2025 IIHF World Championship Division I

2025 IIHF World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	Romania  Estonia
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	27 April – 3 May 26 April – 2 May
Teams	12
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The 2025 IIHF World Championship Division I consists of two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation.^[1] Divisions I A and I B represent the second and the third tier of the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships.

2025 IIHF World Championship Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	Romania
City	Sfântu Gheorghe
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	27 April – 3 May
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	9
Goals scored	46 (5.11 per game)
Attendance	18,102 (2,011 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Andriy Denyskin (7 points)
Official website
Website

The Division I Group A tournament is being played in Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania from 27 April to 3 May 2025.^[2][3]

Team	Qualification
Great Britain	Placed 15th in the Elite Division in 2024 and was relegated.
Poland	Placed 16th in the Elite Division in 2024 and was relegated.
Italy	Placed 3rd in Division I A in 2024.
Romania	Host, placed 4th in Division I A in 2024.
Japan	Placed 5th in Division I A in 2024.
Ukraine	Placed 1st in Division I B in 2024 and was promoted.

Seven referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Italy	3	2	0	1	0	10	5	+5	7	Promoted to the 2026 Top Division
2	Ukraine	3	1	1	1	0	10	6	+4	6
3	Great Britain	3	0	3	0	0	11	8	+3	6
4	Poland	3	2	0	0	1	7	6	+1	6
5	Japan	3	0	0	1	2	6	11	−5	1
6	Romania (H)	3	0	0	1	2	2	10	−8	1	Relegated to the 2026 Division I B

All times are local (UTC+3)

27 April 2025 12:30

Japan

1–4 (0–2, 1–2, 0–0)

Italy

Sepsi Arena, Sfântu Gheorghe Attendance: 1,960

Game reference
	Yuta Narisawa	Goalies	Davide Fadani	Referees: Mark Pearce Marcus Wannerstedt Linesmen: Norbert Muzsik John Rey
	0–1 02:25 – Purdeller (Pietroniro, Frycklund) (PP) 0–2 07:33 – Ierullo (Misley, Trivellato) 0–3 27:11 – Purdeller (Frycklund, Tedesco) 0–4 36:23 – Tedesco (Purdeller) Hanzawa (T. Nakajima, Kimura) (PP) – 37:53 1–4
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	30

27 April 2025 16:00

Ukraine

3–4 GWS (0–1, 2–1, 1–1) OT: (0–0) SO: (0–1)

Great Britain

Sepsi Arena, Sfântu Gheorghe Attendance: 2,112

Game reference
	Oleksandr Levshin	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Daniel Pražák Anssi Salonen Linesmen: Renārs Davidonis Simon Riecken
	0–1 11:08 – Waller (Halbert) 0–2 21:30 – Perlini (O'Connor, Brown) Zakharov (Denyskin) – 25:45 1–2 Trakht (Fadyeyev, Peresunko) – 32:01 2–2 Boroday (Kupriyanov, Denyskin) – 49:16 3–2 3–3 52:42 – O'Connor (Shudra, Lachowicz)
	Korenchuk Trakht Vorona Peresunko	Shootout	O'Connor Lake Dowd
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	26

27 April 2025 19:30

Romania

1–4 (0–1, 1–1, 0–2)

Poland

Sepsi Arena, Sfântu Gheorghe Attendance: 2,564

Game reference
	Attila Adorján	Goalies	John Murray	Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Daniel Eriksson Linesmen: Gustav Jönsson Gašper Zgonc
	0–1 06:43 – Łyszczarczyk (Bizacki) 0–2 27:52 – Tyczyński (Bryk, Ciura) Gliga (Ferencz-Csibi, Williams) – 34:29 1–2 1–3 54:16 – Krężołek (Tyczyński, Sadlocha) (PP) 1–4 58:11 – Łyszczarczyk (Sadlocha) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	13	Shots	38

28 April 2025 12:30

Italy

2–3 GWS (0–1, 1–1, 1–0) OT: (0–0) SO: (0–1)

