2020 IIHF World Championship Division I

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

2020 IIHF World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Slovenia
 Poland
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates27 April – 3 May (cancelled)
Teams12
← 2019
2021 (cancelled) →

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

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

Participants

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

Match officials

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

Referees Linesmen
  •   Jeff Ingram
  •   Sirko Hunnius
  •   Andris Ansons
  •   Roy Stian Hansen
  •   Denis Naumov
  •   Miroslav Štefík
  •   Christoffer Holm
  •   Josef Špůr
  •   Andreas Weise Krøyer
  •   Joona Elonen
  •   Nicolas Constantineau
  •   Yevgeni Yudin
  •   Gašper Jaka Zgonc
  •   Park Jun-soo

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1   France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2021 IIHF World Championship[a]
2   Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Slovenia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5   Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6   Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation 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

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All times are local (UTC+2).

27 April 2020
13:00
Hungary  Cancelled  South KoreaTivoli Hall, Ljubljana
27 April 2020
16:30
Romania  Cancelled  FranceTivoli Hall, Ljubljana
27 April 2020
20:00
Slovenia  Cancelled  AustriaTivoli Hall, Ljubljana

28 April 2020
15:30
South Korea  Cancelled  RomaniaTivoli Hall, Ljubljana
28 April 2020
19:00
Austria  Cancelled  HungaryTivoli Hall, Ljubljana

29 April 2020
19:00
France  Cancelled  SloveniaTivoli Hall, Ljubljana

30 April 2020
13:00
Austria  Cancelled  South KoreaTivoli Hall, Ljubljana
30 April 2020
16:30
France  Cancelled  HungaryTivoli Hall, Ljubljana
30 April 2020
20:00
Romania  Cancelled  SloveniaTivoli Hall, Ljubljana

1 May 2020
19:00
Austria  Cancelled  RomaniaTivoli Hall, Ljubljana

2 May 2020
16:30
Slovenia  Cancelled  HungaryTivoli Hall, Ljubljana
2 May 2020
20:00
South Korea  Cancelled  FranceTivoli Hall, Ljubljana

3 May 2020
13:00
Hungary  Cancelled  RomaniaTivoli Hall, Ljubljana
3 May 2020
16:30
South Korea  Cancelled  SloveniaTivoli Hall, Ljubljana
3 May 2020
20:00
France  Cancelled  AustriaTivoli Hall, Ljubljana

Group B tournament

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

Participants

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

Match officials

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

Referees Linesmen
  •   Nicolas Cregut
  •   Dean Smith
  •   Robert Hallin
  •   Milan Zrnic
  •   Gabriel Gaube
  •   Ulrich Pardatscher
  •   Uldis Bušs
  •   Mateusz Bucki
  •   Rafał Noworyta
  •   Ivan Nedeljković
  •   Kevin Briganti

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1   Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to 2021 Division I A
2   Poland (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5   Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6   Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation 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

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All times are local (UTC+2).

27 April 2020
13:00
Serbia  Cancelled  LithuaniaSpodek, Katowice
27 April 2020
16:30
Ukraine  Cancelled  JapanSpodek, Katowice
27 April 2020
20:00
Estonia  Cancelled  PolandSpodek, Katowice

28 April 2020
13:00
Japan  Cancelled  SerbiaSpodek, Katowice
28 April 2020
16:30
Lithuania  Cancelled  EstoniaSpodek, Katowice
28 April 2020
20:00
Poland  Cancelled  UkraineSpodek, Katowice

30 April 2020
13:00
Lithuania  Cancelled  UkraineSpodek, Katowice
30 April 2020
16:30
Serbia  Cancelled  EstoniaSpodek, Katowice
30 April 2020
20:00
Poland  Cancelled  JapanSpodek, Katowice

1 May 2020
13:00
Estonia  Cancelled  UkraineSpodek, Katowice
1 May 2020
16:30
Japan  Cancelled  LithuaniaSpodek, Katowice
1 May 2020
20:00
Poland  Cancelled  SerbiaSpodek, Katowice

3 May 2020
13:00
Japan  Cancelled  EstoniaSpodek, Katowice
3 May 2020
16:30
Ukraine  Cancelled  SerbiaSpodek, Katowice
3 May 2020
20:00
Lithuania  Cancelled  PolandSpodek, Katowice

References

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  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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