2020 MHL World Championships

2020 MHL World Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Birgeshir
Dates	9–24 May 2020
Teams	12
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Floria (1st title)
Runners-up	Senya
Third place	Mercury
Fourth place	Birgeshir
← 2019 2021 →

The 2020 MHL World Championships was the sixth edition of the MHL World Championships and the first to have the 'A' Conference expanded to twelve teams and split into two groups of six.

Participating nations

Seed	Team	Previous result	Best finish
'A' Conference
1	Birgeshir (H)	Semi-finals/Third place	Runners-up (2017)
2	Mercury	Champions	Champions (2019)
3	Senya	Runners-up	Champions (2014, 2017)
4	Craitland	Semi-finals/Fourth place	Third place (2014)
5	Mar Sara	Quarter-finals/Fifth place	Champions (2018)
6	Shireroth	Quarter-finals/Sixth place	Fifth place (2017)
7	Lakkvia	Quarter-finals/Seventh place	Seventh place (2019)
8	Floria	Quarter-finals/Eighth place	Eighth place (2019)
9	Nova English Korea	Ninth place (7th in 'A' Conference)	Fourth place (2014, 2018)
10	River Warriors	11th place (3rd in 'B' Conference)	Sixth place (2017)
11	Lamantia	12th place (4th in 'B' Conference)	12th place (2018, 2019)
12	Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq	13th place (5th in 'B' Conference)	13th place (2019)
'B' Conference
13	Krasnocoria (H)	17th place (1st in 'C' Conference)	17th place (2019)
14	North Antarctica	Tenth place (8th in 'A' Conference)	Eighth place (2018)
15	New Sussex	14th place (6th in 'B' Conference)	Ninth place (2017)
16	Freeland	15th place (7th in 'B' Conference)	15th place (2019)
17	Tellia	18th place (2nd in 'C' Conference)	18th place (2019)
18	Lusa	19th place (3rd in 'C' Conference)	19th place (2019)
'C' Conference
19	Florian Eura (H)	21st place (5th in 'C' Conference)	21st place (2019)
20	Helderbourgh	16th place (8th in 'B' Conference)	15th place (2018)
21	Nova England	20th place (4th in 'C' Conference)	15th place (2017)
22	Etourney	22nd place (6th in 'C' Conference)	22nd place (2019)
23	Incontinentia	24th place (8th in 'C' Conference)	24th place (2019)
24	Merenolitovina	25th place (9th in 'C' Conference)	25th place (2019)
'C' Conference qualifiers
25	Phinbella (H)	–	–
26	Thracistan (H)	–	–
27	Alduria	–	–
28	Sanama	–	–
29	Ransenar	–	–
30	Talenore	–	–
31	Ralgon	–	–
32	Jääland	–	–
–	Tiana	11th place (2nd in 'B' Conference, 2014)	9th place (2013)

Tiana were not given a seeding as they entered the competition after the draw was made.

Venues

Mutfak	Otaq
Aslanlær Ini Arena	Otaq Buz Pisti
Capacity: 13,237	Capacity: 15,000

Group stage

'A' Conference

Group A

Team	Pld	RW	OTW	OTL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Floria	5	5	0	0	0	20	9	+11	15	Advances to quarter-finals
Birgeshir (H)	5	3	1	0	1	22	15	+7	11	Advances to quarter-finals and resigned
Mar Sara	5	2	0	0	3	19	17	+2	6	Advances to quarter-finals
Craitland	5	1	1	0	3	17	22	−5	5
Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq	5	1	0	1	3	16	21	−5	4
Nova English Korea	5	1	0	1	3	10	20	−10	4

Head-to-head record: Nova English Korea 1–6 Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq

