2020 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

The 2020 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships will be the 84th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams will participate in several levels of competition, including the inaugural competition in the newly created Division IV. The competition will also serve as qualifications for division placements in the 2021 competition.

Restructuring by the IIHF led to several changes in the lower divisions of the 2020 World Championships. Division III was re-named Division IIIA, the Division III qualification tournament was renamed Division IIIB, and Division IV was created, with the latter two tournaments consisting of four teams each instead of the standard six. The bottom two teams in the 2019 Division III qualification tournament were assigned to the new Division IV, along with newcomers Malaysia and the Philippines.

Championship (Top Division)
The tournament will be held in Zürich and Lausanne, Switzerland from 8 to 24 May 2020.


 * – Promoted from Division I A
 * – Promoted from Division I A
 * – Host
 * – Promoted from Division I A
 * – Host
 * – Promoted from Division I A
 * – Host
 * – Promoted from Division I A
 * – Host
 * – Host
 * – Host
 * – Host
 * – Host
 * – Host
 * – Host

Division I
The tournament was cancelled on March 17, 2020 by the IIHF due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Group A
The tournament will be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia from 24 to 30 April 2020.


 * – Relegated from Top Division
 * – Relegated from Top Division
 * – Promoted from Division I B
 * – Promoted from Division I B

Group B
The tournament was cancelled on March 17, 2020 by the IIHF due to the COVID-19 global pandemic. The tournament will be held in Katowice, Poland from 26 April to 2 May 2020.


 * – Relegated from Division I A
 * – Promoted from Division II A
 * – Relegated from Division I A
 * – Promoted from Division II A
 * – Promoted from Division II A

Division II
The tournament was cancelled on March 13, 2020 by the IIHF due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Group A
The tournament will be held in Zagreb, Croatia from 19 to 25 April 2020.


 * – Promoted from Division II B
 * – Relegated from Division I B
 * – Promoted from Division II B
 * – Relegated from Division I B
 * – Relegated from Division I B

Group B
The tournament will be held in Reykjavík, Iceland from 19 to 25 April 2020.


 * – Relegated from Division II A
 * – Promoted from Division III

Division III
The tournament was cancelled on March 13, 2020 by the IIHF due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.

Group A
The tournament will be held in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg from 19 to 25 April 2020.


 * - Relegated from Division II B
 * – Promoted from Division III Q
 * - Relegated from Division II B
 * – Promoted from Division III Q
 * – Promoted from Division III Q
 * – Promoted from Division III Q

Group B
The tournament will be held in Cape Town, South Africa from 20 to 26 April 2020.


 * – Relegated from Division III
 * – Relegated from Division III
 * – Relegated from Division III

Division IV
The tournament was cancelled on March 13, 2020 by the IIHF due to the COVID-19 global pandemic.

The tournament will be held in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan from 2 to 8 March 2020.