The following were the events of ice hockey for the year 2020 throughout the world. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of scheduled ice hockey events were cancelled.
IIHF World Championships
2021 World Ice Hockey Divisions for the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) were scheduled to take place between December9, 2019 and May3, 2020, though several tournaments were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
December 26, 2019 – January 2: 2020 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship in Bratislava defeated , 2–1 in overtime, to win their eighth World Women's U18 Championship title. defeated , 6–1, to win the bronze medal. was relegated to Division I – Group A for 2021.
Divisions
January 2 – 8: Division I – Group B in Katowice
Final Ranking: 1. , 2. , 3. , 4. , 5. , 6. Norway was promoted to Division I – Group A for 2021. Great Britain was relegated to Division II – Group A for 2021. January 3 – 9: Division I – Group A in Füssen Final Ranking: 1. , 2. , 3. , 4. , 5. , 6. Germany was promoted to Top Division for 2021. Denmark was relegated to Division I – Group B for 2021. January 25 – 28: Division II – Group A in Eindhoven Final Ranking: 1. , 2. , 3. , 4. Chinese Taipei was promoted to Division I – Group B for 2021. Kazakhstan was relegated to Division II – Group B for 2021. January 28 – February 2: Division II – Group B in Mexico City Final Ranking: 1. , 2. , 3. , 4. Spain was promoted to Division II – Group A for 2021.
IIHF World U20 Championship (Junior) December 26, 2019 – January 5: 2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Ostrava and Třinec defeated , 4–3, to win their 18th World Junior Ice Hockey Championship title. defeated , 3–2, to win the bronze medal. was relegated to Division I – Group A for 2021.
Divisions
December 9 – 15, 2019: Division I – Group A in Minsk
Final Ranking: 1. , 2. , 3. , 4. , 5. , 6. Austria was promoted to Top Division for 2021. Slovenia was relegated to Division I – Group B for 2021. December 12 – 18, 2019: Division I – Group B in Kyiv Final Ranking: 1. , 2. , 3. , 4. , 5. , 6. Hungary was promoted to Division I – Group A for 2021. Italy was relegated to Division II – Group A for 2021. January 6 – 12: Division II – Group A in Vilnius Final Ranking: 1. , 2. , 3. , 4. , 5. , 6. Japan was promoted to Division I – Group B for 2021. Serbia was relegated to Division II – Group B for 2021. January 13 – 19: Division III in Sofia Final Ranking: 1. , 2. , 3. , 4. , 5. , 6. , 7. , 8. Iceland was promoted to Division II – Group B for 2021. January 28 – February 3: Division II – Group B in Gangneung Final Ranking: 1. , 2. , 3. , 4. , 5. , 6. South Korea was promoted to Division II – Group A for 2021. Israel was relegated to Division III for 2021.
IIHF Women's World Championship
March 31 – April 10: 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship in Halifax and Truro
Divisions
December 4 – 10, 2019: Division III in Sofia
Final Ranking: 1. , 2. , 3. , 4. , 5. , 6. South Africa was promoted to Division II – Group B for 2021. February 23 – 29: Division II – Group B in Akureyri Final Ranking: 1. , 2. , 3. , 4. , 5. , 6. Ukraine was relegated to Division III for 2021. No teams were promoted to Division II – Group A for 2021 as a result of the cancellation of the 2020 Division II – Group A tournament. March 28 – April 3: Division I – Group B in Katowice March 29 – April 4: Division II – Group A in Jaca April 12 – 18: Division I – Group A in Angers