2020 IIHF World U18 Championships

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2020 IIHF U18 World Championship
2020 IIHF World U18 Championships.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates16–26 April (cancelled)
Teams10
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The 2020 IIHF World U18 Championship would have been the 22nd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams would have participated at several levels of competition. The competition also would have served as qualifications for the 2021 competition. The division II and III tournaments were cancelled by IIHF on 2 March 2020. [1] The top division and division I tournaments were cancelled by the IIHF on 13 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic [2]

Contents

Top Division

The tournament was to be held from 16 to 26 April 2020 in Plymouth and Ann Arbor, United States, but was cancelled by the IIHF. [3] [4]

Originally, in June 2020, the IIHF allowed the hosts of the 2020 tournaments to host in 2021. However, with the pandemic-related restrictions still in place in the state of Michigan, in March 2021, the IIHF moved the tournament to Dallas.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC–4).

Group A

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 000000000Advance to Quarterfinals
2Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 000000000
3Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 000000000
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 000000000
5Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 000000000Advance to Relegation
First match(es) will be played: 16 April 2020. Source: [ citation needed ]
16 April 2020
15:00		 Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg2-8Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Ann Arbor Ice Cube, Ann Arbor
16 April 2020
19:00		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svgCancelledFlag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Ann Arbor Ice Cube, Ann Arbor
17 April 2020
15:00		 Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svgCancelledFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Ann Arbor Ice Cube, Ann Arbor
17 April 2020
19:00		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svgCancelledFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Ann Arbor Ice Cube, Ann Arbor
18 April 2020
19:00		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svgCancelledFlag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Ann Arbor Ice Cube, Ann Arbor
19 April 2020
15:00		 Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svgCancelledFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Ann Arbor Ice Cube, Ann Arbor
19 April 2020
19:00		 Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svgCancelledFlag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Ann Arbor Ice Cube, Ann Arbor
20 April 2020
19:00		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svgCancelledFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Ann Arbor Ice Cube, Ann Arbor
21 April 2020
15:00		 Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svgCancelledFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Ann Arbor Ice Cube, Ann Arbor
21 April 2020
19:00		 Belarus  Flag of Belarus.svgCancelledFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Ann Arbor Ice Cube, Ann Arbor

Group B

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 000000000Advance to Quarterfinals
2Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 000000000
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 000000000
4Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 000000000
5Flag of the United States.svg  United States (H)000000000Advance to Relegation
First match(es) will be played: 16 April 2020. Source: [ citation needed ]
(H) Host
16 April 2020
15:00		 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svgCancelledFlag of Germany.svg  Germany USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth
16 April 2020
19:00		 Russia  Flag of Russia.svgCancelledFlag of the United States.svg  United States USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth
17 April 2020
15:00		 Russia  Flag of Russia.svgCancelledFlag of Finland.svg  Finland USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth
17 April 2020
19:00		 Germany  Flag of Germany.svgCancelledFlag of the United States.svg  United States USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth
18 April 2020
19:00		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svgCancelledFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth
19 April 2020
15:00		 United States  Flag of the United States.svgCancelledFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth
19 April 2020
19:00		 Germany  Flag of Germany.svgCancelledFlag of Russia.svg  Russia USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth
20 April 2020
19:00		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svgCancelledFlag of Germany.svg  Germany USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth
21 April 2020
15:00		 Czech Republic  Flag of the Czech Republic.svgCancelledFlag of Russia.svg  Russia USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth
21 April 2020
19:00		 United States  Flag of the United States.svgCancelledFlag of Finland.svg  Finland USA Hockey Arena, Plymouth

Division I

Group A

The tournament was to be held in Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia from 13 to 19 April 2020, but was cancelled by the IIHF.

Group B

The tournament was to be held in Asiago, Italy from 12 to 18 April 2020, but was cancelled by the IIHF. [4]

Division II

Group A

The tournament was to be held in Tallinn, Estonia from 22 to 28 March 2020, [4] but was cancelled by the IIHF.

Group B

The tournament was to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 23 to 29 March 2020, but was cancelled by the IIHF.

Division III

Group A

The tournament was to be held in Istanbul, Turkey from 16 to 22 March 2020, [4] but was cancelled by the IIHF.

Group B

The tournament was to be held in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg from 29 March to 4 April 2020, [4] but was cancelled by the IIHF.

References

  1. ↑ Steiss, Adam (March 2, 2020). "IIHF cancels March tournaments". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation.
  2. ↑ Steiss, Adam. "IIHF cancels U18 Worlds". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Tournaments for 2020 assigned". IIHF. May 24, 2019. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "World Championships – World Men U18". IIHF . Retrieved August 30, 2019.
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