2020 IIHF World Championship Division II

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2020 IIHF World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countriesFile:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates19–25 April (cancelled)
Teams12
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The 2020 IIHF World Championship Division II was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The Group A tournament would have been held in Zagreb, Croatia and the Group B tournament in Reykjavík, Iceland from 19 to 25 April 2020.[1]

Both tournaments were cancelled on 13 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Group A tournament

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2020 IIHF World Championship Division II A
File:2020 IIHF World Championship Division II-A.png
Tournament details
Host countryFile:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Dates19–25 April (cancelled)
Teams6
Official website
Website

Participants

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Team Qualification
File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Placed 6th in Division I B previous year and was relegated.
File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia Host, placed 2nd in Division II A previous year.
File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia Placed 3rd in Division II A previous year.
File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain Placed 4th in Division II A previous year.
File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China Placed 5th in Division II A previous year.
 Israel Placed 1st in Division II B previous year and was promoted.

Match officials

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Four referees and seven linesmen are selected for the tournament.[3]

Referees Linesmen
  • Austria Miroslav Stolc
  • Estonia Maksim Toode
  • Finland Jukka-Pekka Koistinen
  • Germany Benjamin Hoppe

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to 2021 Division I B
2 File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Israel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to 2021 Division II B
Source: N/A
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

Results

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All times are local (UTC+2).

19 April 2020
13:00
Israel CancelledFile:Flag of Spain.svg SpainDom Sportova, Zagreb
19 April 2020
16:30
Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svgCancelledFile:Flag of the Netherlands.svg NetherlandsDom Sportova, Zagreb
19 April 2020
20:00
Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svgCancelledFile:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg ChinaDom Sportova, Zagreb

20 April 2020
13:00
Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svgCancelledFile:Flag of Spain.svg SpainDom Sportova, Zagreb
20 April 2020
16:30
China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svgCancelled IsraelDom Sportova, Zagreb
20 April 2020
20:00
Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svgCancelledFile:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDom Sportova, Zagreb

22 April 2020
13:00
Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svgCancelledFile:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg ChinaDom Sportova, Zagreb
22 April 2020
16:30
Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svgCancelledFile:Flag of Spain.svg SpainDom Sportova, Zagreb
22 April 2020
20:00
Croatia File:Flag of Croatia.svgCancelled IsraelDom Sportova, Zagreb

24 April 2020
13:00
China File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svgCancelledFile:Flag of Australia (converted).svg AustraliaDom Sportova, Zagreb
24 April 2020
16:30
Israel CancelledFile:Flag of the Netherlands.svg NetherlandsDom Sportova, Zagreb
24 April 2020
20:00
Spain File:Flag of Spain.svgCancelledFile:Flag of Croatia.svg CroatiaDom Sportova, Zagreb

25 April 2020
13:00
Australia File:Flag of Australia (converted).svgCancelled IsraelDom Sportova, Zagreb
25 April 2020
16:30
Spain File:Flag of Spain.svgCancelledFile:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg ChinaDom Sportova, Zagreb
25 April 2020
20:00
Netherlands File:Flag of the Netherlands.svgCancelledFile:Flag of Croatia.svg CroatiaDom Sportova, Zagreb

Group B tournament

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2020 IIHF World Championship Division II B
File:2020 IIHF World Championship Division II-B.png
Tournament details
Host countryFile:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Dates19–25 April (cancelled)
Teams6
Official website
Website

Participants

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Team Qualification
File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium Placed 6th in Division II A previous year and was relegated.
File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland Host, placed 2nd in Division II B previous year.
File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand Placed 3rd in Division II B previous year.
File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia Placed 4th in Division II B previous year.
File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico Placed 5th in Division II B previous year.
File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria Placed 1st in Division III previous year and was promoted.

Match officials

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Four referees and seven linesmen are selected for the tournament.[3]

Referees Linesmen

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to 2021 Division II A
2 File:Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 File:Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to 2021 Division III A
Source: N/A
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.

Results

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All times are local (UTC+2).

19 April 2020
13:00
Bulgaria File:Flag of Bulgaria.svgCancelledFile:Flag of Georgia.svg GeorgiaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
19 April 2020
16:30
New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svgCancelledFile:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BelgiumLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
19 April 2020
20:00
Iceland File:Flag of Iceland.svgCancelledFile:Flag of Mexico.svg MexicoLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík

20 April 2020
13:00
Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svgCancelledFile:Flag of Georgia.svg GeorgiaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
20 April 2020
16:30
Mexico File:Flag of Mexico.svgCancelledFile:Flag of Bulgaria.svg BulgariaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
20 April 2020
20:00
Iceland File:Flag of Iceland.svgCancelledFile:Flag of New Zealand.svg New ZealandLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík

22 April 2020
13:00
New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svgCancelledFile:Flag of Georgia.svg GeorgiaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
22 April 2020
16:30
Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svgCancelledFile:Flag of Mexico.svg MexicoLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
22 April 2020
20:00
Iceland File:Flag of Iceland.svgCancelledFile:Flag of Bulgaria.svg BulgariaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík

24 April 2020
13:00
Mexico File:Flag of Mexico.svgCancelledFile:Flag of New Zealand.svg New ZealandLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
24 April 2020
16:30
Bulgaria File:Flag of Bulgaria.svgCancelledFile:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg BelgiumLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
24 April 2020
20:00
Georgia File:Flag of Georgia.svgCancelledFile:Flag of Iceland.svg IcelandLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík

25 April 2020
13:00
New Zealand File:Flag of New Zealand.svgCancelledFile:Flag of Bulgaria.svg BulgariaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
25 April 2020
16:30
Georgia File:Flag of Georgia.svgCancelledFile:Flag of Mexico.svg MexicoLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
25 April 2020
20:00
Belgium File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svgCancelledFile:Flag of Iceland.svg IcelandLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík

References

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