2020 IIHF U18 Women's World Championship

Match officials

9 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[1]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	2	1	0	0	9	4	+5	8	Semifinals
2	United States	3	2	0	0	1	6	3	+3	6
3	Russia	3	1	0	1	1	6	6	0	4	Quarterfinals
4	Finland	3	0	0	0	3	4	12	−8	0

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Source: IIHF
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.

26 December 2019 12:30

Canada

3–2 OT (1–0, 1–0, 0–2) (OT: 1–0)

Russia

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 298

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	Ève Gascon	Goalies	Anna Alpatova	Referees: Kelly Cooke Drahomíra Fialova Linesmen: Liv Andersson Wang Hui
	Naud (Labad, Cherkowski) – 19:00 1–0 Paul (Wheeler) – 23:55 2–0 2–1 50:35 – Korzhakova (Luchnikova) 2–2 53:49 – Shashkina (Korzhakova, Luchnikova) Gosling (Buglioni) – 63:12 3–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	19

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26 December 2019 16:30

United States

4–1 (1–1, 2–0, 1–0)

Finland

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 311

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	Skylar Vetter	Goalies	Kiia Lahtinen	Referees: Darya Abrosimova Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Polina Danilova Justine Todd
	Murphy (Winn) (PP) – 10:36 1–0 1–1 11:38 – Yrjänen (Sundelin, Rantala) (PP) Van Wieren (Eden) – 33:40 2–1 Wethington (Zanon, Nicholson) – 39:59 3–1 Guilday (Eden) – 40:37 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	51	Shots	10

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27 December 2019 12:30

Finland

1–4 (1–1, 0–0, 0–3)

Canada

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 378

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	Aino Laitinen	Goalies	Kayle Osborne	Referees: Kelly Cooke Svenja Strohmenger Linesmen: Liv Andersson Kendall Hanley
	0–1 05:16 – Bochna (Buglioni) N. Laitinen (Rantala, Yrjänen) (PP) – 19:21 1–1 1–2 46:53 – Kettyle (Picard) 1–3 52:37 – Wheeler (Cherkowski) 1–4 54:55 – Lussier (Wozniewicz) (ENG)
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	13	Shots	31

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27 December 2019 16:30

United States

1–0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Russia

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 292

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	Amanda Thiele	Goalies	Yulia Volkova	Referees: Henna Åberg Gabriela Malá Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Marine Dinant
	Huber (EA) – 54:31 1–0
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	20

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29 December 2019 12:30

Canada

2–1 (1–0, 0–0, 1–1)

United States

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 719

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	Ève Gascon	Goalies	Skylar Vetter	Referees: Henna Åberg Darya Abrosimova Linesmen: Polina Danilova Marine Dinant
	Cherkowski (Wheeler) – 00:20 1–0 Picard – 54:23 2–0 2–1 59:58 – Eden (Webster, Zanon) (PP2, EA)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	38	Shots	28

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29 December 2019 16:30

Russia

4–2 (1–1, 3–1, 0–0)

Finland

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 320

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	Anna Alpatova	Goalies	Kiia Lahtinen	Referees: Drahomíra Fialova Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Stephanie Cole Kendall Hanley
	Luchnikova (Shashkina) – 01:46 1–0 1–1 17:24 – N. Laitinen (Rantala, Yrjänen) (PP) 1–2 20:56 – Rantala (N. Laitinen) (PP) Shashkina (Butorina) – 21:50 2–2 Shashkina (Luchnikova) – 24:46 3–2 Markova (Akhmetova) – 36:39 4–2
	16 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	30

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Group B

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	0	9	4	+5	7	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	0	1	7	5	+2	6
3	Switzerland	3	0	1	1	1	4	6	−2	3	Relegation round
4	Slovakia (H)	3	0	1	0	2	6	11	−5	2

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Source: IIHF
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

26 December 2019 16:30

Switzerland

2–1 OT (0–1, 0–0, 1–0) (OT: 1–0)

Czech Republic

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 2 Attendance: 99

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	Caroline Spies	Goalies	Julie Pejšová	Referees: Henna Åberg Elena Ivanova Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Stephanie Cole
	0–1 16:56 – Haasová (Habartová) Marti (Christen) – 43:10 1–1 Zimmermann (Christen, Leemann) – 60:28 2–1
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	23

