Ice Hockey World Championship Groups

7 0 0 2 5 14 34 20 2 2020 iihf world championship division i.

Ice hockey world championship groups. 7 0 1 0 6 9 41 32 2 14 b italy. There will usually be three games per day at the arena in the group stage in which canada finland switzerland slovakia and germany were seeded in group a and russia sweden the united states the czech republic and austria in group b. The preliminary round ends on new year s eve with canada finland and sweden usa. The modern format for the world championship features 16 teams in the championship group 12 teams in division i and 12 teams in division ii.

7 2 0 0 5 19 33 14 6 13 a great britain. As the iihf grew more teams began to participate at the world championships so more pools later renamed divisions were introduced. 7 1 1 1 4 18 23 5 6 12 b norway. 7 3 0 0 4 21 20 1 9 11 a denmark.

7 0 0 1 6 9 40 31 1. Following organizational meetings in bratislava the international ice hockey federation iihf has announced the groups for the 2020 iihf ice hockey world championship that will take place from 8 to 24 may in zurich and lausanne switzerland. Host slovakia selected to play the preliminary round in kosice in group a that further includes canada the first ranked team in the iihf men s world ranking recent bronze medallist united states finland olympic silver medallist germany denmark france and great britain which last month earned promotion in dramatic fashion for its first top level.