2020 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host country  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]

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

Venues

Zürich
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
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]

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

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/AVaudoise aréna, Lausanne
21 May 2020
16:20		N/ACancelledN/AHallenstadion, Zürich
21 May 2020
18:20		N/ACancelledN/AVaudoise aréna, Lausanne
21 May 2020
20:20		N/ACancelledN/AHallenstadion, 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

References

  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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