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26 December 2019 20:30

Sweden

4–2 (0–0, 3–0, 1–2)

Slovakia

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 543

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	Ida Boman	Goalies	Laura Medviďová	Referees: Gabriela Malá Svenja Strohmenger Linesmen: Marine Dinant Amy Lack
	L. Johansson (Forsgren, G. Johansson) – 27:22 1–0 Svensson (Albinsson, L. Johansson) (PP) – 34:03 2–0 Thuvik (Ahlm, Hall) – 38:32 3–0 Blom (G. Johansson, Grundström) – 56:03 4–0 4–1 56:37 – Kapičáková (Halušková, Vysokajová) (PP) 4–2 59:52 – Leskovjanská
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	24

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27 December 2019 16:30

Czech Republic

3–1 (1–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Sweden

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 2 Attendance: 100

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	Viktorie Švejdová	Goalies	Ida Boman	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Drahomíra Fialova Linesmen: Polina Danilova Amy Lack
	Haasová (Kaltounková) – 04:46 1–0 1–1 32:10 – Svensson (L. Johansson) (PP) Kalová (Mazancová, Škorpíková) – 47:40 2–1 Kaltounková (Čajanová, Haasová) – 58:35 3–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	23

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27 December 2019 20:30

Switzerland

2–3 OT (0–0, 0–1, 2–1) (OT: 0–1)

Slovakia

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 527

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	Caroline Spies	Goalies	Laura Medviďová	Referees: Darya Abrosimova Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Stephanie Cole Wang Hui
	0–1 36:03 – Štetiarová (Dobošová) Leemann (EA) – 50:06 1–1 1–2 54:23 – Halušková (Matejková) Surdez (Frey) – 55:45 2–2 2–3 62:52 – Matejková
	6 min	Penalties	18 min
	23	Shots	20

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29 December 2019 16:30

Sweden

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 2 Attendance: 99

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	Ida Boman	Goalies	Caroline Spies	Referees: Elena Ivanova Svenja Strohmenger Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Justine Todd
	Silén (Lindberg) – 10:55 1–0 T. Johansson (Markström) (ENG) – 58:39 2–0
	14 min	Penalties	2 min
	21	Shots	9

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29 December 2019 20:30

Slovakia

1–5 (0–1, 0–2, 1–2)

Czech Republic

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 1,248

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	Laura Medviďová Nikola Zimková	Goalies	Julie Pejšová	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Kelly Cooke Linesmen: Liv Andersson Amy Lack
	0–1 08:34 – Kaltounková (Hanzlíková, Čajanová) (PP) 0–2 25:05 – Mazancová (SH) 0–3 39:34 – Haasová (Kaltounková, D. Pejšová) 0–4 50:49 – D. Pejšová (Gruntová) (EA) Halušková (Vysokajová) (PP) – 54:38 1–4 1–5 59:52 – Hrubanová (Bartáková, Gruntová)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	33

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Relegation round

The third and fourth placed team from Group B played a best-of-three series to determine the relegated team.

30 December 2019 20:30

Switzerland

4–1 (4–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Slovakia

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 2 Attendance: 100

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	Caroline Spies	Goalies	Laura Medviďová Nikola Zimková	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Svenja Strohmenger Linesmen: Kendall Hanley Wang Hui
	Staub (Zimmermann, Leemann) (PP) – 06:37 1–0 Zimmermann (Zogg, Gianola) – 09:37 2–0 Zimmermann (Leemann, Christen) (PP) – 13:42 3–0 S. Bachmann (Leemann) – 15:51 4–0 4–1 53:53 – Halušková (Matejková, Jašková) (PP, EA)
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	10

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1 January 2020 16:30

Slovakia

1–2 (1–0, 0–2, 0–0)

Switzerland

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 2 Attendance: 100

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	Nikola Zimková	Goalies	Caroline Spies	Referees: Darya Abrosimova Gabriela Malá Linesmen: Amy Lack Wang Hui
	Dobošová (Lahová) – 04:15 1–0 1–1 24:58 – Marti (Ingold, Frey) (PP) 1–2 36:46 – Zimmermann (Surdez)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	17	Shots	18

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Playoff round

Teams were reseeded for the semifinals in accordance with the following ranking:^[2]

1. tier of the group;
2. position in the group.

