2025 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division I

Tournament details
Host countries	China  Great Britain
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	13–19 April 9–15 April
Teams	12
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The 2025 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I comprises two international ice hockey tournaments of the 2025 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).^[1]

Group A is being held in Shenzhen, China from 13 to 19 April and Group B is being in Dumfries, Great Britain, from 9 to 15 April 2025.^[2]

2025 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division I A

Tournament details
Host country	China
City	Shenzhen
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	13–19 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	35 (5.83 per game)
Attendance	4,083 (681 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Estelle Duvin (5 points)
Official website
Website

Team	Qualification
China	Host, placed 9th in 2024 Top Division and was relegated.
Denmark	Placed 10th in 2024 Top Division and was relegated.
France	Placed 3rd in 2024 Division I A.
Austria	Placed 4th in 2024 Division I A.
Netherlands	Placed 5th in 2024 Division I A.
Slovakia	Placed 1st in 2024 Division I B and was promoted.

Eight referees and eight linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Slovakia	2	2	0	0	0	8	1	+7	6	Promotion to the 2026 Top Division
2	Austria	2	2	0	0	0	6	0	+6	6
3	France	2	1	0	0	1	9	7	+2	3
4	Denmark	2	1	0	0	1	6	6	0	3
5	China (H)	2	0	0	0	2	0	7	−7	0
6	Netherlands	2	0	0	0	2	6	14	−8	0	Relegation to the 2026 Division I B

All times are local (UTC+8).

13 April 2025 13:00

Netherlands

3–8 (1–3, 1–4, 1–1)

France

Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen Attendance: 872

Game reference
	Eline Gabriele Arwen ten Cate	Goalies	Alice Philbert	Referees: Jennifer Berezowski Mariko Dale Linesmen: Jessica Chartrand Marine Dinant
	Wielenga (Seppenwolde, Van Nes) (PP2) – 08:08 1–0 1–1 09:19 – Duvin (SH) 1–2 15:21 – Aurard (Baudrit) 1–3 19:39 – Rozier (Leclerc, Aurard) Van Nes (Wielenga, Seppenwolde) (PP) – 21:07 2–3 2–4 32:22 – Nonnenmacher (Huot-Marchand, Baudrit) 2–5 37:02 – Duvin (De Serres, Aurard) 2–6 38:37 – Le Scodan (Rozier, Duvin) 2–7 39:36 – Duvin (Aurard) 2–8 49:52 – Mesplède (Zilliox) Hamers (Wielenga, Seppenwolde) (PP) – 52:18 3–8
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	38

13 April 2025 16:30

Austria

3–0 (0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Denmark

Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen Attendance: 738

Game reference
	Selma Luggin	Goalies	Emma-Sofie Nordstrøm	Referees: Brandy Dewar Tijana Haack Linesmen: Kathryn Glover Erika Greenen
	Fazokas (Lintner) – 38:11 1–0 Meixner (Schafzahl, Fazokas) – 45:14 2–0 Schafzahl (Meixner, Fazokas) (EN) – 59:36 3–0
	8 min	Penalties	0 min
	23	Shots	30

13 April 2025 20:00

Slovakia

4–0 (1–0, 3–0, 0–0)

China

Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen Attendance: 1,465

Game reference
	Lívia Debnárová	Goalies	Zhan Jiahui	Referees: Charlotte Hurley Agnese Kārkliņa Linesmen: Julia Hjelmström Jamie Monard
	Šuliková (Halušková, Ištocyová) (PP) – 11:47 1–0 Hlinka (Fančovičová, Paulínyová) – 29:26 2–0 Tóthová (Košecká, Hlinka) (PP) – 32:02 3–0 Nemčeková (Halušková) – 35:20 4–0
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	43	Shots	15

14 April 2025 13:00

Denmark

6–3 (3–2, 2–0, 1–1)

Netherlands

Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen Attendance: 273

Game reference
	Emma-Sofie Nordstrøm	Goalies	Eline Gabriele Arwen ten Cate	Referees: Kaisa Ketonen Chelsea Rapin Linesmen: Kamila Smetková Sophie Thomson
	Sørensen (Glud, Lau) – 02:13 1–0 Foss (Russell) (PP) – 02:56 2–0 2–1 14:00 – Seppenwolde (Van Nes, Karst) Glud (Jensen) (SH) – 16:27 3–1 3–2 16:59 – De Jong (Dijkema, Hamers) (PP) Glud (Asperup, Jensen) – 31:20 4–2 Glud (Jensen, Asperup) – 34:25 5–2 Bergmann (Asperup, Jensen) (PP) – 52:48 6–2 6–3 54:42 – Van Nes (Hamers, Hardenbol) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	31	Shots	35

