2025 IIHF U18 World Championship

Tournament details
Host country	United States
City	Frisco Allen
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates	April 23 – May 3, 2025
Teams	10
Tournament statistics
Games played	14
Goals scored	117 (8.36 per game)
Attendance	13,067 (933 per game)
Official website
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The 2025 IIHF U18 World Championship is the 26th such event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams are participating at several levels of competition.^[1] These tournaments serve as qualifications for the 2026 competition.

The Top Division tournament will be played in Frisco and Allen, Texas, United States, from April 23 to May 3, 2025.^[2][3][4][5]

All times are local (Central Daylight Time – UTC-5).^[6]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland (Q)	3	2	0	1	0	17	4	+13	7	Quarterfinals
2	Canada (Q)	2	2	0	0	0	16	3	+13	6
3	Slovakia (Q)	3	1	1	0	1	12	10	+2	5
4	Latvia	3	0	1	0	2	5	18	−13	2
5	Norway	3	0	0	1	2	3	18	−15	1	Relegation round

April 23, 2025 12:00

Slovakia

1–0 GWS (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) OT: (0–0) SO: (1–0)

Finland

Credit Union of Texas Event Center, Allen Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Michal Prádel	Goalies	Patrik Kerkola	Referees: Emīls Druseiks Jiří Ondráček Linesmen: Lukáš Rampír Aurélien Urfer
	Svrček Chovan Tomík Mišiak	Shootout	Westergård Vanhanen Boelius Somervuori
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	34

April 23, 2025 16:00

Norway

1–2 GWS (1–1, 0–0, 0–0) OT: (0–0) SO: (0–1)

Latvia

Credit Union of Texas Event Center, Allen Attendance: 435

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	Felix Timraz-Westin	Goalies	Ivans Kufterins	Referees: Cedric Borga Seedo Janssen Linesmen: Nicholas Albinati Bryan Gorcoff
	0–1 01:43 – Klaucāns (Naudiņš) (SH) Kihl (Kionig, J. Pettersen) (PP) – 11:46 1–1
	Aaram-Olsen Eriksen Koblar Hyldmo	Shootout	Saperins Mūrnieks Serkins
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	22	Shots	41

April 24, 2025 12:00

Finland

7–1 (1–0, 3–1, 3–0)

Norway

Credit Union of Texas Event Center, Allen Attendance: 502

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	Patrik Kerkola	Goalies	Olivers Freimanis Maximillian Aas	Referees: Tanner Doiron Marek Žák Linesmen: Brian Birkhoff Mathias Naperotti
	Vanhanen (Vanninen, Somervuori) – 08:15 1–0 Pakarinen (Orpana) – 25:52 2–0 Westergård (Kotajarvi, Saari) – 29:08 3–0 3–1 29:51 – Määttänen (A. Pettersen) Orpana (Pakarinen, Somervuori) – 34:59 4–1 Pakarinen (Westergård) – 42:47 5–1 Piiparinen – 51:28 6–1 Boelius (Vanhanen, Somervuori) (PP) – 54:27 7–1
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	18

April 24, 2025 16:00

Canada

9–2 (5–0, 1–1, 3–1)

Slovakia

Credit Union of Texas Event Center, Allen Attendance: 525

Game reference
	Jack Ivankovic	Goalies	Michal Prádel Samuel Hrenák	Referees: Cedric Borga Janne Wuorenheimo Linesmen: Luka Mäkinen Njaal Søstumoen
	Schmidt (Katzin, Cootes) (PP) – 12:34 1–0 Katzin (Cootes, Martin) (PP) – 16:15 2–0 Smith (Schmidt, Roobroeck) – 17:11 3–0 Gard (Huang, Czata) (PP) – 18:12 4–0 Lin (Cootes, Martin) – 19:46 5–0 Schmidt (Huang, Czata) (PP) – 37:06 6–0 6–1 38:10 – Chrenko (Nemec, Straka) 6–2 44:48 – Chrenko (Kalman) Beauchesne (Villeneuve, Sawchyn) – 45:31 7–2 Cootes (Martin) – 46:01 8–2 Cootes – 47:26 9–2
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	40	Shots	24

