2020 IIHF Women's World Championship


The 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship was scheduled to be an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was scheduled to be contested in Halifax and Truro, Canada, from 31 March to 10 April 2020.
On March 7, 2020, the tournament was cancelled by the IIHF due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Planned participants

Match officials

Twelve referees and ten linesmen are selected for the tournament.
RefereesLinesmen

Rosters

Each team's roster consists of at least 15 skaters and two goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and three goaltenders. All ten participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a "Long List" roster no later than two weeks before the tournament.

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 25 September 2019.
''All times are local.''

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

There would have been a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.

Quarterfinals

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5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Fifth place game

The winner of this game earns a spot in Group A of the 2021 tournament.