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2020 IIHF World Championship
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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.cite-ref-1[1]

The tournament was cancelled on 21 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.cite-ref-2[2] IIHF All-Time Teams were selected on the 100-year anniversary of the Ice Hockey World Championships, from the countries that would have participated at the 2020 IIHF World Championship.cite-ref-3[3]cite-ref-4[4]

Contents

Venues
Group A
Group B
Bracket

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Venues

| Zürich | Zürich Lausanne | Lausanne |
|---|---|---|
| Hallenstadion | Zürich Lausanne | Vaudoise Aréna |
| 47°24′41″N 8°33′6″E  /  47.41139°N 8.55167°E  / 47.41139; 8.55167  ( Zürich ) | Zürich Lausanne | 46°31′43″N 6°36′0″E  /  46.52861°N 6.60000°E  / 46.52861; 6.60000  ( Lausanne ) |
| Capacity: 11,200 | Zürich Lausanne | Capacity: 9,600 |
| | Zürich Lausanne | |

Participants

Qualified as host


Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2019 IIHF World Championship

Canada
Italy
Latvia
Norway
Russia
Sweden

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.cite-ref-5[5]

Match officials

16 referees and linesmen were announced on 25 February 2020.cite-ref-6[6]

| Referees | Linesmen |
|---|---|
| Maxim Sidorenko Alexandre Garon Oliver Gouin Antonín Jeřábek Robin Sir Mads Frandsen Mikko Kaukokari Anssi Salonen Marian Rohatsch Roman Gofman Yevgeni Romasko Mikael Nord Linus Öhlund Daniel Stricker Andrew Bruggeman Jeremy Tufts | Elias Seewald Dmitri Golyak Maxime Chaput Dustin McCrank Jiří Ondráček Henrik Haurum Hannu Sormunen Lauri Nikulainen Alexander Waldejer Dmitri Shishlo Nikita Shalagin David Obwegeser Andreas Malmqvist Emil Yletyinen Jake Davis William Hancock |

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 1 August 2019.cite-ref-7[7]

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:

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

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:

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

Playoff round

Bracket

There will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.cite-ref-8[8]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

References

cite-note-11. "Back to Slovakia, Switzerland". iihfworlds2015.com. 15 May 2015. Archived from the original on 20 January 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2015.
cite-note-22. citerefsteissSteiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
cite-note-33. citerefaerschmann2020Aerschmann, Nicola (7 May 2020). "Mathias Seger und Mark Streit in Schweizer All-Time-Auswahl". Nau.ch (in Swiss High German). Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
cite-note-44. "Ohne Josi: So sieht gemäss der IIHF die ultimative Schweizer All-Time-Starting-Six aus". sport.ch (in Swiss High German). 5 May 2020. Archived from the original on 11 May 2020. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
cite-note-55. "Groups for Switzerland 2020". iihf.com. 28 May 2019.
cite-note-66. "Your refs for Switzerland 2020". iihf.com. 25 February 2020.
cite-note-77. "Switzerland opens Worlds vs. Russia". iihf.com. 1 August 2019.
cite-note-88. "Semi-final format changed". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 May 2019.

External links

• Official website