2020 in ice sports explained
IBSF International events and Winter Youth Olympics
- October 26 & 27, 2019: 2020 YOG Europe Qualification #1 in
Lillehammer- Men's Youth Skeleton winner: Lukas David Nydegger (2 times)
- Women's Youth Skeleton winner: Josefa Schellmoser (2 times)
- Men's Youth Monobob winners: Alexander Czudaj (#1) / Fabian Gisler (#2)
- Women's Youth Monobob winners:
Georgeta Popescu (#1) / 
Viktoria Cernanska (#2)
- November 7 – 9, 2019: 2020 YOG Europe Qualification #2 in Schönau am Königsee
- Men's Youth Skeleton winner: Lukas David Nydegger (2 times)
- Women's Youth Skeleton winners: Josefa Schellmoser (#1) / Elisabeth Schroedl (#2)
- Men's Youth Monobob winners: Alexander Czudaj (#1) / Fabian Gisler (#2)
- Women's Youth Monobob winners: Georgeta Popescu (#1) / Viktoria Cernanska (#2)
- November 20 & 21, 2019: 2020 YOG America Qualification #1 in
Lake Placid- Skeleton #1 winners: James McGuire (m) /
Zhao Dan (f)
- Skeleton #2 winners: James McGuire (m) / Zhao Dan (f)
- Youth Monobob #1 winners:
Kim Jimin (m) / Viktória Čerňanská (f)
- Youth Monobob #2 winners: Kim Jimin (m) / Viktória Čerňanská (f)
- December 7 & 8, 2019: 2020 YOG America Qualification #2 in Park City
- Youth Monobob #1 winners:
Nathan Besnard (m) / Camila Copain (f)
- Youth Monobob #2 winners: Nathan Besnard (m) / Camila Copain (f)
- Skeleton winners:
Taido Nagao (2 times) (m) / Zhao Dan (#1) / 
Hallie Clarke (#2) (f)
- December 14, 2019: 2019 IBSF Para Bobsleigh European Championships in Oberhof
- Para Bobsleigh winner:
Corie Mapp
- January 4: IBSF European Championships 2020 (Four-man bobsleigh only) in Winterberg
- January 19 & 20: Bobsleigh & Skeleton at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in St. Moritz
- January 25 – February 1: IBSF Junior European Championships 2020 (Skeleton only) in Altenberg
- January 30 – February 1: IBSF Junior & U23 European Championships 2020 (Bobsleigh only) in
Innsbruck
- February 8 & 9: IBSF Junior & U23 World Championships 2020 in Winterberg
- February 14 – 16: IBSF European Championships 2020 in Sigulda
- February 21 – March 1: IBSF World Championships 2020 in Altenberg
- March 24 & 25: 2020 IBSF Para Bobsleigh World Championship in Lillehammer
- December 7 & 8, 2019: B&SWC #1 in Lake Placid #1
- December 14 – 15, 2019: B&SWC #2 in Lake Placid #2
- January 3 – 5: B&SWC #3 in Winterberg
- January 10 – 12: B&SWC #4 in La Plagne
- January 17 – 19: B&SWC #5 in Innsbruck
- January 24 – 26: B&SWC #6 in Schönau am Königsee
- January 31 – February 2: B&SWC #7 in St. Moritz
- February 14 – 16: B&SWC #8 (final) in Sigulda
2019–20 IBSF Europe Cup
- November 23 & 24, 2019: IEC #1 in Lillehammer
- 2-man Bobsleigh winners: (Maximilian Illmann & Georg Fleischhauer)
- 2-woman Bobsleigh winners: (Andreea Grecu & Ioana Gheorghe)
- 4-man Bobsleigh winners: (Rostislav Gaitiukevich, Vladislav Zharovtsev, Nikolay Kozlov, Andrey Kazantsev)
- December 5 – 7, 2019: IEC #2 in Altenberg #1
- 2-man Bobsleigh #1 winners: (Richard Oelsner & Eric Strauß)
- 2-man Bobsleigh #2 winners: (Richard Oelsner & Henrik Bosse)
- 2-woman Bobsleigh winners: (Andreea Grecu & Katharina Wick)
- 4-man Bobsleigh winners: (Richard Oelsner, Henrik Bosse, Eric Strauß, Florian Paul Kunze)
- December 8, 2019: IEC #3 in Winterberg #1
- Skeleton winners: Lukas David Nydegger (m) / Hannah Stevenson (f)
- December 14 & 15, 2019: IEC #4 in Schönau am Königsee #1
