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2025 IIHF World Championship

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Main article: 2025 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
2025 IIHF World Championship
Tournament details
Host countries Sweden
 Denmark
Venue(s)2
Dates9–25 May
Teams16
← 2024
2026 →

The 2025 IIHF World Championship will be co-hosted by Stockholm, Sweden, and Herning, Denmark, from 9 to 25 May 2025. This decision regarding Sweden was made at the 2018 semi-annual International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) congress in Malta, and was officially announced on 24 May 2019, at the IIHF's annual congress during the World Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia.[1] At the same time, it was announced that Denmark would co-host the championship.[2]

Venues

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Sweden
Denmark
Stockholm Herning
Avicii Arena
Capacity: 16,000 		Jyske Bank Boxen
Capacity: 15,000

Participants

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Qualified as hosts
Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2024 IIHF World Championship
Qualified through winning promotion from the 2024 IIHF World Championship Division I

Seeding

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The seedings in the preliminary round are based on the 2024 IIHF World Ranking, at the end of the 2024 IIHF World Championship, using the serpentine system while allowing the organizers, "to allocate a maximum of two teams to separate groups," while ensuring hosts Sweden and Denmark will be in separate groups.[3]

Marketing

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The slogan of the competition is pulse.[4]

Preliminary round

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The groups were announced on 30 May 2024,[5] with the schedule being revealed on 19 August 2024.[6]

Group A

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Main article: 2025 IIHF World Championship Group A
Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals
2  Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Sweden (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Latvia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for 2026 IIHF World Championship
6  Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8  Slovenia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to 2026 Division I A
First match(es) will be played: 9 May 2025. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament
(H) Host
9 May 2025
Austria  v  Finland
Sweden  v  Slovakia
10 May 2025
Slovenia  v  Canada
Sweden  v  Austria
France  v  Latvia
11 May 2025
Slovakia  v  Slovenia
Latvia  v  Canada
Finland  v  France
12 May 2025
Austria  v  Slovakia
Finland  v  Sweden
13 May 2025
Slovenia  v  Latvia
Canada  v  France
14 May 2025
Slovakia  v  France
Latvia  v  Sweden
15 May 2025
Finland  v  Slovenia
Canada  v  Austria
16 May 2025
Austria  v  France
Sweden  v  Slovenia
17 May 2025
Finland  v  Latvia
France  v  Sweden
Canada  v  Slovakia
18 May 2025
Slovenia  v  Austria
Slovakia  v  Latvia
19 May 2025
France  v  Slovenia
Canada  v  Finland
20 May 2025
Latvia  v  Austria
Slovakia  v  Finland
Canada  v  Sweden


Group B

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Main article: 2025 IIHF World Championship Group B
Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Czechia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals
2   Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Denmark (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Qualification for 2026 IIHF World Championship
6  Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7  Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8  Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to 2026 Division I A
First match(es) will be played: 9 May 2025. Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament
(H) Host
9 May 2025
Switzerland  v  Czechia
Denmark  v  United States
10 May 2025
Norway  v  Kazakhstan
Germany  v  Hungary
Denmark  v   Switzerland
11 May 2025
United States  v  Hungary
Germany  v  Kazakhstan
Norway  v  Czechia
12 May 2025
United States  v   Switzerland
Czechia  v  Denmark
13 May 2025
Norway  v  Germany
Kazakhstan  v  Hungary
14 May 2025
United States  v  Norway
Kazakhstan  v  Denmark
15 May 2025
Switzerland  v  Germany
Czechia  v  Hungary
16 May 2025
Hungary  v  Denmark
Switzerland  v  Norway
17 May 2025
United States  v  Germany
Czechia  v  Kazakhstan
Denmark  v  Norway
18 May 2025
Kazakhstan  v  United States
Hungary  v   Switzerland
19 May 2025
Germany  v  Czechia
Hungary  v  Norway
20 May 2025
Switzerland  v  Kazakhstan
Czechia  v  United States
Germany  v  Denmark

Playoff round

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There will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
22 May
 
 
A1
 
24 May
 
B4
 
 
 
22 May
 
 
 
B2
 
25 May
 
A3
 
 
 
22 May
 
 
 
A2
 
24 May
 
B3
 
 
 
22 May
 
 Third place
 
B1
 
25 May
 
A4
 
 
 
 
 
 

References

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  1. ^ "IIHF – IIHF Worlds bids in for '23, '24, '25". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Danmark bliver VM-vært i 2025 sammen med Sverige". ishockey.dk (in Danish). 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
  3. ^ "IIHF Sport Regulations (pgs4,5)" (PDF). iihf.com. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  4. ^ "IIHF - The 'Pulse' of the 2025 IIHF WM can already be sensed". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation.
  5. ^ "The 2025 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship grouping revealed". Retrieved 30 May 2024.
  6. ^ "2025 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship game schedule released". iihf.com. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
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