2020 IIHF World Championship

The 2020 IIHF World Championship should have been hosted from 8 to 24 May 2020 by Switzerland, as the IIHF announced on 15 May 2015.

As of a conference call on March 21, 2020 was canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic.

Participants

 * Qualified as host


 * Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2019 IIHF World Championship:


 * Qualified through winning a promotion at the 2019 IIHF World Championship Division I:

Seeding
The seedings in the preliminary round are based on the 2019 IIHF World Ranking, as of the end of the 2019 IIHF World Championship, using the serpentine system.


 * Group A (Lausanne)
 * (1)
 * (4)
 * (5)
 * (7)
 * (9)
 * (12)
 * (14)
 * (20)


 * Group B (Zürich)
 * (2)
 * (3)
 * (6)
 * (8)
 * (10)
 * (11)
 * (16)
 * (19)