April 25, 2025 19:00

Latvia

1–7 (0–2, 0–3, 1–2)

Canada

Credit Union of Texas Event Center, Allen Attendance: 1,237

Game reference
	Ivans Kufterins Regnārs Capars	Goalies	Lucas Beckman	Referees: Logan Gruhl Richard Magnusson Linesmen: Mathias Naperotti Rasmus Strömberg
	0–1 09:03 – Smith (Martin, Nesbitt) 0–2 16:04 – Villeneuve (Gard, Di Iorio) 0–3 25:04 – Roobroeck (Beauchesne) 0–4 34:42 – Carels (Cootes, Lin) 0–5 37:05 – Di Iorio (SH) Serkins (Šmits, Mūrnieks) (PP2) – 44:55 1–5 1–6 48:56 – Katzin (Gard) 1–7 50:44 – Roobroeck (Katzin, Villeneuve) (PP)
	31 min	Penalties	10 min
	17	Shots	28

April 26, 2025 12:00

Norway

1–9 (0–2, 1–4, 0–3)

Slovakia

Credit Union of Texas Event Center, Allen Attendance: 548

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	Felix Timraz-Westin Maximillian Aas	Goalies	Michal Prádel	Referees: Andreas Huber Janne Wuorenheimo Linesmen: Tobias Schwenk Rasmus Strömberg
	0–1 02:07 – Chovan (Radivojevič, Tomík) (PP) 0–2 19:28 – Chrenko (Radivojevič) (PP) 0–3 21:53 – Chrenko (Lisý) (PP) 0–4 26:24 – Tomík (Kalis, Dubravík) 0–5 31:34 – Chrenko (Mišiak, Radivojevič) (PP2) 0–6 39:12 – Chovan (Mišiak, Svrček) Aaram-Olsen – 39:52 1–6 1–7 54:26 – Straka (Chrenko, Nemec) 1–8 56:11 – Chovan (Straka, Tomík) (PP) 1–9 57:27 – Kalis
	37 min	Penalties	8 min
	23	Shots	37

April 26, 2025 16:00

Latvia

2–10 (2–6, 0–2, 0–2)

Finland

Credit Union of Texas Event Center, Allen Attendance: 482

April 27, 2025 16:00

Finland

v

Canada

Credit Union of Texas Event Center, Allen

April 28, 2025 12:00

Slovakia

v

Latvia

Credit Union of Texas Event Center, Allen

April 28, 2025 16:00

Canada

v

Norway

Credit Union of Texas Event Center, Allen

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States (H, Q)	3	3	0	0	0	20	5	+15	9	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden (Q)	3	2	0	0	1	22	13	+9	6
3	Czechia (Q)	3	1	0	1	1	9	10	−1	4
4	Germany	2	0	1	0	1	8	12	−4	2
5	Switzerland	3	0	0	0	3	5	24	−19	0	Relegation round

April 23, 2025 14:00

Sweden

10–3 (2–0, 4–1, 4–2)

Switzerland

Comerica Center, Frisco Attendance: 850

Game reference
	Love Härenstam	Goalies	Matia Birchler	Referees: Taylor Burzminski Jack Young Linesmen: Brian Birkhoff Tobias Schwenk
	Ekberg (Gästrin, Boumedienne) – 11:21 1–0 Nilson (Genborg, Wahlund) – 11:30 2–0 2–1 24:08 – Schenk (Aeschlimann, Neuenschwander) (PP) Ekberg (Klingsell, Boumedienne) (PP) – 30:33 3–1 Boumedienne (Ihs-Wozniak, Ekberg) – 32:14 4–1 Gästrin (Boumedienne, Klingsell) (PP) – 33:15 5–1 Ihs-Wozniak (Björk) (PP) – 37:08 6–1 6–2 40:47 – Schenk (Van der Kaaij, Neuenschwander) (PP2) Gästrin (Novotny, Boumedienne) – 42:07 7–2 Ekberg (Boumedienne) – 47:41 8–2 8–3 52:24 – Troxler Stenberg (Klingsell) – 53:25 9–3 Ekberg (Ihs-Wozniak) – 57:56 10–3
	12 min	Penalties	20 min
	47	Shots	26