- Skeleton winners: Felix Seibel (m) / Amelia Coltman (f)
- December 14 & 15, 2019: IEC #5 in Winterberg #2
- 2-man Bobsleigh winners: (Richard Oelsner & Henrik Bosse)
- 2-woman Bobsleigh #1 winners: (Laura Nolte & Deborah Levi)
- 2-woman Bobsleigh #2 winners: (Anna Köhler & Tamara Seer)
- 4-man Bobsleigh #1 winners: (Jonas Jannusch, Marcel Kornhardt, Tim Gessenhardt, Bastian Heber)
- 4-man Bobsleigh #2 winners: (Bennet Buchmüller, Sebastian Mrowca, Niklas Scherer, Max Pietza)
- December 20 – 22, 2019: IEC #6 in Schönau am Königsee #2
- 2-man Bobsleigh winners: (Oskars Melbārdis & Intars Dambis)
- 2-woman Bobsleigh winners: (Andreea Grecu & Ioana Gheorghe)
- 4-man Bobsleigh #1 winners: (Jonas Jannusch, Marcel Kornhardt, Tim Gessenhardt, Bastian Heber)
- 4-man Bobsleigh #2 winners: (Jonas Jannusch, Max Neumann, Tim Gessenhardt, Bastian Heber)
- January 10 & 11: IEC #7 in Innsbruck #1
- January 18 & 19: IEC #8 in Sigulda
- January 24 & 25: IEC #9 in Altenberg #2
- January 30 – February 1: IEC #10 (final) in Innsbruck #2
2019–20 IBSF North American Cup
- November 18–21, 2019 NAC #1 in Lake Placid
- December 9–11, 2019: NAC #2 in Park City
- 2-man Bobsleigh #1: (Austin Taylor & Teodor Kostelnik)
- 2-woman Bobsleigh #1: (Kristi Koplin & Jasmine Jones)
- 4-man Bobsleigh #1: (Austin Taylor, Keefer Joyce, Mark Mlakar, Teodor Kostelnik)
- 2-man Bobsleigh #2: (Austin Taylor & Teodor Kostelnik)
- 2-woman Bobsleigh #2: (Kristi Koplin & Jasmine Jones)
- 4-man Bobsleigh #2: (Austin Taylor, Keefer Joyce, Mark Mlakar, Teodor Kostelnik)
- 2-man Bobsleigh #3: (Austin Taylor & Mark Mlakar)
- 2-woman Bobsleigh #3: (Kristi Koplin & Jasmine Jones)
- 4-man Bobsleigh #3: (Austin Taylor, Keefer Joyce, Mark Mlakar, Teodor Kostelnik, Mike Evelyn)
- Skeleton #1 winners: Nathan Crompton & Haifeng Zhu (m) / Yangqi Zhu (f)
- Skeleton #2 winners: Nathan Crompton (m) / Yangqi Zhu (f)
- Skeleton #3 winners: Nathan Crompton (m) / Yangqi Zhu (f)
2019–20 IBSF Intercontinental Cup
- November 23 & 24, 2019: Intercontinental Cup #1 in
Sochi
- December 7, 2019: Intercontinental Cup #2 in Winterberg
- December 14 & 15, 2019: Intercontinental Cup #3 in Schönau am Königsee
- Skeleton #1 winners: Martin Rosenberger (m) / Hannah Neise (f)
- Skeleton #2 winners:
Amedeo Bagnis (m) / 
Endija Tērauda (f)
2019–20 IBSF Para Bobsleigh World Cup
- December 7 & 8, 2019: PBWC #1 in Lillehammer
- Para Bobsleigh #1 winner: Lonnie Bissonnette
- Para Bobsleigh #2 winner: Corie Mapp
- December 13 & 14, 2019: PBWC #2 in Oberhof
- Para Bobsleigh #1 winner: Corie Mapp
- Para Bobsleigh #2 winner: Corie Mapp
- January 24 & 25: PBWC #3 in St. Moritz
- February 6 & 7: PBWC #4 in Lake Placid
- February 15 & 16: PBWC #5 (final) in Park City
2019–20 IBSF Women's Monobob Events
- November 18, 2019: WME #1 in Lake Placid #1
- Women's Monobob winner: Cynthia Appiah
- November 20, 2019: WME #2 in Lillehammer
- Women's Monobob winner: Anastasiia Makarova
- December 19, 2019: WME #3 in Schönau am Königsee
- Women's Monobob winner: Ying King
- February 15 & 16: WME #4 in Park City
- March 7 & 8: WME #5 in La Plagne
- April 3: WME #6 (final) in Lake Placid #2
2019–20 International curling championships and Winter Youth Olympics
- October 12 – 19, 2019: 2019 World Mixed Curling Championship in Aberdeen[1]
- (Skip: Colin Kurz) defeated (Skip: Andy Kapp), 6–5, to win Canada's second consecutive World Mixed Curling Championship title.
