2025 IIHF World Championship Division II

See also: 2025 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

2025 IIHF World Championship
Division II

Tournament details
Host countries	Serbia   New Zealand
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	29 April – 5 May 27 April – 3 May
Teams	12
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The 2025 IIHF World Championship Division II consisted of two international ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. ^[1] Divisions II A and II B represented the fourth and the fifth tier of the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships.

Group A was scheduled to be held in Melbourne, Australia, but it was later moved to Serbia. ^{[2] [3]}

Netherlands won Group A and got promoted to Division I, while Israel was relegated. Georgia won Group B and got promoted, while Thailand was relegated to Division III.

Group A tournament

2025 IIHF World Championship Division II A

Tournament details
Host country	Serbia
City	Belgrade
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	29 April – 5 May
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	72 (4.8 per game)
Attendance	3,230 (215 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Guus van Nes (12 points)
Official website
Website

The Division II Group A tournament was played in Belgrade, Serbia from 29 April to 5 May 2025. ^{[4] [5]}

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Netherlands	Placed 6th in Division I B in 2024 and was relegated.
Serbia	Hosts; placed 2nd in Division II A in 2024.
United Arab Emirates	Placed 3rd in Division II A in 2024.
Israel	Placed 4th in Division II A in 2024.
Australia	Placed 5th in Division II A in 2024.
Belgium	Placed 1st in Division II B in 2024 and was promoted.

Match officials

Six referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[6]

Referees	Linesmen
Jakub Šindel Bastian Steingroß Federico Giacomozzi Uldis Bušs Tomáš Hronský Alexey Roshchyn	Frederic Monnaie Fu Dahe Andreas Krøyer Johan Fauvel Lukas Fleischmann Uroš Mladenović Matija Nikolić

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	0	25	4	+21	15	Promoted to the 2026 Division I B
2	Serbia (H)	5	4	0	0	1	12	5	+7	12
3	United Arab Emirates	5	2	0	0	3	14	13	+1	6 [a]
4	Belgium	5	2	0	0	3	5	17	−12	6 [a]
5	Australia	5	1	0	0	4	7	17	−10	3 [b]
6	Israel	5	1	0	0	4	9	16	−7	3 [b]	Relegated to the 2026 Division II B

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; 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
Notes:

1. United Arab Emirates 8–0 Belgium
2. Israel 3–4 Australia

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

29 April 2025 12:30

Belgium

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Israel

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 27

Game reference
	Jelle Lievens	Goalies	Maksim Kaliaev	Referees: Federico Giacomozzi Bastian Steingroß Linesmen: Johan Fauvel Matija Nikolić
	Auger (Verelst, Gyesbreghs) (SH) – 15:28 1–0 Delport (Schoovaerts) – 54:45 2–0
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	30

29 April 2025 16:00

United Arab Emirates

0–5 (0–1, 0–2, 0–2)

Netherlands

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 46

Game reference
	Konstantin Belomoev	Goalies	Cedrick Andree	Referees: Tomáš Hronský Jakub Šindel Linesmen: Andreas Krøyer Uroš Mladenović
	0–1 03:51 – Borgman (Van Nes, Verkiel) 0–2 30:32 – Hessels (Bison, Van der Schuit) 0–3 35:08 – Van Nes (Joly, Andree) 0–4 49:01 – Hessels (Van der Schuit, De Bruijn) (PP) 0–5 59:08 – Bison (Muller, Hessels)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	13	Shots	52

29 April 2025 19:30

Serbia

3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Australia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 527

Game reference
	Akim Padalitsa	Goalies	Aleksi Toivonen	Referees: Uldis Bušs Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Lukas Fleischmann Frederic Monnaie
	Gvozdenović (Subotić, Vučurević) (PP) – 13:19 1–0 Leštarić (Dragović) – 24:01 2–0 Gvozdenović (SH, EN) – 58:16 3–0
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	16

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30 April 2025 12:30

Netherlands

6–2 (2–1, 3–1, 1–0)

