2025 IIHF World Championship Group A

Group A was one of two groups of the 2025 IIHF World Championship. The four best-placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while the last placed team was relegated to Division I in 2026.^[1]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Canada	7	6	0	1	0	34	7	+27	19	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden (H)	7	6	0	0	1	28	8	+20	18
3	Finland	7	4	2	0	1	22	10	+12	16
4	Austria	7	2	2	0	3	21	18	+3	10
5	Latvia	7	3	0	0	4	17	25	−8	9	Qualified for the 2026 IIHF World Championship
6	Slovakia	7	2	0	1	4	9	24	−15	7
7	Slovenia	7	1	0	1	5	9	29	−20	4
8	France	7	0	0	1	6	8	27	−19	1	Relegated to the 2026 Division I 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

Matches

All times are local (UTC+2).

Austria vs Finland

9 May 2025
16:20

Austria

1–2
(1–2, 0–0, 0–0)

Finland

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 6,822

Game reference

Atte Tolvanen

Goalies

Juuse Saros

Referees:
Michael Campbell
Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
Shane Gustafson
Ludvig Lundgren

	0–1	04:38 – Puistola (Salo, Hämeenaho)
	0–2	07:06 – Pärssinen (Seppälä, Pesonen)
Wolf (Unterweger, Schneider) – 13:54	1–2

8 min

Penalties

8 min

16

Shots

28

Sweden vs Slovakia

9 May 2025
20:20

Sweden

5–0
(3–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 12,530

Game reference

Jacob Markström

Goalies

Patrik Rybár

Referees:
Riku Brander
Mads Frandsen
Linesmen:
Jake Davis
Daniel Hynek

Backlund (Heineman, Lindholm) – 11:17	1–0
Carlsson (Pettersson, Johansson) – 18:50	2–0
Brodin (Larsson, Lundeström) – 19:54	3–0
Lindholm (Gustafsson, Backlund) – 38:46	4–0
Zibanejad (Andersson, Pettersson) – 57:33	5–0

0 min

Penalties

2 min

20

Shots

15

Slovenia vs Canada

10 May 2025
12:20

Slovenia

0–4
(0–1, 0–3, 0–0)

Canada

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 9,011

Game reference

Lukaš Horak

Goalies

Dylan Garand

Referees:
Christoffer Holm
André Schrader
Linesmen:
Albert Ankerstjerne
Tommi Niittylä

	0–1	07:22 – Horvat (MacKinnon, Konecny) (PP)
	0–2	23:41 – MacKinnon (Weegar)
	0–3	33:38 – Horvat (MacKinnon, Montour) (PP)
	0–4	36:55 – Dobson (Celebrini, O'Reilly) (PP)

14 min

Penalties

4 min

11

Shots

44

Sweden vs Austria

10 May 2025
16:20

Sweden

4–2
(0–0, 1–1, 3–1)

Austria

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 12,530

Game reference

Samuel Ersson

Goalies

David Kickert

Referees:
Jan Hribik
Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
Dominic Schlegel
Dāvis Zunde

	0–1	25:30 – Baumgartner (Raffl, Rohrer)
Zibanejad (Gustafsson, Johansson) (PP) – 33:26	1–1
	1–2	52:26 – Kasper (Schnetzer)
Brodin (Raymond, Lindholm) (EA) – 57:41	2–2
Zibanejad (Andersson) – 57:53	3–2
Wennberg (Backlund, Lindholm) (EN) – 58:39	4–2

2 min

Penalties

8 min

25

Shots

16

France vs Latvia

10 May 2025
20:20

France

1–4
(1–0, 0–1, 0–3)

Latvia

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 7,564

Game reference

Quentin Papillon

Goalies

Kristers Gudļevskis

Referees:
Riku Brander
Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
Daniel Hynek
Ludvig Lundgren

Fabre (Boscq, Crinon) – 15:02	1–0
	1–1	35:36 – Dzierkals (SH)
	1–2	42:02 – Zīle (Komuls, Balcers)
	1–3	58:36 – Ločmelis (EN)
	1–4	59:29 – Ločmelis (Tralmaks) (EN)

