2020 IIHF World Championship


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

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
;Group B

  • Match officials

16 referees and linesmen were announced on 25 February 2020.
RefereesLinesmen

  • Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 1 August 2019.

Group A

Standings

Matches

Group B

Standings

Matches

Playoff round

Bracket

There will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.

''All times are local.''

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

Gold medal game