2025 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II

2025 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II B
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Tournament details
Host country	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg/23px-Flag_of_New_Zealand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600"> New Zealand
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	14–20 April
Teams	6
Official website
	Website

2025 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II A
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Tournament details
Host country	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800"> Poland
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	7–13 April
Teams	6
Official website
	Website

2025 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries	Poland; New Zealand
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	7–13 April; 14–20 April
Teams	12
	← 2024 2026 →

The 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II comprises two international ice hockey tournaments of the 2025 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).^[1]

Group A will be held in Bytom, Poland from 7 to 13 April and Group B will be held in Dunedin, New Zealand, from 14 to 20 April 2025.

Group A tournament

Participants

Team	Qualification
Poland	Host, placed 6th in 2024 Division I B and was relegated.
Spain	Placed 2nd in 2024 Division II A.
Mexico	Placed 3rd in 2024 Division II A.
Chinese Taipei	Placed 4th in 2024 Division II A.
Iceland	Placed 5th in 2024 Division II A.
North Korea	Placed 1st in 2024 Division II B and was promoted.

Standings

Pos	Team	Promotion or relegation
1	Poland (H)	Promotion to the 2026 Division I B
2	Spain
3	Mexico
4	Chinese Taipei
5	Iceland
6	North Korea	Relegation to the 2026 Division II B

First match(es) will be played: 13 April 2025. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
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

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

7 April 2025
13:00

Spain

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Tournament details
Host countries	Poland New Zealand
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	7–13 April 14–20 April
Teams	12
← 2024 2026 →

Tournament details

Host country	New Zealand
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	14–20 April
Teams	6
Official website
Website

Team	Qualification
Belgium	Placed 6th in 2024 Division II A and was relegated.
Australia	Placed 2nd in 2024 Division II B.
Hong Kong	Placed 3rd in 2024 Division II B.
New Zealand	Host, placed 4th in 2024 Division II B.
Turkey	Placed 5th in 2024 Division II B.
Ukraine	Placed 1st in 2024 Division III A and was promoted.

Pos	Team	Promotion or relegation
1	Belgium	Promoted to the 2026 Division II A
2	Australia
3	Hong Kong
4	New Zealand (H)
5	Turkey
6	Ukraine	Relegated to the 2026 Division III A

2025 IIHF Women's World Championship Division II