2025 IIHF World Championship

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2025 IIHF World Championship
2025 IIHF World Championship logo.png
Tournament details
Host countriesFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark
Venue(s)2
Dates9–25 May
Teams16
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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 will co-host the championship. [2]

Contents

Venues

Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
Stockholm Herning
Avicii Arena
Capacity: 16,000		 Jyske Bank Boxen
Capacity: 15,000
Stockholm Globe Arena.jpg Jyske Bank Boxen.jpg

Participants

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

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

The slogan of the competition is pulse. [4]

Preliminary round

The groups were announced on 30 May 2024. [5]

Group A

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 000000000 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 000000000
3Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden (H)000000000
4Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 000000000
5Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 000000000Qualification for 2026 IIHF World Championship
6Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 000000000
7Flag of France.svg  France 000000000
8Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 000000000Relegation 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

Group B

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia 000000000 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 000000000
3Flag of the United States.svg  United States 000000000
4Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 000000000
5Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark (H)000000000Qualification for 2026 IIHF World Championship
6Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 000000000
7Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 000000000
8Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 000000000Relegation 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

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References

  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.


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