- (Skip: Ingvild Skaga) took third place.
- November 2 – 9, 2019: 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships in Shenzhen[2]
- Men: (Skip: Kim Chang-min) defeated (Skip: Yuta Matsumura), 11–2, to win South Korea's fourth Men's Pacific-Asia Curling Championships title.
- Women: (Skip: Han Yu) defeated (Skip: Seina Nakajima), 10–3, to win China's eighth Women's Pacific-Asia Curling Championships title.
- November 16 – 23, 2019: 2019 European Curling Championships in
Helsingborg[3]
- November 28 – 30, 2019: 2019 Americas Challenge in Eveleth
- Men: Champion: (Skip: Rich Ruohonen); Second: (Skip: Ramy Cohen Masri); Third: (Skip: Michael Krahenbuhl)
- Women: Champion: (Skip: Tabitha Peterson); Second: (Skip: Adriana Camarena Osorno); Third: (Skip: Anne Shibuya)
- December 2 – 7, 2019: 2019 World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event in Howwood
- January 10 – 22: 2020 Winter Youth Olympics in Lausanne
- Mixed team: (Skip: Lukas Høstmælingen) defeated (Skip: Takumi Maeda), 5–4 to win the first Youth Olympic Games Curling Medal.
- (Skip: Valeriia Denisenko) took third place.
- Mixed doubles: / defeated /, 9–5 to win the first Youth Olympic Games Mixed doubles Curling Medal.
- January 13 – 18: 2020 World Qualification Event in
Lohja
- February 15 – 22: 2020 World Junior Curling Championships in Krasnoyarsk
- Men: (Skip: Jacques Gauthier) defeated (Skip: Marco Hösli), 7–2, to win Canada's 3rd consecutive and 21st overall Men's World Junior Curling Championships title.
- Women: (Skip: Mackenzie Zacharias) defeated (Skip: Kim Min-ji), 7–5, to win Canada's 13th Women's World Junior Curling Championships title.
- February 29 – March 7: 2020 World Wheelchair Curling Championship in Wetzikon
- March 14 – 22: 2020 World Women's Curling Championship in Prince George
- March 28 – April 5: 2020 World Men's Curling Championship in Glasgow
- April 18 – 25: 2020 World Mixed Doubles & Senior Curling Championships in Kelowna
- June 15, 2019 – May 3, 2020: 2019–20 World Curling Tour and Grand Slam of Curling Seasons[6] [7] [8]
2019–20 Curling Canada Season of Champions events
Main world ice hockey championships
- December 26, 2019 – January 2: 2020 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship in Bratislava
- The 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.
- 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.
- March 31 – April 10:
2020 IIHF Women's World Championship in Halifax and Truro- Note: The Top Division, Division I – Groups A & B, and Division II – Group A tournaments were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
- April 16 – 26: 2020 IIHF World U18 Championships in Plymouth and Ann Arbor
- May 8 – 24: 2020 IIHF World Championship in Zürich and Lausanne
2020 world ice hockey divisions
- December 9, 2019 – May 3: 2020 World Ice Hockey Divisions
- 2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships
- March 3 – 5:
Division IV in 
Bishkek- Note: The Division IV tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
- April 19 – 25: Division II – Group A in Zagreb
- April 19 – 25: Division II – Group B in
Reykjavík
- April 19 – 25: Division III – Group A in
Kockelscheuer
- April 20 – 23: Division III – Group B in Cape Town
- April 27 – May 3: Division I – Group A in Ljubljana
- April 27 – May 3: Division I – Group B in
Katowice
- 2020 IIHF World U20 Championship (Junior)
- 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.
- 2020 IIHF World U18 Championship
Note: The Division II – Groups A & B, and Division III – Groups A & B tournaments were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
- March 16 – 22:
Division III – Group A in 
Istanbul
- March 22 – 28:
Division II – Group A in 
Tallinn
- March 23 – 29:
Division II – Group B in Sofia
- March 29 – April 4:
Division III – Group B in Kockelscheuer
- April 12 – 18: Division I – Group B in Asiago
- April 13 – 19: Division I – Group A in Spišská Nová Ves
- 2020 IIHF Women's World Championship
Note: The Top Division, Division I – Groups A & B, and Division II – Group A tournaments were cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
- 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.
- Note: No promotion to Division II – Group A for 2021 because the 2020 Division II – Group A tournament was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
- 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
- 2020 IIHF World Women's U18 Championship
- 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.
- September 1, 2019 – February 27: 2019–20 KHL season
- Note: The KHL cancelled the playoffs due to the coronavirus pandemic.