Ukraine

Sepsi Arena, Sfântu Gheorghe Attendance: 1,274

Game reference
	Davide Fadani	Goalies	Bogdan Dyachenko	Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Jesse Gour Linesmen: Norbert Muzsik Gašper Zgonc
	0–1 14:37 – Denyskin (Fadyeyev, Trakht) Di Tomaso (Gazley, Pietroniro) – 32:21 1–1 1–2 38:49 – Zakharov (Denyskin, Sysak) Zanatta (Tedesco, Frycklund) – 44:35 2–2
	Mantenuto Gazley Purdeller Tedesco Ierullo	Shootout	Denyskin Peresunko Vorona Korenchuk
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	37	Shots	19

28 April 2025 16:00

Poland

2–1 (2–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Japan

Sepsi Arena, Sfântu Gheorghe Attendance: 1,112

Game reference
	Tomáš Fučík	Goalies	Issa Otsuka	Referees: Daniel Pražák Anssi Salonen Linesmen: Kai Jürgens Simon Riecken
	Bizacki (Paś) – 06:27 1–0 Krężołek (Paś, Zygmunt) – 19:16 2–0 2–1 59:54 – Osawa (Takagi, Hayata) (PP, EA)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	28

28 April 2025 19:30

Great Britain

2–1 OT (1–1, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 1–0)

Romania

Sepsi Arena, Sfântu Gheorghe Attendance: 2,435

Game reference
	Jackson Whistle	Goalies	Zoltán Tőke	Referees: Mark Pearce Markus Wannerstedt Linesmen: Renārs Davidonis John Rey
	Waller (Perlini, Neilson) – 00:31 1–0 1–1 09:31 – Gajdó (S. Rokaly) Neilson (Halbert) – 60:36 2–1
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	36	Shots	25

30 April 2025 12:30

Great Britain

5–4 OT (1–0, 1–3, 2–1) (OT: 1–0)

Japan

Sepsi Arena, Sfântu Gheorghe Attendance: 1,345

Game reference
	Jackson Whistle	Goalies	Yuta Narisawa	Referees: Geoffrey Barcelo Markus Wannerstedt Linesmen: Renārs Davidonis Gašper Zgonc
	Dowd (Kirk, Halbert) (EA) – 17:52 1–0 Kirk (Perlini, O'Connor) – 24:07 2–0 2–1 25:58 – Isogai (Suzuki) 2–2 29:01 – Okubo (Ishida, Hayata) 2–3 34:16 – Hirano (Takagi, Halliday) Batch (Neilson, Dowd) – 48:41 3–3 3–4 50:39 – Takagi (Kimura, Isogai) O'Connor (Kirk, Lake) – 58:11 4–4 Dowd (Halbert) – 60:41 5–4
	4 min	Penalties	0 min
	36	Shots	34

30 April 2025 16:00

Poland

1–4 (1–0, 0–2, 0–2)

Italy

Sepsi Arena, Sfântu Gheorghe Attendance: 2,325

Game reference
	Tomáš Fučík	Goalies	Davide Fadani	Referees: Jesse Gour Mark Pearce Linesmen: Gustav Jönsson Simon Riecken
	Paś (Zygmunt, Bizacki) – 14:51 1–0 1–1 22:37 – Mantenuto (Seed, Tedesco) 1–2 34:59 – Pietroniro (Di Tomaso, Gazley) (PP) 1–3 48:09 – Zanetti (Trivellato) 1–4 59:19 – Tedesco (PS)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	21	Shots	24

30 April 2025 19:30

Ukraine

4–0 (3–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Romania

Sepsi Arena, Sfântu Gheorghe Attendance: 2,455

Game reference
	Bohdan Diachenko	Goalies	Zoltán Tőke Attila Adorján	Referees: Daniel Eriksson Daniel Pražák Linesmen: Kai Jürgens John Rey
	Zakharov (Denyskin, Borodai) – 04:10 1–0 Lialka – 05:44 2–0 Denyskin (Zakharov) – 08:58 3–0 Denyskin (Borodai, Ratushny) – 37:14 4–0
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	22

