2025 IIHF Women's World Championship


The 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship was the 24th edition of the Top Division of the Women's Ice Hockey World Championship organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was contested in České Budějovice, Czech Republic from 9 to 20 April 2025 at the Budvar Arena.
The United States won their eleventh title, after a 4–3 overtime win in the final against Canada.

Participants

;Group A
;Group B

Format

The top five teams from the previous tournament were placed in Group A and the teams that finished sixth through eighth in the 2024 tournament, plus two teams promoted from 2024 Division IA, were placed in Group B. All of the teams in Group A and the top three teams from Group B continued to the knockout phase, while the bottom two teams from Group B were relegated. During the knockout stage, there was a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.

Marketing

The mascot was a superhero named Tori, whose name was chosen in an audience poll. The motto was "Hrdinky přicházejí". With 122,331 total spectators, the tournament broke the world championship attendance record previously held by the 2007 edition in Canada.

Match officials

Twelve referees and twelve linesmen were selected for the tournament.
RefereesLinesmen

Preliminary round

The groups were based on the final rankings from the previous tournament.
''All times are local ''

Group A


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Group B


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Knockout stage

There was a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.

Bracket


Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final standings


Awards and statistics

The awards were announced on 20 April 2025.

Awards

Directorate Awards
PositionPlayer
Goaltender Aerin Frankel
Defenceman Caroline Harvey
Forward Marie-Philip Poulin
MVP Marie-Philip Poulin

All-Star team
PositionPlayer
Goaltender Klára Peslarová
Defenceman Renata Fast
Defenceman Ronja Savolainen
Forward Kristýna Kaltounková
Forward Kelly Pannek
Forward Marie-Philip Poulin

Scoring leaders

List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPTS+/−PIMPos
Marie-Philip Poulin74812+92F
Jennifer Gardiner76410+130F
Hilary Knight7279+30F
Kelly Pannek7448+80F
Alex Carpenter7268+20F
Laura Stacey7268+84F
Renata Fast7088+114D
Linnéa Johansson6257+82F
Claire Thompson6257+74D
Ebba Hedqvist6516+62F

GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, +/- = Plus/Minus, PIM = Penalties in Minutes, Pos = Position
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Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
Kristen Campbell180:0020.674995.921
Aerin Frankel284:3551.059194.511
Emma Söderberg297:1681.6110992.662
Ann-Renée Desbiens256:3171.649592.631
Miyuu Masuhara298:03132.6217692.612

TOI = Time on Ice, GA = Goals Against, GAA = Goals Against Average, SA = Shots Against, Sv% = Save Percentage, SO = Shutouts
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