The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) have announced that the 2020 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division II Group B tournament has been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak. The tournament was scheduled to be held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 23 to 29 March 2020 and had already relocated from Tianjin, China due to concerns over the coronavirus. The Australian men’s under-18 team was one of six teams in this tournament along with Bulgaria, China, Croatia, the Netherlands and Spain. The IIHF also cancelled five other tournaments that were scheduled for March.
2020 U18 World Championship Division II Group B cancelled
3 March 2020 Lee Collins Australian men's U18 national team 0
- 2019–20 coronavirus outbreak
- 2020 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 World Championship Division II Group B
- Australia men's national under-18 ice hockey team
- Bulgaria
- Bulgaria men's national under-18 ice hockey team
- China
- China men's national under-18 ice hockey team
- Croatia men's national under-18 ice hockey team
- IIHF
- International Ice Hockey Federation
- Netherlands men's national under-18 ice hockey team
- Sofia
- Spain men's national under-18 ice hockey team
- Tianjin
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