2025 IIHF World Championship playoff round

Main article: 2025 IIHF World Championship

The playoff round of the 2025 IIHF World Championship was held from 22 to 25 May 2025. The top four of each preliminary group qualified for the playoff round.[1]

Qualified teams

Group Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
A  Canada  Sweden  Finland  Austria
B   Switzerland  United States  Czechia  Denmark

Qualified teams' seedings

Quarter-finalists were paired according to their positions in the groups: the first-placed team in each preliminary-round group played the fourth-place team of the other group, while the second-placed team played the third-place team of the other group.[2] If a matchup would be Denmark versus Sweden, the pairings would have been played in their groups (A1 vs A4 and so on).

Semi-finalists were paired according to their seeding after the preliminary round, which was determined by the following criteria. The best-ranked semi-finalist played against the lowest-ranked semi-finalist, while the second-best ranked semi-finalist played the third-best ranked semi-finalist.[2]

Rank Team Grp Pos Pts GD GF Seed
1  Canada A 1 19 +27 34 1
2   Switzerland B 1 19 +25 34 5
3  Sweden A 2 18 +20 28 7
4  United States B 2 17 +20 34 6
5  Czechia B 3 17 +21 35 4
6  Finland A 3 16 +12 22 3
7  Denmark B 4 11 +1 25 11
8  Austria A 4 10 +3 21 13

Classification rules: 1) position in the group; 2) number of points; 3) goal difference; 4) number of goals scored for; 5) seeding number entering the tournament.[2]

Bracket

There was a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.[2]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 22 May
 
 
1A
 Canada		1
 
24 May
 
4B
 Denmark		2
 
2
  Switzerland		7
 
 22 May
 
7
 Denmark		0
 
1B
  Switzerland		6
 
25 May
 
4A
 Austria		0
 
2
  Switzerland		0
 
 22 May
 
4
 United States(OT)		1
 
2A
 Sweden		5
 
24 May
 
3B
 Czechia		2
 
3
 Sweden		2
 
 22 May
 
4
 United States		6 Third place
 
2B
 United States		5
 
25 May
 
3A
 Finland		2
 
3
 Sweden		6
 
 
7
 Denmark		2
 

All times are local (UTC+2).

Quarterfinals

22 May 2025
16:20		United States 5–2
(1–1, 2–1, 2–0)		 FinlandAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 9,642
Game reference
Jeremy SwaymanGoaliesJuuse SarosReferees:
Michael Campbell
Mikael Holm
Linesmen:
Albert Ankerstjerne
Ludvig Lundgren
Garland (Cooley, Werenski) (PP) – 04:501–0
1–112:58 – Tolvanen (Lammikko, Teräväinen) (PP)
1–227:46 – Puistola (Teräväinen, Lehtonen) (PP)
Buium (Beniers, Werenski) – 34:532–2
Garland (Thompson, Cooley) (PP) – 36:043–2
Pinto (Smith, Gauthier) – 45:524–2
Keller (Pinto) (EN) – 57:155–2
10 minPenalties8 min
28Shots22
22 May 2025
16:20		Switzerland 6–0
(3–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 AustriaJyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 2,621
Game reference
Leonardo GenoniGoaliesDavid KickertReferees:
Tobias Björk
Riku Brander
Linesmen:
Nick Briganti
Oto Durmis
Bertschy (Glauser, Genoni) – 06:381–0
Meier (Fiala, Moy) (PP) – 11:032–0
Jäger (Niederreiter, Knak) – 14:173–0
Fiala (Niederreiter, Kukan) (PP) – 23:324–0
Schmid (Glauser, Moy) – 24:365–0
Knak (Jäger, Marti) – 51:466–0
12 minPenalties35 min
40Shots13
22 May 2025
20:20		Sweden 5–2
(3–0, 1–1, 1–1)		 CzechiaAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 12,530
Game reference
Jacob MarkströmGoaliesKarel Vejmelka
Daniel Vladař		Referees:
Sean MacFarlane
André Schrader
Linesmen:
Jake Davis
Shane Gustafson
Carlsson (Andersson, Zibanejad) (PP) – 12:401–0
Raymond (Sandin) – 16:522–0
Raymond (Sandin) – 19:333–0
3–123:04 – Červenka (Nečas, Pastrňák) (PP2)
Carlsson (Zibanejad, Johansson) – 34:054–1
4–248:33 – M. Špaček (Voženílek, Ticháček)
Forsberg (Pettersson) (EN) – 55:045–2
8 minPenalties6 min
33Shots26
22 May 2025
20:20		Canada 1–2
(0–0, 0–0, 1–2)		 DenmarkJyske Bank Boxen, Herning
Attendance: 10,500
Game reference
Jordan BinningtonGoaliesFrederik DichowReferees:
Andris Ansons
Christoffer Holm
Linesmen:
Onni Hautamäki
Daniel Hynek
Sanheim (Crosby, Konecny) – 45:171–0
1–157:43 – Ehlers (Lauridsen, Russell) (EA)
1–259:11 – Olesen (Jensen, Russell)
6 minPenalties10 min
40Shots33

