2025 IIHF World Championship Group A

Main article: 2025 IIHF World Championship
Preliminary round game between Sweden and Latvia

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)		 FinlandAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 6,822
Game reference
Atte TolvanenGoaliesJuuse SarosReferees:
Canada Michael Campbell
Switzerland Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
United States Shane Gustafson
Sweden Ludvig Lundgren
0–104:38 – Puistola (Salo, Hämeenaho)
0–207:06 – Pärssinen (Seppälä, Pesonen)
Wolf (Unterweger, Schneider) – 13:541–2
8 minPenalties8 min
16Shots28

Sweden vs Slovakia

9 May 2025
20:20		Sweden 5–0
(3–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 SlovakiaAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 12,530
Game reference
Jacob MarkströmGoaliesPatrik RybárReferees:
Finland Riku Brander
Denmark Mads Frandsen
Linesmen:
United States Jake Davis
Czech Republic Daniel Hynek
Backlund (Heineman, Lindholm) – 11:171–0
Carlsson (Pettersson, Johansson) – 18:502–0
Brodin (Larsson, Lundeström) – 19:543–0
Lindholm (Gustafsson, Backlund) – 38:464–0
Zibanejad (Andersson, Pettersson) – 57:335–0
0 minPenalties2 min
20Shots15

Slovenia vs Canada

10 May 2025
12:20		Slovenia 0–4
(0–1, 0–3, 0–0)		 CanadaAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 9,011
Game reference
Lukaš HorakGoaliesDylan GarandReferees:
Sweden Christoffer Holm
Germany André Schrader
Linesmen:
Denmark Albert Ankerstjerne
Finland Tommi Niittylä
0–107:22 – Horvat (MacKinnon, Konecny) (PP)
0–223:41 – MacKinnon (Weegar)
0–333:38 – Horvat (MacKinnon, Montour) (PP)
0–436:55 – Dobson (Celebrini, O'Reilly) (PP)
14 minPenalties4 min
11Shots44

Sweden vs Austria

10 May 2025
16:20		Sweden 4–2
(0–0, 1–1, 3–1)		 AustriaAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 12,530
Game reference
Samuel ErssonGoaliesDavid KickertReferees:
Czech Republic Jan Hribik
United States Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
Switzerland Dominic Schlegel
Latvia Dāvis Zunde
0–125:30 – Baumgartner (Raffl, Rohrer)
Zibanejad (Gustafsson, Johansson) (PP) – 33:261–1
1–252:26 – Kasper (Schnetzer)
Brodin (Raymond, Lindholm) (EA) – 57:412–2
Zibanejad (Andersson) – 57:533–2
Wennberg (Backlund, Lindholm) (EN) – 58:394–2
2 minPenalties8 min
25Shots16

France vs Latvia

10 May 2025
20:20		France 1–4
(1–0, 0–1, 0–3)		 LatviaAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 7,564
Game reference
Quentin PapillonGoaliesKristers GudļevskisReferees:
Finland Riku Brander
Switzerland Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Daniel Hynek
Sweden Ludvig Lundgren
Fabre (Boscq, Crinon) – 15:021–0
1–135:36 – Dzierkals (SH)
1–242:02 – Zīle (Komuls, Balcers)
1–358:36 – Ločmelis (EN)
1–459:29 – Ločmelis (Tralmaks) (EN)
8 minPenalties4 min
19Shots20

Slovakia vs Slovenia

11 May 2025
12:20		Slovakia 3–1
(2–0, 1–0, 0–1)		 SloveniaAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 3,870
Game reference
Samuel HlavajGoaliesMatija PintaričReferees:
United States Sean MacFarlane
Germany André Schrader
Linesmen:
United States Shane Gustafson
Latvia Dāvis Zunde
Čederle (Sýkora) – 08:201–0
Regenda (Kňažko, Grman) – 09:262–0
Krištof (Lantoši, Mudrák) (PP) – 31:123–0
3–146:29 – Ograjenšek (Sabolič, Macuh) (PP)
10 minPenalties10 min
39Shots18

