2020 IIHF World Championship Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Slovenia Poland Venues 2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates 27 April – 3 May (cancelled)
Teams 12
← 2019 2021 (cancelled) →
The 2020 IIHF World Championship Division I was a scheduled international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation .
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. However, on 17 March 2020 IIHF announced the cancellation of both tournaments following the COVID-19 pandemic .
Group A tournament 2020 IIHF World Championship Division I A
Tournament details
Venue 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 27 April – 3 May (cancelled)
Teams 6
Official website
Participants 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 7 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees Linesmen Canada Jeff Ingram Germany Sirko Hunnius Latvia Andris Ansons Norway Roy Stian Hansen Russia Denis Naumov Slovakia Miroslav Štefík Sweden Christoffer HolmCzech Republic Josef Špůr Denmark Andreas Weise Krøyer Finland Joona Elonen France Nicolas Constantineau Russia Yevgeni Yudin Slovenia Gašper Jaka Zgonc South Korea 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 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
Results All times are local (UTC+2 ).
Group B tournament 2020 IIHF World Championship Division I B
Tournament details
Venue 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 27 April – 3 May (cancelled)
Teams 6
Official website
Participants 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 Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.
Referees Linesmen France Nicolas Cregut United Kingdom Dean Smith Norway Robert Hallin Slovenia Milan ZrnicGermany Gabriel Gaube Italy Ulrich Pardatscher Latvia Uldis Bušs Poland Mateusz Bucki Poland Rafał Noworyta Serbia Ivan Nedeljković United States Kevin Briganti
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
Results All times are local (UTC+2 ).
27 April 2020 13:00 Serbia Cancelled Lithuania Spodek , Katowice
27 April 2020 16:30 Ukraine Cancelled Japan Spodek , Katowice
27 April 2020 20:00 Estonia Cancelled Poland Spodek , Katowice
28 April 2020 13:00 Japan Cancelled Serbia Spodek , Katowice
28 April 2020 16:30 Lithuania Cancelled Estonia Spodek , Katowice
28 April 2020 20:00 Poland Cancelled Ukraine Spodek , Katowice
30 April 2020 13:00 Lithuania Cancelled Ukraine Spodek , Katowice
30 April 2020 16:30 Serbia Cancelled Estonia Spodek , Katowice
30 April 2020 20:00 Poland Cancelled Japan Spodek , Katowice
1 May 2020 20:00 Poland Cancelled Serbia Spodek , Katowice
3 May 2020 13:00 Japan Cancelled Estonia Spodek , Katowice
3 May 2020 16:30 Ukraine Cancelled Serbia Spodek , Katowice
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