Ice Hockey Wiki
Advertisement
2025 IIHF World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Flag of Romania Romania
Flag of Estonia Estonia
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates 27 April – 3 May
26 April – 2 May
Teams 12
← 2024
2026 →

The 2025 IIHF World Championship Division I will be an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.[1]

The Group A tournament will be held in Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania from 27 April to 3 May and the Group B tournament in Tallinn, Estonia from 26 April to 2 May 2025.

Group A tournament[]

2025 IIHF World Championship Division I A
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Romania Romania
City Sfântu Gheorghe
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 27 April – 3 May
Teams 6
Website Website

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom Placed 15th in the Elite Division in 2024 and was relegated.
Flag of Poland Poland Placed 16th in the Elite Division in 2024 and was relegated.
Flag of Italy Italy Placed 3rd in Division I A in 2024.
Flag of Romania Romania Host, placed 4th in Division I A in 2024.
Flag of Japan Japan Placed 5th in Division I A in 2024.
Flag of Ukraine Ukraine Placed 1st in Division I B in 2024 and was promoted.

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promoted to the 2026 Top Division
2 Flag of Poland Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Flag of Italy Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Flag of Romania Romania (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Flag of Japan Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Flag of Ukraine Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegated to the 2026 Division I B
First match(es) will be played on 27 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.

Group B tournament[]

2025 IIHF World Championship Division I B
Tournament details
Host country Flag of Estonia Estonia
City Tallinn
Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)
Dates 26 April – 2 May
Teams 6
Website Website

Participants[]

Team Qualification
Flag of Korea South Korea Placed 6th in Division I A in 2024 and was relegated.
Flag of Lithuania Lithuania Placed 2nd in Division I B in 2024.
Flag of Estonia Estonia Host, placed 3rd in Division I B in 2024.
Flag of China China Placed 4th in Division I B in 2024.
Flag of Spain Spain Placed 5th in Division I B in 2024.
Flag of Croatia Croatia Placed 1st in Division II A in 2024 and was promoted.

Standings[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Flag of Korea South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promoted to the 2026 Division I A
2 Flag of Lithuania Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Flag of Estonia Estonia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Flag of China China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Flag of Spain Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Flag of Croatia Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegated to the 2026 Division II A
First match(es) will be played on 26 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.

References[]

This page uses content from Wikipedia. The original article was at 2025 IIHF World Championship Division I. The list of authors can be seen in the page history. As with Ice Hockey Wiki, the text of Wikipedia is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0 (Unported) (CC-BY-SA).


Advertisement