2020 IIHF Women's World Championship
Tournament details
Host country Canada
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates31 March – 10 April (cancelled)
Teams10

The 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship was scheduled to be an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation. It was scheduled to be contested in Halifax and Truro, Canada, from 31 March to 10 April 2020.[1]

On March 7, 2020, the tournament was cancelled by the IIHF due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Planned participants

Match officials

Twelve referees and ten linesmen are selected for the tournament.[3]

RefereesLinesmen
  • Canada Elizabeth Mantha
  • Canada Lacey Senuk
  • Finland Kaisa Ketonen
  • Finland Anniina Nurmi
  • France Marie Picavet
  • Germany Tijana Haack
  • Russia Daria Yermak
  • Slovakia Nikoleta Celárová
  • Sweden Maria Furberg
  • Switzerland Anna Wiegand
  • United States Kaylen Erchul
  • United States Chelsea Rapin
  • Austria Julia Kainberger
  • Canada Alexandra Blair
  • Finland Jenni Heikkinen
  • Finland Linnea Sianio
  • Germany Lisa Linnek
  • Russia Diana Mokhova
  • Sweden Anna Hammar
  • Switzerland Magali Anex dit Chenaud
  • United States Jacqueline Spresser
  • United States Sara Strong

Rosters

Each team's roster consists of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and two goaltenders, and at most 20 skaters and three goaltenders. All ten participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a "Long List" roster no later than two weeks before the tournament.

Preliminary round

The schedule was announced on 25 September 2019.[4]

All times are local (UTC−3).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals
2  Canada (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5   Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 31 March 2020. Source:
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
31 March 2020
15:30		Switzerland Cancelled United StatesScotiabank Centre, Halifax
31 March 2020
19:30		Canada Cancelled FinlandScotiabank Centre, Halifax
1 April 2020
19:30		Russia Cancelled  SwitzerlandScotiabank Centre, Halifax
2 April 2020
15:30		Finland Cancelled United StatesScotiabank Centre, Halifax
2 April 2020
19:30		Canada Cancelled RussiaScotiabank Centre, Halifax
3 April 2020
19:30		Switzerland Cancelled CanadaScotiabank Centre, Halifax
4 April 2020
15:30		United States Cancelled RussiaScotiabank Centre, Halifax
4 April 2020
19:30		Finland Cancelled  SwitzerlandScotiabank Centre, Halifax
5 April 2020
15:30		Russia Cancelled FinlandScotiabank Centre, Halifax
5 April 2020
19:30		United States Cancelled CanadaScotiabank Centre, Halifax

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals
2  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to 2021 Division I
5  Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 31 March 2020. Source:
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.
31 March 2020
13:00		Hungary Cancelled Czech RepublicRath Eastlink Community Centre, Truro
31 March 2020
17:00		Germany Cancelled JapanRath Eastlink Community Centre, Truro
1 April 2020
17:00		Denmark Cancelled HungaryRath Eastlink Community Centre, Truro
2 April 2020
13:00		Czech Republic Cancelled GermanyRath Eastlink Community Centre, Truro
2 April 2020
17:00		Japan Cancelled DenmarkRath Eastlink Community Centre, Truro
3 April 2020
17:00		Hungary Cancelled JapanRath Eastlink Community Centre, Truro
4 April 2020
13:00		Germany Cancelled HungaryRath Eastlink Community Centre, Truro
4 April 2020
17:00		Czech Republic Cancelled DenmarkRath Eastlink Community Centre, Truro
5 April 2020
13:00		Denmark Cancelled GermanyRath Eastlink Community Centre, Truro
5 April 2020
17:00		Japan Cancelled Czech RepublicRath Eastlink Community Centre, Truro

Knockout stage

There would have been a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.[5]

Bracket

QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
          
7 April
A1
9 April
B3
 
7 April
 
A2
10 April
B2
 
7 April
 
A3
9 April
B1
 
7 April
 Third place
A4
10 April
A5
 
 

Quarterfinals

7 April 2020
13:00		N/ACancelledN/ARath Eastlink Community Centre, Truro
7 April 2020
15:30		N/ACancelledN/AScotiabank Centre, Halifax
7 April 2020
17:00		N/ACancelledN/ARath Eastlink Community Centre, Truro
7 April 2020
19:30		N/ACancelledN/AScotiabank Centre, Halifax

5–8th place semifinals

9 April 2020
13:00		N/ACancelledN/ARath Eastlink Community Centre, Truro
9 April 2020
17:00		N/ACancelledN/ARath Eastlink Community Centre, Truro

Semifinals

9 April 2020
15:30		N/ACancelledN/AScotiabank Centre, Halifax
9 April 2020
19:30		N/ACancelledN/AScotiabank Centre, Halifax

Fifth place game

The winner of this game earns a spot in Group A of the 2021 tournament.

10 April 2020
13:00		N/ACancelledN/ARath Eastlink Community Centre, Truro

Bronze medal game

10 April 2020
15:30		N/ACancelledN/AScotiabank Centre, Halifax

Gold medal game

10 April 2020
19:30		N/ACancelledN/AScotiabank Centre, Halifax


References

  1. ↑ "Tournaments for 2020 assigned". iihf.com. 24 May 2019.
  2. ↑ "Women's Worlds cancelled". iihf.com. 7 March 2020.
  3. ↑ Assignments
  4. ↑ "Schedule and tickets available". iihf.com. 25 September 2019.
  5. ↑ Tournament info
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