Group A results

Nova English Korea v  Mar Sara 9 May 2020 Nova English Korea 3 – 2 (0–1, 2–1, 1–0)  Mar Sara Aslanlær Ini Arena, Mutfak Floria v  Craitland 9 May 2020 Floria 2 – 1 (2–0, 0–1, 0–0)  Craitland Aslanlær Ini Arena, Mutfak Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq v  Birgeshir 9 May 2020 Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq 1 – 2 (0–0, 0–1, 1–1)  Birgeshir Aslanlær Ini Arena, Mutfak Birgeshir v  Floria 10 May 2020 Birgeshir 2 – 4 (1–1, 1–1, 0–2)  Floria Aslanlær Ini Arena, Mutfak Craitland v  Nova English Korea 10 May 2020 Craitland 4 – 3 (1–1, 1–2, 2–0)  Nova English Korea Aslanlær Ini Arena, Mutfak Mar Sara v  Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq 11 May 2020 Mar Sara 6 – 1 (1–0, 1–1, 4–0)  Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq Aslanlær Ini Arena, Mutfak Birgeshir v  Nova English Korea 11 May 2020 Birgeshir 3 – 2 SO (0–1, 1–0, 1–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 2–1)  Nova English Korea Aslanlær Ini Arena, Mutfak Craitland v  Mar Sara 12 May 2020 Craitland 3 – 6 (2–1, 0–2, 1–3)  Mar Sara Aslanlær Ini Arena, Mutfak Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq v  Floria 12 May 2020 Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq 4 – 7 (0–5, 1–1, 3–1)  Floria Aslanlær Ini Arena, Mutfak Floria v  Nova English Korea 13 May 2020 Floria 5 – 1 (0–1, 3–0, 2–0)  Nova English Korea Aslanlær Ini Arena, Mutfak Craitland v  Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq 13 May 2020 Craitland 5 – 4 OT (1–0, 1–0, 2–4) (OT: 1–0)  Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq Aslanlær Ini Arena, Mutfak Mar Sara v  Birgeshir 14 May 2020 Mar Sara 4 – 8 (0–3, 2–4, 2–1)  Birgeshir Aslanlær Ini Arena, Mutfak Nova English Korea v  Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq 14 May 2020 Nova English Korea 1 – 6 (0–2, 0–3, 1–1)  Qavaqaqqaqqaniitqeqertaq Aslanlær Ini Arena, Mutfak Mar Sara v  Floria 15 May 2020 Mar Sara 1 – 2 (0–1, 1–0, 0–1)  Floria Aslanlær Ini Arena, Mutfak Birgeshir v  Craitland 15 May 2020 Birgeshir 7 – 4 (3–1, 2–1, 2–2)  Craitland Aslanlær Ini Arena, Mutfak

Group B

Team	Pld	RW	OTW	OTL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Senya	5	5	0	0	0	19	7	+12	15	Advances to quarter-finals
Mercury	5	4	0	0	1	24	10	+14	12
Lakkvia	5	3	0	0	2	9	15	−6	9
Lamantia	5	2	0	0	3	14	19	−5	6
River Warriors	5	1	0	0	4	9	16	−7	3
Shireroth	5	0	0	0	5	11	20	−9	0

Head-to-head record: Lamantia 1–2 Lakkvia

Group B results

River Warriors v  Shireroth 9 May 2020 River Warriors 3 – 2 (0–1, 2–1, 1–0)  Shireroth Otaq Buz Pisti, Otaq Lakkvia v  Senya 9 May 2020 Lakkvia 1 – 5 (0–2, 1–1, 0–2)  Senya Otaq Buz Pisti, Otaq Lamantia v  Mercury 9 May 2020 Lamantia 3 – 7 (2–2, 1–2, 0–3)  Mercury Otaq Buz Pisti, Otaq Mercury v  Lakkvia 10 May 2020 Mercury 6 – 0 (1–0, 2–0, 3–0)  Lakkvia Otaq Buz Pisti, Otaq Senya v  River Warriors 10 May 2020 Senya 3 – 1 (0–0, 1–1, 2–0)  River Warriors Otaq Buz Pisti, Otaq Shireroth v  Lamantia 11 May 2020 Shireroth 4 – 5 (2–1, 1–2, 1–2)  Lamantia Otaq Buz Pisti, Otaq Mercury v  River Warriors 11 May 2020 Mercury 3 – 0 (3–0, 0–0, 0–0)  River Warriors Otaq Buz Pisti, Otaq Senya v  Shireroth 12 May 2020 Senya 3 – 2 (1–2, 0–0, 2–0)  Shireroth Otaq Buz Pisti, Otaq Lamantia v  Lakkvia 12 May 2020 Lamantia 1 – 2 (1–1, 0–0, 0–1)  Lakkvia Otaq Buz Pisti, Otaq Lakkvia v  River Warriors 13 May 2020 Lakkvia 3 – 2 (2–0, 0–2, 1–0)  River Warriors Otaq Buz Pisti, Otaq Senya v  Lamantia 13 May 2020 Senya 3 – 0 (1–0, 2–0, 0–0)  Lamantia Otaq Buz Pisti, Otaq Shireroth v  Mercury 14 May 2020 Shireroth 2 – 6 (0–1, 2–2, 0–3)  Mercury Otaq Buz Pisti, Otaq River Warriors v  Lamantia 14 May 2020 River Warriors 3 – 5 (3–3, 0–1, 0–1)  Lamantia Otaq Buz Pisti, Otaq Shireroth v  Lakkvia 15 May 2020 Shireroth 1 – 3 (0–1, 0–1, 1–1)  Lakkvia Otaq Buz Pisti, Otaq Mercury v  Senya 15 May 2020 Mercury 2 – 5 (2–2, 0–2, 0–1)  Senya Otaq Buz Pisti, Otaq