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Rank	Team	Group	Pos
1	Canada	A	1
2	United States	A	2
3	Russia	A	3
4	Finland	A	4
5	Czech Republic	B	1
6	Sweden	B	2

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Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
					1 January
					1  Canada	4
	30 December
					4  Finland	1
	4A  Finland	3
									2 January
	1B  Czech Republic	1
									1  Canada	1
									2  United States (OT)	2
					1 January
					2  United States	3
	30 December
					3  Russia	0			Third place
	3A  Russia	4
									2 January
	2B  Sweden	0
									3  Russia	6
									4  Finland	1

Quarterfinals

30 December 2019 16:30

Finland

3–1 (2–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Czech Republic

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 213

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	Kiia Lahtinen	Goalies	Julie Pejšová Viktorie Švejdová	Referees: Darya Abrosimova Elena Ivanova Linesmen: Liv Andersson Justine Todd
	Rantala (Sundelin) – 07:55 1–0 Nuutinen – 19:53 2–0 Yrjänen – 25:02 3–0 3–1 47:38 – Haasová (Škorpíková)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	33	Shots	12

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30 December 2019 20:30

Russia

4–0 (2–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Sweden

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 193

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	Anna Alpatova	Goalies	Ida Boman Ebba Svensson Träff	Referees: Drahomíra Fialova Gabriela Malá Linesmen: Stephanie Cole Marine Dinant
	Glukhareva (Boriskova) – 06:29 1–0 Korzhakova (Luchnikova, Shashkina) – 18:25 2–0 Shashkina (Luchnikova, Petina) – 40:33 3–0 Ponyatovskaya (Shashkina , Shashkina) (PP) – 42:47 4–0
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	19

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Semifinals

1 January 2020 12:30

Canada

4–1 (3–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Finland

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 316

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	Ève Gascon Kayle Osborne	Goalies	Kiia Lahtinen	Referees: Kelly Cooke Drahomíra Fialova Linesmen: Marine Dinant Kendall Hanley
	Picard (Messier) – 06:11 1–0 Buglioni (Legros) – 07:12 2–0 Bochna (Messier, Buglioni) – 19:28 3–0 3–1 44:46 – N. Laitinen (Sundelin, Rantala) (PP) Cooper – 49:11 4–1
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	15

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1 January 2020 16:30

United States

3–0 (2–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Russia

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 456

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	Amanda Thiele	Goalies	Yulia Volkova	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Liv Andersson Justine Todd
	Lobdell (Simms, Biotti) – 07:16 1–0 Eden (Burgen) – 10:10 2–0 Gentry (Simms) – 32:47 3–0
	12 min	Penalties	2 min
	33	Shots	15

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Fifth place game

1 January 2020 20:30

Czech Republic

0–1 (0–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Sweden

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 152

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	Viktorie Švejdová	Goalies	Ida Boman	Referees: Henna Åberg Elena Ivanova Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Polina Danilova
	0–1 48:35 – T. Johansson (Silén, Karlsson)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	35

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Bronze medal game

2 January 2020 12:30

Russia

6–1 (2–0, 1–0, 3–1)

Finland

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 137

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	Anna Alpatova	Goalies	Kiia Lahtinen	Referees: Kelly Cooke Vanessa Morin Linesmen: Kendall Hanley Justine Todd
	Glukhareva (Boriskova) – 12:44 1–0 Ponyatovskaya (Glukhareva, Butorina) – 18:18 2–0 Glukhareva (Markova) – 28:36 3–0 Markova (Lifatova, Shkalyova) – 43:10 4–0 4–1 45:35 – Salonen (Rantala, Tervonen) Sviridova (Shkalyova, Markova) – 54:24 5–1 Glukhareva (Shashkina) – 59:08 6–1
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	26

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Gold medal game

2 January 2020 20:30

Canada

1–2 OT (0–1, 0–0, 1–0) (OT: 0–1)