Latvia vs Canada

11 May 2025
16:20		Latvia 1–7
(1–2, 0–3, 0–2)		 CanadaAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 9,531
Game reference
Gustavs GrigalsGoaliesMarc-André FleuryReferees:
Denmark Mads Frandsen
Czech Republic Jan Hribik
Linesmen:
United States Jake Davis
Finland Tommi Niittylä
Tralmaks (Ločmelis) – 07:051–0
1–109:30 – Konecny (Sanheim, Crosby)
1–210:31 – MacKinnon (Horvat)
1–327:11 – Johnson (Montour, Crosby)
1–431:10 – Johnson
1–539:36 – Konecny (SH)
1–645:09 – Celebrini (Konecny, Crosby)
1–755:18 – Hayton (Danault)
12 minPenalties12 min
17Shots37

Finland vs France

11 May 2025
20:20		Finland 4–3 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 2–2)
(OT: 1–0)		 FranceAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 3,832
Game reference
Emil LarmiGoaliesAntoine KellerReferees:
Canada Michael Campbell
Sweden Mikael Holm
Linesmen:
Denmark Albert Ankerstjerne
United States Dominic Schlegel
0–128:01 – P. Bozon (Spinozzi, T. Bozon) (PP)
Teräväinen (Lehtonen, Saarijärvi) – 37:331–1
1–250:57 – T. Bozon (Perret, Bellemare) (PP)
1–357:18 – Perret (Bellemare) (EN)
Tolvanen (Lehtonen) (EA) – 58:272–3
Tolvanen (Lehtonen, Teräväinen) (EA) – 59:323–3
Pärssinen (Tolvanen, Lammikko) – 61:244–3
6 minPenalties4 min
51Shots19

Austria vs Slovakia

12 May 2025
16:20		Austria 3–2 GWS
(2–0, 0–1, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		 SlovakiaAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 4,375
Game reference
David KickertGoaliesSamuel HlavajReferees:
Denmark Mads Frandsen
Switzerland Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
Sweden Ludvig Lundgren
Switzerland Dominic Schlegel
Schneider (Wolf, Kasper) – 07:331–0
Kasper (Schneider, Unterweger) – 11:222–0
2–126:15 – Honzek
2–250:53 – Sukeľ (Takáč, Čajkovič)
Kasper MISS
Zwerger MISS
Baumgartner MISS
Haudum GOAL
Schneider GOAL		ShootoutMISS Čajkovič
GOAL Chromiak
MISS Dvorský
MISS Lantoši
MISS Krištof
8 minPenalties4 min
22Shots33

Finland vs Sweden

12 May 2025
20:20		Finland 1–2
(0–1, 0–1, 1–0)		 SwedenAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 12,530
Game reference
Juuse SarosGoaliesJacob MarkströmReferees:
United States Sean MacFarlane
Germany André Schrader
Linesmen:
United States Jake Davis
United States Shane Gustafson
0–104:45 – Carlsson (Gustafsson, Raymond) (PP)
0–227:23 – Brodin (Raymond)
Pesonen (Lehtonen, Björninen) – 53:041–2
8 minPenalties2 min
19Shots41

Slovenia vs Latvia

13 May 2025
16:20		Slovenia 2–5
(0–0, 2–4, 0–1)		 LatviaAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 3,423
Game reference
Lukáš HorákGoaliesKristers GudļevskisReferees:
Canada Michael Campbell
Sweden Mikael Holm
Linesmen:
Denmark Albert Ankerstjerne
Finland Tommi Niittylä
Mahkovec (Simšič) – 22:401–0
1–128:50 – Rubīns (Egle, Andersons)
1–232:02 – Ravinskis (Tralmaks, Jaks)
1–332:23 – Dzierkals (Andersons)
Gregorc – 32:542–3
2–433:45 – Ločmelis (Mamčics, Tralmaks)
2–554:16 – Tralmaks (Rubīns)
0 minPenalties4 min
18Shots24