8 min

Penalties

4 min

19

Shots

20

Slovakia vs Slovenia

11 May 2025
12:20

Slovakia

3–1
(2–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Slovenia

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 3,870

Game reference

Samuel Hlavaj

Goalies

Matija Pintarič

Referees:
Sean MacFarlane
André Schrader
Linesmen:
Shane Gustafson
Dāvis Zunde

Čederle (Sýkora) – 08:20	1–0
Regenda (Kňažko, Grman) – 09:26	2–0
Krištof (Lantoši, Mudrák) (PP) – 31:12	3–0
	3–1	46:29 – Ograjenšek (Sabolič, Macuh) (PP)

10 min

Penalties

10 min

39

Shots

18

Latvia vs Canada

11 May 2025
16:20

Latvia

1–7
(1–2, 0–3, 0–2)

Canada

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 9,531

Game reference

Gustavs Grigals

Goalies

Marc-André Fleury

Referees:
Mads Frandsen
Jan Hribik
Linesmen:
Jake Davis
Tommi Niittylä

Tralmaks (Ločmelis) – 07:05	1–0
	1–1	09:30 – Konecny (Sanheim, Crosby)
	1–2	10:31 – MacKinnon (Horvat)
	1–3	27:11 – Johnson (Montour, Crosby)
	1–4	31:10 – Johnson
	1–5	39:36 – Konecny (SH)
	1–6	45:09 – Celebrini (Konecny, Crosby)
	1–7	55:18 – Hayton (Danault)

12 min

Penalties

12 min

17

Shots

37

Finland vs France

11 May 2025
20:20

Finland

4–3 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 2–2)
(OT: 1–0)

France

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 3,832

Game reference

Emil Larmi

Goalies

Antoine Keller

Referees:
Michael Campbell
Mikael Holm
Linesmen:
Albert Ankerstjerne
Dominic Schlegel

	0–1	28:01 – P. Bozon (Spinozzi, T. Bozon) (PP)
Teräväinen (Lehtonen, Saarijärvi) – 37:33	1–1
	1–2	50:57 – T. Bozon (Perret, Bellemare) (PP)
	1–3	57:18 – Perret (Bellemare) (EN)
Tolvanen (Lehtonen) (EA) – 58:27	2–3
Tolvanen (Lehtonen, Teräväinen) (EA) – 59:32	3–3
Pärssinen (Tolvanen, Lammikko) – 61:24	4–3

6 min

Penalties

4 min

51

Shots

19

Austria vs Slovakia

12 May 2025
16:20

Austria

3–2 GWS
(2–0, 0–1, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)

Slovakia

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 4,375

Game reference

David Kickert

Goalies

Samuel Hlavaj

Referees:
Mads Frandsen
Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
Ludvig Lundgren
Dominic Schlegel

Schneider (Wolf, Kasper) – 07:33	1–0
Kasper (Schneider, Unterweger) – 11:22	2–0
	2–1	26:15 – Honzek
	2–2	50:53 – Sukeľ (Takáč, Čajkovič)

Kasper
Zwerger
Baumgartner
Haudum
Schneider

Shootout

Čajkovič
Chromiak
Dvorský
Lantoši
Krištof

8 min

Penalties

4 min

22

Shots

33

Finland vs Sweden

12 May 2025
20:20

Finland

1–2
(0–1, 0–1, 1–0)

Sweden

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 12,530

Game reference

Juuse Saros

Goalies

Jacob Markström

Referees:
Sean MacFarlane
André Schrader
Linesmen:
Jake Davis
Shane Gustafson

	0–1	04:45 – Carlsson (Gustafsson, Raymond) (PP)
	0–2	27:23 – Brodin (Raymond)
Pesonen (Lehtonen, Björninen) – 53:04	1–2

8 min

Penalties

2 min

19

Shots

41

Slovenia vs Latvia

13 May 2025
16:20

Slovenia

2–5
(0–0, 2–4, 0–1)

Latvia

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 3,423

Game reference

Lukáš Horák

Goalies

Kristers Gudļevskis

Referees:
Michael Campbell
Mikael Holm
Linesmen:
Albert Ankerstjerne
Tommi Niittylä

Mahkovec (Simšič) – 22:40	1–0
	1–1	28:50 – Rubīns (Egle, Andersons)
	1–2	32:02 – Ravinskis (Tralmaks, Jaks)
	1–3	32:23 – Dzierkals (Andersons)
Gregorc – 32:54	2–3
	2–4	33:45 – Ločmelis (Mamčics, Tralmaks)
	2–5	54:16 – Tralmaks (Rubīns)