United States

Vladimír Dzurilla Ice Rink – Hall 1 Attendance: 937

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	Ève Gascon	Goalies	Skylar Vetter	Referees: Henna Åberg Elena Ivanova Linesmen: Magdaléna Čerhitová Polina Danilova
	0–1 14:38 – Murphy (PP) Paul (Naud) (PP) – 45:38 1–1 1–2 76:52 – Zanon (Nicholson)
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	32	Shots	34

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Final ranking

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Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	A	United States	5	3	1	0	1	11	4	+7	11	Champions
2	A	Canada	5	3	1	1	0	14	7	+7	12	Runners-up
3	A	Russia	6	3	0	1	2	16	10	+6	10	Third place
4	A	Finland	6	1	0	0	5	9	23	−14	3	Fourth place
5	B	Sweden	5	3	0	0	2	8	9	−1	9	Fifth place game
6	B	Czech Republic	5	2	0	1	2	10	8	+2	7
7	B	Switzerland	5	2	1	1	1	10	8	+2	9	Advance in Relegation
8	B	Slovakia (H)	5	0	1	0	4	8	17	−9	2	Relegation to Division I A

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Statistics

Scoring leaders

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Pos	Player	Country	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM
1	Kristi Shashkina	Russia	6	4	4	8	+6	4
2	Sanni Rantala	Finland	6	2	5	7	–5	2
3	Polina Luchnikova	Russia	6	1	6	7	+4	6
4	Hana Haasová	Czech Republic	5	4	1	5	+6	2
4	Laura Zimmermann	Switzerland	6	4	1	5	+4	6
6	Kristina Glukhareva	Russia	6	4	1	5	+3	0
7	Lacey Eden	United States	5	2	3	5	+5	4
8	Sinja Leemann	Switzerland	5	1	4	5	–1	2
9	Romana Halušková	Slovakia	5	3	1	4	–3	0
10	Nelli Laitinen	Finland	6	3	1	4	–4	2

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GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

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Pos	Player	Country	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
1	Viktorie Švejdová	Czech Republic	151:46	2	0.79	75	97.33	0
2	Skylar Vetter	United States	195:27	4	1.23	80	95.00	0
3	Anna Alpatova	Russia	243:12	6	1.48	111	94.59	1
4	Ève Gascon	Canada	258:46	6	1.39	96	93.74	0
5	Ida Boman	Sweden	298:56	9	1.81	129	93.02	2

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TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Awards

Group A

The tournament was held in Füssen, Germany from 3 to 9 January 2020.^[4]

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Germany (H)	5	4	1	0	0	18	2	+16	14	Promotion to Top Division
2	Japan	5	4	0	0	1	20	3	+17	12
3	Hungary	5	1	1	2	1	10	9	+1	7
4	France	5	2	0	0	3	5	16	−11	6
5	Italy	5	1	1	0	3	10	18	−8	5
6	Denmark	5	0	0	1	4	5	20	−15	1	Relegation to Division I B

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Group B

The tournament was held in Katowice, Poland from 2 to 8 January 2020.^[4]

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Norway	5	3	0	2	0	13	7	+6	11[a]	Promotion to Division I A
2	Austria	5	3	1	0	1	14	3	+11	11[a]
3	China	5	2	2	0	1	12	10	+2	10
4	South Korea	5	1	1	0	3	7	12	−5	5
5	Poland (H)	5	1	0	1	3	8	9	−1	4[b]
6	Great Britain	5	1	0	1	3	5	18	−13	4[b]	Relegation to Division II

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Group A

The tournament was held in Eindhoven, Netherlands from 25 to 28 January 2020.^[4]

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	0	0	10	7	+3	8	Promotion to Division I B
2	Netherlands (H)	3	2	0	0	1	7	3	+4	6
3	Australia	3	0	1	0	2	6	8	−2	2[a]
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	0	2	1	6	11	−5	2[a]

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Group B

The tournament was held in Mexico City, Mexico from 28 January to 2 February 2020.^[4]

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	0	18	3	+15	9
2	Turkey	3	2	0	0	1	5	11	−6	6
3	Mexico (H)	3	1	0	0	2	4	6	−2	3
4	New Zealand	3	0	0	0	3	4	11	−7	0

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