'B' Conference

Team	Pld	RW	OTW	OTL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
North Antarctica	5	4	0	0	1	25	13	+12	12	Promotion to 'A' Conference
Freeland	5	3	0	0	2	18	10	+8	9	Resigned
Krasnocoria (H)	5	3	0	0	2	18	10	+8	9
Lusa	5	3	0	0	2	13	16	−3	9
New Sussex	5	2	0	0	3	12	20	−8	6
Tellia	5	0	0	0	5	6	23	−17	0

Head to head record: Freeland (3pts, +1 GD); Krasnocoria (3pts, 0GD); Lusa (3pts, −1GD)

'B' Conference results

New Sussex v  Krasnocoria 13 April 2020 New Sussex 1 – 7 (0–4, 1–1, 0–2)  Krasnocoria Lusa v  Freeland 13 April 2020 Lusa 2 – 1 (1–1, 0–0, 1–0)  Freeland North Antarctica v  Tellia 13 April 2020 North Antarctica 8 – 1 (4–0, 2–1, 2–0)  Tellia Krasnocoria v  Freeland 14 April 2020 Krasnocoria 2 – 4 (1–1, 0–2, 1–1)  Freeland Tellia v  Lusa 14 April 2020 Tellia 4 – 5 (1–2, 1–2, 2–1)  Lusa North Antarctica v  New Sussex 14 April 2020 North Antarctica 5 – 2 (1–1, 1–1, 3–0)  New Sussex Krasnocoria v  Tellia 16 April 2020 Krasnocoria 3 – 0 (2–0, 1–0, 0–0)  Tellia North Antarctica v  Lusa 16 April 2020 North Antarctica 3 – 4 (0–0, 3–2, 2–0)  Lusa New Sussex v  Freeland 16 April 2020 New Sussex 1 – 6 (0–1, 0–3, 1–2)  Freeland Tellia v  New Sussex 18 April 2020 Tellia 1 – 3 (1–0, 0–1, 0–2)  New Sussex Freeland v  North Antarctica 18 April 2020 Freeland 3 – 5 (2–3, 0–0, 1–2)  North Antarctica Lusa v  Krasnocoria 18 April 2020 Lusa 1 – 3 (1–0, 0–1, 0–2)  Krasnocoria Freeland v  Tellia 19 April 2020 Freeland 4 – 0 (2–0, 0–0, 2–0)  Tellia New Sussex v  Lusa 19 April 2020 New Sussex 5 – 1 (1–0, 2–0, 2–1)  Lusa Krasnocoria v  North Antarctica 19 April 2020 Krasnocoria 3 – 4 (1–1, 1–2, 1–1)  North Antarctica

'C' Conference

Team	Pld	RW	OTW	OTL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Helderbourgh	5	4	0	1	0	21	8	+13	13	Resigned
Etourney	5	4	0	0	1	17	13	+4	12	Promotion to Group B-I
Merenolitovina	5	3	0	0	2	15	12	+3	9
Florian Eura (H)	5	2	0	0	3	15	16	−1	6
Nova England	5	1	1	0	3	13	22	−9	5
Incontinentia	5	0	0	0	5	8	18	−10	0

