The 2025 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were the 88th such event hosted by the

International Ice Hockey Federation The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF; ; ) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 84 member countries. The IIHF maintains the IIHF World Ranking based on international ice hockey to ...

. Teams participated at several levels of competition based on their 2024 results. The competition also served as qualifications for division placements in the 2026 edition. As in 2024, teams from

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

and

Belarus Belarus, officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Belarus spans an a ...

have not been allowed to enter, as they remained suspended by the IIHF due to the countries' invasion of Ukraine.

Championship (Top Division)

The tournament was held in

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

, Sweden and Herning, Denmark, from 9 to 25 May 2025.

Group A

Group B

Bracket

Final standings

Division I

Group A

The tournament was held in Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania from 27 April to 3 May 2025.

Group B

The tournament was held in

Tallinn Tallinn is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Estonia, most populous city of Estonia. Situated on a Tallinn Bay, bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, it has a population of (as of 2025) and ...

, Estonia from 26 April to 2 May 2025.

Division II

Group A

The tournament was scheduled to be held in

Melbourne Melbourne ( , ; Boonwurrung language, Boonwurrung/ or ) is the List of Australian capital cities, capital and List of cities in Australia by population, most populous city of the States and territories of Australia, Australian state of Victori ...

, Australia from 27 April to 3 May 2025. It was later moved to Serbia and held from 29 April to 5 May.

Group B

The tournament was held in

Dunedin Dunedin ( ; ) is the second-most populous city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from ("fort of Edin"), the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of S ...

, New Zealand from 27 April to 3 May 2025.

Division III

Group A

The tournament was held in

Istanbul Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...

, Turkey from 21 to 27 April 2025.

Group B

The tournament was held in Santiago de Querétaro, Mexico from 27 April to 3 May 2025.

Division IV

The tournament was held in

Yerevan Yerevan ( , , ; ; sometimes spelled Erevan) is the capital and largest city of Armenia, as well as one of the world's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerev ...

, Armenia from 13 to 19 April 2025.

References

External links

Official website
{{Ice Hockey World Championships World Ice Hockey Championships, Men's IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships