2020 IIHF World Championship Division III

The 2020 IIHF World Championship Division III was an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.

Main article: 2020 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

2020 IIHF World Championship
Division III
Tournament details
Host countries Luxembourg
 South Africa
Dates19–25 April (cancelled)
20–23 April (cancelled)
Teams10
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)

The Group A tournament would have been held in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg from 19 to 25 April and the Group B tournament in Cape Town, South Africa from 20 to 23 April 2020.[1]

Both tournaments were cancelled on 13 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

Group A tournament
2020 IIHF World Championship Division III A
Tournament details
Host country Luxembourg
Dates19–25 April (cancelled)
Teams6
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Website
Website

Participants
Team Qualification
 North Korea Placed 6th in Division II B previous year and was relegated.
 Turkey Placed 2nd in Division III previous year.
 Turkmenistan Placed 3rd in Division III previous year.
 Luxembourg Host, placed 4th in Division III previous year.
 Chinese Taipei Placed 5th in Division III previous year.
 United Arab Emirates Placed 1st in Division III Q previous year and was promoted.

Match officials

Four referees and seven linesmen are selected for the tournament.[3]

RefereesLinesmen
  • Czech Republic Petr Úlehla
  • Japan Shingo Ikegami
  • South Africa Jonathan Burger
  • United States Steven Sailor
  • Belgium Maarten Van den Acker
  • Czech Republic David Klouček
  • Finland Niko Jusi
  • Netherlands Lodewijk Beelen
  • Norway Niklas Wilhelmsen
  • Slovenia Grega Markizeti
  • Switzerland Daniel Duarte

Standings
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  North Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to 2021 Division II B
2  Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Turkmenistan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Luxembourg (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Chinese Taipei 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  United Arab Emirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to 2021 Division III B
Source: N/A
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

19 April 2020
12:30		Turkmenistan Cancelled North KoreaPatinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer
19 April 2020
16:00		Turkey Cancelled Chinese TaipeiPatinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer
19 April 2020
19:30		United Arab Emirates Cancelled LuxembourgPatinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer
20 April 2020
12:30		Turkey Cancelled TurkmenistanPatinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer
20 April 2020
16:00		Chinese Taipei Cancelled United Arab EmiratesPatinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer
20 April 2020
19:30		North Korea Cancelled LuxembourgPatinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer
22 April 2020
12:30		Turkey Cancelled United Arab EmiratesPatinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer
22 April 2020
16:00		North Korea Cancelled Chinese TaipeiPatinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer
22 April 2020
19:30		Turkmenistan Cancelled LuxembourgPatinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer
24 April 2020
12:30		United Arab Emirates Cancelled North KoreaPatinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer
24 April 2020
16:00		Chinese Taipei Cancelled TurkmenistanPatinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer
24 April 2020
19:30		Luxembourg Cancelled TurkeyPatinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer
25 April 2020
12:30		Turkmenistan Cancelled United Arab EmiratesPatinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer
25 April 2020
16:00		North Korea Cancelled TurkeyPatinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer
25 April 2020
19:30		Luxembourg Cancelled Chinese TaipeiPatinoire de Kockelscheuer, Kockelscheuer

Group B tournament
2020 IIHF World Championship Division III B
Tournament details
Host country South Africa
Dates20–23 April (cancelled)
Teams4
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Website
Website

Participants
Team Qualification
 South Africa Host, placed 6th in Division III previous year and was relegated.
 Hong Kong Placed 2nd in Division III Q previous year.
 Thailand Placed 3rd in Division III Q previous year.
 Bosnia and Herzegovina Placed 4th in Division III Q previous year.

Match officials

Three referees and four linesmen are selected for the tournament.[3]

RefereesLinesmen
  • Estonia Anton Semjonov
  • France Adrien Ernecq
  • Slovenia Viki Trilar
  • Mexico Óscar Pérez
  • South Africa Morne Moses
  • South Africa Frank Radue
  • Slovenia Matjaž Hribar

Standings
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  South Africa (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to 2021 Division III A
2  Hong Kong 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Thailand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to 2021 Division IV
Source: N/A
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

20 April 2020
15:00		Hong Kong Cancelled Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe Ice Station, Cape Town
20 April 2020
20:00		Thailand Cancelled South AfricaThe Ice Station, Cape Town
21 April 2020
15:00		Hong Kong Cancelled ThailandThe Ice Station, Cape Town
21 April 2020
19:00		South Africa Cancelled Bosnia and HerzegovinaThe Ice Station, Cape Town
23 April 2020
15:00		Bosnia and Herzegovina Cancelled ThailandThe Ice Station, Cape Town
23 April 2020
19:00		South Africa Cancelled Hong KongThe Ice Station, Cape Town

References
  1. "Tournaments for 2020 assigned". iihf.com. 24 May 2019.
  2. "Men's Division II, III cancelled". IIHF. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  3. "Assignments". iihf.com.
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