2020 IIHF World Championship Division I

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2020 IIHF World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countriesFlag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Flag of Poland.svg Poland
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates27 April – 3 May (cancelled)
Teams12
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2021 (cancelled) →

The 2020 IIHF World Championship Division I was a scheduled international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

Contents

The Group A tournament was scheduled to be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia and the Group B tournament in Katowice, Poland from 27 April to 3 May 2020. [1] However, on 17 March 2020 IIHF announced the cancellation of both tournaments following the COVID-19 pandemic. [2]

Group A tournament

2020 IIHF World Championship Division I A
2020 IIHF World Championship Division I-A.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Slovenia.svg Slovenia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates27 April – 3 May (cancelled)
Teams6
Official website
Website

Participants

TeamQualification
Flag of France.svg  France Placed 15th in the Elite Division in 2019 and was relegated.
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Placed 16th in the Elite Division in 2019 and was relegated.
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Placed 3rd in Division I A in 2019.
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Host, placed 4th in Division I A in 2019.
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Placed 5th in Division I A in 2019.
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Placed 1st in Division I B in 2019 and was promoted.

Match officials

7 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament. [3]

RefereesLinesmen
  • Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Jeff Ingram
  • Flag of Germany.svg Sirko Hunnius
  • Flag of Latvia.svg Andris Ansons
  • Flag of Norway.svg Roy Stian Hansen
  • Flag of Russia.svg Denis Naumov
  • Flag of Slovakia.svg Miroslav Štefík
  • Flag of Sweden.svg Christoffer Holm
  • Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Josef Špůr
  • Flag of Denmark.svg Andreas Weise Krøyer
  • Flag of Finland.svg Joona Elonen
  • Flag of France.svg Nicolas Constantineau
  • Flag of Russia.svg Yevgeni Yudin
  • Flag of Slovenia.svg Gašper Jaka Zgonc
  • Flag of South Korea.svg Park Jun-soo

Standings

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Flag of France.svg  France 000000000 2021 IIHF World Championship [a]
2Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 000000000
3Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 000000000
4Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia (H)000000000
5Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 000000000
6Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 000000000Relegation to 2021 Division I B
Source: N/A
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 both Belarus and Latvia finished 8th in their groups then only one team would have been promoted. [4]

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

27 April 2020
13:00		 Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svgCancelledFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
27 April 2020
16:30		 Romania  Flag of Romania.svgCancelledFlag of France.svg  France Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
27 April 2020
20:00		 Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svgCancelledFlag of Austria.svg  Austria Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
28 April 2020
15:30		 South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svgCancelledFlag of Romania.svg  Romania Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
28 April 2020
19:00		 Austria  Flag of Austria.svgCancelledFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
29 April 2020
19:00		 France  Flag of France.svgCancelledFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
30 April 2020
13:00		 Austria  Flag of Austria.svgCancelledFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
30 April 2020
16:30		 France  Flag of France.svgCancelledFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
30 April 2020
20:00		 Romania  Flag of Romania.svgCancelledFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
1 May 2020
19:00		 Austria  Flag of Austria.svgCancelledFlag of Romania.svg  Romania Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
2 May 2020
16:30		 Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svgCancelledFlag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
2 May 2020
20:00		 South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svgCancelledFlag of France.svg  France Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
3 May 2020
13:00		 Hungary  Flag of Hungary.svgCancelledFlag of Romania.svg  Romania Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
3 May 2020
16:30		 South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svgCancelledFlag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana
3 May 2020
20:00		 France  Flag of France.svgCancelledFlag of Austria.svg  Austria Tivoli Hall, Ljubljana

Group B tournament

2020 IIHF World Championship Division I B
2020 IIHF World Championship Division I-B.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of Poland.svg Poland
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates27 April – 3 May (cancelled)
Teams6
Official website
Website

Participants

TeamQualification
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Placed 6th in Division I A in 2019 and was relegated.
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Host, placed 2nd in Division I B in 2019.
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Placed 3rd in Division I B in 2019.
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Placed 4th in Division I B in 2019.
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Placed 5th in Division I B in 2019.
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Placed 1st in Division II A in 2019 and was promoted.

Match officials

Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament. [5]

RefereesLinesmen
  • Flag of France.svg Nicolas Cregut
  • Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Dean Smith
  • Flag of Norway.svg Robert Hallin
  • Flag of Slovenia.svg Milan Zrnic
  • Flag of Germany.svg Gabriel Gaube
  • Flag of Italy.svg Ulrich Pardatscher
  • Flag of Latvia.svg Uldis Bušs
  • Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Bucki
  • Flag of Poland.svg Rafał Noworyta
  • Flag of Serbia.svg Ivan Nedeljković
  • Flag of the United States.svg Kevin Briganti

Standings

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 000000000Promotion to 2021 Division I A
2Flag of Poland.svg  Poland (H)000000000
3Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 000000000
4Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 000000000
5Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 000000000
6Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 000000000Relegation to 2021 Division II A
Source: N/A
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

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

27 April 2020
13:00		 Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svgCancelledFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Spodek, Katowice
27 April 2020
16:30		 Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svgCancelledFlag of Japan.svg  Japan Spodek, Katowice
27 April 2020
20:00		 Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svgCancelledFlag of Poland.svg  Poland Spodek, Katowice
28 April 2020
13:00		 Japan  Flag of Japan.svgCancelledFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Spodek, Katowice
28 April 2020
16:30		 Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svgCancelledFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Spodek, Katowice
28 April 2020
20:00		 Poland  Flag of Poland.svgCancelledFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Spodek, Katowice
30 April 2020
13:00		 Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svgCancelledFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Spodek, Katowice
30 April 2020
16:30		 Serbia  Flag of Serbia.svgCancelledFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Spodek, Katowice
30 April 2020
20:00		 Poland  Flag of Poland.svgCancelledFlag of Japan.svg  Japan Spodek, Katowice
1 May 2020
13:00		 Estonia  Flag of Estonia.svgCancelledFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Spodek, Katowice
1 May 2020
16:30		 Japan  Flag of Japan.svgCancelledFlag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania Spodek, Katowice
1 May 2020
20:00		 Poland  Flag of Poland.svgCancelledFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Spodek, Katowice
3 May 2020
13:00		 Japan  Flag of Japan.svgCancelledFlag of Estonia.svg  Estonia Spodek, Katowice
3 May 2020
16:30		 Ukraine  Flag of Ukraine.svgCancelledFlag of Serbia.svg  Serbia Spodek, Katowice
3 May 2020
20:00		 Lithuania  Flag of Lithuania.svgCancelledFlag of Poland.svg  Poland Spodek, Katowice

References

  1. ↑ "Tournaments for 2020 assigned". iihf.com. 24 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "IIHF - IIHF cancels Division I tournaments". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2020-03-17.
  3. ↑ "Your refs for Switzerland 2020". iihf.com. 25 February 2020.
  4. ↑ Tournament Format
  5. ↑ Assignments
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