cancelled Germany
Sweden Cancelled Slovakia
15 May 2020
Germany Cancelled Belarus
Great Britain Cancelled Canada
16 May 2020
Denmark Cancelled Belarus
Canada Cancelled Sweden
Slovakia Cancelled Czech Republic
17 May 2020
Sweden Cancelled Great Britain
Germany Cancelled Slovakia
18 May 2020
Belarus Cancelled Great Britain
Czech Republic Cancelled Denmark
19 May 2020
Slovakia Cancelled Canada
Czech Republic Cancelled Germany
Denmark Cancelled Sweden

Group B

Standings
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals
2  Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Switzerland (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8  Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to 2021 Division I A[lower-alpha 1]
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. If Latvia finishes 8th then the overall 14th ranked team will be relegated. If both Belarus and Latvia finish 8th in their groups then only the 14th ranked team will be relegated.[7]

Matches
8 May 2020
Finland Cancelled United States
Russia Cancelled  Switzerland
9 May 2020
Italy Cancelled United States
Latvia Cancelled Norway
Switzerland  Cancelled Kazakhstan
10 May 2020
Russia Cancelled Norway
Kazakhstan Cancelled Latvia
Finland Cancelled Italy
11 May 2020
United States Cancelled Russia
Switzerland  Cancelled Finland
12 May 2020
Kazakhstan Cancelled Norway
Italy Cancelled Latvia
13 May 2020
United States Cancelled Kazakhstan
Russia Cancelled Italy
14 May 2020
Norway Cancelled  Switzerland
Finland Cancelled Latvia
15 May 2020
Kazakhstan Cancelled Russia
Switzerland  Cancelled Italy
16 May 2020
Latvia Cancelled United States
Norway Cancelled Italy
Russia Cancelled Finland
17 May 2020
Finland Cancelled Kazakhstan
Switzerland  Cancelled Latvia
18 May 2020
Italy Cancelled Kazakhstan
United States Cancelled Norway
19 May 2020
Latvia Cancelled Russia
Norway Cancelled Finland
United States Cancelled  Switzerland

Playoff round

Bracket

There will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.[8]

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal game
          
21 May – Lausanne
A1
23 May – Zürich
B4
1st
21 May – Zürich
4th
B1
24 May – Zürich
A4
W1
21 May – Lausanne
W2
A2
23 May – Zürich
B3
2nd
21 May – Zürich
3rd
Bronze medal game
B2
24 May – Zürich
A3
L1
L2

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals
21 May 2020
14:20		N/ACancelledN/AVaudoise aréna, Lausanne
21 May 2020
16:20		N/ACancelledN/AHallenstadion, Zürich
21 May 2020
18:20		N/ACancelledN/AVaudoise aréna, Lausanne
21 May 2020
20:20		N/ACancelledN/AHallenstadion, Zürich

Semifinals
23 May 2020
14:20		N/A (Highest seed)CancelledN/A (Lowest seed)Hallenstadion, Zürich
23 May 2020
18:20		N/A (Second seed)CancelledN/A (Third seed)Hallenstadion, Zürich

Bronze medal game
24 May 2020
15:20		N/A (LSF1)CancelledN/A (LSF2)Hallenstadion, Zürich

Gold medal game
24 May 2020
20:20		N/A (WSF1)CancelledN/A (WSF2)Hallenstadion, Zürich

References
  1. "Back to Slovakia, Switzerland". iihfworlds2015.com. 15 May 2015. Archived from the original on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
  2. Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". IIHF. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  3. "Groups for Switzerland 2020". iihf.com. 28 May 2019.
  4. "Your refs for Switzerland 2020". iihf.com. 25 February 2020.
  5. "Switzerland opens Worlds vs. Russia". iihf.com. 1 August 2019.
  6. Tournament Format
  7. Tournament Format
  8. "Semi-final format changed". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
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