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]
Tournament details | |
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Host country | |
Dates | 8–24 May (cancelled) |
Teams | 16 |
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 | |
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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
Canada Czech Republic Denmark Finland Germany Great Britain Italy Latvia Norway Russia Slovakia Sweden United States
- 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]
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Match officials
16 referees and linesman were announced on 25 February 2020.[4]
Referees | Linesmen | ||
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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 |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
8 | 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:
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:
- 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 | ||||
Sweden | Cancelled | ||||
9 May 2020 | |||||
Germany | Cancelled | ||||
Slovakia | Cancelled | ||||
Belarus | Cancelled | ||||
10 May 2020 | |||||
Great Britain | Cancelled | ||||
Canada | Cancelled | ||||
Sweden | Cancelled | ||||
11 May 2020 | |||||
Czech Republic | Cancelled | ||||
Germany | Cancelled | ||||
12 May 2020 | |||||
Great Britain | Cancelled | ||||
Belarus | Cancelled | ||||
13 May 2020 | |||||
Czech Republic | Cancelled | ||||
Canada | Cancelled | ||||
14 May 2020 | |||||
Denmark | Cancelled | ||||
Sweden | Cancelled | ||||
15 May 2020 | |||||
Germany | Cancelled | ||||
Great Britain | Cancelled | ||||
16 May 2020 | |||||
Denmark | Cancelled | ||||
Canada | Cancelled | ||||
Slovakia | Cancelled | ||||
17 May 2020 | |||||
Sweden | Cancelled | ||||
Germany | Cancelled | ||||
18 May 2020 | |||||
Belarus | Cancelled | ||||
Czech Republic | Cancelled | ||||
19 May 2020 | |||||
Slovakia | Cancelled | ||||
Czech Republic | Cancelled | ||||
Denmark | Cancelled |
Group B
Standings
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
8 | 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:
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:
- 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 | ||||
Russia | Cancelled | ||||
9 May 2020 | |||||
Italy | Cancelled | ||||
Latvia | Cancelled | ||||
Switzerland | Cancelled | ||||
10 May 2020 | |||||
Russia | Cancelled | ||||
Kazakhstan | Cancelled | ||||
Finland | Cancelled | ||||
11 May 2020 | |||||
United States | Cancelled | ||||
Switzerland | Cancelled | ||||
12 May 2020 | |||||
Kazakhstan | Cancelled | ||||
Italy | Cancelled | ||||
13 May 2020 | |||||
United States | Cancelled | ||||
Russia | Cancelled | ||||
14 May 2020 | |||||
Norway | Cancelled | ||||
Finland | Cancelled | ||||
15 May 2020 | |||||
Kazakhstan | Cancelled | ||||
Switzerland | Cancelled | ||||
16 May 2020 | |||||
Latvia | Cancelled | ||||
Norway | Cancelled | ||||
Russia | Cancelled | ||||
17 May 2020 | |||||
Finland | Cancelled | ||||
Switzerland | Cancelled | ||||
18 May 2020 | |||||
Italy | Cancelled | ||||
United States | Cancelled | ||||
19 May 2020 | |||||
Latvia | Cancelled | ||||
Norway | Cancelled | ||||
United States | Cancelled |
Playoff round
Bracket
There will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.[8]
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 |
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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. 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.
- Tournament Format
- Tournament Format
- "Semi-final format changed". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
External links
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