0 min

Penalties

4 min

18

Shots

24

Canada vs France

13 May 2025
20:20

Canada

5–0
(2–0, 1–0, 2–0)

France

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 4,124

Game reference

Jordan Binnington

Goalies

Julian Junca

Referees:
Jan Hribik
Mikko Kaukokari
Linesmen:
Jiří Ondráček
Dāvis Zunde

Horvat (Foerster) – 06:32	1–0
Cuylle (Johnson, O'Reilly) – 12:11	2–0
Crosby (Montour) (PP) – 37:31	3–0
Horvat (Konecny, MacKinnon) (PP) – 43:57	4–0
Montour (Hayton, Schenn) – 51:05	5–0

2 min

Penalties

4 min

36

Shots

15

Slovakia vs France

14 May 2025
16:20

Slovakia

2–1
(0–0, 1–1, 1–0)

France

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,915

Game reference

Samuel Hlavaj

Goalies

Antoine Keller

Referees:
Michael Campbell
André Schrader
Linesmen:
Jake Davis
Tommi Niittylä

Chromiak (Honzek, Dvorský) – 29:32	1–0
	1–1	34:34 – Boudon (Dair, Treille
Rosandić (Čajkovič, Krištof) (PP) – 49:13	2–1

56 min

Penalties

35 min

35

Shots

20

Latvia vs Sweden

14 May 2025
20:20

Latvia

0–6
(0–0, 0–2, 0–4)

Sweden

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 12,530

Game reference

Kristers Gudļevskis

Goalies

Samuel Ersson

Referees:
Mikko Kaukokari
Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
Jiří Ondráček
Dominic Schlegel

	0–1	30:15 – Andersson (Lindholm)
	0–2	30:27 – Bengtsson (Wennberg, Brodin)
	0–3	40:36 – Raymond (Carlsson, Lundeström)
	0–4	48:32 – Larsson (Frödén, Carlsson)
	0–5	50:46 – Zibanejad (Wennberg, Brodin)
	0–6	58:49 – Lindholm (Frödén, Raymond) (PP)

10 min

Penalties

4 min

20

Shots

27

Finland vs Slovenia

15 May 2025
16:20

Finland

9–1
(3–0, 4–1, 2–0)

Slovenia

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 3,875

Game reference

Juuse Saros

Goalies

Matija Pintarič
Lukaš Horak

Referees:
Mads Frandsen
Jan Hribik
Linesmen:
Ludvig Lundgren
Dāvis Zunde

Lehtonen (Erholtz, Pesonen) – 02:43	1–0
Lehtonen (Teräväinen, Saarijärvi) – 07:26	2–0
Saarijärvi (Hämeenaho, Puistola) – 11:33	3–0
	3–1	24:00 – Mašič (Mahkovec, Drozg)
Tolvanen (Teräväinen, Lammikko – 26:52	4–1
Hämeenaho (Merelä, Pärssinen – 28:32	5–1
Tolvanen (Teräväinen, Saarijärvi) – 35:42	6–1
Tolvanen (Teräväinen, Leppänen) – 39:35	7–1
Matinpalo (Teräväinen) (SH) – 42:28	8–1
Tolvanen (Teräväinen, Salo) – 52:54	9–1

2 min

Penalties

4 min

37

Shots

17

Canada vs Austria

15 May 2025
20:20

Canada

5–1
(0–1, 2–0, 3–0)

Austria

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 5,259

Game reference

Marc-André Fleury

Goalies

Florian Vorauer

Referees:
Mikael Holm
Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
Albert Ankerstjerne
Shane Gustafson

	0–1	11:20 – Rohrer (Lebler, Baumgartner)
MacKinnon (Montour, Horvat) (PP) – 21:59	1–1
MacKinnon (Montour, Danault) (EA) – 33:10	2–1
Konecny (Cuylle, Dobson) – 48:32	3–1
Cuylle (Konecny, Montour) – 51:42	4–1
Crosby (Horvat, MacKinnon) – 58:27	5–1

4 min

Penalties

4 min

52

Shots

16

Austria vs France

16 May 2025
16:20

Austria

5–2
(3–0, 0–0, 2–2)

France

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 4,873

Game reference

David Kickert

Goalies

Antoine Keller
Quentin Papillon

Referees:
Mikko Kaukokari
André Schrader
Linesmen:
Tommi Niittylä
Dominic Schlegel

