2025 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

2025 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Czechia
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The 2025 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 27th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams participated at several levels of competition based on their 2024 results. The competition served as qualifications for division placements in the 2026 edition. ^[1]

As in 2024, teams from Russia and Belarus were not allowed to enter, as they remained suspended by the IIHF due to the countries' invasion of Ukraine. ^[2]

Championship (Top Division)

Further information: 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship

The tournament was held in České Budějovice, Czechia between 9 and 20 April 2025. ^[3]

Group A

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	4	4	0	0	0	18	2	+16	12	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	4	3	0	0	1	17	3	+14	9
3	Finland	4	2	0	0	2	7	15	−8	6
4	Czechia (H)	4	1	0	0	3	6	15	−9	3
5	Switzerland	4	0	0	0	4	1	14	−13	0

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Sweden	4	4	0	0	0	17	2	+15	12	Quarterfinals
2	Japan	4	3	0	0	1	8	4	+4	9
3	Germany	4	2	0	0	2	11	9	+2	6
4	Norway	4	1	0	0	3	7	18	−11	3	Relegation to 2026 Division I
5	Hungary	4	0	0	0	4	1	11	−10	0

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.

Knockout stage

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	17 April
	A1   United States	3
					19 April
	B3   Germany	0
					1   United States	2
	17 April
					4   Czechia	1
	A2   Canada	9
									20 April
	B2   Japan	1
									1   United States (OT)	4
	17 April
									2   Canada	3
	A3   Finland	3
					19 April
	B1   Sweden	2
					2   Canada	8
	17 April
					3   Finland	1			Third place
	A4   Czechia	7
									20 April
	A5    Switzerland	0
									3   Finland (OT)	4
									4   Czechia	3

Division I

Main article: 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I

Group A

The tournament was held in Shenzhen, China between 13 and 19 April 2025. ^{[4] [3]}

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Austria (P)	5	4	1	0	0	15	5	+10	14	Promotion to the 2026 Top Division
2	Denmark (P)	5	3	0	0	2	10	8	+2	9 [a]
3	Slovakia	5	3	0	0	2	14	7	+7	9 [a]
4	France	5	2	1	0	2	15	13	+2	8
5	China (H)	5	1	0	1	3	4	12	−8	4
6	Netherlands (R)	5	0	0	1	4	10	23	−13	1	Relegation to the 2026 Division I 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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Denmark 2–0 Slovakia

Group B

The tournament was held in Dumfries, Great Britain between 9 and 15 April 2025. ^[3]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Italy (P)	5	5	0	0	0	31	0	+31	15	Promoted to the 2026 Division I A
2	Latvia	5	4	0	0	1	24	12	+12	12
3	Great Britain (H)	5	2	0	1	2	12	12	0	7
4	Kazakhstan	5	2	0	0	3	16	14	+2	6
5	South Korea	5	1	1	0	3	12	19	−7	5
6	Slovenia (R)	5	0	0	0	5	8	46	−38	0	Relegated to the 2026 Division II 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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Division II

Main article: 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

Group A

The tournament was held in Bytom, Poland between 7 and 13 April 2025. ^[3]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Spain (P)	5	4	0	1	0	23	6	+17	13	Promotion to the 2026 Division I B
2	Poland (H)	5	4	0	0	1	30	8	+22	12
3	Iceland	5	3	1	0	1	12	8	+4	11
4	Chinese Taipei	5	1	1	0	3	8	20	−12	5
5	North Korea	5	0	1	0	4	5	19	−14	2 [a]
6	Mexico (R)	5	0	0	2	3	7	24	−17	2 [a]	Relegation 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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Mexico 1–2 North Korea

Group B

The tournament was held in Dunedin, New Zealand between 14 and 20 April 2025. ^[3]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Australia (P)	5	4	1	0	0	24	4	+20	14	Promoted to the 2026 Division II A
2	New Zealand (H)	5	3	1	1	0	17	12	+5	12
3	Ukraine	5	3	0	1	1	25	12	+13	10
4	Belgium	5	1	0	1	3	11	21	−10	4
5	Hong Kong	5	1	0	0	4	10	30	−20	3
6	Turkey (R)	5	0	1	0	4	9	17	−8	2	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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Division III

Main article: 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship Division III

Group A

The tournament was held in Belgrade, Serbia between 2 and 8 March 2025. ^[3]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Lithuania (P)	5	3	1	0	1	20	8	+12	11	Promotion to the 2026 Division II B
2	Thailand	5	3	0	1	1	16	9	+7	10
3	Serbia (H)	5	3	0	0	2	15	10	+5	9 [a]
4	Romania	5	3	0	0	2	19	11	+8	9 [a]
5	Croatia	5	2	0	0	3	13	13	0	6
6	South Africa (R)	5	0	0	0	5	11	43	−32	0	Relegation to the 2026 Division III 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; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Serbia 2–0 Romania

Group B

The tournament was held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina between 13 and 18 February 2025. ^[3]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Bulgaria (P)	4	3	0	1	0	19	9	+10	10	Promoted to the 2026 Division III A
2	Israel	4	2	1	0	1	17	10	+7	8
3	Estonia	4	2	0	1	1	11	11	0	7
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina (H)	4	1	1	0	2	16	14	+2	5
5	Singapore	4	0	0	0	4	4	23	−19	0

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; (P) Promoted

References

1. Merk, Martin (27 May 2022). "To Tampere/Riga in '23, to Switzerland in '26". IIHF. Retrieved 27 May 2022.
2. "Russia and Belarus not reincorporated into 2024/2025 IIHF Championship Season". iihf.com. 12 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
3. "IIHF Annual Congress". iihf.com. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
4. Merk, Martin (23 April 2023). "Championship updates". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 28 April 2024.

External links

• Official website