2020 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

The 2020 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships was scheduled to be the 22nd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams will participate at several levels of competition. The competition also serve as qualification for the 2021 competition and finalized seeding for the 2022 Winter Olympics qualification.

'''On March 7, 2020 the event was cancelled by the IIHF due to the worldwide coronavirus outbreak. Halifax and Truro will host the tournament in 2021.'''

Championship (Top Division)
The tournament was to be held in Halifax and Truro, Canada from 31 March to 10 April 2020.


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

Group A
The tournament will be held in France from 12 to 18 April 2020. On March 7, 2020 the Group A tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus out break.


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

Group B
The tournament will be held in Katowice, Poland from 28 March to 3 April 2020. On March 2, 2020 the Group B tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus out break.


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

Group A
The tournament will be held in Granada, Spain from 27 March to 3 April 2020. On March 2, 2020 the tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak.


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

Group B
The tournament was held in Akureyri, Iceland from 23 to 29 February 2020.


 * – Relegated from Division II A
 * – Promoted from Division II B Qualification
 * – Promoted from Division II B Qualification
 * – Promoted from Division II B Qualification
 * – Promoted from Division II B Qualification
 * – Promoted from Division II B Qualification

Division III
The tournament will be held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 4 to 10 December 2019.


 * – Relegated from Division II B
 * – Relegated from Division II B
 * – Relegated from Division II B
 * – Relegated from Division II B
 * – Relegated from Division II B