Kasper (Zwerger, Unterweger) – 00:39	1–0
Rohrer (Haudum, Lebler) – 07:58	2–0
Schnetzer – 15:30	3–0
	3–1	50:09 – Perret (Bellemare, Texier) (PP)
Kasper (Zwerger, Rohrer) (EN) – 57:56	4–1
	4–2	58:26 – Bellemare (Texier, Perret) (PP)
Schneider (Zwerger) (EN) – 59:09	5–2

14 min

Penalties

6 min

24

Shots

23

Sweden vs Slovenia

16 May 2025
20:20

Sweden

4–0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Slovenia

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 12,530

Game reference

Jacob Markström

Goalies

Lukas Horak

Referees:
Sean MacFarlane
Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
Albert Ankerstjerne
Shane Gustafson

Lindholm (Backlund, Gustafsson) – 25:04	1–0
Lindholm (Pettersson, Forsberg) – 38:05	2–0
Lindholm (Brodin, Larsson) – 51:13	3–0
Johansson (Gustafsson, Edvinsson) – 56:08	4–0

2 min

Penalties

6 min

60

Shots

9

Finland vs Latvia

17 May 2025
12:20

Finland

2–1
(0–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Latvia

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 12,530

Game reference

Juuse Saros

Goalies

Kristers Gudļevskis

Referees:
Michael Campbell
Mikael Holm
Linesmen:
Jake Davis
Jiří Ondráček

Pärssinen (Hämeenaho, Leppänen) – 27:37	1–0
Lehtonen (Teräväinen, Tolvanen) (PP) – 50:55	2–0
	2–1	55:09 – Ābols (Balcers, Freibergs)

12 min

Penalties

18 min

23

Shots

35

France vs Sweden

17 May 2025
16:20

France

0–4
(0–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Sweden

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 12,530

Game reference

Antoine Keller

Goalies

Samuel Ersson

Referees:
Mads Frandsen
Jan Hribik
Linesmen:
Tommi Niittylä
Dāvis Zunde

	0–1	13:27 – Raymond (Carlsson, Lundeström)
	0–2	14:25 – Heineman (Bengtsson, Brodin)
	0–3	24:39 – Lindholm (Backlund, Raymond) (PP)
	0–4	44:05 – Lundeström (Forsberg, Gustafsson)

8 min

Penalties

10 min

15

Shots

36

Canada vs Slovakia

17 May 2025
20:20

Canada

7–0
(2–0, 3–0, 2–0)

Slovakia

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 12,530

Game reference

Jordan Binnington

Goalies

Patrik Rybár
Adam Húska

Referees:
Mikko Kaukokari
Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
Ludvig Lundgren
Dominic Schlegel

Montour (Konecny, Crosby) (PP) – 14:44	1–0
Foerster (Evans, Celebrini) – 15:48	2–0
Crosby (Celebrini, Montour) – 23:25	3–0
Celebrini (Crosby, Matheson) – 38:08	4–0
MacKinnon (Horvat, Matheson) – 38:59	5–0
Crosby (Dobson, Konecny) – 46:58	6–0
MacKinnon (Cuylle) – 48:34	7–0

6 min

Penalties

10 min

44

Shots

14

Slovenia vs Austria

18 May 2025
16:20

Slovenia

2–3 GWS
(1–1, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)

Austria

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 3,457

Game reference

Lukas Horak

Goalies

David Kickert

Referees:
André Schrader
Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
Jake Davis
Dāvis Zunde

Gregorc (Mahkovec, Ograjenšek) (PP) – 09:53	1–0
	1–1	13:49 – Zwerger (Schneider)
	1–2	50:20 – Lebler (Haudum, Zwerger)
Sabolič (Ćosić, Török) – 53:01	2–2

Drozg
Sabolič
Ograjenšek

Shootout

Kasper
Haudum
Zwerger
Baumgartner

10 min

Penalties

10 min

16

Shots

33

Slovakia vs Latvia

18 May 2025
20:20

Slovakia

1–5
(1–1, 0–3, 0–1)

Latvia

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 7,894

Game reference

Samuel Hlavaj

Goalies

Kristers Gudļevskis

Referees:
Michael Campbell
Mikko Kaukokari
Linesmen:
Shane Gustafson
Tommi Niittylä

