2025 IIHF World Championship playoff round
The playoff round of the 2025 IIHF World Championship was held from 22 to 25 May 2025. The top four of each preliminary group qualified for the playoff round.
Qualified teams
Qualified teams' seedings
Quarter-finalists were paired according to their positions in the groups: the first-placed team in each preliminary-round group played the fourth-place team of the other group, while the second-placed team played the third-place team of the other group. If a matchup would be Denmark versus Sweden, the pairings would have been played in their groups.Semi-finalists were paired according to their seeding after the preliminary round, which was determined by the following criteria. The best-ranked semi-finalist played against the lowest-ranked semi-finalist, while the second-best ranked semi-finalist played the third-best ranked semi-finalist.
| Rank | Team | ||||||
| 1 | A | 1 | 19 | +27 | 34 | 1 | |
| 2 | B | 1 | 19 | +25 | 34 | 5 | |
| 3 | A | 2 | 18 | +20 | 28 | 7 | |
| 4 | B | 2 | 17 | +20 | 34 | 6 | |
| 5 | B | 3 | 17 | +21 | 35 | 4 | |
| 6 | A | 3 | 16 | +12 | 22 | 3 | |
| 7 | B | 4 | 11 | +1 | 25 | 11 | |
| 8 | A | 4 | 10 | +3 | 21 | 13 |
Classification rules: 1)position in the group; 2)number of points; 3)goal difference; 4)number of goals scored for; 5)seeding number entering the tournament.
Bracket
There was a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.''All times are local.''
Quarterfinals
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