Israel

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 37

Game reference
	Ruud Leeuwesteijn	Goalies	Maksim Kaliaev	Referees: Uldis Bušs Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Fu Dahe Matija Nikolić
	Hessels (Van der Schuit, Bison) – 01:32 1–0 1–1 02:13 – I. Ben Tov (Khubashvili, A. Ben Tov) Verkiel (PS) – 15:18 2–1 Van Nes (Joly, Borgman) (PP2) – 24:52 3–1 Joly (Van Nes, De Bruijn) (PP) – 27:16 4–1 4–2 36:57 – Goldshtein (Kozev, Khvoles) (PP) Hessels (SH) – 39:40 5–2 Stempher (Van Nes, Joly) (PP) – 56:55 6–2
	24 min	Penalties	61 min
	52	Shots	26

30 April 2025 16:00

Australia

1–3 (0–0, 1–1, 0–2)

Belgium

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 29

Game reference
	Alex Tetreault	Goalies	Jelle Lievens	Referees: Tomáš Hronský Jakub Šindel Linesmen: Lukas Fleischmann Uroš Mladenović
	Hawes (Todd) – 20:37 1–0 1–1 26:06 – Auger (Boni) 1–2 52:22 – Gyesbreghs (James, Steyaert) (PP) 1–3 54:48 – Auger (Steyaert, Gyesbreghs)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	30

30 April 2025 19:30

Serbia

4–1 (0–1, 1–0, 3–0)

United Arab Emirates

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 326

Game reference
	Akim Padalitsa	Goalies	Konstantin Belomoev	Referees: Federico Giacomozzi Bastian Steingroß Linesmen: Andreas Krøyer Frederic Monnaie
	0–1 11:13 – Klavdiev (Glukhikh, Chuikov) Tomašević (Popović) (SH) – 24:32 1–1 Đumić (Tomašević, Pećerić) – 51:31 2–1 Đumić (Popović, Anić) – 54:27 3–1 Tomašević (EN) – 58:16 4–1
	13 min	Penalties	4 min
	56	Shots	27

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2 May 2025 12:30

Netherlands

5–1 (2–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Australia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 42

Game reference
	Cedrick Andree	Goalies	Aleksi Toivonen	Referees: Federico Giacomozzi Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Andreas Krøyer Matija Nikolić
	0–1 10:30 – Kubara (Todd, Hawes) (PP) Borgman (Hessels) – 10:58 1–1 Van Nes (Stempher, Joly) – 14:48 2–1 Joly (Borgman, Stempher) – 23:39 3–1 Van Nes (Joly, Stempher) – 55:29 4–1 Van Nes (SH) – 59:40 5–1
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	30	Shots	11

2 May 2025 16:00

United Arab Emirates

2–3 (1–2, 0–0, 1–1)

Israel

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 29

Game reference
	Konstantin Belomoev	Goalies	Maksim Kaliaev	Referees: Jakub Šindel Bastian Steingroß Linesmen: Uroš Mladenović Frederic Monnaie
	Badegyev (R. Korchokha, E. Korchokha) – 08:30 1–0 1–1 15:35 – Khvoles (Levin, Kaliaev) (PP) 1–2 19:35 – Mazour (Lukin, Polozov) Shapavalau (Klavdiev, Glukhikh) (PP2) – 44:32 2–2 2–3 41:33 – Levin (Mazour, Goldshtein)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	34

2 May 2025 19:30

Serbia

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Belgium

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 416

Game reference
	Akim Padalitsa	Goalies	Jelle Lievens	Referees: Uldis Bušs Tomáš Hronský Linesmen: Johan Fauvel Fu Dahe
	Popović (Đumić) – 21:06 1–0 Kravljanac (EN) – 58:26 2–0
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	37	Shots	17

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3 May 2025 12:30

Australia

1–3 (1–1, 0–1, 0–1)

United Arab Emirates

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 19

Game reference
	Alex Tetreault	Goalies	Konstantin Belomoev	Referees: Federico Giacomozzi Tomáš Hronský Linesmen: Johan Fauvel Matija Nikolić
	0–1 12:35 – Kuznetsov (Chuikov, McLlwain) Webster (Todd, Steven) (EA) - 19:01 1–1 1–2 25:42 – Nikitin 1–3 42:41 – Kuznetsov (Chuikov, Nikitin)
	0 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	28

3 May 2025 16:00

Belgium

0–6 (0–2, 0–3, 0–1)

