2025 IIHF World Championship Group A

Main article: 2025 IIHF World Championship

Preliminary round game between Sweden and Latvia

Group A was one of two groups of the 2025 IIHF World Championship. The four best-placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while the last placed team was relegated to Division I in 2026. ^[1]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canada	7	6	0	1	0	34	7	+27	19	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden (H)	7	6	0	0	1	28	8	+20	18
3	Finland	7	4	2	0	1	22	10	+12	16
4	Austria	7	2	2	0	3	21	18	+3	10
5	Latvia	7	3	0	0	4	17	25	−8	9	Qualified for the 2026 IIHF World Championship
6	Slovakia	7	2	0	1	4	9	24	−15	7
7	Slovenia	7	1	0	1	5	9	29	−20	4
8	France	7	0	0	1	6	8	27	−19	1	Relegated to the 2026 Division I 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

Matches

All times are local (UTC+2).

Austria vs Finland

9 May 2025 16:20

Austria

1–2 (1–2, 0–0, 0–0)

Finland

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 6,822

Game reference
	Atte Tolvanen	Goalies	Juuse Saros	Referees: Michael Campbell Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Ludvig Lundgren
	0–1 04:38 – Puistola (Salo, Hämeenaho) 0–2 07:06 – Pärssinen (Seppälä, Pesonen) Wolf (Unterweger, Schneider) – 13:54 1–2
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	16	Shots	28

Sweden vs Slovakia

9 May 2025 20:20

Sweden

5–0 (3–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 12,530

Game reference
	Jacob Markström	Goalies	Patrik Rybár	Referees: Riku Brander Mads Frandsen Linesmen: Jake Davis Daniel Hynek
	Backlund (Heineman, Lindholm) – 11:17 1–0 Carlsson (Pettersson, Johansson) – 18:50 2–0 Brodin (Larsson, Lundeström) – 19:54 3–0 Lindholm (Gustafsson, Backlund) – 38:46 4–0 Zibanejad (Andersson, Pettersson) – 57:33 5–0
	0 min	Penalties	2 min
	20	Shots	15

Slovenia vs Canada

10 May 2025 12:20

Slovenia

0–4 (0–1, 0–3, 0–0)

Canada

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 9,011

Game reference
	Lukaš Horak	Goalies	Dylan Garand	Referees: Christoffer Holm André Schrader Linesmen: Albert Ankerstjerne Tommi Niittylä
	0–1 07:22 – Horvat (MacKinnon, Konecny) (PP) 0–2 23:41 – MacKinnon (Weegar) 0–3 33:38 – Horvat (MacKinnon, Montour) (PP) 0–4 36:55 – Dobson (Celebrini, O'Reilly) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	4 min
	11	Shots	44

Sweden vs Austria

10 May 2025 16:20

Sweden

4–2 (0–0, 1–1, 3–1)

Austria

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 12,530

Game reference
	Samuel Ersson	Goalies	David Kickert	Referees: Jan Hribik Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Dominic Schlegel Dāvis Zunde
	0–1 25:30 – Baumgartner (Raffl, Rohrer) Zibanejad (Gustafsson, Johansson) (PP) – 33:26 1–1 1–2 52:26 – Kasper (Schnetzer) Brodin (Raymond, Lindholm) (EA) – 57:41 2–2 Zibanejad (Andersson) – 57:53 3–2 Wennberg (Backlund, Lindholm) (EN) – 58:39 4–2
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	16

France vs Latvia

10 May 2025 20:20

France

1–4 (1–0, 0–1, 0–3)

Latvia

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 7,564

Game reference
	Quentin Papillon	Goalies	Kristers Gudļevskis	Referees: Riku Brander Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Ludvig Lundgren
	Fabre (Boscq, Crinon) – 15:02 1–0 1–1 35:36 – Dzierkals (SH) 1–2 42:02 – Zīle (Komuls, Balcers) 1–3 58:36 – Ločmelis (EN) 1–4 59:29 – Ločmelis (Tralmaks) (EN)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	19	Shots	20