'C' Conference results

Nova England v  Florian Eura 9 March 2020 Nova England 2 – 6 (1–1, 1–2, 0–3)  Florian Eura Merenolitovina v  Etourney 9 March 2020 Merenolitovina 2 – 4 (0–0, 0–2, 2–2)  Etourney Helderbourgh v  Incontinentia 9 March 2020 Helderbourgh 4 – 1 (3–1, 0–0, 1–0)  Incontinentia Florian Eura v  Etourney 10 March 2020 Florian Eura 2 – 4 (0–1, 1–2, 1–1)  Etourney Incontinentia v  Merenolitovina 10 March 2020 Incontinentia 1 – 2 (0–1, 0–0, 1–1)  Merenolitovina Helderbourgh v  Nova England 10 March 2020 Helderbourgh 3 – 4 OT (1–2, 1–1, 1–0) (OT: 0–1)  Nova England Florian Eura v  Incontinentia 12 March 2020 Florian Eura 4 – 1 (1–1, 1–0, 2–0)  Incontinentia Helderbourgh v  Merenolitovina 12 March 2020 Helderbourgh 4 – 2 (2–1, 1–1, 1–0)  Merenolitovina Nova England v  Etourney 12 March 2020 Nova England 2 – 5 (1–1, 1–2, 0–2)  Etourney Incontinentia v  Nova England 14 March 2020 Incontinentia 3 – 4 (2–1, 1–1, 0–2)  Nova England Etourney v  Helderbourgh 14 March 2020 Etourney 0 – 5 (0–3, 0–1, 0–1)  Helderbourgh Merenolitovina v  Florian Eura 14 March 2020 Merenolitovina 4 – 2 (1–1, 0–0, 3–1)  Florian Eura Etourney v  Incontinentia 15 March 2020 Etourney 4 – 2 (0–2, 3–0, 1–0)  Incontinentia Nova England v  Merenolitovina 15 March 2020 Nova England 1 – 5 (0–0, 1–1, 0–4)  Merenolitovina Florian Eura v  Helderbourgh 15 March 2020 Florian Eura 1 – 5 (0–1, 0–2, 1–2)  Helderbourgh

'C' Conference qualifiers

Group A

Team	Pld	RW	OTW	OTL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Sanama	4	3	0	0	1	9	6	+3	9	Promotion to Group B-II
Jääland	4	3	0	0	1	13	4	+9	9
Ransenar	4	2	0	0	2	11	11	0	6	Qualification to Group C-I
Tiana	4	1	1	0	2	10	12	−2	5
Phinbella (H)	4	0	0	1	3	7	17	−10	1

Head to head record: Sanama 2–1 Jääland

Group A results

Sanama v  Ransenar 12 February 2020 Sanama 2 – 3 (0–1, 2–1, 0–1)  Ransenar Persisir Air Hockey Stadium, Penarik Phinbella v  Jääland 13 February 2020 Phinbella 0 – 5 (0–2, 0–1, 0–2)  Jääland Persisir Air Hockey Stadium, Penarik Tiana v  Sanama 13 February 2020 Tiana 1 – 3 (0–0, 1–1, 0–2)  Sanama Persisir Air Hockey Stadium, Penarik Ransenar v  Tiana 14 February 2020 Ransenar 2 – 3 (0–1, 2–2, 0–0)  Tiana Persisir Air Hockey Stadium, Penarik Sanama v  Jääland 15 February 2020 Sanama 2 – 1 (1–1, 1–0, 0–0)  Jääland Persisir Air Hockey Stadium, Penarik Ransenar v  Phinbella 15 February 2020 Ransenar 4 – 1 (0–0, 1–1, 3–0)  Phinbella Persisir Air Hockey Stadium, Penarik Tiana v  Phinbella 16 February 2020 Tiana 6 – 5 OT (2–0, 0–3, 3–2) (OT: 1–0)  Phinbella Persisir Air Hockey Stadium, Penarik Jääland v  Ransenar 16 February 2020 Jääland 5 – 2 (0–1, 2–0, 3–1)  Ransenar Persisir Air Hockey Stadium, Penarik Phinbella v  Sanama 17 February 2020 Phinbella 1 – 2 (1–0, 0–1, 0–1)  Sanama Persisir Air Hockey Stadium, Penarik Jääland v  Tiana 17 February 2020 Jääland 2 – 0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)  Tiana Persisir Air Hockey Stadium, Penarik

Group B

Team	Pld	RW	OTW	OTL	RL	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
Talenore	3	2	0	0	1	12	7	+5	6	Promotion to Group B-II
Thracistan (H)	3	1	1	0	1	12	8	+4	5
Alduria	3	1	0	2	0	9	10	−1	5	Qualification to Group C-I
Ralgon	3	0	1	0	2	7	15	−8	2

