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
- – Promoted from Division I Group A in 2024
- – ''Promoted from Division I Group A in 2024''
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.| Referees | Linesmen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preliminary roundThe groups were based on the final rankings from the previous tournament.''All times are local '' Group A---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Group B---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- Knockout stageThere was a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.BracketQuarterfinals-------- ---- Semifinals----Final standingsAwards and statisticsThe awards were announced on 20 April 2025.AwardsDirectorate Awards
All-Star team
Scoring leadersList shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, +/- = Plus/Minus, PIM = Penalties in Minutes, Pos = Position Source: Leading goaltendersOnly the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.
TOI = Time on Ice, GA = Goals Against, GAA = Goals Against Average, SA = Shots Against, Sv% = Save Percentage, SO = Shutouts Source: |
