2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I

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2020 IIHF Women's World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries France
 Poland
Dates12–18 April (cancelled)
28 March – 3 April (cancelled)
Teams12
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
← 2019
2021 (cancelled) →

The 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I was scheduled to be an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The Group A tournament will be held in Angers, France from 12 to 18 April and the Group B tournament in Reykjavík, Iceland from 28 March to 3 April 2020.[1]

On 2 March 2020, the Group B tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Five days later, the Group A tournament was cancelled as well.[3]

Group A tournament[]

2020 IIHF World Championship Division I A
Tournament details
Host country France
Dates12–18 April
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
WebsiteWebsite

Participants[]

Team Qualification
 Sweden Placed 9th in Top Division previous year and was relegated.
 France Host, placed 10th in Top Division previous year and was relegated.
 Norway Placed 3rd in Division I A previous year.
 Austria Placed 4th in Division I A previous year.
 Slovakia Placed 5th in Division I A previous year.
 Netherlands Placed 1st in Division I B previous year and was promoted.

Match officials[]

Four referees and seven linesmen are selected for the tournament.[4]

Referees Linesmen
  • Canada Brandy Dewar
  • Finland Henna-Maria Koivuluoma
  • Japan Anna Kuroda
  • United States Jamie Huntley-Park

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship
2  France (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to 2021 Division I B
Source:[citation needed]
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[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

12 April 2020
12:30		Netherlands Cancelled Sweden, Angers
12 April 2020
16:00		Austria Cancelled France, Angers
12 April 2020
19:30		Slovakia Cancelled Norway, Angers
13 April 2020
12:30		Sweden Cancelled Austria, Angers
13 April 2020
16:00		Norway Cancelled Netherlands, Angers
13 April 2020
19:30		France Cancelled Slovakia, Angers
15 April 2020
12:30		Sweden Cancelled Slovakia, Angers
15 April 2020
16:00		Netherlands Cancelled Austria, Angers
15 April 2020
19:30		France Cancelled Norway, Angers
16 April 2020
12:30		Austria Cancelled Slovakia, Angers
16 April 2020
16:00		Norway Cancelled Sweden, Angers
16 April 2020
19:30		France Cancelled Netherlands, Angers
18 April 2020
12:30		Norway Cancelled Austria, Angers
18 April 2020
16:00		Slovakia Cancelled Netherlands, Angers
18 April 2020
19:30		Sweden Cancelled France, Angers

Group B tournament[]

2020 IIHF World Championship Division I B
Tournament details
Host country Poland
Dates28 March – 3 April
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
WebsiteWebsite

Participants[]

Team Qualification
 Italy Placed 6th in Division I A previous year and was relegated.
 South Korea Placed 2nd in Division I B previous year.
 Poland Host, placed 3rd in Division I B previous year.
 China Placed 4th in Division I B previous year.
 Kazakhstan Placed 5th in Division I B previous year.
 Slovenia Placed 1st in Division II A previous year and was promoted.

Match officials[]

Four referees and seven linesmen are selected for the tournament.[4]

Referees Linesmen
  • Finland Johanna Tauriainen
  • Germany Svenja Strohmenger
  • Latvia Sintija Čamāne
  • Russia Yelizaveta Kolchina

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to 2021 Division I A
2  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Poland (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to 2021 Division II A
Source:[citation needed]
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[]

All times are local (UTC+2).

28 March 2020
13:00		Slovenia Cancelled Italy, Katowice
28 March 2020
16:30		China Cancelled South Korea, Katowice
28 March 2020
20:00		Kazakhstan Cancelled Poland, Katowice
29 March 2020
13:00		South Korea Cancelled Kazakhstan, Katowice
29 March 2020
16:30		Italy Cancelled China, Katowice
29 March 2020
20:00		Poland Cancelled Slovenia, Katowice
31 March 2020
13:00		Slovenia Cancelled China, Katowice
31 March 2020
16:30		Italy Cancelled Kazakhstan, Katowice
31 March 2020
20:00		South Korea Cancelled Poland, Katowice
1 April 2020
13:00		China Cancelled Kazakhstan, Katowice
1 April 2020
16:30		South Korea Cancelled Slovenia, Katowice
1 April 2020
20:00		Poland Cancelled Italy, Katowice
3 April 2020
13:00		Italy Cancelled South Korea, Katowice
3 April 2020
16:30		Kazakhstan Cancelled Slovenia, Katowice
3 April 2020
20:00		Poland Cancelled China, Katowice

References[]

  1. ^ "Tournaments for 2020 assigned". iihf.com. 24 May 2019.
  2. ^ "IIHF cancels March tournaments". iihf.com. 2 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Women's Worlds cancelled". iihf.com. 7 March 2020.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Assignments

External links[]

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