Netherlands

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 47

Game reference
	Jelle Lievens Stijn Raeymaekers	Goalies	Martijn Oosterwijk	Referees: Uldis Bušs Bastian Steingroß Linesmen: Lukas Fleischmann Uroš Mladenović
	0–1 09:02 – Van Nes (Joly, Stempher) 0–2 10:55 – Hessels (Van Gorp, Bison) 0–3 23:28 – Schoningh (Verkiel) 0–4 32:40 – Van der Schuit (Bison, Hessels) 0–5 38:33 – Van Nes (Joly, Verkiel) (PP) 0–6 48:43 – Sars (Loginov) (SH)
	14 min	Penalties	16 min
	21	Shots	42

3 May 2025 19:30

Israel

1–2 (0–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Serbia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 388

Game reference
	Maksim Kaliaev	Goalies	Akim Padalitsa	Referees: Alexey Roshchyn Jakub Šindel Linesmen: Fu Dahe Andreas Krøyer
	Goldshtein (Zitserman, Kozhevnikov) (PP) – 25:25 1–0 1–1 28:22 – Leštarić (Đumić, Tomašević) 1–2 46:18 – Leštarić (Đumić, Tomašević)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	43

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5 May 2025 12:30

United Arab Emirates

8–0 (4–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Belgium

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 23

Game reference
	Konstantion Belomoev	Goalies	Stijn Raeymaekers Jelle Lievens	Referees: Uldis Bušs Alexey Roshchyn Linesmen: Fu Dahe Matija Nikolić
	McLlwain (Kuznetsov, Chuikov) – 08:10 1–0 McLlwain (Chuikov, Kuznetsov) – 09:46 2–0 R. Korchokha (Chuikov) – 10:36 3–0 Klavdiev (Chuikov) – 14:18 4–0 Chuikov – 23:33 5–0 Chuikov (Nikitin, McLlwain) – 45:35 6–0 Binsammoud (Glukhikh) – 48:20 7–0 Klavdiev (Binsammoud, Badegyev) – 58:33 8–0
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	43

5 May 2025 16:00

Israel

3–4 (0–2, 0–1, 3–1)

Australia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade

Game reference
	Maksim Kaliaev Yehonatan Reisinger	Goalies	Aleksi Toivonen	Referees: Tomáš Hronský Bastian Steingroß Linesmen: Johan Fauvel Andreas Krøyer
	0–1 14:54 – Lyashenko (Webster) 0–2 19:11 – Webster (C. Kubara) (PP) 0–3 23:57 – Webster (Taylor, Boyle) (PP) 0–4 40:18 – Chen (Funes, Todd) Segal – 41:43 1–4 Mazour (Kozhevnikov, Levin) (PP) – 45:39 2–4 Polozov (Kozhevinkov, Levin) – 54:49 3–4
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	25

5 May 2025 19:30

Netherlands

3–1 (1–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Serbia

Pionir Ice Hall, Belgrade Attendance: 877

Game reference
	Cedrick Andree	Goalies	Akim Padalitsa	Referees: Federico Giacomozzi Jakub Šindel Linesmen: Lukas Fleischmann Frederic Monnaie
	Joly (Van Nes, Stempher) – 02:40 1–0 1–1 09:21 – Đumić (Dragović) Joly (Verkiel, Van Nes) – 45:15 2–1 Hessels (Joly) – 59:21 3–1
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	31	Shots	32

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Guus van Nes	5	7	5	12	+8	4	F
D'Artagnan Joly	5	4	8	12	+6	2	F
Delaney Hessels	5	6	3	9	+8	2	F
Ilia Chuikov	5	2	7	9	+6	0	F
Mirko Đumić	5	3	3	6	+4	2	F
Danny Stempher	5	1	5	6	+6	4	F
Danilo Tomašević	5	2	3	5	+7	0	F
Bartek Bison	5	1	4	5	+7	8	F
Jordy Verkiel	5	1	4	5	+6	2	D
Artem Klavdiev	5	3	1	4	+6	0	F
Kieren Webster	5	3	1	4	0	2	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Cedrick Andree	180:00	2	0.67	56	96.43	1
Akim Padalitsa	298:45	5	1.00	117	95.73	2
Konstantin Belomoev	296:51	12	2.43	227	94.71	1
Maksim Kaliaev	277:24	16	3.46	191	91.62	0
Jelle Lievens	233:32	11	2.83	125	91.20	1

TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

Position	Player [7]
Goaltender	Akim Padalitsa
Defenceman	Björn Borgman
Forward	Guus van Nes

Group B tournament

2025 IIHF World Championship Division II B

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
City	Dunedin
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	27 April – 3 May
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	15
Goals scored	118 (7.87 per game)
Attendance	5,745 (383 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Daniel Dilkov (14 points)
Official website
Website

The Division II Group B tournament was played in Dunedin, New Zealand from 27 April to 3 May 2025. ^{[8] [9]}

Participating teams

Team	Qualification
Iceland	Placed 6th in Division II A in 2024 and was relegated.
New Zealand	Hosts; placed 2nd in Division II B in 2024.
Georgia	Placed 3rd in Division II B in 2024.
Bulgaria	Placed 4th in Division II B in 2024.
Chinese Taipei	Placed 5th in Division II B in 2024.
Thailand	Placed 1st in Division III A in 2024 and was promoted.

Match officials

Four referees and seven linesmen were selected for the tournament. ^[10]

Referees	Linesmen
Niki De Herdt Rasmus Ankersen Jeroen Klijberg Christian Persson	Hamish Young Thibo Christiaens Miroslav Lhotský Lowewijk Beelen Richard Button Tyler Haslemore Ahmed Al-Farsi

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Georgia	5	4	1	0	0	35	9	+26	14	Promoted to the 2026 Division II A
2	Iceland	5	4	0	0	1	21	13	+8	12
3	New Zealand (H)	5	3	0	0	2	14	14	0	9
4	Bulgaria	5	1	1	1	2	23	26	−3	6
5	Chinese Taipei	5	1	0	1	3	14	16	−2	4
6	Thailand	5	0	0	0	5	11	40	−29	0	Relegated to the 2026 Division III A

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; 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

Results

All times are local (UTC+12).

27 April 2025 13:00

Thailand

3–5 (2–1, 0–3, 1–1)

Bulgaria

Dunedin Ice Stadium, Dunedin Attendance: 170

Game reference
	Benjamin Kleineschay	Goalies	Dimitar Dimitrov	Referee: Rasmus Ankersen Linesmen: Richard Button Tyler Haslemore
	0–1 12:53 – Dilkov (K. Dikov) (PP) Kindborn (Isaksson, Lampson) – 17:21 1–1 Limpanyakul (Forstner) – 18:26 2–1 2–2 37:37 – Stanimirov (Atanasov) 2–3 38:10 – Zaleev (Vasilev, Dilkov) 2–4 38:30 – Tchalyiov Lampson (Isaksson, Yannakornthanapunt) – 56:53 3–4 3–5 58:48 – Georgiev (Dilkov, Zaleev)
	41 min	Penalties	6 min
	43	Shots	40

27 April 2025 16:30

Georgia

4–0 (1–0, 3–0, 0–0)

Iceland

Dunedin Ice Stadium, Dunedin Attendance: 350

Game reference
	Ivan Starostin	Goalies	Helgi Ívarsson	Referee: Christian Persson Linesmen: Lowewijk Beelen Miroslav Lhotský
	Bukiya (Besharov) – 04:37 1–0 Bukiya (Ermoshenko, Besharov) – 27:58 2–0 Besharov (Ermoshenko) (PP) – 30:16 3–0 Bukiya (Gavrilenko, Davydov) (PP) – 32:44 4–0
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	35	Shots	11

27 April 2025 20:00

New Zealand

3–1 (1–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Chinese Taipei

Dunedin Ice Stadium, Dunedin Attendance: 700

Game reference
	Aston Brookes	Goalies	Hsiao Po-yu	Referee: Niki De Herdt Linesmen: Thibo Christiaens Hamish Young
	Dalmatau (Simon, Audas) – 18:14 1–0 Carey – 24:44 2–0 2–1 25:35 – Wu (Shen) McIntosh (SH, EN) – 59:25 3–1
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	43	Shots	36

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28 April 2025 13:00

Iceland

8–4 (5–1, 1–3, 2–0)

