2020 IIHF World Championship

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2020 IIHF World Championship
2020 IIHF World Championship logo.svg
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates8–24 May (cancelled)
Teams16
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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]

Contents

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

Venues

Zürich Lausanne
Hallenstadion Vaudoise Aréna
47°24′41″N8°33′6″E / 47.41139°N 8.55167°E / 47.41139; 8.55167 (Zürich) 46°31′43″N6°36′0″E / 46.52861°N 6.60000°E / 46.52861; 6.60000 (Lausanne)
Capacity: 11,200Capacity: 9,600
Hallenstadion Zurich 2011-02-05-2.jpg Yodli Park 2.jpg

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 linesmen were announced on 25 February 2020. [4]

RefereesLinesmen
  • Flag of Belarus.svg Maxim Sidorenko
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Alexandre Garon
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Oliver Gouin
  • Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Antonín Jeřábek
  • Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Robin Sir
  • Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Frandsen
  • Flag of Finland.svg Mikko Kaukokari
  • Flag of Finland.svg Anssi Salonen
  • Flag of Germany.svg Marian Rohatsch
  • Flag of Russia.svg Roman Gofman
  • Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeni Romasko
  • Flag of Sweden.svg Mikael Nord
  • Flag of Sweden.svg Linus Öhlund
  • Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Daniel Stricker
  • Flag of the United States.svg Andrew Bruggeman
  • Flag of the United States.svg Jeremy Tufts
  • Flag of Austria.svg Elias Seewald
  • Flag of Belarus.svg Dmitri Golyak
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Maxime Chaput
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Dustin McCrank
  • Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jiří Ondráček
  • Flag of Denmark.svg Henrik Haurum
  • Flag of Finland.svg Hannu Sormunen
  • Flag of Finland.svg Lauri Nikulainen
  • Flag of Norway.svg Alexander Waldejer
  • Flag of Russia.svg Dmitri Shishlo
  • Flag of Russia.svg Nikita Shalagin
  • Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg David Obwegeser
  • Flag of Sweden.svg Andreas Malmqvist
  • Flag of Sweden.svg Emil Yletyinen
  • Flag of the United States.svg Jake Davis
  • Flag of the United States.svg William Hancock

Preliminary round

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

Group A

Standings

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 000000000
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 000000000
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 000000000
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 000000000
5Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 000000000
6Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 000000000
7Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 000000000
8Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 000000000
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  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cancelled Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg Cancelled Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
9 May 2020
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg Cancelled Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg Cancelled Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg Cancelled Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
10 May 2020
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cancelled Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cancelled Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg Cancelled Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
11 May 2020
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Cancelled Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg Cancelled Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
12 May 2020
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cancelled Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg Cancelled Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
13 May 2020
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Cancelled Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cancelled Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
14 May 2020
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg Cancelled Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg Cancelled Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
15 May 2020
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg Cancelled Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Great Britain  Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Cancelled Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
16 May 2020
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg Cancelled Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Cancelled Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg Cancelled Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
17 May 2020
Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg Cancelled Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Germany  Flag of Germany.svg Cancelled Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
18 May 2020
Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svg Cancelled Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Cancelled Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
19 May 2020
Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svg Cancelled Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Cancelled Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Denmark  Flag of Denmark.svg Cancelled Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden

Group B

Standings

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPts
1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 000000000
2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 000000000
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 000000000
4Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland (H)000000000
5Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 000000000
6Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 000000000
7Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 000000000
8Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 000000000
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  Flag of Finland.svg Cancelled Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg Cancelled Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
9 May 2020
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg Cancelled Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg Cancelled Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cancelled Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
10 May 2020
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg Cancelled Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Cancelled Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg Cancelled Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
11 May 2020
United States  Flag of the United States.svg Cancelled Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cancelled Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
12 May 2020
Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Cancelled Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg Cancelled Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
13 May 2020
United States  Flag of the United States.svg Cancelled Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg Cancelled Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
14 May 2020
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg Cancelled Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg Cancelled Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
15 May 2020
Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Cancelled Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cancelled Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
16 May 2020
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg Cancelled Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg Cancelled Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg Cancelled Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
17 May 2020
Finland  Flag of Finland.svg Cancelled Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Cancelled Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
18 May 2020
Italy  Flag of Italy.svg Cancelled Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
United States  Flag of the United States.svg Cancelled Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
19 May 2020
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg Cancelled Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg Cancelled Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
United States  Flag of the United States.svg Cancelled Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland

Playoff round

Bracket

There will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals. [6]

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/A Vaudoise aréna, Lausanne
21 May 2020
16:20		N/ACancelledN/A Hallenstadion, Zürich
21 May 2020
18:20		N/ACancelledN/A Vaudoise aréna, Lausanne
21 May 2020
20:20		N/ACancelledN/A Hallenstadion, 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

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