2025 IIHF World Championship Group A

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

Standings

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Canada	Quarterfinals
2	Finland
3	Sweden (H)
4	Slovakia
5	Latvia	Qualification for 2026 IIHF World Championship
6	Austria
7	France
8	Slovenia	Relegation to 2026 Division I A

First match(es) will be played: 9 May 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

Matches

All times are local (UTC+2).

Austria vs Finland

9 May 2024
16:20

Austria

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2025 IIHF World Championship Group A

Standings

Matches

Austria vs Finland

Sweden vs Slovakia

Slovenia vs Canada

Sweden vs Austria

France vs Latvia

Slovakia vs Slovenia

Latvia vs Canada

Finland vs France

Austria vs Slovakia

Finland vs Sweden

Slovenia vs Latvia

Canada vs France

Slovakia vs France

Latvia vs Sweden

Finland vs Slovenia

Canada vs Austria

Austria vs France

Sweden vs Slovenia

Finland vs Latvia

France vs Sweden

Canada vs Slovakia

Slovenia vs Austria

Slovakia vs Latvia

France vs Slovenia

Canada vs Finland

Latvia vs Austria

Slovakia vs Finland

Sweden vs Canada

References

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