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.
==Venues==
Zürich 		Lausanne
Hallenstadion 		Vaudoise Aréna
Capacity: 11,200		Capacity: 9,600
 		
 		
==Participants==
;Qualified as host
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; Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2019 IIHF World Championship:
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;Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2019 IIHF World Championship Division I:
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==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 (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.
* Maxim Sidorenko
* Alexandre Garon
* Oliver Gouin
* Antonín Jeřábek
* Robin Sir
* Mads Frandsen
* Mikko Kaukokari
* Anssi Salonen
* Marian Rohatsch
* Roman Gofman
* Yevgeni Romasko
* Mikael Nord
* Linus Öhlund
* Daniel Stricker
* Andrew Bruggeman
* Jeremy Tufts
* Elias Seewald
* Dmitri Golyak
* Maxime Chaput
* Dustin McCrank
* Jiří Ondráček
* Henrik Haurum
* Hannu Sormunen
* Lauri Nikulainen
* Alexander Waldejer
* Dmitri Shishlo
* Nikita Shalagin
* David Obwegeser
* Andreas Malmqvist
* Emil Yletyinen
* Jake Davis
* William Hancock
==Preliminary round==
The schedule was announced on 1 August 2019.
===Group A===
====Matches====
 		 			
8 May 2020 		 			
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9 May 2020 		 			
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10 May 2020		 			
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11 May 2020		 			
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align=right		Cancelled			
12 May 2020		 			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
13 May 2020		 			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
14 May 2020		 			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
15 May 2020		 			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
16 May 2020		 			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
17 May 2020		 			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
18 May 2020		 			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
19 May 2020		 			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
===Group B===
====Matches====
 		 			
8 May 2020 		 			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
9 May 2020 		 			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
10 May 2020		 			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
11 May 2020		 			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
12 May 2020		 			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
13 May 2020		 			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
14 May 2020		 			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
15 May 2020		 			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
16 May 2020		 			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
17 May 2020		 			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
18 May 2020		 			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
19 May 2020		 			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
align=right		Cancelled			
==Playoff round==
===Bracket===
===Quarterfinals===
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===Semifinals===
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===Bronze medal game===
===Gold medal game===
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
World Ice Hockey Championships, Men's
Category:IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships