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.
The tournament was cancelled on 21 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 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.
Venues ZürichLausanne Hallenstadion Vaudoise Aréna 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.
Group A (Lausanne) (1) (4) (5) (7) (9) (12) (14) (20)
Group B (Zürich) (2) (3) (6) (8) (10) (11) (16) (19)
Match officials 16 referees and linesmen were announced on 25 February 2020.
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.
Group A Standings <onlyinclude>
Matches 8 May 2020 Cancelled Cancelled 9 May 2020 Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled 10 May 2020 Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled 11 May 2020 Cancelled Cancelled 12 May 2020 Cancelled Cancelled 13 May 2020 Cancelled Cancelled 14 May 2020 Cancelled Cancelled 15 May 2020 Cancelled Cancelled 16 May 2020 Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled 17 May 2020 Cancelled Cancelled 18 May 2020 Cancelled Cancelled 19 May 2020 Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled
Group B
Standings
Matches 8 May 2020 Cancelled Cancelled 9 May 2020 Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled 10 May 2020 Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled 11 May 2020 Cancelled Cancelled 12 May 2020 Cancelled Cancelled 13 May 2020 Cancelled Cancelled 14 May 2020 Cancelled Cancelled 15 May 2020 Cancelled Cancelled 16 May 2020 Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled 17 May 2020 Cancelled Cancelled 18 May 2020 Cancelled Cancelled 19 May 2020 Cancelled Cancelled Cancelled
Playoff round Bracket There will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.
All times are local (UTC+2).
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
References
External links Official website