The teams play a single round-robin series. Each teams plays each opponent once. The first or the first two top-ranked teams of the event will be promoted to the Top Division. The last-ranked team will be relegated to Division I Group B.

How does IIHF tournament Work 2021?

Tournament Format

The top-four ranked teams of each group advance to the quarter-finals that will be played cross-over. The first-place team in each preliminary-round group plays the fourth-place team of the other group, while the second-place team plays the third-place team of the other group.

How do teams qualify for IIHF?

Prove that he has participated for at least two consecutive hockey seasons and 16 consecutive months (480 days) in the national competitions of his new country after his 10th birthday during which period he has neither transferred to another country nor played ice hockey within any other country. Female players need to ...