Main article: 2020 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
2020 IIHF World Championship
Year2020
Size145px
CountrySwitzerland
Dates8–24 May (cancelled)
Num teams16
Venues2
Cities2
Prevseason2019
Nextseason2021

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] 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.[3][4]

Venues

ZürichLausanne
HallenstadionVaudoise Aréna
47°24′41″N 8°33′6″E46°31′43″N 6°36′0″E
Capacity: 11,200Capacity: 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.[5]

Group A (Lausanne)
Group B (Zürich)

Match officials

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

RefereesLinesmen
  • 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.[7]

Group A

Standings

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Matches

8 May 2020
align=rightCancelledGermany
align=rightCancelledCzech Republic
9 May 2020
align=rightCancelledUnited Kingdom
align=rightCancelledDenmark
align=rightCancelledCzech Republic
10 May 2020
align=rightCancelledSlovakia
align=rightCancelledDenmark
align=rightCancelledBelarus
11 May 2020
align=rightCancelledCanada
align=rightCancelledSweden
12 May 2020
align=rightCancelledDenmark
align=rightCancelledSlovakia
13 May 2020
align=rightCancelledUnited Kingdom
align=rightCancelledBelarus
14 May 2020
align=rightCancelledGermany
align=rightCancelledSlovakia
15 May 2020
align=rightCancelledBelarus
align=rightCancelledCanada
16 May 2020
align=rightCancelledBelarus
align=rightCancelledSweden
align=rightCancelledCzech Republic
17 May 2020
align=rightCancelledUnited Kingdom
align=rightCancelledSlovakia
18 May 2020
align=rightCancelledUnited Kingdom
align=rightCancelledDenmark
19 May 2020
align=rightCancelledCanada
align=rightCancelledGermany
align=rightCancelledSweden

Group B

Matches

8 May 2020
align=rightCancelledUnited States
align=rightCancelledSwitzerland
9 May 2020
align=rightCancelledUnited States
align=rightCancelledNorway
align=rightCancelledKazakhstan
10 May 2020
align=rightCancelledNorway
align=rightCancelledLatvia
align=rightCancelledItaly
11 May 2020
align=rightCancelledRussia
align=rightCancelledFinland
12 May 2020
align=rightCancelledNorway
align=rightCancelledLatvia
13 May 2020
align=rightCancelledKazakhstan
align=rightCancelledItaly
14 May 2020
align=rightCancelledSwitzerland
align=rightCancelledLatvia
15 May 2020
align=rightCancelledRussia
align=rightCancelledItaly
16 May 2020
align=rightCancelledUnited States
align=rightCancelledItaly
align=rightCancelledFinland
17 May 2020
align=rightCancelledKazakhstan
align=rightCancelledLatvia
18 May 2020
align=rightCancelledKazakhstan
align=rightCancelledNorway
19 May 2020
align=rightCancelledRussia
align=rightCancelledFinland
align=rightCancelledSwitzerland

Playoff round

Bracket

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

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All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

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. ^ Aerschmann, Nicola (7 May 2020). "Mathias Seger und Mark Streit in Schweizer All-Time-Auswahl" (in de-ch). Nau.ch. Archived 11 May 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Ohne Josi: So sieht gemäss der IIHF die ultimative Schweizer All-Time-Starting-Six aus" (in de-ch). sport.ch. 5 May 2020. Archived 11 May 2020 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 11 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Groups for Switzerland 2020". iihf.com. 28 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Your refs for Switzerland 2020". iihf.com. 25 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Switzerland opens Worlds vs. Russia". iihf.com. 1 August 2019.
  8. ^ "Semi-final format changed". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 10 May 2019.