14 April 2025 16:30

France

1–4 (1–0, 0–3, 0–1)

Slovakia

Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen Attendance: 312

Game reference
	Alice Philbert	Goalies	Lívia Debnárová	Referees: Jennifer Berezowski Agnese Kārkliņa Linesmen: Jessica Chartrand Marine Dinant
	Duvin (Rozier) – 08:36 1–0 1–1 28:07 – Leskovjanská (Košecká, Hlinková) (EA) 1–2 36:10 – Kapičáková (Hlinková, Lopušanová) 1–3 39:10 – Halušková (Tóthová, Matejková) 1–4 52:25 – Matejková (Halušková, Drábeková) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	39	Shots	32

14 April 2025 20:00

China

0–3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Austria

Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen Attendance: 423

Game reference
	Zhan Jiahui	Goalies	Selma Luggin	Referees: Mariko Dale Brandy Dewar Linesmen: Kathryn Glover Erika Greenen
	0–1 08:13 – Meixner (Nagy) 0–2 27:47 – Lintner (Trummer) 0–3 47:10 – Fazokas (Meixner, Schafzahl) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	11	Shots	47

16 April 2025 13:00

Slovakia

v

Austria

Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen

16 April 2025 16:30

Denmark

v

France

Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen

16 April 2025 20:00

China

v

Netherlands

Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen

17 April 2025 13:00

Denmark

v

Slovakia

Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen

17 April 2025 16:30

Austria

v

Netherlands

Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen

17 April 2025 20:00

France

v

China

Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen

19 April 2025 13:00

Netherlands

v

Slovakia

Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen

19 April 2025 16:30

France

v

Austria

Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen

19 April 2025 20:00

China

v

Denmark

Shenzhen Universiade Sports Centre, Shenzhen

2025 IIHF Women's
World Championship
Division I B

Tournament details
Host country	Great Britain
City	Dumfries
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	9–15 April
Teams	6
Tournament statistics
Games played	14
Goals scored	99 (7.07 per game)
Attendance	2,871 (205 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Matilde Fantin Līga Miljone (7 points)
Official website
Website

Team	Qualification
South Korea	Placed 6th in 2024 Division I A and was relegated.
Latvia	Placed 2nd in 2024 Division I B.
Italy	Placed 3rd in 2024 Division I B.
Great Britain	Host, placed 4th in 2024 Division I B.
Slovenia	Placed 5th in 2024 Division I B.
Kazakhstan	Placed 1st in 2024 Division II A and was promoted.

Eight referees and eight linesmen were selected for the tournament.^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Italy (P)	4	4	0	0	0	27	0	+27	12	Promoted to the 2026 Division I A
2	Latvia (E)	5	4	0	0	1	24	12	+12	12
3	Great Britain (H, E)	4	2	0	1	1	12	8	+4	7
4	Kazakhstan (E)	5	2	0	0	3	16	14	+2	6
5	South Korea (E)	5	1	1	0	3	12	18	−6	5
6	Slovenia (R)	5	0	0	0	5	8	46	−38	0	Relegated to the 2026 Division II A

All times are local (UTC+1).

9 April 2025 13:00

Kazakhstan

4–2 (1–1, 1–0, 2–1)

South Korea

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 228

Game reference
	Arina Chshyokolova	Goalies	Kim Yeon-ju	Referees: Sintija Čamane Reica Staiger Linesmen: Helinä Anttila Domenica Maurer
	0–1 11:25 – Park Jo. (Lee Eun-ji) Butorina (Zubkova) – 14:33 1–1 M. Sayakhatkyzy (D. Sayakhatkyzy, Zubkova) – 33:32 2–1 2–2 40:20 – Lee Eun-ji (Park Jo.) Filimonova (Kutsenko) – 42:37 3–2 Pyatkova (Olzhabayeva) (PP2) – 49:14 4–2
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	38

9 April 2025 16:30

Slovenia

0–12 (0–3, 0–5, 0–4)

