2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

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2020 IIHF Women's World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host nations  Spain /  Iceland
Dates 29 March – 4 April 2020
(cancelled)
23–29 February 2020
Teams 12
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)

The 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II was scheduled to be two international ice hockey tournaments organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation, but only one tournament was played.

The Division II Group A tournament would have been played in Granada, Spain, from 29 March to 4 April 2020.[1] On 2 March 2020, this tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] The Division II Group B tournament was played in Akureyri, Iceland, from 23 to 29 February 2020.[3]

Australia won the Division II Group B tournament and were originally promoted, while Ukraine were relegated.[4] However, that promotion was rescinded due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Division II Group A

2020 IIHF Women's World Championship
Division II A
Tournament details
Host nation  Spain
Dates 29 March – 4 April 2020
(cancelled)
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)

Participants

Team Qualification
 Latvia Placed 6th in Division I B previous year and was relegated.
 Great Britain Placed 2nd in Division II A previous year.
 Spain Host, placed 3rd in Division II A previous year.
 Mexico Placed 4th in Division II A previous year.
 North Korea Placed 5th in Division II A previous year.
 Chinese Taipei Placed 1st in Division II B previous year and was promoted.

Standings

Results

29 March 2020
13:00 		Chinese Taipei  Cancelled
  Mexico Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
29 March 2020
16:30 		Great Britain  Cancelled
  North Korea Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
29 March 2020
20:00 		Spain  Cancelled
  Latvia Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
30 March 2020
13:00 		North Korea  Cancelled
  Chinese Taipei Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
30 March 2020
16:30 		Latvia  Cancelled
  Mexico Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
30 March 2020
20:00 		Great Britain  Cancelled
  Spain Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
1 April 2020
13:00 		Latvia  Cancelled
  North Korea Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
1 April 2020
16:30 		Great Britain  Cancelled
  Chinese Taipei Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
1 April 2020
20:00 		Spain  Cancelled
  Mexico Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
3 April 2020
13:00 		Mexico  Cancelled
  Great Britain Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
3 April 2020
16:30 		Chinese Taipei  Cancelled
  Latvia Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
3 April 2020
20:00 		North Korea  Cancelled
  Spain Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
4 April 2020
13:00 		Latvia  Cancelled
  Great Britain Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
4 April 2020
16:30 		Mexico  Cancelled
  North Korea Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca
4 April 2020
20:00 		Spain  Cancelled
  Chinese Taipei Pabellón de Hielo de Jaca, Jaca

Division II Group B

2020 IIHF Women's World Championship
Division II B
Tournament details
Host nation  Iceland
Dates 23–29 February 2020
Teams 6
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Tournament statistics
Games played 15
Goals scored 106  (7.07 per game)
Attendance 1,957  (130 per game)
Scoring leader(s)  Iceland Silvía Björgvinsdóttir

Participants

Team Qualification
 Australia Placed 6th in Division II A previous year and was relegated.
 New Zealand Placed 2nd in Division II B previous year.
 Iceland Host, placed 3rd in Division II B previous year.
 Turkey Placed 4th in Division II B previous year.
 Croatia Placed 5th in Division II B previous year.
 Ukraine Placed 1st in Division II B Q previous year and was promoted.

Final standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1  Australia 5 5 0 0 0 39 4 35 15
2  Iceland (H) 5 4 0 0 1 25 7 18 12
3  New Zealand 5 3 0 0 2 20 16 4 9
4  Turkey 5 1 1 0 3 10 14 −4 5
5  Croatia 5 0 1 0 4 5 39 −34 2
6  Ukraine 5 0 0 2 3 7 26 −19 2 Relegated to the 2021 Division III

Results

23 February 2020
13:00 		Ukraine  2–3 OT
(0–2, 1–0, 1–0)
(OT: 0–1) 		 Turkey Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 20
23 February 2020
16:30 		New Zealand  11–1
(2–0, 5–0, 4–1) 		 Croatia Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 17
23 February 2020
20:00 		Iceland  1–6
(0–4, 1–2, 0–0) 		 Australia Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 317
24 February 2020
13:00 		Croatia  2–1 GWS
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0) 		 Ukraine Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 15
24 February 2020
16:30 		Australia  2–1
(1–0, 1–1, 0–0) 		 Turkey Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 20
24 February 2020
20:00 		New Zealand  1–4
(0–2, 0–1, 1–1) 		 Iceland Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 333
26 February 2020
13:00 		Australia  15–0
(4–0, 5–0, 6–0) 		 Croatia Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 22
26 February 2020
16:30 		New Zealand  5–3
(3–1, 1–1, 1–1) 		 Ukraine Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 20
26 February 2020
20:00 		Iceland  6–0
(3–0, 0–0, 3–0) 		 Turkey Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 370
27 February 2020
13:00 		Ukraine  1–9
(0–2, 0–2, 1–5) 		 Australia Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 12
27 February 2020
16:30 		Turkey  1–2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1) 		 New Zealand Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 17
27 February 2020
20:00 		Croatia  0–7
(0–1, 0–3, 0–3) 		 Iceland Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 320
29 February 2020
13:00 		Turkey  5–2
(1–1, 2–1, 2–0) 		 Croatia Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 12
29 February 2020
16:30 		Australia  7–1
(1–1, 2–0, 4–0) 		 New Zealand Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 42
29 February 2020
20:00 		Iceland  7–0
(0–0, 5–0, 2–0) 		 Ukraine Akureyri Ice Rink, Akureyri
Attendance: 420

References

  1. ↑ Division II Group A website
  2. ↑ "IIHF cancels March tournaments". iihf.com. 2 March 2020. https://www.iihf.com/en/news/18277/iihf-cancels-march-tournaments. 
  3. ↑ Division II Group B website
  4. ↑ "Australia wins Tasman battle". iihf.com. 2 March 2020. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/wwiib/news/18272/australia-wins-tasman-battle. 

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