Ice Hockey World Cup Divisions

However on 17 march 2020 iihf announced the cancellation of both tournaments following the covid 19 pandemic.

Ice hockey world cup divisions. To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments a player cannot be born earlier than 2000. Belarus 2019 iihf ice hockey world championship division i group a kaz blr korea vs. The second tier division ia and the third tier division ib. Inaugurated in 1996 it is the successor to the canada cup which was held every 3 to 5 years from 1976 to 1991 and was the first international hockey championship to allow nations to field their top players.

For each tier s tournament the team which placed first was promoted to the next highest division while the team which placed last was relegated to a lower division. The 2020 iihf world championship division i was a scheduled international ice hockey tournament run by the international ice hockey federation. The world cup has occurred thrice before on an irregular basis with the united states winning in 1996 and canada. Lithuania 2019 iihf ice hockey world championship division i group a.

Division i group b. Division ii group a. The 2021 iihf world championship will be co hosted by minsk belarus and riga latvia as the iihf announced on 19 may 2017 1 their joint bid won by a very tight margin against the finnish bid with the cities of tampere and helsinki 1 each city will host one group and two quarter final games with both semi finals and the medal games to be played in minsk. The 2020 world junior ice hockey championship division i consisted of two tiered groups of six teams each.

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. 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. From 2001 until 2011 the two national teams that lost the relegation round at the iihf world championship were relegated to division i for the following year s world championships. As the iihf grew more teams began to participate at the world championships so more pools later renamed divisions were introduced.

The iihf world championship division i is an annual sports event organized by the international ice hockey federation the divisional championship is played in two groups. The world cup of hockey is an international ice hockey tournament. Although there has been much shifting of teams over the years the nhl has arranged itself as two conferences containing multiple divisions since 1974. At the division i championship the winner.

The 2020 iihf world championship division i was a scheduled international ice hockey tournament run by the international ice hockey federation. 2021 iihf ice hockey world championship. 2021 iihf ice hockey world championship.