title: 2020 IIHF World Championship Division I
text: # 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).
  
  