2020 IIHF World Championship

2020 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	8–24 May (cancelled)
Teams	16
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The 2020 IIHF World Championship would have been hosted by Switzerland from 8 to 24 May 2020, as the IIHF announced on 15 May 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic.^[1]

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

Venues

Zürich	Zürich Lausanne	Lausanne
Hallenstadion		Vaudoise Aréna
47°24′41″N 8°33′6″E / 47.41139°N 8.55167°E / 47.41139; 8.55167 (Zürich)		46°31′43″N 6°36′0″E / 46.52861°N 6.60000°E / 46.52861; 6.60000 (Lausanne)
Capacity: 11,200		Capacity: 9,600

Participants

Qualified as host

Switzerland

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]

Group A (Lausanne)

Canada (1)
Sweden (4)
Czech Republic (5)
Germany (7)
Slovakia (9)
Denmark (12)
Belarus (14)
Great Britain (20)

Group B (Zürich)

Russia (2)
Finland (3)
United States (6)
Switzerland (8)
Latvia (10)
Norway (11)
Italy (16)
Kazakhstan (19)

Match officials

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

Referees	Linesmen
Maxim Sidorenko Alexandre Garon Oliver Gouin Antonín Jeřábek Robin Sir Mads Frandsen Mikko Kaukokari Anssi Salonen Marian Rohatsch Roman Gofman Yevgeni Romasko Mikael Nord Linus Öhlund Daniel Stricker Andrew Bruggeman Jeremy Tufts	Elias Seewald Dmitri Golyak Maxime Chaput Dustin McCrank Jiří Ondráček Henrik Haurum Hannu Sormunen Lauri Nikulainen Alexander Waldejer Dmitri Shishlo Nikita Shalagin David Obwegeser Andreas Malmqvist Emil Yletyinen Jake Davis William Hancock

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
1	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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.

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
1	Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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

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.^[6]

Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Gold 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/A

Cancelled

N/A

Vaudoise aréna, Lausanne

21 May 2020
16:20

N/A

Cancelled

N/A

Hallenstadion, Zürich

21 May 2020
18:20

N/A

Cancelled

N/A

Vaudoise aréna, Lausanne

21 May 2020
20:20

N/A

Cancelled

N/A

Hallenstadion, Zürich

Semifinals

23 May 2020
14:20

N/A (Highest seed)

Cancelled

N/A (Lowest seed)

Hallenstadion, Zürich

23 May 2020
18:20

N/A (Second seed)

Cancelled

N/A (Third seed)

Hallenstadion, Zürich

Bronze medal game

24 May 2020
15:20

N/A (LSF1)

Cancelled

N/A (LSF2)

Hallenstadion, Zürich

Gold medal game

24 May 2020
20:20

N/A (WSF1)

Cancelled

N/A (WSF2)

Hallenstadion, Zürich

References

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

External links

Official website

[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. 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] "Semi-final format changed". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 May 2019.

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