2025 IIHF World U18 Championships

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2025 IIHF U18 World Championship
2025 IIHF U18 World Championship logo.png
Tournament details
Host countryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
City Frisco
Allen
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
DatesApril 23 – May 3, 2025
Teams10
Official website
www.iihf.com
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The 2025 IIHF U18 World Championship will be the 26th such event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams will participate at several levels of competition. [1] These tournaments serve as qualifications for the 2026 competition.

Contents

Top Division

The Top Division tournament will be played in Frisco and Allen, Texas, United States, from April 23 to May 3, 2025. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Preliminary round

All times are local (Central Daylight Time – UTC-5). [6]

Group A

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 000000000 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 000000000
3Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 000000000
4Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 000000000
5Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 000000000 Relegation round
Source: IIHF
April 23, 2025
12:00		 Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svgvFlag of Finland.svg  Finland Credit Union of Texas Event Center, Allen
April 23, 2025
16:00		 Norway  Flag of Norway.svgvFlag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Credit Union of Texas Event Center, Allen
April 24, 2025
12:00		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svgvFlag of Norway.svg  Norway Credit Union of Texas Event Center, Allen
April 24, 2025
16:00		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svgvFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Credit Union of Texas Event Center, Allen
April 25, 2025
19:00		 Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svgvFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Credit Union of Texas Event Center, Allen
April 26, 2025
12:00		 Norway  Flag of Norway.svgvFlag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia Credit Union of Texas Event Center, Allen
April 26, 2025
16:00		 Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svgvFlag of Finland.svg  Finland Credit Union of Texas Event Center, Allen
April 27, 2025
16:00		 Finland  Flag of Finland.svgvFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Credit Union of Texas Event Center, Allen
April 28, 2025
12:00		 Slovakia  Flag of Slovakia.svgvFlag of Latvia.svg  Latvia Credit Union of Texas Event Center, Allen
April 28, 2025
16:00		 Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svgvFlag of Norway.svg  Norway Credit Union of Texas Event Center, Allen

Group B

PosTeamPldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of the United States.svg  United States (H)000000000 Quarterfinals
2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 000000000
3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia 000000000
4Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland 000000000
5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 000000000 Relegation round
Source: IIHF
(H) Host
April 23, 2025
14:00		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svgvFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Comerica Center, Frisco
April 23, 2025
19:00		 Czechia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svgvFlag of the United States.svg  United States Comerica Center, Frisco
April 24, 2025
14:00		 Czechia  Flag of the Czech Republic.svgvFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Comerica Center, Frisco
April 24, 2025
19:00		 Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svgvFlag of the United States.svg  United States Comerica Center, Frisco
April 25, 2025
16:00		 Germany  Flag of Germany.svgvFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Comerica Center, Frisco
April 26, 2025
14:00		 Switzerland  Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svgvFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia Comerica Center, Frisco
April 26, 2025
19:00		 United States  Flag of the United States.svgvFlag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Comerica Center, Frisco
April 27, 2025
12:00		 Germany  Flag of Germany.svgvFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Comerica Center, Frisco
April 28, 2025
14:00		 Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svgvFlag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia Comerica Center, Frisco
April 28, 2025
19:00		 United States  Flag of the United States.svgvFlag of Germany.svg  Germany Comerica Center, Frisco

Division I

Group A

The Division I Group A tournament will be played in Székesfehérvár, Hungary from April 20 to 26, 2025. [7]

Participating teams

Group B

The Division I Group B tournament will be played in Kaunas, Lithuania from April 13 to 19, 2025. [8]

Participating teams

Division II

Group A

The Division II Group A tournament will be played in Asiago, Italy from April 13 to 19, 2025 as a test event of the 2026 Winter Olympics. [9]

Participating teams

Group B

The Division II Group B tournament will be played in Sofia, Bulgaria from March 17 to 23, 2025. [10]

Participating teams

Division III

Group A

The Division III Group A tournament will be played in Mexico City, Mexico from March 2 to 8, 2025. [11]

PosTeam
PldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 000000000Promotion to the 2026 Division II B
2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico (H)000000000
3Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 000000000
4Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 000000000
5Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 000000000
6Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 000000000Relegation to the 2026 Division III B
First match(es) will be played: 2 March 2025. 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

Group B

The Division III Group B tournament is being played in Bangkok, Thailand from February 28 to March 6, 2025. [12]

PosTeam
PldWOTWOTLLGFGAGDPtsPromotion
1Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand (H)11000160+163Promotion to the 2026 Division III A
2Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 11000120+123
3Flag of Turkmenistan.svg  Turkmenistan 1100082+63
4Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 1000128−60
5Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 10001012−120
6Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 10001016−160
Updated to match(es) played on 28 February 2025. 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

References

  1. ↑ 2025 IIHF U18 World Championship divisions
  2. ↑ 2025 IIHF U18 World Championship Top Division official website, www.iihf.com
  3. ↑ 2025 IIHF U18 World Championship Top Division statistics, stats.iihf.com
  4. ↑ "2025 IIHF Under-18 Men's World Championship". teamusa.usahockey.com.
  5. ↑ "IIHF U-18 Men's World Championship". www.cutxeventcenter.com.
  6. ↑ Schedule Announced for 2025 IIHF U18 Men’s World Championship, www.iihf.com
  7. ↑ 2025 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I A official website
  8. ↑ 2025 IIHF U18 World Championship Division I B official website
  9. ↑ 2025 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II A official website
  10. ↑ 2025 IIHF U18 World Championship Division II B official website
  11. ↑ 2025 IIHF U18 World Championship Division III A official website
  12. ↑ 2025 IIHF U18 World Championship Division III B official website


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