Italy

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 134

Game reference
	Tjaša Intihar	Goalies	Martina Fedel	Referees: Michaela Bahl Rylie Lissebeck Linesmen: Breana Kraut Johanna Oksanen
	0–1 06:26 – Saletta (Guerriero, Roccella) 0–2 07:30 – Abatangelo (Fantin) 0–3 15:23 – Gius (Mazzocchi, Bonafini) 0–4 25:14 – Abatangelo (Fantin, Tutino) 0–5 30:34 – Stocker (Heidenberger, Guerriero) (PP) 0–6 35:30 – Varano (Gius, Niccolai) 0–7 36:23 – Roccella (Saletta, Fedel) 0–8 39:30 – Heidenberger (Mattivi, Stocker) 0–9 49:24 – Saletta (Roccella) 0–10 50:41 – Fantin (Heidenberger, Stocker) 0–11 51:41 – Varano (Guerriero, Bonafini) 0–12 55:02 – Campo Bagatin (Roccella, Bedont)
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	12	Shots	70

9 April 2025 20:00

Great Britain

0–3 (0–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Latvia

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 336

Game reference
	Nicole Jackson	Goalies	Kristiāna Apsīte	Referees: Caroline Butt Veronica Lovensnö Linesmen: Maren Frohaug Eva Moleková
	0–1 33:59 – Šilajāne (Rulle) 0–2 38:34 – Šilajāne (Lagzdiņa) 0–3 55:17 – Miljone (A. Apsīte)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	56	Shots	21

10 April 2025 13:00

Italy

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 301

Game reference
	Martina Fedel	Goalies	Arina Chshyokolova	Referees: Grace Barlow Caroline Butt Linesmen: Anette Fjeldstad Cassandra Repstock-Romme
	Della Rovere (Mattivi, Fantin) (PP) – 04:06 1–0 Abatangelo (Della Rovere, Guerriero) – 54:45 2–0
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	35	Shots	19

10 April 2025 16:30

Latvia

11–2 (5–0, 3–1, 3–1)

Slovenia

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 123

Game reference
	Kristiāna Apsīte Guna Gailīte	Goalies	Tjaša Intihar	Referees: Veronica Lovensnö Linnea Marin Linesmen: Maren Frohaug Breana Kraut
	Rulle – 02:23 1–0 Kubliņa (Miljone) (PP) – 05:40 2–0 Yip-Chuck – 12:44 3–0 Rulle (Jakovļeva) (PP) – 17:26 4–0 Jakovļeva (Rulle) – 19:55 5–0 Lagzdiņa (Rulle, Šilajāne) – 25:14 6–0 6–1 26:09 – Blazinšek (Confidenti, Pren)) Miljone (SH) – 32:03 7–1 Lukaševiča – 37:32 8–1 Rulle (Šilajāne, Lagzdiņa) – 48:12 9–1 Yip-Chuc (Miljone) – 48:47 10–1 10–2 51:57 – Pezdir (Buljeta, Golob) Šardina – 55:28 11–2
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	50	Shots	27

10 April 2025 20:00

South Korea

3–2 OT (0–2, 1–0, 1–0) (OT: 1–0)

Great Britain

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 352

Game reference
	Ahn Se-won	Goalies	Ella Howard	Referees: Michaela Bahl Reica Staiger Linesmen: Helinä Anttila Johanna Oksanen
	0–1 10:26 – Adams (Mardsen) (PP) 0–2 16:38 – Rees Lee S. (Han S.) (PP) – 24:38 1–2 Jung S. (Lee S.) – 53:37 2–2 Lee E. (Park Ji.) (PP) – 61:24 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	33	Shots	21

12 April 2025 13:00

South Korea

6–3 (2–1, 2–1, 2–1)

Slovenia

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 143

Game reference
	Ahn Se-won	Goalies	Tjaša Intihar	Referees: Grace Barlow Linnea Marin Linesmen: Maren Frohaug Cassandra Repstock-Romme
	0–1 00:55 – Nylaander Park Ju. (Park Jo.) – 02:29 1–1 Kim T. (Park Jo., Lee Eun-ji) (PP) – 12:45 2–1 Han S. – 31:23 3–1 3–2 33:02 – Confidenti (Maver, Porekar) Han S. (PP) – 39:29 4–2 4–3 43:42 – Blazinšek Kim T. (Lee Eun-ji, Park Jo.) (PP) – 49:48 5–3 Han S. (Lee Eun-ji, Lee S.) (PP) – 54:43 6–3
	4 min	Penalties	14 min
	37	Shots	15

