2025 IIHF World Championship Division II

2025 IIHF World Championship Division II B
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
City	Dunedin
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	27 April – 3 May
Teams	6
Official website
	Website

2025 IIHF World Championship Division II A
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Tournament details
Host country	<img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640"> Australia
City	Melbourne
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	27 April – 3 May
Teams	6
Official website
	Website

2025 IIHF World Championship
Division II
Tournament details
Host countries	Australia; New Zealand
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	27 April – 3 May
Teams	12
	← 2024 2026 →

The 2025 IIHF World Championship Division II will be an international ice hockey tournament run by the International Ice Hockey Federation.^[1]

The Group A tournament will be held in Melbourne, Australia and the Group B tournament in Dunedin, New Zealand from 27 April to 3 May 2025.

Group A tournament

Participants

Team	Qualification
Netherlands	Placed 6th in Division I B in 2024 and was relegated.
Serbia	Placed 2nd in Division II A in 2024.
United Arab Emirates	Placed 3rd in Division II A in 2024.
Israel	Placed 4th in Division II A in 2024.
Australia	Host, placed 5th in Division II A in 2024.
Belgium	Placed 1st in Division II B in 2024 and was promoted.

Standings

Pos	Team	Promotion or relegation
1	Netherlands	Promoted to the 2026 Division I B
2	Serbia
3	United Arab Emirates
4	Israel
5	Australia (H)
6	Belgium	Relegated to the 2026 Division II B

First match(es) will be played: 27 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+10).

27 April 2025
12:30

Belgium

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Tournament details
Host countries	Australia New Zealand
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	27 April – 3 May
Teams	12
← 2024 2026 →

Tournament details
Host country	New Zealand
City	Dunedin
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	27 April – 3 May^[2]
Teams	6
Official website
Website

Team	Qualification
Iceland	Placed 6th in Division II A in 2024 and was relegated.
New Zealand	Host, placed 2nd in Division II B in 2024.
Georgia	Placed 3rd in Division II B in 2024.
Bulgaria	Placed 4th in Division II B in 2024.
Chinese Taipei	Placed 5th in Division II B in 2024.
Thailand	Placed 1st in Division III A in 2024 and was promoted.

Pos	Team	Promotion or relegation
1	Iceland	Promoted to the 2026 Division II A
2	New Zealand (H)
3	Georgia
4	Bulgaria
5	Chinese Taipei
6	Thailand	Relegated to the 2026 Division III A

2025 IIHF World Championship Division II