The 2020 IIHF World Championship would have been hosted by Switzerland from 8 to 24 May 2020, as the

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announced on 15 May 2015 in

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. The tournament was cancelled on 21 March 2020 due to the

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Venues

Participants

;Qualified as host * ; Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the

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: * * * * * * * * * * * * * ;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

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, as of the end of the

, using the

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. ;Group A (Lausanne) * (1) * (4) * (5) * (7) * (9) * (12) * (14) * (20) ;Group B (Zürich) * (2) * (3) * (6) * (8) * (10) * (11) * (16) * (19)

Match officials

16 referees and linesmen were announced on 25 February 2020.

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 (

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).''

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

References

External links

Official website
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