Semifinals

24 May 2025
14:20		Sweden 2–6
(0–2, 0–2, 2–2)		 United StatesAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 12,530
Game reference
Jacob Markström
Samuel Ersson		GoaliesJeremy SwaymanReferees:
Michael Campbell
André Schrader
Linesmen:
Daniel Hynek
Tarrington Wyonzek
0–106:52 – Skjei (Pinto)
0–217:13 – Gauthier (Pinto, Smith)
0–331:07 – Garland (Cooley, Skjei)
0–437:03 – Eyssimont (Beniers, LaCombe)
Nylander (Andersson, Karlsson) – 46:321–4
Lindholm (Wennberg) – 47:132–4
2–551:09 – LaCombe (Nazar)
2–655:53 – Pinto (EN)
2 minPenalties4 min
29Shots28
24 May 2025
18:20		Switzerland 7–0
(3–0, 1–0, 3–0)		 DenmarkAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 12,530
Game reference
Leonardo GenoniGoaliesFrederik Dichow
Sebastian Dahm		Referees:
Christoffer Holm
Jan Hribik
Linesmen:
Nick Briganti
Jake Davis
Niederreiter (Moser, Fiala) – 09:231–0
Jäger (Knak, Riat) – 12:472–0
Niederreiter (Malgin, Kukan) (PP) – 17:233–0
Malgin (Meier) – 37:384–0
Schmid (Bertschy, Siegenthaler) – 44:485–0
Riat (Bertschy) – 52:026–0
Moy (Schmid, Meier) (PP) – 53:267–0
10 minPenalties10 min
34Shots17

Bronze medal game

25 May 2025
15:20		Sweden 6–2
(0–0, 3–0, 3–2)		 DenmarkAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 12,530
Game reference
Samuel ErssonGoaliesFrederik DichowReferees:
Andris Ansons
Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
Jake Davis
Shane Gustafson
Backlund (Larsson, Lindholm) – 25:161–0
Backlund (Heineman, Lindholm) – 29:502–0
Johansson (Sandin, Carlsson) – 37:093–0
Raymond (SH) – 42:554–0
4–143:15 – Olesen (Aagaard, Bruggisser) (PP)
4–246:02 – Ehlers (Olesen, True)
Johansson (Backlund, Zibanejad) (PP) – 48:255–2
Zibanejad (Carlsson, Gustafsson) – 55:036–2
4 minPenalties4 min
37Shots18

Gold medal game

Main article: 2025 IIHF World Championship final
25 May 2025
20:20		Switzerland 0–1 OT
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1)		 United StatesAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 12,530
Game reference
Leonardo GenoniGoaliesJeremy SwaymanReferees:
Michael Campbell
Mikael Holm
Linesmen:
Albert Ankerstjerne
Onni Hautamäki
0–162:02 – Thompson (Cooley, Skjei)
4 minPenalties4 min
25Shots40

References

  1. ^ "2025 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship game schedule released". iihf.com. Retrieved 19 August 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Tournament Format". iihf.com. Retrieved 15 May 2025.
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