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1 Group A tournament  



1.1  Participants  





1.2  Match officials  





1.3  Standings  





1.4  Results  







2 Group B tournament  



2.1  Participants  





2.2  Match officials  





2.3  Standings  





2.4  Results  







3 References  





4 External links  














2020 IIHF World Championship Division II






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2020 IIHF World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries Croatia
 Iceland
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates19–25 April (cancelled)
Teams12
← 2019
2021 (cancelled) →

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[edit]

2020 IIHF World Championship Division II A
Tournament details
Host country Croatia
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates19–25 April (cancelled)
Teams6
WebsiteWebsite

Participants[edit]

Team Qualification
 Netherlands Placed 6th in Division I B previous year and was relegated.
 Croatia Host, placed 2nd in Division II A previous year.
 Australia Placed 3rd in Division II A previous year.
 Spain Placed 4th in Division II A previous year.
 China Placed 5th in Division II A previous year.
 Israel Placed 1st in Division II B previous year and was promoted.

Match officials[edit]

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
  • Austria David Nothegger
  • Croatia Tomislav Grozaj
  • Croatia Krešimir Polašek
  • Czech Republic Tomáš Brejcha
  • Japan Naoki Sawayama
  • Serbia David Perduv
  • Slovakia Matúš Stanzel
  • Standings[edit]

    Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1  Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to 2021 Division I B
    2  Croatia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    3  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    4  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    5  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[edit]

    All times are local (UTC+2).

    19 April 2020
    13:00
    Israel Cancelled SpainDom Sportova, Zagreb
    19 April 2020
    16:30
    Australia Cancelled NetherlandsDom Sportova, Zagreb
    19 April 2020
    20:00
    Croatia Cancelled ChinaDom Sportova, Zagreb

    20 April 2020
    13:00
    Netherlands Cancelled SpainDom Sportova, Zagreb
    20 April 2020
    16:30
    China Cancelled IsraelDom Sportova, Zagreb
    20 April 2020
    20:00
    Croatia Cancelled AustraliaDom Sportova, Zagreb

    22 April 2020
    13:00
    Netherlands Cancelled ChinaDom Sportova, Zagreb
    22 April 2020
    16:30
    Australia Cancelled SpainDom Sportova, Zagreb
    22 April 2020
    20:00
    Croatia Cancelled IsraelDom Sportova, Zagreb

    24 April 2020
    13:00
    China Cancelled AustraliaDom Sportova, Zagreb
    24 April 2020
    16:30
    Israel Cancelled NetherlandsDom Sportova, Zagreb
    24 April 2020
    20:00
    Spain Cancelled CroatiaDom Sportova, Zagreb

    25 April 2020
    13:00
    Australia Cancelled IsraelDom Sportova, Zagreb
    25 April 2020
    16:30
    Spain Cancelled ChinaDom Sportova, Zagreb
    25 April 2020
    20:00
    Netherlands Cancelled CroatiaDom Sportova, Zagreb

    Group B tournament[edit]

    2020 IIHF World Championship Division II B
    Tournament details
    Host country Iceland
    Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
    Dates19–25 April (cancelled)
    Teams6
    WebsiteWebsite

    Participants[edit]

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

    Match officials[edit]

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

    Referees Linesmen
    • Denmark Martin Christensen
    • Japan Kenji Kosaka
    • Malaysia Lim Yong Chun
    • Norway Christian Persson
    • Austria Jakob Schauer
  • China Liu Tiange
  • Iceland Oli Gunnarsson
  • Iceland Sindri Gunnarsson
  • Iceland Leon Hafsteinsson
  • Slovakia Martin Jobbágy
  • Sweden Anders Nyqvist
  • Standings[edit]

    Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
    1  Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to 2021 Division II A
    2  Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    3  New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    4  Georgia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    5  Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    6  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[edit]

    All times are local (UTC+2).

    19 April 2020
    13:00
    Bulgaria Cancelled GeorgiaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
    19 April 2020
    16:30
    New Zealand Cancelled BelgiumLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
    19 April 2020
    20:00
    Iceland Cancelled MexicoLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík

    20 April 2020
    13:00
    Belgium Cancelled GeorgiaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
    20 April 2020
    16:30
    Mexico Cancelled BulgariaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
    20 April 2020
    20:00
    Iceland Cancelled New ZealandLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík

    22 April 2020
    13:00
    New Zealand Cancelled GeorgiaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
    22 April 2020
    16:30
    Belgium Cancelled MexicoLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
    22 April 2020
    20:00
    Iceland Cancelled BulgariaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík

    24 April 2020
    13:00
    Mexico Cancelled New ZealandLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
    24 April 2020
    16:30
    Bulgaria Cancelled BelgiumLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
    24 April 2020
    20:00
    Georgia Cancelled IcelandLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík

    25 April 2020
    13:00
    New Zealand Cancelled BulgariaLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
    25 April 2020
    16:30
    Georgia Cancelled MexicoLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík
    25 April 2020
    20:00
    Belgium Cancelled IcelandLaugardalur Arena, Reykjavík

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "Tournaments for 2020 assigned". iihf.com. 24 May 2019.
  • ^ "Men's Division II, III cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  • ^ a b Assignments
  • External links[edit]


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