	0–1	02:44 – Egle (Andersons, Jaks)
Čederle (Takáč, Kňažko) (PP) – 09:16	1–1
	1–2	21:31 – Ločmelis (Tralmaks)
	1–3	25:52 – Bukarts
	1–4	34:29 – Andersons (Laviņš, Egle)
	1–5	56:22 – Ābols (Daugaviņš) (EN)

6 min

Penalties

6 min

27

Shots

31

France vs Slovenia

19 May 2025
16:20

France

1–3
(0–2, 0–0, 1–1)

Slovenia

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 3,273

Game reference

Quentin Papillon

Goalies

Lukaš Horak

Referees:
Mads Frandsen
André Schrader
Linesmen:
Albert Ankerstjerne
Jiří Ondráček

	0–1	09:22 – Jezovšek (Mašič, Kapel) (PP2)
	0–2	16:21 – Simšič (Kapel, Mahkovec)
T. Bozon (Texier) (EA) – 58:05	1–2
	1–3	59:45 – Török (EN)

8 min

Penalties

4 min

29

Shots

25

Canada vs Finland

19 May 2025
20:20

Canada

1–2 GWS
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)

Finland

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 12,530

Game reference

Marc-André Fleury

Goalies

Juuse Saros

Referees:
Mikael Holm
Jan Hribik
Linesmen:
Ludvig Lundgren
Dāvis Zunde

O'Reilly (Dobson) (SH) – 37:57	1–0
	1–1	47:01 – Puistola (Matinpalo, Björninen)

O'Reilly
Johnson
Crosby
Mackinnon
Fantilli

Shootout

Puistola
Teräväinen
Tolvanen
Pyyhtiä
Hämeenaho

8 min

Penalties

4 min

38

Shots

22

Latvia vs Austria

20 May 2025
12:20

Latvia

1–6
(0–1, 1–2, 0–3)

Austria

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 4,973

Game reference

Kristers Gudļevskis

Goalies

David Kickert

Referees:
Jan Hribik
Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
Ludvig Lundgren
Tommi Niittylä

	0–1	17:08 – Zwerger (Thaler)
	0–2	23:57 – Baumgartner (Kasper, Heinrich) (PP)
	0–3	25:38 – Rohrer
Tralmaks (Ločmelis, Ravinskis) – 28:03	1–3
	1–4	44:28 – Raffl (Schneider)
	1–5	52:29 – Zwerger (Schneider, Kasper)
	1–6	57:18 – Rohrer (SH, EN)

6 min

Penalties

8 min

29

Shots

24

Slovakia vs Finland

20 May 2025
16:20

Slovakia

1–2
(0–1, 0–1, 1–0)

Finland

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 10,467

Game reference

Samuel Hlavaj

Goalies

Emil Larmi

Referees:
Michael Campbell
Mikael Holm
Linesmen:
Albert Ankerstjerne
Jiří Ondráček

	0–1	05:18 – Puistola (Saarijärvi, Pärssinen)
	0–2	38:17 – Merelä (Järvinen, Rissanen) (EA)
Lantoši (Regenda, Sukeľ) (PP) – 54:42	1–2

8 min

Penalties

6 min

30

Shots

24

Sweden vs Canada

20 May 2025
20:20

Sweden

3–5
(1–3, 1–1, 1–1)

Canada

Avicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 12,530

Game reference

Jacob Markström

Goalies

Jordan Binnington

Referees:
Mikko Kaukokari
André Schrader
Linesmen:
Shane Gustafson
Dominic Schlegel

	0–1	00:18 – Sanheim (MacKinnon, Konecny)
Lindholm (SH) – 03:47	1–1
	1–2	07:15 – Foerster (Spurgeon, Crosby)
	1–3	13:01 – O'Reilly (Konecny, MacKinnon)
Johansson (Forsberg, Raymond) (PP2) – 23:02	2–3
	2–4	30:50 – Celebrini (Crosby, Spurgeon)
	2–5	44:11 – MacKinnon (Konecny, Evans)
Andersson (Johansson, Carlsson) (EA) – 56:52	3–5

10 min

Penalties

12 min

28

Shots

24

References

^ "2025 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship game schedule released". iihf.com. Retrieved 19 August 2024.

External links

Official website

[1] "2025 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship game schedule released". iihf.com. Retrieved 19 August 2024.

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