2020 IIHF World Championship

Qualified as host

•   Switzerland

Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2019 IIHF World Championship

•  Canada
•  Czech Republic
•  Denmark
•  Finland
•  Germany
•  Great Britain
•  Italy
•  Latvia
•  Norway
•  Russia
•  Slovakia
•  Sweden
•  United States

Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2019 IIHF World Championship Division I

•  Belarus
•  Kazakhstan

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.[3]

16 referees and linesmen were announced on 25 February 2020.[4]

The schedule was announced on 1 August 2019.[5]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Canada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Sweden	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Belarus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Great Britain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.

Matches

8 May 2020
Canada		Cancelled		Germany
Sweden		Cancelled		Czech Republic
9 May 2020
Germany		Cancelled		Great Britain
Slovakia		Cancelled		Denmark
Belarus		Cancelled		Czech Republic
10 May 2020
Great Britain		Cancelled		Slovakia
Canada		Cancelled		Denmark
Sweden		Cancelled		Belarus
11 May 2020
Czech Republic		Cancelled		Canada
Germany		Cancelled		Sweden
12 May 2020
Great Britain		Cancelled		Denmark
Belarus		Cancelled		Slovakia
13 May 2020
Czech Republic		Cancelled		Great Britain
Canada		Cancelled		Belarus
14 May 2020
Denmark		Cancelled		Germany
Sweden		Cancelled		Slovakia
15 May 2020
Germany		Cancelled		Belarus
Great Britain		Cancelled		Canada
16 May 2020
Denmark		Cancelled		Belarus
Canada		Cancelled		Sweden
Slovakia		Cancelled		Czech Republic
17 May 2020
Sweden		Cancelled		Great Britain
Germany		Cancelled		Slovakia
18 May 2020
Belarus		Cancelled		Great Britain
Czech Republic		Cancelled		Denmark
19 May 2020
Slovakia		Cancelled		Canada
Czech Republic		Cancelled		Germany
Denmark		Cancelled		Sweden

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Russia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Finland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	United States	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Switzerland (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Norway	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Matches

8 May 2020
Finland		Cancelled		United States
Russia		Cancelled		Switzerland
9 May 2020
Italy		Cancelled		United States
Latvia		Cancelled		Norway
Switzerland		Cancelled		Kazakhstan
10 May 2020
Russia		Cancelled		Norway
Kazakhstan		Cancelled		Latvia
Finland		Cancelled		Italy
11 May 2020
United States		Cancelled		Russia
Switzerland		Cancelled		Finland
12 May 2020
Kazakhstan		Cancelled		Norway
Italy		Cancelled		Latvia
13 May 2020
United States		Cancelled		Kazakhstan
Russia		Cancelled		Italy
14 May 2020
Norway		Cancelled		Switzerland
Finland		Cancelled		Latvia
15 May 2020
Kazakhstan		Cancelled		Russia
Switzerland		Cancelled		Italy
16 May 2020
Latvia		Cancelled		United States
Norway		Cancelled		Italy
Russia		Cancelled		Finland
17 May 2020
Finland		Cancelled		Kazakhstan
Switzerland		Cancelled		Latvia
18 May 2020
Italy		Cancelled		Kazakhstan
United States		Cancelled		Norway
19 May 2020
Latvia		Cancelled		Russia
Norway		Cancelled		Finland
United States		Cancelled		Switzerland

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