Canada vs France

13 May 2025
20:20		Canada 5–0
(2–0, 1–0, 2–0)		 FranceAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 4,124
Game reference
Jordan BinningtonGoaliesJulian JuncaReferees:
Czech Republic Jan Hribik
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
Latvia Dāvis Zunde
Horvat (Foerster) – 06:321–0
Cuylle (Johnson, O'Reilly) – 12:112–0
Crosby (Montour) (PP) – 37:313–0
Horvat (Konecny, MacKinnon) (PP) – 43:574–0
Montour (Hayton, Schenn) – 51:055–0
2 minPenalties4 min
36Shots15

Slovakia vs France

14 May 2025
16:20		Slovakia 2–1
(0–0, 1–1, 1–0)		 FranceAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 2,915
Game reference
Samuel HlavajGoaliesAntoine KellerReferees:
Canada Michael Campbell
Germany André Schrader
Linesmen:
United States Jake Davis
Finland Tommi Niittylä
Chromiak (Honzek, Dvorský) – 29:321–0
1–134:34 – Boudon (Dair, Treille
Rosandić (Čajkovič, Krištof) (PP) – 49:132–1
56 minPenalties35 min
35Shots20

Latvia vs Sweden

14 May 2025
20:20		Latvia 0–6
(0–0, 0–2, 0–4)		 SwedenAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 12,530
Game reference
Kristers GudļevskisGoaliesSamuel ErssonReferees:
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
Switzerland Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
Switzerland Dominic Schlegel
0–130:15 – Andersson (Lindholm)
0–230:27 – Bengtsson (Wennberg, Brodin)
0–340:36 – Raymond (Carlsson, Lundeström)
0–448:32 – Larsson (Frödén, Carlsson)
0–550:46 – Zibanejad (Wennberg, Brodin)
0–658:49 – Lindholm (Frödén, Raymond) (PP)
10 minPenalties4 min
20Shots27

Finland vs Slovenia

15 May 2025
16:20		Finland 9–1
(3–0, 4–1, 2–0)		 SloveniaAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 3,875
Game reference
Juuse SarosGoaliesMatija Pintarič
Lukaš Horak		Referees:
Denmark Mads Frandsen
Czech Republic Jan Hribik
Linesmen:
Sweden Ludvig Lundgren
Latvia Dāvis Zunde
Lehtonen (Erholtz, Pesonen) – 02:431–0
Lehtonen (Teräväinen, Saarijärvi) – 07:262–0
Saarijärvi (Hämeenaho, Puistola) – 11:333–0
3–124:00 – Mašič (Mahkovec, Drozg)
Tolvanen (Teräväinen, Lammikko – 26:524–1
Hämeenaho (Merelä, Pärssinen – 28:325–1
Tolvanen (Teräväinen, Saarijärvi) – 35:426–1
Tolvanen (Teräväinen, Leppänen) – 39:357–1
Matinpalo (Teräväinen) (SH) – 42:288–1
Tolvanen (Teräväinen, Salo) – 52:549–1
2 minPenalties4 min
37Shots17

Canada vs Austria

15 May 2025
20:20		Canada 5–1
(0–1, 2–0, 3–0)		 AustriaAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 5,259
Game reference
Marc-André FleuryGoaliesFlorian VorauerReferees:
Sweden Mikael Holm
United States Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
Denmark Albert Ankerstjerne
United States Shane Gustafson
0–111:20 – Rohrer (Lebler, Baumgartner)
MacKinnon (Montour, Horvat) (PP) – 21:591–1
MacKinnon (Montour, Danault) (EA) – 33:102–1
Konecny (Cuylle, Dobson) – 48:323–1
Cuylle (Konecny, Montour) – 51:424–1
Crosby (Horvat, MacKinnon) – 58:275–1
4 minPenalties4 min
52Shots16

Austria vs France

16 May 2025
16:20		Austria 5–2
(3–0, 0–0, 2–2)		 FranceAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 4,873
Game reference
David KickertGoaliesAntoine Keller
Quentin Papillon		Referees:
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
Germany André Schrader
Linesmen:
Finland Tommi Niittylä
Switzerland Dominic Schlegel
Kasper (Zwerger, Unterweger) – 00:391–0
Rohrer (Haudum, Lebler) – 07:582–0
Schnetzer – 15:303–0
3–150:09 – Perret (Bellemare, Texier) (PP)
Kasper (Zwerger, Rohrer) (EN) – 57:564–1
4–258:26 – Bellemare (Texier, Perret) (PP)
Schneider (Zwerger) (EN) – 59:095–2
14 minPenalties6 min
24Shots23

