2020 Deutschland Cup

The 2020 Deutschland Cup was the 31st edition of the tournament, held between 5 and 8 November 2020.

2020 Deutschland Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	5–8 November
Teams	3
Final positions
Champions	Latvia (1st title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Top Team Peking
Tournament statistics
Games played	4
Goals scored	22 (5.5 per game)
Attendance	0 (0 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Marc Michaelis (4 points)

Latvia won the tournament, defeating Germany in the final.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, only three teams participated this year. The "Top Team Peking" was composed of German players, in preparation for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Due to the pandemic, the tournament was held behind closed doors.

Preliminary round

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	2	2	0	0	0	9	2	+7	6	Final
2	Latvia	2	1	0	0	1	4	4	0	3
3	Top Team Peking	2	0	0	0	2	4	11	−7	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored.
(H) Host

All times are local (UTC+1).

Results

5 November 2020 19:45

Germany

7–2 (4–1, 1–0, 2–1)

Top Team Peking

Yayla Arena, Krefeld Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Felix Brückmann Mathias Niederberger	Goalies	Tobias Ancicka	Referees: Lasse Kopitz André Schrader Linesmen: Kai Jürgens Patrick Laguzov
	0–1 02:51 – Kinder Ehliz (Eisenschmid, Plachta) (PP) – 08:03 1–1 Michaelis (Eisenschmid) – 11:10 2–1 Brandt (Bergmann, Michaelis) – 14:14 3–1 Ugbekile (Brandt, Eisenschmid) – 17:57 4–1 Noebels (Fischbuch, Gawanke) (PP) – 32:34 5–1 Brandt (Tiffels, Nowak) – 48:07 6–1 Eisenschmid (Michaelis) – 49:55 7–1 7–2 57:04 – Hanelt (Reichel, Erik Buschmann)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	46	Shots	15

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6 November 2020 17:00

Top Team Peking

2–4 (0–1, 2–2, 0–1)

Latvia

Yayla Arena, Krefeld Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Hendrik Hane	Goalies	Artūrs Šilovs	Referees: Aleksi Rantala Gordon Schukies Linesmen: Andreas Kowert Jan philipp Priebsch
	0–1 08:58 – Jeļisejevs (Ezītis, Sprukts) Reisnecker (Elias, Brunnhuber) – 25:17 1–1 Gnyp (Hane) – 35:03 2–1 2–2 36:57 – Džeriņš (Karsums, Bindulis) 2–3 38:47 – Čukste 2–4 45:21 – Ri. Bukarts (Krastenbergs, Salija)
	20 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	18

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7 November 2020 16:45

Germany

2–0 (0–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Latvia

Yayla Arena, Krefeld Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Felix Brückmann	Goalies	Rūdolfs Lazdiņš Artūrs Šilovs	Referees: Benjamin Hoppe Marc Iwert Linesmen: Wayne Gerth Jonas Merten
	Noebels (Ehliz, Ugbekile) – 54:24 1–0 Plachta (EN) – 58:27 2–0
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	28

Final

8 November 2020 14:30

Germany

2–3 OT (1–2, 0–0, 1–0) (OT: 0–1)

Latvia

Yayla Arena, Krefeld Attendance: 0

Game reference
	Mathias Niederberger	Goalies	Artūrs Šilovs	Referees: Sirko Hunnius Lukas Kohlmüller Linesmen: Maxim Cepik Christoffer Hurtik
	Eder (Wolgemuth) – 09:57 1–0 1–1 17:44 – Sprukts (Ezītis) (PP) 1–2 17:55 – Razgals (Krastenbergs) Michaelis (Gawanke, Plachta) (PP2) – 46:12 2–2 2–3 64:01 – Razgals (Rēdlihs)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	41	Shots	37