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.

Participants

 * Qualified as host


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


 * 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 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.

Preliminary round
The schedule was announced on 1 August 2019.

Bracket
There will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.

All times are local (UTC+2).