Bulgaria

Dunedin Ice Stadium, Dunedin Attendance: 50

Game reference
	Róbert Steingrimsson	Goalies	Andrea Karabadjakov	Referee: Jeroen Klijberg Linesmen: Lowewijk Beelen Tyler Haslemore
	Leifsson (Pálsson, Rúnarsson) (PP) – 08:18 1–0 Rúnarsson (Hlynsson, H. Jóhannsson) (PP) – 18:05 2–0 Sigrúnarson (Mikaelsson, H. Jóhannsson) – 18:25 3–0 Blöndal (Karvelsson, Stefánsson) – 18:43 4–0 4–1 19:16 – Hodulov (V. Dikov, Nakov) K. Jóhannsson (Hlynsson]) – 19:44 5–1 Sigrúnarson (Rúnarsson, Leifsson) (PP) – 25:55 6–1 6–2 32:18 – Zaleev (Hodulov, Dilkov) (PP) 6–3 33:36 – Hodulov (Dilkov, K. Dikov) (PP) 6–4 35:59 – Hodulov (Vasilev) (PP) Mojzyszek (Hlynsson, Pálsson) – 55:07 7–4 Rúnarsson (Leifsson, K. Jóhannsson) (EN) – 59:29 8–4
	39 min	Penalties	18 min
	45	Shots	25

28 April 2025 16:30

Chinese Taipei

7–3 (1–1, 4–2, 2–0)

Thailand

Dunedin Ice Stadium, Dunedin Attendance: 100

Game reference
	Hsiao Po-yu	Goalies	Benjamin Kleineschay	Referee: Christian Persson Linesmen: Ahmed Al-Farsi Hamish Young
	Lin Yi. (Chi) (PP) – 05:24 1–0 1–1 16:12 – Kindborn (Isaksson) (PP) Wang P. (Peng) – 23:31 2–1 Lin Yo. (Wen) – 29:27 3–1 3–2 33:51 – Kindborn (PP2) Lin Yo. (Lin C.) (PP2) – 34:04 4–2 4–3 34:33 – Isaksson (Kindborn) (PP) Lin Yi. – 36:49 5–3 Shen (Lin Yo.) (PP2) – 51:46 6–3 Lin Yi. – 59:45 7–3
	39 min	Penalties	18 min
	59	Shots	21

28 April 2025 20:00

New Zealand

0–5 (0–2, 0–2, 0–1)

Georgia

Dunedin Ice Stadium, Dunedin Attendance: 650

Game reference
	Aston Brookes	Goalies	Ivan Starostin	Referee: Rasmus Ankersen Linesmen: Thibo Christiaens Miroslav Lhotský
	0–1 15:06 – Besharov (Davydov, Gavrilenko) 0–2 18:49 – Nikishanin (Kurbatov, Metliuk) 0–3 28:36 – Metliuk (Nikishanin, Kurbatov) 0–4 29:27 – Besharov (Bukiya, Davydov) 0–5 57:55 – Davydov (Gavrilenko, Nikishanin) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	42

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30 April 2025 13:00

Iceland

2–1 (1–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Chinese Taipei

Dunedin Ice Stadium, Dunedin Attendance: 40

Game reference
	Helgi Ívarsson	Goalies	Hsiao Po-yu	Referee: Niki De Herdt Linesmen: Thibo Christiaens Hamish Young
	Kristjánsson (Sverrisson, Arason) (PP) – 05:57 1–0 1–1 19:00 – Peng (Pan, Lin Yo.) (PP) Hlynsson (Leifsson) – 43:30 2–1
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	47	Shots	23

30 April 2025 16:30

Georgia

8–7 OT (0–2, 5–1, 2–4) (OT: 1–0)