Slovakia vs Slovenia

11 May 2025 12:20

Slovakia

3–1 (2–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Slovenia

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 3,870

Game reference
	Samuel Hlavaj	Goalies	Matija Pintarič	Referees: Sean MacFarlane André Schrader Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Dāvis Zunde
	Čederle (Sýkora) – 08:20 1–0 Regenda (Kňažko, Grman) – 09:26 2–0 Krištof (Lantoši, Mudrák) (PP) – 31:12 3–0 3–1 46:29 – Ograjenšek (Sabolič, Macuh) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	39	Shots	18

Latvia vs Canada

11 May 2025 16:20

Latvia

1–7 (1–2, 0–3, 0–2)

Canada

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 9,531

Game reference
	Gustavs Grigals	Goalies	Marc-André Fleury	Referees: Mads Frandsen Jan Hribik Linesmen: Jake Davis Tommi Niittylä
	Tralmaks (Ločmelis) – 07:05 1–0 1–1 09:30 – Konecny (Sanheim, Crosby) 1–2 10:31 – MacKinnon (Horvat) 1–3 27:11 – Johnson (Montour, Crosby) 1–4 31:10 – Johnson 1–5 39:36 – Konecny (SH) 1–6 45:09 – Celebrini (Konecny, Crosby) 1–7 55:18 – Hayton (Danault)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	17	Shots	37

Finland vs France

11 May 2025 20:20

Finland

4–3 OT (0–0, 1–1, 2–2) (OT: 1–0)

France

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 3,832

Game reference
	Emil Larmi	Goalies	Antoine Keller	Referees: Michael Campbell Mikael Holm Linesmen: Albert Ankerstjerne Dominic Schlegel
	0–1 28:01 – P. Bozon (Spinozzi, T. Bozon) (PP) Teräväinen (Lehtonen, Saarijärvi) – 37:33 1–1 1–2 50:57 – T. Bozon (Perret, Bellemare) (PP) 1–3 57:18 – Perret (Bellemare) (EN) Tolvanen (Lehtonen) (EA) – 58:27 2–3 Tolvanen (Lehtonen, Teräväinen) (EA) – 59:32 3–3 Pärssinen (Tolvanen, Lammikko) – 61:24 4–3
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	51	Shots	19

Austria vs Slovakia

12 May 2025 16:20

Austria

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

Slovakia

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 4,375

Game reference
	David Kickert	Goalies	Samuel Hlavaj	Referees: Mads Frandsen Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Dominic Schlegel
	Schneider (Wolf, Kasper) – 07:33 1–0 Kasper (Schneider, Unterweger) – 11:22 2–0 2–1 26:15 – Honzek 2–2 50:53 – Sukeľ (Takáč, Čajkovič)
	Kasper Zwerger Baumgartner Haudum Schneider	Shootout	Čajkovič Chromiak Dvorský Lantoši Krištof
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	22	Shots	33

Finland vs Sweden

12 May 2025 20:20

Finland

1–2 (0–1, 0–1, 1–0)

Sweden

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 12,530

Game reference
	Juuse Saros	Goalies	Jacob Markström	Referees: Sean MacFarlane André Schrader Linesmen: Jake Davis Shane Gustafson
	0–1 04:45 – Carlsson (Gustafsson, Raymond) (PP) 0–2 27:23 – Brodin (Raymond) Pesonen (Lehtonen, Björninen) – 53:04 1–2
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	19	Shots	41

Slovenia vs Latvia

13 May 2025 16:20

Slovenia

2–5 (0–0, 2–4, 0–1)

Latvia

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 3,423

Game reference
	Lukáš Horák	Goalies	Kristers Gudļevskis	Referees: Michael Campbell Mikael Holm Linesmen: Albert Ankerstjerne Tommi Niittylä
	Mahkovec (Simšič) – 22:40 1–0 1–1 28:50 – Rubīns (Egle, Andersons) 1–2 32:02 – Ravinskis (Tralmaks, Jaks) 1–3 32:23 – Dzierkals (Andersons) Gregorc – 32:54 2–3 2–4 33:45 – Ločmelis (Mamčics, Tralmaks) 2–5 54:16 – Tralmaks (Rubīns)
	0 min	Penalties	4 min
	18	Shots	24