April 23, 2025 19:00

Czechia

2–4 (0–1, 1–0, 1–3)

United States

Comerica Center, Frisco Attendance: 2,367

Game reference
	Michal Oršulák	Goalies	Patrick Quinlan	Referees: Richard Magnusson Janne Wuorenheimo Linesmen: Luka Mäkinen Rasmus Strömberg
	0–1 08:03 – Berchild (Mooney, Schock) Mrtka (Oršulák) (PP) – 20:26 1–1 Záhejský (Černý) (SH) – 43:33 2–1 2–2 55:47 – Fiddler (Mooney, Berchild) 2–3 57:43 – Horcoff (Moore, Fiddler) 2–4 59:53 – Kvasnicka (Murtagh) (EN)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	22	Shots	36

April 24, 2025 14:00

Czechia

3–4 OT (2–1, 1–2, 0–0) OT: (0–1)

Germany

Comerica Center, Frisco Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Tobias Trejbal	Goalies	Lukas Stuhrmann	Referees: Logan Gruhl Andreas Huber Linesmen: Bryan Gorcoff Aurélien Urfer
	0–1 05:22 – Schäfer (Schneider, Lewandowski) Novotný (Benák, Malinek) – 09:31 1–1 Záhejský (Benák, Novotný) (PP2) – 16:03 2–1 2–2 22:40 – Späth Mariscal (Ziergiebel, Zwickl) 2–3 26:24 – Penkin (Ziergiebel) (SH) Poletín (Benák, Novotný) (PP) – 32:47 3–3 3–4 62:16 – Schäfer (Schneider)

April 24, 2025 19:00

Switzerland

0–10 (0–3, 0–6, 0–1)

United States

Comerica Center, Frisco Attendance: 1,000

Game reference
	Matia Birchler Jovin Trachsel	Goalies	Joey Slavick	Referees: Seedo Janssen Jiří Ondráček Linesmen: Lukáš Rampír David Thuma
	0–1 01:13 – Murtagh (Mooney, Barnett) (EA) 0–2 04:23 – Berchild (Mooney) 0–3 08:53 – McKinney (Gallant, Murtagh) 0–4 21:48 – Moore (McKinney, Bracco) 0–5 22:25 – Kevan 0–6 24:46 – Gallant (Horcoff, Potter) (PP) 0–7 26:19 – Mooney (Trethewey, Kuehne) 0–8 33:14 – McKinney (Murtagh, Barnett) 0–9 37:59 – Moore (Schock) 0–10 48:23 – Gallant (SH)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	26	Shots	50

April 25, 2025 16:00

Germany

4–9 (0–2, 2–6, 2–1)

Sweden

Comerica Center, Frisco Attendance: 700

Game reference
	Bartholomäus Oswald Aaron Kaiser	Goalies	Måns Goos	Referees: Tanner Doiron Jack Young Linesmen: Nicholas Albinati David Thuma
	0–1 05:23 – Ihs-Wozniak (Stockselius, Wahlund) 0–2 13:35 – Stenberg (Klingsell, Wahlund) (PP) 0–3 22:10 – Ihs-Wozniak (Ekberg, Stockselius) 0–4 22:38 – Gästrin (Stenberg, Boumedienne) (PP) 0–5 23:41 – Björk (Genborg, Sjöström) Schäfer (Schneider, T. Kose) (PP, EA) – 24:37 1–5 Willhoft (G. Griva, Späth Mariscal) (PP2) – 25:48 2–5 2–6 31:38 – Stockselius (Ekberg) 2–7 31:55 – Anderberg (Jennersjö, Novotny) 2–8 37:10 – Klingsell (Ekberg, Gästrin) (PP) 2–9 40:16 – Björk (Nilson, Genborg) Warnecke (Willhoft) – 48:12 3–9 Schneider (Lewandowski, Händel) (PP) – 58:35 4–9
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	57