Bulgaria

Dunedin Ice Stadium, Dunedin Attendance: 70

Game reference
	Mikhail Fofanov Ivan Starostin	Goalies	Dimitar Dimitrov Andrea Karabadjakov	Referee: Jeroen Klijberg Linesmen: Richard Button Tyler Haslemore
	0–1 05:52 – Hodulov (Nakov, V. Dikov) 0–2 09:13 – Georgiev (Dilkov) 0–3 21:10 – Zaleev Karelin (Metliuk, Nikishanin) – 23:46 1–3 Bukiya (Davydov, Besharov) – 24:06 2–3 Gavrilenko (Nikishanin, Metliuk) – 25:03 3–3 Nikishanin (Metliuk) (SH) – 29:06 4–3 Bukiya (Gavrilenko, Besharov) – 33:15 5–3 5–4 40:56 – Vasilev (Dilkov, Zaleev) 5–5 46:01 – Hodulov (SH) Nikishanin (Karelin, Metliuk) (PP2) – 46:53 6–5 Nikishanin (Kurbatov, Obolgogiani) – 48:55 7–5 7–6 52:23 – Zaleev (Dilkov) 7–7 56:49 – Vasilev (Dilkov, Georgiev) (PP) Kochkin – 63:52 8–7
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	55	Shots	28

30 April 2025 20:00

New Zealand

7–1 (1–0, 1–1, 5–0)

Thailand

Dunedin Ice Stadium, Dunedin Attendance: 800

Game reference
	Csaba Kercso-Magos	Goalies	Benjamin Kleineschay Pattarapol Ungkulpattanasuk	Referee: Rasmus Ankersen Linesmen: Ahmed Al-Farsi Lowewijk Beelen
	McIntosh (Audas, Eaden) – 15:43 1–0 1–1 34:56 – Isaksson (Lampson, Kindborn) (PP) Frear (Daigle) – 36:40 2–1 Carey (Eaden) – 40:57 3–1 Audas (McIntosh, McIntosh) (PP2) – 48:49 4–1 Amston (Challis, Frear (PP) – 49:30 5–1 Orr (Audas, Hayward) – 49:44 6–1 Eaden (McIntosh) – 50:45 7–1
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	56	Shots	25

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2 May 2025 13:00

Chinese Taipei

1–3 (1–2, 0–0, 0–1)

Georgia

Dunedin Ice Stadium, Dunedin Attendance: 45

Game reference
	Hsiao Po-yu	Goalies	Ivan Starostin	Referee: Jeroen Klijberg Linesmen: Ahmed Al-Farsi Tyler Haslemore
	0–1 07:02 – Gavrilenko (Davydov, Nikishanin) (PP) 0–2 13:00 – Romanov (Metliuk, Nikishanin) (PP) Yang (Wen) – 17:25 1–2 1–3 46:38 – Nikishanin (Karelin, Kurbatov) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	22	Shots	44

2 May 2025 16:30

Thailand

3–6 (0–0, 2–3, 1–3)

Iceland

Dunedin Ice Stadium, Dunedin Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Benjamin Kleineschay	Goalies	Helgi Ívarsson	Referee: Christian Persson Linesmen: Richard Button Thibo Christiaens
	Lampson (Yannakornthanapunt, Isaksson) (PP) – 20:52 1–0 1–1 27:53 – Hlynsson (Sigrúnarson) (PP) Forstner (Lampson, Kindborn) (PP) – 30:15 2–1 2–2 35:58 – Rúnarsson (Stefánsson) 2–3 37:37 – Leifsson (Hlynsson, Rúnarsson) Kindborn (Isaksson, Lampson) – 44:01 3–3 3–4 48:42 – Rúnarsson (Leifsson) (PP) 3–5 54:42 – Leifsson (K. Jóhannsson) 3–6 59:18 – Hlynsson (Rúnarsson) (EN)
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	31	Shots	43

2 May 2025 20:00

Bulgaria

2–3 (1–1, 1–1, 0–1)

New Zealand

Dunedin Ice Stadium, Dunedin Attendance: 1,000

Game reference
	Dimitar Dimitrov	Goalies	Csaba Kercso-Magos	Referee: Niki De Herdt Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Hamish Young
	V. Dikov (Dilkov, Hodulov) (PP2) – 17:51 1–0 1–1 18:40 – McIntosh (Sandoy, Carey) 1–2 24:33 – Regan (Eaden, Ruski-Jones) Vasilev (Zaleev, Dilkov) (PP) – 27:27 2–2 2–3 57:31 – Daigle (McIntosh) (PP2)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	49

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3 May 2025 13:00

Georgia

15–1 (5–0, 5–0, 5–1)