12 April 2025 16:30

Latvia

0–6 (0–2, 0–2, 0–2)

Italy

Ice Bowl, Dumfries

Game reference
	Kristiāna Apsīte	Goalies	Martina Fedel	Referees: Caroline Butt Reica Staiger Linesmen: Eva Moleková Johanna Oksanen
	0–1 12:09 – Fantin (Tutino) 0–2 19:52 – Caumo 0–3 25:05 – Varano (Roccella) 0–4 36:43 – Stocker (Heidenberger, Abatangelo) (PP) 0–5 47:45 – Della Rovere (Fantin) (PP) 0–6 56:13 – Fantin (Bedont, Rindone)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	13	Shots	48

12 April 2025 20:00

Kazakhstan

0–2 (0–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Great Britain

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 322

Game reference
	Arina Chshyokolova	Goalies	Nicole Jackson	Referees: Sintija Čamane Rylie Lissebeck Linesmen: Anette Fjeldstad Domenica Maurer
	0–1 17:08 – Wallace (Horwood) 0–2 46:36 – C. Jackson (Adams, (Mardsen)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	20	Shots	31

13 April 2025 13:00

Italy

7–0 (3–0, 3–0, 1–0)

South Korea

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 241

Game reference
	Martina Fedel	Goalies	Ahn Se-won Kim Yeon-ju	Referees: Michaela Bahl Grace Barlow Linesmen: Eva Moleková Cassandra Repstock-Romme
	Bedont (Gius) – 02:02 1–0 Guerriero (Heidenberger) – 12:41 2–0 Fantin (Tutino) – 19:42 3–0 Abatangelo (Della Rovere, Caumo) – 28:48 4–0 Heidenberger (Guerriero) – 37:12 5–0 Bonafini (Mattivi, Gius) – 37:59 6–0 Varano (Tutino, Guerriero) – 57:34 7–0
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	40	Shots	16

13 April 2025 16:30

Latvia

7–3 (2–0, 1–3, 4–0)

Kazakhstan

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 186

Game reference
	Kristiāna Apsīte	Goalies	Arina Chshyokolova	Referees: Rylie Lissebeck Linnea Marin Linesmen: Breana Kraut Domenica Maurer
	Štrause (Želubovska) – 01:58 1–0 Miljone – 17:38 2–0 2–1 25:41 – M. Sayakhatkyzy (Butorina, Shegay) 2–2 28:41 – Tursynova 2–3 30:49 – Zubkova Yip-Chuck (Miljone) – 33:07 3–3 Yip-Chuck (SH) – 43:32 4–3 Lagzdiņa (Kubliņa, Šilajāne) (PP) – 46:10 5–3 Šilajāne – 51:18 6–3 Miljone (Yip-Chuck) (PP) – 53:59 7–3
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	40	Shots	34

13 April 2025 20:00

Great Britain

8–2 (1–0, 3–1, 4–1)

Slovenia

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 375

Game reference
	Nicole Jackson	Goalies	Tjaša Intihar	Referees: Sintija Čamane Veronica Lovensnö Linesmen: Helinä Anttila Anette Fjeldstad
	Newlands – 16:31 1–0 1–1 21:26 – Confidenti (Buljeta, Pren) Marsden (Newlands) – 22:36 2–1 Traill (Adams) – 23:15 3–1 Mullen (Horwood, Lamberton) – 32:04 4–1 4–2 41:59 – Confidenti (Buljeta, Pren) C. Jackson (Hill, Alderson-Smith) – 44:29 5–2 Alderson-Smith – 47:27 6–2 Adams (Marsden, Newlands) – 49:37 7–2 Cartwright (Wallace) – 57:25 8–2
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	51	Shots	23

15 April 2025 13:00

Slovenia

1–9 (0–1, 0–5, 1–3)

Kazakhstan

Ice Bowl, Dumfries Attendance: 130

Game reference
				Referees: Michaela Bahl Veronica Lovensnö Linesmen: Breana Kraut Eva Moleková
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	16	Shots	55

15 April 2025 16:30

South Korea

1–3 (1–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Latvia

Ice Bowl, Dumfries

Game reference
				Referees: Rylie Lissebeck Reica Staiger Linesmen: Helinä Anttila Johanna Oksanen
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	48	Shots	17

15 April 2025 20:00

Italy

v

Great Britain

Ice Bowl, Dumfries

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