Sweden vs Slovenia

16 May 2025
20:20		Sweden 4–0
(0–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 SloveniaAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 12,530
Game reference
Jacob MarkströmGoaliesLukas HorakReferees:
United States Sean MacFarlane
Switzerland Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
Denmark Albert Ankerstjerne
United States Shane Gustafson
Lindholm (Backlund, Gustafsson) – 25:041–0
Lindholm (Pettersson, Forsberg) – 38:052–0
Lindholm (Brodin, Larsson) – 51:133–0
Johansson (Gustafsson, Edvinsson) – 56:084–0
2 minPenalties6 min
60Shots9

Finland vs Latvia

17 May 2025
12:20		Finland 2–1
(0–0, 1–0, 1–1)		 LatviaAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 12,530
Game reference
Juuse SarosGoaliesKristers GudļevskisReferees:
Canada Michael Campbell
Sweden Mikael Holm
Linesmen:
United States Jake Davis
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
Pärssinen (Hämeenaho, Leppänen) – 27:371–0
Lehtonen (Teräväinen, Tolvanen) (PP) – 50:552–0
2–155:09 – Ābols (Balcers, Freibergs)
12 minPenalties18 min
23Shots35

France vs Sweden

17 May 2025
16:20		France 0–4
(0–2, 0–1, 0–1)		 SwedenAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 12,530
Game reference
Antoine KellerGoaliesSamuel ErssonReferees:
Denmark Mads Frandsen
Czech Republic Jan Hribik
Linesmen:
Finland Tommi Niittylä
Latvia Dāvis Zunde
0–113:27 – Raymond (Carlsson, Lundeström)
0–214:25 – Heineman (Bengtsson, Brodin)
0–324:39 – Lindholm (Backlund, Raymond) (PP)
0–444:05 – Lundeström (Forsberg, Gustafsson)
8 minPenalties10 min
15Shots36

Canada vs Slovakia

17 May 2025
20:20		Canada 7–0
(2–0, 3–0, 2–0)		 SlovakiaAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 12,530
Game reference
Jordan BinningtonGoaliesPatrik Rybár
Adam Húska		Referees:
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
United States Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
Sweden Ludvig Lundgren
Switzerland Dominic Schlegel
Montour (Konecny, Crosby) (PP) – 14:441–0
Foerster (Evans, Celebrini) – 15:482–0
Crosby (Celebrini, Montour) – 23:253–0
Celebrini (Crosby, Matheson) – 38:084–0
MacKinnon (Horvat, Matheson) – 38:595–0
Crosby (Dobson, Konecny) – 46:586–0
MacKinnon (Cuylle) – 48:347–0
6 minPenalties10 min
44Shots14

Slovenia vs Austria

18 May 2025
16:20		Slovenia 2–3 GWS
(1–1, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 AustriaAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 3,457
Game reference
Lukas HorakGoaliesDavid KickertReferees:
Germany André Schrader
Switzerland Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
United States Jake Davis
Latvia Dāvis Zunde
Gregorc (Mahkovec, Ograjenšek) (PP) – 09:531–0
1–113:49 – Zwerger (Schneider)
1–250:20 – Lebler (Haudum, Zwerger)
Sabolič (Ćosić, Török) – 53:012–2
Drozg MISS
Sabolič MISS
Ograjenšek MISS		ShootoutMISS Kasper
GOAL Haudum
GOAL Zwerger
GOAL Baumgartner
10 minPenalties10 min
16Shots33

Slovakia vs Latvia

18 May 2025
20:20		Slovakia 1–5
(1–1, 0–3, 0–1)		 LatviaAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 7,894
Game reference
Samuel HlavajGoaliesKristers GudļevskisReferees:
Canada Michael Campbell
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
Linesmen:
United States Shane Gustafson
Finland Tommi Niittylä
0–102:44 – Egle (Andersons, Jaks)
Čederle (Takáč, Kňažko) (PP) – 09:161–1
1–221:31 – Ločmelis (Tralmaks)
1–325:52 – Bukarts
1–434:29 – Andersons (Laviņš, Egle)
1–556:22 – Ābols (Daugaviņš) (EN)
6 minPenalties6 min
27Shots31