Group B results

Ralgon v  Talenore 13 February 2020 Ralgon 1 – 6 (0–3, 1–2, 0–1)  Talenore Kadim Belediyesi Arena, Kadim Thracistan v  Alduria 13 February 2020 Thracistan 3 – 2 OT (0–0, 1–0, 1–2) (OT: 1–0)  Alduria Kadim Belediyesi Arena, Kadim Ralgon v  Thracistan 15 February 2020 Ralgon 3 – 7 (1–2, 1–2, 1–3)  Thracistan Kadim Belediyesi Arena, Kadim Talenore v  Alduria 15 February 2020 Talenore 3 – 4 (1–3, 2–1, 0–0)  Alduria Kadim Belediyesi Arena, Kadim Thracistan v  Talenore 16 February 2020 Thracistan 2 – 3 (2–1, 0–2, 0–0)  Talenore Kadim Belediyesi Arena, Kadim Alduria v  Ralgon 16 February 2020 Alduria 3 – 4 SO (0–1, 2–2, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)  Ralgon Kadim Belediyesi Arena, Kadim

Knock-out stages

Bracket

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Finals

A1

Floria

5

B4

Lamantia

0

A1

Floria

6

B2

Mercury

3

B2

Mercury

4

A3

Mar Sara

3

A1

Floria

5

B1

Senya

3

B1

Senya

6

A4

Craitland

0

B1

Senya

5

Third place

A2

Birgeshir

2

A2

Birgeshir

5

A2

Birgeshir

1

B3

Lakkvia

3

B2

Mercury

2

Quarter-finals

Mercury v  Mar Sara

17 May 2020

Mercury	4 – 3 (0–2, 1–1, 3–0)	Mar Sara

Aslanlær Ini Arena, Mutfak

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Birgeshir v  Lakkvia

17 May 2020

Birgeshir	5 – 3 (3–2, 1–0, 1–1)	Lakkvia

Otaq Buz Pisti, Otaq

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Floria v  Lamantia

18 May 2020

Floria	5 – 0 (2–0, 2–0, 1–0)	Lamantia

Aslanlær Ini Arena, Mutfak

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Senya v  Craitland

18 May 2020

Senya	6 – 0 (1–0, 2–0, 3–0)	Craitland

Otaq Buz Pisti, Otaq

Semi-finals

Senya v  Birgeshir

21 May 2020

Senya	5 – 2 (2–0, 1–0, 2–2)	Birgeshir
Hrozva Nikaĵ  PPG – 09:01  – 16:41  PPG – 31:14  PPG – 42:53  – 50:37 8 mins 36	Goalies 1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 4–1 5–1 5–2 Penalties Shots on goal	Æydolun Cihæn 47:49 – Aykut (Önaykojk, Pæmük) 56:25 – Ulaş (Aşıkojk) 14 mins 21

Otaq Buz Pisti, Otaq

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Floria v  Mercury

21 May 2020

Floria	6 – 3	Mercury
Sebastian Jarry Kane (Holland, Mooney) – 01:45 Kane (Burke, Byers) PPG – 03:02 Boyd (Kane, Carlson) – 03:09 Kane (Mooney, Burke) – 31:28 Byers EN – 58:51 O'Reilly EN – 59:55 6 mins 29	Goalies 1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1 4–1 4–2 4–3 5–3 6–3 Penalties Shots on goal	Thomas Garnett 16:49 – Hammond (Davidsen) 40:24 – PPG  Fraser (Willis, Haagensen) 56:33 – Reynolds (Shaw, Kennedy) 4 mins 24

Otaq Buz Pisti, Otaq

Third-place play-off

Birgeshir v  Mercury

23 May 2020

Birgeshir	1 – 2 (1–0, 0–1, 0–1)	Mercury
Hæb-i Gümüş Ulaş (Yenerojk) – 15:28 6 mins 27	Goalies 1–0 1–1 1–2 Penalties Shots on goal	Kevin Porter 30:09 – PPG  Davidsen (Hammond, Gardiner) 44:41 – Davidsen (Black, Porter) 6 mins 25

Otaq Buz Pisti, Otaq

Final

Senya v  Floria

24 May 2020

Senya	3 – 5 (2–2, 0–0, 1–3)	Floria
Hrozva Nikaĵ Morgan (Grahamson) – 05:31 Posjek (Hatter) PPG – 18:52 Packford (Morgan, Phillis) PPG – 53:51 4 mins 26	Goalies 1–0 1–1 1–2 2–2 2–3 2–4 3–4 3–5 Penalties Shots on goal	Sebastian Jarry 09:49 – SHG  Byers 15:11 – Lefrance (Edwards, Carlson) 43:09 – Gibson (O'Neil, Mooney) 48:24 – PPG  Kane (Byers) 59:04 – EN  Byers 8 mins 25

Otaq Buz Pisti, Otaq