1 May 2025 12:30

Italy

v

Great Britain

Sepsi Arena, Sfântu Gheorghe

1 May 2025 16:00

Poland

v

Ukraine

Sepsi Arena, Sfântu Gheorghe

1 May 2025 19:30

Romania

v

Japan

Sepsi Arena, Sfântu Gheorghe

3 May 2025 12:30

Japan

v

Ukraine

Sepsi Arena, Sfântu Gheorghe

3 May 2025 16:00

Italy

v

Romania

Sepsi Arena, Sfântu Gheorghe

3 May 2025 19:30

Great Britain

v

Poland

Sepsi Arena, Sfântu Gheorghe

2025 IIHF World Championship Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Estonia
City	Tallinn
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	26 April – 2 May
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	9
Goals scored	53 (5.89 per game)
Attendance	8,317 (924 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Kim Sang-wook (6 points)
Official website
Website

The Division I Group B tournament is being played in Tallinn, Estonia from 26 April to 2 May 2025.^[5][6]

Team	Qualification
South Korea	Placed 6th in Division I A in 2024 and was relegated.
Lithuania	Placed 2nd in Division I B in 2024.
Estonia	Host, placed 3rd in Division I B in 2024.
China	Placed 4th in Division I B in 2024.
Spain	Placed 5th in Division I B in 2024.
Croatia	Placed 1st in Division II A in 2024 and was promoted.

Seven referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	South Korea	3	3	0	0	0	16	6	+10	9	Promoted to the 2026 Division I A
2	Lithuania	3	3	0	0	0	8	1	+7	9
3	Estonia (H)	3	2	0	0	1	13	5	+8	6
4	China (E)	3	1	0	0	2	5	6	−1	3
5	Croatia (E)	3	0	0	0	3	7	15	−8	0
6	Spain (E)	3	0	0	0	3	4	20	−16	0	Relegated to the 2026 Division II A

All times are local (UTC+3)

26 April 2025 12:30

China

0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Lithuania

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 181

Game reference
	Chen Shifeng	Goalies	Laurynas Lubys	Referees: Nolan Bloyer Alexander Österberg Linesmen: Michał Gerne Lim Jun-seo
	0–1 22:24 – Kaleinikovas (Grinius, Noreika) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	18	Shots	36

26 April 2025 16:00

Spain

1–6 (0–1, 0–0, 1–5)

Estonia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 2,135

Game reference
	Raúl Barbo	Goalies	Conrad Mölder	Referees: Andreas Harnebring Lukas Kohlmüller Linesmen: Daniel Konc Davide Mantovani
	0–1 08:13 – Burkov (Timofejev, Rooda) (PP) 0–2 41:48 – Timofejev (Rooda, Burkov) (PP) Rubio (Fernández, P. Cerda) – 45:23 1–2 1–3 47:54 – Arrak (Viitanen) 1–4 48:09 – M. Potsinok (E. Potsinok, Novikov) 1–5 52:29 – Arrak (Slessarevski, Viitanen) (PP) 1–6 59:17 – Burkov (Rooda, Timofejev)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	24	Shots	37

26 April 2025 19:30

Croatia

2–5 (1–0, 0–2, 1–3)

South Korea

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 165

Game reference
	Vilim Rosandić	Goalies	Ha Jung-ho	Referees: Nicolas Crégut Attila Nagy Linesmen: Savva Azarov Michael Stalder
	Marinković (Idžan, Rendulić) – 08:54 1–0 1–1 22:29 – Lee Y. 1–2 34:18 – Nam (Ahn, Kim S-w.) Dobrić (Zavrski, Malenica) – 51:43 2–2 2–3 56:01 – Kim G. (Kim Sang-y., Chung) 2–4 57:26 – Lee M. (Kim Sang-w.) 2–5 59:16 – Kim Sang-w. (Lee C. , Kang Y.) (EN)
	6 min	Penalties	0 min
	10	Shots	55

27 April 2025 12:30

Lithuania

5–0 (2–0, 3–0, 0–0)

Spain

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 315

Game reference
	Laurynas Lubys	Goalies	Marco Hernández Raúl Barbo	Referees: Lukas Kohlmüller Alexander Österberg Linesmen: Michael Stalder David Śzabo
	Dėdinas (Grinius) – 14:29 1–0 Noreika – 14:56 2–0 Ališauskas (Čižas, Bendžius) (PP) – 22:03 3–0 Krakauskas (Dėdinas, Ališauskas) – 24:55 4–0 Grinius (Četvertak, Noreika) (PP) – 32:46 5–0
	6 min	Penalties	35 min
	25	Shots	21