Thailand

Dunedin Ice Stadium, Dunedin Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Ivan Starostin Mikhail Fofanov	Goalies	Pattarapol Ungkulpattanasuk	Referee: Christian Persson Linesmen: Richard Button Tyler Haslemore
	Gavrilenko (Besharov) (PP) – 04:25 1–0 Kozyulin – 04:47 2–0 Metliuk (Karelin) – 05:08 3–0 Davydov (Besharov, Bukiya) – 08:51 4–0 Kozyulin (Kireev) – 09:56 5–0 Besharov (Gavrilenko) – 20:57 6–0 Nikishanin (Karelin, Romanov) (PP) – 27:16 7–0 Davydov (Bukiya, Kurbatov) (SH) – 32:07 8–0 Kozyulin (Kochkin) – 36:43 9–0 Davydov (PS) – 39:31 10–0 Besharov (Bukiya, Gavrilenko) – 41:47 11–0 11–1 44:47 – Isaksson (Lampson, Kindborn) (PP) Davydov (Karelin, Kurbatov) (PP) – 49:27 12–1 Kireev (Kozyulin, Kharizov) – 55:11 13–1 Shvetsov (Mumladze) – 55:39 14–1 Kochkin (Kozyulin, Obolgogiani) – 56:40 15–1
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	66	Shots	22

3 May 2025 16:30

Bulgaria

5–4 OT (2–1, 0–0, 2–3) (OT: 1–0)

Chinese Taipei

Dunedin Ice Stadium, Dunedin Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Andrea Karabadjakov	Goalies	Lee Yi-cheng	Referee: Rasmus Ankersen Linesmen: Ahmed Al-Farsi Hamish Young
	Zaleev (Vasilev, Dilkov) – 07:40 1–0 Vasilev (Dilkov) (SH) – 12:45 2–0 2–1 15:59 – Peng (PP) Georgiev (Dilkov, Vasilev) – 47:31 3–1 3–2 52:51 – Li 3–3 54:09 – Lin Yi. (Lin J.) 3–4 57:32 – Lin Yi. V. Dikov (K. Dikov, Nakov) (EA) – 59:36 4–4 Hodulov – 60:52 5–4
	26 min	Penalties	2 min
	26	Shots	44

3 May 2025 20:00

Iceland

5–1 (4–0, 0–1, 1–0)

New Zealand

Dunedin Ice Stadium, Dunedin Attendance: 1,000

Game reference
	Helgi Ívarsson	Goalies	Aston Brookes	Referee: Jeroen Klijberg Linesmen: Lowewijk Beelen Miroslav Lhotský
	Rúnarsson (Hlynsson, Leifsson) – 03:50 1–0 Sverrisson (Hjálmarsson) – 04:26 2–0 Skúlason (Hlynsson, Blöndal) – 08:05 3–0 Leifsson (Hlynsson, Sigrúnarson) (PP) – 13:43 4–0 4–1 35:38 – Carey (Eaden, McIntosh) Rúnarsson (Arason) – 56:41 5–1
	8 min	Penalties	46 min
	34	Shots	23

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Daniel Dilkov	5	1	13	14	−2	2	F
Makar Nikishanin	5	6	6	12	+1	2	F
Timur Besharov	5	5	6	11	+7	2	F
Danil Davydov	5	5	6	11	+9	12	F
Unnar Rúnarsson	5	6	4	10	+6	2	F
Nikita Bukiya	5	5	4	9	+9	4	F
Johann Leifsson	5	4	5	9	+5	2	F
Konstantin Gavrilenko	5	3	6	9	+8	0	D
Viggó Hlynsson	5	3	6	9	+7	2	F
Emil Zaleev	5	5	3	8	−5	6	F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	GAA	SA	Sv%	SO
Csaba Kercso-Magos	120:00	3	1.50	59	94.92	0
Ivan Starostin	263:52	6	1.36	99	93.94	2
Hsiao Po-yu	239:05	10	2.51	154	93.51	0
Helgi Ívarsson	240:00	9	2.25	112	91.96	0
Dimitar Dimitrov	139:30	10	4.30	112	91.07	0

TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

Position	Player [11]
Goaltender	Hsiao Po-yu
Defenceman	Justin Daigle
Forward	Makar Nikishanin

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