Canada vs France

13 May 2025 20:20

Canada

5–0 (2–0, 1–0, 2–0)

France

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 4,124

Game reference
	Jordan Binnington	Goalies	Julian Junca	Referees: Jan Hribik Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček Dāvis Zunde
	Horvat (Foerster) – 06:32 1–0 Cuylle (Johnson, O'Reilly) – 12:11 2–0 Crosby (Montour) (PP) – 37:31 3–0 Horvat (Konecny, MacKinnon) (PP) – 43:57 4–0 Montour (Hayton, Schenn) – 51:05 5–0
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	36	Shots	15

Slovakia vs France

14 May 2025 16:20

Slovakia

2–1 (0–0, 1–1, 1–0)

France

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 2,915

Game reference
	Samuel Hlavaj	Goalies	Antoine Keller	Referees: Michael Campbell André Schrader Linesmen: Jake Davis Tommi Niittylä
	Chromiak (Honzek, Dvorský) – 29:32 1–0 1–1 34:34 – Boudon (Dair, Treille Rosandić (Čajkovič, Krištof) (PP) – 49:13 2–1
	56 min	Penalties	35 min
	35	Shots	20

Latvia vs Sweden

14 May 2025 20:20

Latvia

0–6 (0–0, 0–2, 0–4)

Sweden

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 12,530

Game reference
	Kristers Gudļevskis	Goalies	Samuel Ersson	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Jiří Ondráček Dominic Schlegel
	0–1 30:15 – Andersson (Lindholm) 0–2 30:27 – Bengtsson (Wennberg, Brodin) 0–3 40:36 – Raymond (Carlsson, Lundeström) 0–4 48:32 – Larsson (Frödén, Carlsson) 0–5 50:46 – Zibanejad (Wennberg, Brodin) 0–6 58:49 – Lindholm (Frödén, Raymond) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	20	Shots	27

Finland vs Slovenia

15 May 2025 16:20

Finland

9–1 (3–0, 4–1, 2–0)

Slovenia

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 3,875

Game reference
	Juuse Saros	Goalies	Matija Pintarič Lukaš Horak	Referees: Mads Frandsen Jan Hribik Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Dāvis Zunde
	Lehtonen (Erholtz, Pesonen) – 02:43 1–0 Lehtonen (Teräväinen, Saarijärvi) – 07:26 2–0 Saarijärvi (Hämeenaho, Puistola) – 11:33 3–0 3–1 24:00 – Mašič (Mahkovec, Drozg) Tolvanen (Teräväinen, Lammikko – 26:52 4–1 Hämeenaho (Merelä, Pärssinen – 28:32 5–1 Tolvanen (Teräväinen, Saarijärvi) – 35:42 6–1 Tolvanen (Teräväinen, Leppänen) – 39:35 7–1 Matinpalo (Teräväinen) (SH) – 42:28 8–1 Tolvanen (Teräväinen, Salo) – 52:54 9–1
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	37	Shots	17

Canada vs Austria

15 May 2025 20:20

Canada

5–1 (0–1, 2–0, 3–0)

Austria

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 5,259

Game reference
	Marc-André Fleury	Goalies	Florian Vorauer	Referees: Mikael Holm Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Albert Ankerstjerne Shane Gustafson
	0–1 11:20 – Rohrer (Lebler, Baumgartner) MacKinnon (Montour, Horvat) (PP) – 21:59 1–1 MacKinnon (Montour, Danault) (EA) – 33:10 2–1 Konecny (Cuylle, Dobson) – 48:32 3–1 Cuylle (Konecny, Montour) – 51:42 4–1 Crosby (Horvat, MacKinnon) – 58:27 5–1
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	52	Shots	16

