# 2025 IIHF World Championship

The 2025 IIHF World Championship will be co-hosted by Stockholm, Sweden, and Herning, Denmark, from 9 to 25 May 2025. This decision regarding Sweden was made at the 2018 semi-annual International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) congress in Malta, and was officially announced on 24 May 2019, at the IIHF's annual congress during the World Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia. At the same time, it was announced that Denmark would co-host the championship.

## Venues

| Sweden | StockholmHerning | Denmark |
| Stockholm | StockholmHerning | Herning |
| Avicii Arena Capacity: 16,000 | StockholmHerning | Jyske Bank Boxen Capacity: 15,000 |

## Participants
### Qualified as hosts

* Sweden
* Denmark

### Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2024 IIHF World Championship

* Austria
* Canada
* Czechia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Kazakhstan
* Latvia
* Norway
* Slovakia
* Switzerland
* United States

### Qualified through winning promotion from the 2024 IIHF World Championship Division I

* Hungary
* Slovenia

## Seeding

The seedings in the preliminary round are based on the 2024 IIHF World Ranking, at the end of the 2024 IIHF World Championship, using the serpentine system while allowing the organizers, "to allocate a maximum of two teams to separate groups," while ensuring hosts Sweden and Denmark will be in separate groups.

## Marketing
### Slogan

The slogan of the competition is pulse, and main phrase of it is "Feel the Pulse".

### Mascot

The mascot of the event is called Beaty, a character with a heart-shaped face and bright cheeks. Beaty is a lively and agile mascot who bounces around, spreading energy to everyone around it, and always with a high pulse.

## Preliminary round

The groups were announced on 30 May 2024, with the schedule being revealed on 19 August 2024.

### Group A

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Sweden (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Slovakia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for 2026 IIHF World Championship |
| 6 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for 2026 IIHF World Championship |
| 7 | France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for 2026 IIHF World Championship |
| 8 | Slovenia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to 2026 Division I A |
| 9 May 2025 |
| Austria | v | Finland |
| Sweden | v | Slovakia |
| 10 May 2025 |
| Slovenia | v | Canada |
| Sweden | v | Austria |
| France | v | Latvia |
| 11 May 2025 |
| Slovakia | v | Slovenia |
| Latvia | v | Canada |
| Finland | v | France |
| 12 May 2025 |
| Austria | v | Slovakia |
| Finland | v | Sweden |
| 13 May 2025 |
| Slovenia | v | Latvia |
| Canada | v | France |
| 14 May 2025 |
| Slovakia | v | France |
| Latvia | v | Sweden |
| 15 May 2025 |
| Finland | v | Slovenia |
| Canada | v | Austria |
| 16 May 2025 |
| Austria | v | France |
| Sweden | v | Slovenia |
| 17 May 2025 |
| Finland | v | Latvia |
| France | v | Sweden |
| Canada | v | Slovakia |
| 18 May 2025 |
| Slovenia | v | Austria |
| Slovakia | v | Latvia |
| 19 May 2025 |
| France | v | Slovenia |
| Canada | v | Finland |
| 20 May 2025 |
| Latvia | v | Austria |
| Slovakia | v | Finland |
| Canada | v | Sweden |

### Group B

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Czechia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Denmark (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for 2026 IIHF World Championship |
| 6 | Norway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for 2026 IIHF World Championship |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Qualification for 2026 IIHF World Championship |
| 8 | Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to 2026 Division I A |
| 9 May 2025 |
| Switzerland | v | Czechia |
| Denmark | v | United States |
| 10 May 2025 |
| Norway | v | Kazakhstan |
| Germany | v | Hungary |
| Denmark | v | Switzerland |
| 11 May 2025 |
| United States | v | Hungary |
| Germany | v | Kazakhstan |
| Norway | v | Czechia |
| 12 May 2025 |
| United States | v | Switzerland |
| Czechia | v | Denmark |
| 13 May 2025 |
| Norway | v | Germany |
| Kazakhstan | v | Hungary |
| 14 May 2025 |
| United States | v | Norway |
| Kazakhstan | v | Denmark |
| 15 May 2025 |
| Switzerland | v | Germany |
| Czechia | v | Hungary |
| 16 May 2025 |
| Hungary | v | Denmark |
| Switzerland | v | Norway |
| 17 May 2025 |
| United States | v | Germany |
| Czechia | v | Kazakhstan |
| Denmark | v | Norway |
| 18 May 2025 |
| Kazakhstan | v | United States |
| Hungary | v | Switzerland |
| 19 May 2025 |
| Germany | v | Czechia |
| Hungary | v | Norway |
| 20 May 2025 |
| Switzerland | v | Kazakhstan |
| Czechia | v | United States |
| Germany | v | Denmark |

## Playoff round

There will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.
| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 22 May | 22 May | | |
| A1 | | | |
| A1 | | 24 May | 24 May | |
| B4 | | 24 May | 24 May |
| 22 May | 22 May | | | |
| B2 | | | |
| B2 | | | | 25 May | 25 May |
| A3 | | | | 25 May | 25 May |
| 22 May | 22 May | | | | |
| A2 | | | | | |
| A2 | | 24 May | 24 May | | |
| B3 | | 24 May | 24 May | | |
| 22 May | 22 May | | | | |
| 22 May | 22 May | | | Third place | Third place |
| B1 | | | | Third place | Third place |
| B1 | | | | 25 May | 25 May |
| A4 | | | | 25 May | 25 May |