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.

Main article: 2020 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
2020 IIHF World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Slovenia
 Poland
Dates27 April – 3 May (cancelled)
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
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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
2020 IIHF World Championship Division I A
Tournament details
Host country Slovenia
Dates27 April – 3 May (cancelled)
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
WebsiteWebsite

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

Match officials

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

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

Standings
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[lower-alpha 1]
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

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

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

Match officials

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

RefereesLinesmen
  • Nicolas Cregut
  • Dean Smith
  • Robert Hallin
  • Milan Zrnic

Standings
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

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
  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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