2025 IIHF World Championship
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host countries |  Sweden Denmark |
| Venue(s) | 2 |
| Dates | 9–25 May |
| Teams | 16 |
The 2025 IIHF World Championship will be co-hosted by Stockholm, Sweden, and Herning, Denmark, from 9 to 25 May 2025. This decision regarding Sweden was made at the 2018 semi-annual International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) congress in Malta, and was officially announced on 24 May 2019, at the IIHF's annual congress during the World Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia.[1] At the same time, it was announced that Denmark will co-host the championship.[2]
Venues[edit]
 Sweden |  Denmark | |
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| Stockholm | Herning | |
| Avicii Arena Capacity: 16,000 | Jyske Bank Boxen Capacity: 15,000 | |
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Participants[edit]
- Qualified as hosts
- Automatic qualifier after a top 14 placement at the 2024 IIHF World Championship
Austria
Canada
Czechia
Finland
France
Germany
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Norway
Slovakia
Switzerland
United States
- Qualified through winning promotion from the 2024 IIHF World Championship Division I
Seeding[edit]
The seedings in the preliminary round are based on the 2024 IIHF World Ranking, at the end of the 2024 IIHF World Championship, using the serpentine system while allowing the organizers, "to allocate a maximum of two teams to separate groups," while ensuring hosts Sweden and Denmark will be in separate groups.[3]
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Marketing[edit]
The slogan of the competition is pulse.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ "IIHF – IIHF Worlds bids in for '23, '24, '25". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
- ^ "Danmark bliver VM-vært i 2025 sammen med Sverige". ishockey.dk (in Danish). 24 May 2019. Retrieved 24 May 2019.
- ^ "IIHF Sport Regulations (pgs4,5)" (PDF). iihf.com. 9 April 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
- ^ "IIHF - The 'Pulse' of the 2025 IIHF WM can already be sensed". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation.
External links[edit]
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