Austria vs France

16 May 2025 16:20

Austria

5–2 (3–0, 0–0, 2–2)

France

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 4,873

Game reference
	David Kickert	Goalies	Antoine Keller Quentin Papillon	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari André Schrader Linesmen: Tommi Niittylä Dominic Schlegel
	Kasper (Zwerger, Unterweger) – 00:39 1–0 Rohrer (Haudum, Lebler) – 07:58 2–0 Schnetzer – 15:30 3–0 3–1 50:09 – Perret (Bellemare, Texier) (PP) Kasper (Zwerger, Rohrer) (EN) – 57:56 4–1 4–2 58:26 – Bellemare (Texier, Perret) (PP) Schneider (Zwerger) (EN) – 59:09 5–2
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	23

Sweden vs Slovenia

16 May 2025 20:20

Sweden

4–0 (0–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Slovenia

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 12,530

Game reference
	Jacob Markström	Goalies	Lukas Horak	Referees: Sean MacFarlane Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Albert Ankerstjerne Shane Gustafson
	Lindholm (Backlund, Gustafsson) – 25:04 1–0 Lindholm (Pettersson, Forsberg) – 38:05 2–0 Lindholm (Brodin, Larsson) – 51:13 3–0 Johansson (Gustafsson, Edvinsson) – 56:08 4–0
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	60	Shots	9

Finland vs Latvia

17 May 2025 12:20

Finland

2–1 (0–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Latvia

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 12,530

Game reference
	Juuse Saros	Goalies	Kristers Gudļevskis	Referees: Michael Campbell Mikael Holm Linesmen: Jake Davis Jiří Ondráček
	Pärssinen (Hämeenaho, Leppänen) – 27:37 1–0 Lehtonen (Teräväinen, Tolvanen) (PP) – 50:55 2–0 2–1 55:09 – Ābols (Balcers, Freibergs)
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	23	Shots	35

France vs Sweden

17 May 2025 16:20

France

0–4 (0–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Sweden

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 12,530

Game reference
	Antoine Keller	Goalies	Samuel Ersson	Referees: Mads Frandsen Jan Hribik Linesmen: Tommi Niittylä Dāvis Zunde
	0–1 13:27 – Raymond (Carlsson, Lundeström) 0–2 14:25 – Heineman (Bengtsson, Brodin) 0–3 24:39 – Lindholm (Backlund, Raymond) (PP) 0–4 44:05 – Lundeström (Forsberg, Gustafsson)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	15	Shots	36

Canada vs Slovakia

17 May 2025 20:20

Canada

7–0 (2–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Slovakia

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 12,530

Game reference
	Jordan Binnington	Goalies	Patrik Rybár Adam Húska	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Dominic Schlegel
	Montour (Konecny, Crosby) (PP) – 14:44 1–0 Foerster (Evans, Celebrini) – 15:48 2–0 Crosby (Celebrini, Montour) – 23:25 3–0 Celebrini (Crosby, Matheson) – 38:08 4–0 MacKinnon (Horvat, Matheson) – 38:59 5–0 Crosby (Dobson, Konecny) – 46:58 6–0 MacKinnon (Cuylle) – 48:34 7–0
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	44	Shots	14

Slovenia vs Austria

18 May 2025 16:20

Slovenia

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

Austria

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 3,457

Game reference
	Lukas Horak	Goalies	David Kickert	Referees: André Schrader Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Jake Davis Dāvis Zunde
	Gregorc (Mahkovec, Ograjenšek) (PP) – 09:53 1–0 1–1 13:49 – Zwerger (Schneider) 1–2 50:20 – Lebler (Haudum, Zwerger) Sabolič (Ćosić, Török) – 53:01 2–2
	Drozg Sabolič Ograjenšek	Shootout	Kasper Haudum Zwerger Baumgartner
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	16	Shots	33

Slovakia vs Latvia

18 May 2025 20:20

Slovakia

1–5 (1–1, 0–3, 0–1)

