Restructuring by the IIHF led to several changes in the lower divisions of the 2020 World Championships.
The tournament was scheduled to be held in Zürich and Lausanne, Switzerland from 8 to 24 May 2020.
[1] The tournament was scheduled to be held in Ljubljana, Slovenia from 27 April to 3 May 2020.
[3] The tournament was scheduled to be held in Katowice, Poland from 27 April to 3 May 2020.
[5] The tournament would have been held in Cape Town, South Africa from 20 to 23 April 2020.