North America (ice hockey)
- September 19, 2019 – March 17: 2019–20 QMJHL season
- Note: The QMJHL cancelled the season due to the coronavirus pandemic.
- September 19, 2019 – March 18: 2019–20 OHL season
- Note: The OHL cancelled the season due to the coronavirus pandemic.
- September 20, 2019 – March 18: 2019–20 WHL season
- Note: The WHL cancelled the season due to the coronavirus pandemic.
- May 22 – 31:
2020 Memorial Cup at Prospera Place in Kelowna- Note: The Memorial Cup was cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
- October 19, 2019 – March 1: 2019–20 NWHL season
- Note: The NWHL cancelled the Isobel Cup Championship due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Europe (ice hockey)
Asia (ice hockey)
2020 Winter Youth Olympics (Luge)
2019–20 International luge events
- November 23 & 24, 2019: LWC #1 in Innsbruck
- November 30 & December 1, 2019: LWC #2 in Lake Placid
- December 13 & 14, 2019: LWC #3 in Whistler
- January 11 & 12: LWC #4 in Altenberg
- January 18 & 19: LWC #5 in Lillehammer
- January 25 & 26: LWC #6 in Sigulda
- February 1 & 2: LWC #7 in Oberhof
- February 29 & March 1: LWC #8 (final) in Schönau am Königsee
2019–20 Team Relay Luge World Cup
- November 23 & 24, 2019: TRLWC #1 in Innsbruck
- January 11 & 12: TRLWC #2 in Altenberg
- January 18 & 19: TRLWC #3 in Lillehammer
- February 1 & 2: TRLWC #4 in Oberhof
- February 22 & 23: TRLWC #5 in Winterberg
- February 29 & March 1: TRLWC #6 (final) in Schönau am Königsee
2019–20 Sprint Luge World Cup
- November 30 – December 1, 2019: SLWC #1 in Lake Placid
- December 13 & 14, 2019: SLWC #2 in Whistler
- January 25 & 26: SLWC #3 (final) in Sigulda
2019–20 Natural Track Luge World Cup
June 18 - In Germany Matthias Grosse is appointed as president of the national German speed skating association, (DESG) until September 2020. This is seen by media as controversial as partner of drug banned speed skater Claudia Pechstein.[12] [13] [14] [15]
June — During a training camp in France, the Dutch Lara van Ruijven hospitalized in intensive care due to an immune system disorder. Her situation became critical and was fighting for her life. [16] [17]
See also
External links
Notes and References
- http://worldcurling.org/events/wmxcc2019/ WCF's 2019 World Mixed Curling Championship Page
- https://worldcurling.org/events/pacc2019/ WCF's 2019 Pacific-Asia Curling Championships Page
- https://worldcurling.org/events/ecc2019/ WCF's 2019 European Curling Championships Page
- News: World Women's Curling Championship Cancelled. The Sports Network. The Canadian Press. March 12, 2020. March 14, 2020.
- News: World Women's Curling Championship 2020 cancelled in Prince George, Canada. March 12, 2020. World Curling Federation. March 14, 2020.
- Web site: 2019–20 Men's World Curling Tour Schedule Page . 2020-01-16 . 2019-07-18 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190718223648/http://worldcurl.com/schedule.php?et=21 . dead .
- Web site: 2019–20 Women's World Curling Tour Schedule Page . 2020-01-16 . 2019-12-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191216103911/http://www.worldcurl.com/schedule.php?et=51 . dead .
- http://www.thegrandslamofcurling.com/ 2019–20 Grand Slam of Curling Website
- https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/events/masters/ GSC's Masters Page
- https://thegrandslamofcurling.com/events/tour-challenge/ GSC's Tour Challenge Page
- News: GSOC cancels remaining events of 2019–20 season. Grand Slam of Curling. Grand Slam of Curling. March 13, 2020. March 14, 2020.
- Web site: Duitse bond stelt partner van Pechstein aan als voorzitter. Schaatsen.nl.
- Web site: Neuer Eisschnelllauf-Präsident Matthias Große: Der General - DER SPIEGEL - Sport. Anne Armbrecht, DER. SPIEGEL. www.spiegel.de.
- Web site: Pechstein-Lebensgefährte Große ist neuer Eisschnelllauf-Präsident. www.rbb24.de.
- Web site: Neuer Eischnelllauf-Präsident Matthias Große - Eine umstrittene Personalie. Deutschlandfunk.
- Web site: Shorttrackster Van Ruijven op intensive care met stoornis aan immuunsysteem. nos.nl.
- Web site: Toestand Van Ruijven verslechtert: 'Ze vecht voor haar leven'. July 1, 2020. Telegraaf.
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