27 April 2025 16:00

Estonia

6–2 (3–0, 2–2, 1–0)

Croatia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 1,935

Game reference
	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Goalies	Vilim Rosandić Vito Nikolić	Referees: Michał Baca Nolan Bloyer Linesmen: Michał Gerne Lim Jun-seo
	Timofejev (Rooda) – 01:01 1–0 Arrak (Kudeviita) – 11:45 2–0 Rooda (Kulintsev, Burkov) (PP) – 18:47 3–0 Jürgens (M. Potsinok, E. Potsinok) – 31:18 4–0 Viitanen (Arrak, Kulintsev) – 34:00 5–0 5–1 35:05 – Marinković (Malenica, Rendulić) (PP) 5–2 37:31 – Malenica (Idžan, Marinković) (PP) Jürgens (Viitanen, Arrak) – 53:27 6–2
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	36	Shots	25

27 April 2025 19:30

South Korea

2–1 (0–0, 2–1, 0–0)

China

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 155

Game reference
	Ha Jung-ho	Goalies	Chen Shifeng	Referees: Nicolas Crégut Andreas Harnebring Linesmen: Daniel Konc Davide Mantovani
	0–1 21:50 – Wang (Yu) Kim Sang-w. (Lee. S, Kang Y.) – 26:38 1–1 Kim Sang-w. (Shin, Kang Y.) – 38:29 2–1
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	44	Shots	21

29 April 2025 12:30

South Korea

9–3 (4–0, 4–1, 1–2)

Spain

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 251

Game reference
	Ha Jung-ho	Goalies	Raúl Barbo Marco Hernández	Referees: Michał Baca Alexander Österberg Linesmen: Savva Azarov Daniel Konc
	Kim Si. (Oh) – 10:02 1–0 Lee C. (Hong, Ahn) – 12:50 2–0 Kang Y. (Lee C., Kim Sang-w.) (PP) – 14:26 3–0 Ahn (Nam) – 14:48 4–0 Kim W. (Ahn, Kang M.) – 24:22 5–0 5–1 26:00 – Capillas Kang M. (Lee Y., Oh) – 27:43 6–1 Lee C. (Kim G.) (SH) – 33:55 7–1 Hong (Chung) – 36:52 8–1 8–2 40:52 – Rubio (Collado, Capillas) Kim Sang-y. (Lee. S, Ahn) (PP) – 57:38 9–2 9–3 58:50 – Carbonell (Cerdà)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	32	Shots	18

29 April 2025 16:00

Croatia

3–4 (0–1, 1–1, 2–2)

China

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 135

Game reference
	Vilim Rosandić	Goalies	Chen Shifeng	Referees: Lukas Kohlmüller Attila Nagy Linesmen: Michał Gerne David Szabó
	0–1 10:55 – Hou (Xu, Yu) 0–2 20:33 – Hou (Yu, Wang) Rendulić (Dobrić, Marinković) – 26:47 1–2 Idžan (Rendulić) – 40:26 2–2 2–3 41:08 – Yan J. (Zhang Z., Guo Z.) Malenica (Rendulić, Janković) (EA) – 59:03 3–3 3–4 59:30 – Yan J. (Guo J., Han)
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	33

29 April 2025 19:30

Lithuania

2–1 (0–0, 2–0, 0–1)

Estonia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn Attendance: 3,045

Game reference
	Laurynas Lubys	Goalies	Conrad Mölder Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Referees: Nolan Bloyer Nicolas Crégut Linesmen: Davide Mantovani Michael Stalder
	Valivonis (Dėdinas, Krakauskas) – 25:11 1–0 Gintautas (Čižas, Kaleinikovas) (PP) – 32:43 2–0 2–1 49:57 – Nevolainen (Puzakov, Vasjonkin)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	13	Shots	36

1 May 2025 12:30

Lithuania

v

Croatia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

1 May 2025 16:00

Estonia

v

South Korea

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

1 May 2025 19:30

China

v

Spain

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

2 May 2025 12:30

South Korea

v

Lithuania

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

2 May 2025 16:00

Spain

v

Croatia

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

2 May 2025 19:30

Estonia

v

China

Tondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn