2025 IIHF Women's World Championship
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country |  Czechia |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Dates | 9–20 April |
| Teams | 10 |
| Official website | |
| www.iihf.com | |
The 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship will be the 24th edition of the IIHF World Women's Championship, an international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), contested in České Budějovice, Czechia from 9 to 20 April 2025 at the Budvar Arena.[1][2]
Venue
[edit]| České Budějovice |
| Budvar Arena Capacity: 5,870 |
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Participants
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Format
[edit]The top five teams from the previous tournament are placed in Group A and the teams that finished sixth through eighth in the 2024 tournament, plus two teams promoted from 2024 Division IA, will be placed in Group B. All of the teams in Group A and the top three teams from Group B continue to the knockout phase, while the bottom two teams from Group B will be relegated. During the knockout stage, there will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.[3]
Preliminary round
[edit]The groups were based on the final rankings from the previous tournament.
All times are local (UTC+2)[4]
Group A
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 |  Canada
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 |  United States
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 |  Finland
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | Czechia (H)
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5 |  Switzerland
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match(es) will be played: 9 April 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
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
| 9 April 2025 15:00 | Finland | v | United States | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
| 9 April 2025 19:00 | Czechia | v | Switzerland | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
| 10 April 2025 19:00 | Canada | v | Finland | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
| 11 April 2025 15:00 | Switzerland | v | Canada | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
| 11 April 2025 19:00 | United States | v | Czechia | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
| 12 April 2025 19:00 | Finland | v | Czechia | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
| 13 April 2025 19:00 | Canada | v | United States | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
| 14 April 2025 15:00 | Switzerland | v | Finland | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
| 14 April 2025 19:00 | Czechia | v | Canada | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
| 15 April 2025 19:00 | United States | v | Switzerland | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
Group B
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Germany
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 |  Sweden
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 |  Japan
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 |  Hungary
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to 2025 Division I |
| 5 |  Norway
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match(es) will be played: 9 April 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.
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.
| 9 April 2025 11:00 | Sweden | v | Germany | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
| 10 April 2025 11:00 | Japan | v | Norway | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
| 10 April 2025 15:00 | Sweden | v | Hungary | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
| 11 April 2025 11:00 | Hungary | v | Japan | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
| 12 April 2025 15:00 | Norway | v | Germany | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
| 13 April 2025 11:00 | Hungary | v | Norway | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
| 13 April 2025 15:00 | Japan | v | Sweden | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
| 14 April 2025 11:00 | Germany | v | Hungary | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
| 15 April 2025 11:00 | Norway | v | Sweden | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
| 15 April 2025 15:00 | Germany | v | Japan | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
Knockout stage
[edit]There will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.
Bracket
[edit]| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
A1 | ||||||||||
B3 | ||||||||||
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B2 | ||||||||||
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B1 | ||||||||||
| Third place | ||||||||||
A4 | ||||||||||
A5 | ||||||||||
Quarterfinals
[edit]| 17 April 2025 10:00 | TBD | v | TBD | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
| 17 April 2025 13:30 | TBD | v | TBD | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
| 17 April 2025 17:00 | TBD | v | TBD | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
| 17 April 2025 20:30 | TBD | v | TBD | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
Semifinals
[edit]| 19 April 2025 15:00 | Seed #1 | v | Seed #4 | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
| 19 April 2025 19:00 | Seed #2 | v | Seed #3 | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
Fifth place game
[edit]| 19 April 2025 11:00 | Seed #5 | v | Seed #6 | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
Third place game
[edit]| 20 April 2025 14:00 | LSF1 | v | LSF2 | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
Final
[edit]| 20 April 2025 18:00 | WSF1 | v | WSF2 | Budvar Arena, České Budějovice |
References
[edit]- ^ "IIHF Annual Congress". iihf.com. Retrieved 24 May 2024.
- ^ "Ceska Budejovice, Czechia Announced As Host Of 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship". thehockeynews.com. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "Tournament Info". iihf.com. 8 October 2024. Retrieved 8 October 2024.
- ^ "2025 IIHF Women's World Championship Schedule released". IIHF. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
External links
[edit]Current champions (2024):  Canada | |
| Tournaments | |
| Championships (Top Division) | |
| Qualification | |
| Division I | |
| Division II | |
| Division III | |