2020 IIHF World Championship Division I
# 2020 IIHF World Championship Division I

The 2020 IIHF World Championship Division I was a scheduled international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The Group A tournament was scheduled to be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia and the Group B tournament in Katowice, Poland from 27 April to 3 May 2020. However, on 17 March 2020 IIHF announced the cancellation of both tournaments following the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Group A tournament

### Participants

| Team | Qualification |
| - | - |
| France | Placed 15th in the Elite Division in 2019 and was relegated. |
| Austria | Placed 16th in the Elite Division in 2019 and was relegated. |
| South Korea | Placed 3rd in Division I A in 2019. |
| Slovenia | Host, placed 4th in Division I A in 2019. |
| Hungary | Placed 5th in Division I A in 2019. |
| Romania | Placed 1st in Division I B in 2019 and was promoted. |

### Match officials

7 referees and 7 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

| Referees | Linesmen |
| - | - |
| Jeff Ingram Sirko Hunnius Andris Ansons Roy Stian Hansen Denis Naumov Miroslav Štefík Christoffer Holm | Josef Špůr Andreas Weise Krøyer Joona Elonen Nicolas Constantineau Yevgeni Yudin Gašper Jaka Zgonc Park Jun-soo |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2021 IIHF World Championship |
| 2 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2021 IIHF World Championship |
| 3 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Slovenia (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Romania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to 2021 Division I B |

* ↑ If both Belarus and Latvia finished 8th in their groups then only one team would have been promoted.

### Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

## Group B tournament

### Participants

| Team | Qualification |
| - | - |
| Lithuania | Placed 6th in Division I A in 2019 and was relegated. |
| Poland | Host, placed 2nd in Division I B in 2019. |
| Japan | Placed 3rd in Division I B in 2019. |
| Estonia | Placed 4th in Division I B in 2019. |
| Ukraine | Placed 5th in Division I B in 2019. |
| Serbia | Placed 1st in Division II A in 2019 and was promoted. |

### Match officials

Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.

| Referees | Linesmen |
| - | - |
| Nicolas Cregut Dean Smith Robert Hallin Milan Zrnic | Gabriel Gaube Ulrich Pardatscher Uldis Bušs Mateusz Bucki Rafał Noworyta Ivan Nedeljković Kevin Briganti |

### Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Promotion to 2021 Division I A |
| 2 | Poland (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Estonia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 | Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to 2021 Division II A |

### Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