April 26, 2025 14:00

Switzerland

2–4 (0–0, 1–2, 1–2)

Czechia

Comerica Center, Frisco Attendance: 750

April 26, 2025 19:00

United States

6–3 (1–2, 3–1, 2–0)

Sweden

Comerica Center, Frisco Attendance: 2,671

April 27, 2025 12:00

Germany

v

Switzerland

Comerica Center, Frisco

April 28, 2025 14:00

Sweden

v

Czechia

Comerica Center, Frisco

April 28, 2025 19:00

United States

v

Germany

Comerica Center, Frisco

The Division I Group A tournament was played in Székesfehérvár, Hungary from 20 to 26 April 2025.^[7]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Denmark	5	5	0	0	0	24	10	+14	15	Promoted to the 2026 Top Division
2	Ukraine	5	4	0	0	1	24	12	+12	12
3	Kazakhstan	5	2	0	1	2	14	13	+1	7
4	Slovenia	5	1	1	0	3	8	17	−9	5
5	Hungary (H)	5	1	0	0	4	8	21	−13	3[a]
6	Austria	5	1	0	0	4	15	20	−5	3[a]	Relegated to the 2026 Division I B

The Division I Group B tournament was played in Kaunas, Lithuania from 13 to 19 April 2025.^[8]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Poland	5	3	1	0	1	19	12	+7	11	Promoted to the 2026 Division I A
2	Lithuania (H)	5	3	0	0	2	21	14	+7	9[a]
3	South Korea	5	3	0	0	2	21	16	+5	9[a]
4	France	5	2	0	1	2	12	12	0	7
5	Estonia	5	1	1	0	3	8	20	−12	5
6	Japan	5	1	0	1	3	11	18	−7	4	Relegated to the 2026 Division II A

The Division II Group A tournament was played in Asiago, Italy from 13 to 19 April 2025 as a test event of the 2026 Winter Olympics.^[9]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Italy (H)	5	5	0	0	0	23	7	+16	15	Promoted to the 2026 Division I B
2	Great Britain	5	4	0	0	1	12	4	+8	12
3	China	5	2	0	1	2	13	14	−1	7
4	Croatia	5	1	1	1	2	14	14	0	6
5	Romania	5	1	1	0	3	10	17	−7	5
6	Netherlands	5	0	0	0	5	7	23	−16	0	Relegated to the 2026 Division II B

The Division II Group B tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria from 17 to 23 March 2025.^[10]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Spain	5	4	1	0	0	21	7	+14	14	Promoted to the 2026 Division II A
2	Australia	5	2	1	1	1	21	19	+2	9
3	Chinese Taipei	5	1	1	2	1	16	19	−3	7[a]
4	Belgium	5	2	0	1	2	25	18	+7	7[a]
5	Serbia	5	2	0	0	3	15	16	−1	6
6	Bulgaria (H)	5	0	1	0	4	8	27	−19	2	Relegated to the 2026 Division III A

The Division III Group A tournament was played in Mexico City, Mexico from 2 to 8 March 2025.^[11]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Mexico (H)	5	5	0	0	0	33	12	+21	15	Promoted to the 2026 Division II B
2	Turkey	5	3	0	0	2	25	24	+1	9
3	Israel	5	2	1	0	2	31	27	+4	8
4	Hong Kong	5	2	0	1	2	34	18	+16	7
5	New Zealand	5	1	0	0	4	18	41	−23	3[a]
6	Iceland	5	1	0	0	4	13	32	−19	3[a]	Relegated to the 2026 Division III B

The Division III Group B tournament was played in Bangkok, Thailand from 28 February to 6 March 2025.^[12]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Uzbekistan	5	5	0	0	0	46	8	+38	15	Promoted to the 2026 Division III A
2	Thailand (H)	5	4	0	0	1	40	6	+34	12
3	Turkmenistan	5	3	0	0	2	36	23	+13	9
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5	1	1	0	3	14	39	−25	5
5	South Africa	5	1	0	0	4	18	47	−29	3
6	Luxembourg	5	0	0	1	4	12	43	−31	1

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