Latvia

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 7,894

Game reference
	Samuel Hlavaj	Goalies	Kristers Gudļevskis	Referees: Michael Campbell Mikko Kaukokari Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Tommi Niittylä
	0–1 02:44 – Egle (Andersons, Jaks) Čederle (Takáč, Kňažko) (PP) – 09:16 1–1 1–2 21:31 – Ločmelis (Tralmaks) 1–3 25:52 – Bukarts 1–4 34:29 – Andersons (Laviņš, Egle) 1–5 56:22 – Ābols (Daugaviņš) (EN)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	31

France vs Slovenia

19 May 2025 16:20

France

1–3 (0–2, 0–0, 1–1)

Slovenia

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 3,273

Game reference
	Quentin Papillon	Goalies	Lukaš Horak	Referees: Mads Frandsen André Schrader Linesmen: Albert Ankerstjerne Jiří Ondráček
	0–1 09:22 – Jezovšek (Mašič, Kapel) (PP2) 0–2 16:21 – Simšič (Kapel, Mahkovec) T. Bozon (Texier) (EA) – 58:05 1–2 1–3 59:45 – Török (EN)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	25

Canada vs Finland

19 May 2025 20:20

Canada

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

Finland

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 12,530

Game reference
	Marc-André Fleury	Goalies	Juuse Saros	Referees: Mikael Holm Jan Hribik Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Dāvis Zunde
	O'Reilly (Dobson) (SH) – 37:57 1–0 1–1 47:01 – Puistola (Matinpalo, Björninen)
	O'Reilly Johnson Crosby Mackinnon Fantilli	Shootout	Puistola Teräväinen Tolvanen Pyyhtiä Hämeenaho
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	38	Shots	22

Latvia vs Austria

20 May 2025 12:20

Latvia

1–6 (0–1, 1–2, 0–3)

Austria

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 4,973

Game reference
	Kristers Gudļevskis	Goalies	David Kickert	Referees: Jan Hribik Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Tommi Niittylä
	0–1 17:08 – Zwerger (Thaler) 0–2 23:57 – Baumgartner (Kasper, Heinrich) (PP) 0–3 25:38 – Rohrer Tralmaks (Ločmelis, Ravinskis) – 28:03 1–3 1–4 44:28 – Raffl (Schneider) 1–5 52:29 – Zwerger (Schneider, Kasper) 1–6 57:18 – Rohrer (SH, EN)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	24

Slovakia vs Finland

20 May 2025 16:20

Slovakia

1–2 (0–1, 0–1, 1–0)

Finland

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 10,467

Game reference
	Samuel Hlavaj	Goalies	Emil Larmi	Referees: Michael Campbell Mikael Holm Linesmen: Albert Ankerstjerne Jiří Ondráček
	0–1 05:18 – Puistola (Saarijärvi, Pärssinen) 0–2 38:17 – Merelä (Järvinen, Rissanen) (EA) Lantoši (Regenda, Sukeľ) (PP) – 54:42 1–2
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	24

Sweden vs Canada

20 May 2025 20:20

Sweden

3–5 (1–3, 1–1, 1–1)

Canada

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 12,530

Game reference
	Jacob Markström	Goalies	Jordan Binnington	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari André Schrader Linesmen: Shane Gustafson Dominic Schlegel
	0–1 00:18 – Sanheim (MacKinnon, Konecny) Lindholm (SH) – 03:47 1–1 1–2 07:15 – Foerster (Spurgeon, Crosby) 1–3 13:01 – O'Reilly (Konecny, MacKinnon) Johansson (Forsberg, Raymond) (PP2) – 23:02 2–3 2–4 30:50 – Celebrini (Crosby, Spurgeon) 2–5 44:11 – MacKinnon (Konecny, Evans) Andersson (Johansson, Carlsson) (EA) – 56:52 3–5
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	28	Shots	24

References

1. "2025 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship game schedule released". iihf.com. Retrieved 19 August 2024.

External links

• Official website