France vs Slovenia

19 May 2025
16:20		France 1–3
(0–2, 0–0, 1–1)		 SloveniaAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 3,273
Game reference
Quentin PapillonGoaliesLukaš HorakReferees:
Denmark Mads Frandsen
Germany André Schrader
Linesmen:
Denmark Albert Ankerstjerne
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
0–109:22 – Jezovšek (Mašič, Kapel) (PP2)
0–216:21 – Simšič (Kapel, Mahkovec)
T. Bozon (Texier) (EA) – 58:051–2
1–359:45 – Török (EN)
8 minPenalties4 min
29Shots25

Canada vs Finland

19 May 2025
20:20		Canada 1–2 GWS
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		 FinlandAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 12,530
Game reference
Marc-André FleuryGoaliesJuuse SarosReferees:
Sweden Mikael Holm
Czech Republic Jan Hribik
Linesmen:
Sweden Ludvig Lundgren
Latvia Dāvis Zunde
O'Reilly (Dobson) (SH) – 37:571–0
1–147:01 – Puistola (Matinpalo, Björninen)
O'Reilly MISS
Johnson GOAL
Crosby MISS
Mackinnon MISS
Fantilli MISS		ShootoutGOAL Puistola
MISS Teräväinen
GOAL Tolvanen
MISS Pyyhtiä
MISS Hämeenaho
8 minPenalties4 min
38Shots22

Latvia vs Austria

20 May 2025
12:20		Latvia 1–6
(0–1, 1–2, 0–3)		 AustriaAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 4,973
Game reference
Kristers GudļevskisGoaliesDavid KickertReferees:
Czech Republic Jan Hribik
United States Sean MacFarlane
Linesmen:
Sweden Ludvig Lundgren
Finland Tommi Niittylä
0–117:08 – Zwerger (Thaler)
0–223:57 – Baumgartner (Kasper, Heinrich) (PP)
0–325:38 – Rohrer
Tralmaks (Ločmelis, Ravinskis) – 28:031–3
1–444:28 – Raffl (Schneider)
1–552:29 – Zwerger (Schneider, Kasper)
1–657:18 – Rohrer (SH, EN)
6 minPenalties8 min
29Shots24

Slovakia vs Finland

20 May 2025
16:20		Slovakia 1–2
(0–1, 0–1, 1–0)		 FinlandAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 10,467
Game reference
Samuel HlavajGoaliesEmil LarmiReferees:
Canada Michael Campbell
Sweden Mikael Holm
Linesmen:
Denmark Albert Ankerstjerne
Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
0–105:18 – Puistola (Saarijärvi, Pärssinen)
0–238:17 – Merelä (Järvinen, Rissanen) (EA)
Lantoši (Regenda, Sukeľ) (PP) – 54:421–2
8 minPenalties6 min
30Shots24

Sweden vs Canada

20 May 2025
20:20		Sweden 3–5
(1–3, 1–1, 1–1)		 CanadaAvicii Arena, Stockholm
Attendance: 12,530
Game reference
Jacob MarkströmGoaliesJordan BinningtonReferees:
Finland Mikko Kaukokari
Germany André Schrader
Linesmen:
United States Shane Gustafson
Switzerland Dominic Schlegel
0–100:18 – Sanheim (MacKinnon, Konecny)
Lindholm (SH) – 03:471–1
1–207:15 – Foerster (Spurgeon, Crosby)
1–313:01 – O'Reilly (Konecny, MacKinnon)
Johansson (Forsberg, Raymond) (PP2) – 23:022–3
2–430:50 – Celebrini (Crosby, Spurgeon)
2–544:11 – MacKinnon (Konecny, Evans)
Andersson (Johansson, Carlsson) (EA) – 56:523–5
10 minPenalties12 min
28Shots24

References

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