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.^[1]

Group	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
A	Canada	Sweden	Finland	Austria
B	Switzerland	United States	Czechia	Denmark

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.^[2] If a matchup would be Denmark versus Sweden, the pairings would have been played in their groups (A1 vs A4 and so on).

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.^[2]

Rank	Team	Grp	Pos	Pts	GD	GF	Seed
1	Canada	A	1	19	+27	34	1
2	Switzerland	B	1	19	+25	34	5
3	Sweden	A	2	18	+20	28	7
4	United States	B	2	17	+20	34	6
5	Czechia	B	3	17	+21	35	4
6	Finland	A	3	16	+12	22	3
7	Denmark	B	4	11	+1	25	11
8	Austria	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.^[2]

There was a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.^[2]

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	22 May
	1A  Canada	1
					24 May
	4B  Denmark	2
					2   Switzerland	7
	22 May
					7  Denmark	0
	1B   Switzerland	6
									25 May
	4A  Austria	0
									2   Switzerland	0
	22 May
									4  United States(OT)	1
	2A  Sweden	5
					24 May
	3B  Czechia	2
					3  Sweden	2
	22 May
					4  United States	6			Third place
	2B  United States	5
									25 May
	3A  Finland	2
									3  Sweden	6
									7  Denmark	2

All times are local (UTC+2).

22 May 2025 16:20

United States

5–2 (1–1, 2–1, 2–0)

Finland

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 9,642

Game reference
	Jeremy Swayman	Goalies	Juuse Saros	Referees: Michael Campbell Mikael Holm Linesmen: Albert Ankerstjerne Ludvig Lundgren
	Garland (Cooley, Werenski) (PP) – 04:50 1–0 1–1 12:58 – Tolvanen (Lammikko, Teräväinen) (PP) 1–2 27:46 – Puistola (Teräväinen, Lehtonen) (PP) Buium (Beniers, Werenski) – 34:53 2–2 Garland (Thompson, Cooley) (PP) – 36:04 3–2 Pinto (Smith, Gauthier) – 45:52 4–2 Keller (Pinto) (EN) – 57:15 5–2
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	28	Shots	22

22 May 2025 16:20

Switzerland

6–0 (3–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Austria

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 2,621

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	David Kickert	Referees: Tobias Björk Riku Brander Linesmen: Nick Briganti Oto Durmis
	Bertschy (Glauser, Genoni) – 06:38 1–0 Meier (Fiala, Moy) (PP) – 11:03 2–0 Jäger (Niederreiter, Knak) – 14:17 3–0 Fiala (Niederreiter, Kukan) (PP) – 23:32 4–0 Schmid (Glauser, Moy) – 24:36 5–0 Knak (Jäger, Marti) – 51:46 6–0
	12 min	Penalties	35 min
	40	Shots	13

22 May 2025 20:20

Sweden

5–2 (3–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Czechia

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 12,530

Game reference
	Jacob Markström	Goalies	Karel Vejmelka Daniel Vladař	Referees: Sean MacFarlane André Schrader Linesmen: Jake Davis Shane Gustafson
	Carlsson (Andersson, Zibanejad) (PP) – 12:40 1–0 Raymond (Sandin) – 16:52 2–0 Raymond (Sandin) – 19:33 3–0 3–1 23:04 – Červenka (Nečas, Pastrňák) (PP2) Carlsson (Zibanejad, Johansson) – 34:05 4–1 4–2 48:33 – M. Špaček (Voženílek, Ticháček) Forsberg (Pettersson) (EN) – 55:04 5–2
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	33	Shots	26

22 May 2025 20:20

Canada

1–2 (0–0, 0–0, 1–2)

Denmark

Jyske Bank Boxen, Herning Attendance: 10,500

Game reference
	Jordan Binnington	Goalies	Frederik Dichow	Referees: Andris Ansons Christoffer Holm Linesmen: Onni Hautamäki Daniel Hynek
	Sanheim (Crosby, Konecny) – 45:17 1–0 1–1 57:43 – Ehlers (Lauridsen, Russell) (EA) 1–2 59:11 – Olesen (Jensen, Russell)
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	40	Shots	33

24 May 2025 14:20

Sweden

2–6 (0–2, 0–2, 2–2)

United States

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 12,530

Game reference
	Jacob Markström Samuel Ersson	Goalies	Jeremy Swayman	Referees: Michael Campbell André Schrader Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Tarrington Wyonzek
	0–1 06:52 – Skjei (Pinto) 0–2 17:13 – Gauthier (Pinto, Smith) 0–3 31:07 – Garland (Cooley, Skjei) 0–4 37:03 – Eyssimont (Beniers, LaCombe) Nylander (Andersson, Karlsson) – 46:32 1–4 Lindholm (Wennberg) – 47:13 2–4 2–5 51:09 – LaCombe (Nazar) 2–6 55:53 – Pinto (EN)
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	29	Shots	28

24 May 2025 18:20

Switzerland

7–0 (3–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Denmark

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 12,530

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Frederik Dichow Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Christoffer Holm Jan Hribik Linesmen: Nick Briganti Jake Davis
	Niederreiter (Moser, Fiala) – 09:23 1–0 Jäger (Knak, Riat) – 12:47 2–0 Niederreiter (Malgin, Kukan) (PP) – 17:23 3–0 Malgin (Meier) – 37:38 4–0 Schmid (Bertschy, Siegenthaler) – 44:48 5–0 Riat (Bertschy) – 52:02 6–0 Moy (Schmid, Meier) (PP) – 53:26 7–0
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	17

25 May 2025 15:20

Sweden

6–2 (0–0, 3–0, 3–2)

Denmark

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 12,530

Game reference
	Samuel Ersson	Goalies	Frederik Dichow	Referees: Andris Ansons Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Jake Davis Shane Gustafson
	Backlund (Larsson, Lindholm) – 25:16 1–0 Backlund (Heineman, Lindholm) – 29:50 2–0 Johansson (Sandin, Carlsson) – 37:09 3–0 Raymond (SH) – 42:55 4–0 4–1 43:15 – Olesen (Aagaard, Bruggisser) (PP) 4–2 46:02 – Ehlers (Olesen, True) Johansson (Backlund, Zibanejad) (PP) – 48:25 5–2 Zibanejad (Carlsson, Gustafsson) – 55:03 6–2
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	37	Shots	18

25 May 2025 20:20

Switzerland

0–1 OT (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–1)

United States

Avicii Arena, Stockholm Attendance: 12,530

Game reference
	Leonardo Genoni	Goalies	Jeremy Swayman	Referees: Michael Campbell Mikael Holm Linesmen: Albert Ankerstjerne Onni Hautamäki
	0–1 62:02 – Thompson (Cooley, Skjei)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	40

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