2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I
Tournament details
Host countries Slovenia
 Estonia
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates9–15 December 2024
11–17 January 2025
Teams12
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The 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship Division I will be two international under-20 ice hockey tournaments organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Division I consists of two tiered groups of six teams each: the second-tier Division I A and the third-tier Division I B. For each tier's tournament, the first-placed team will be promoted to the next higher division, while the bottom-placed team will be relegated to a lower division.

To be eligible as a junior player in these tournaments, a player can't be born earlier than 2005.

Division I A

2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I A
Tournament details
Host country Slovenia
CityBled
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates9–15 December 2024
Teams6
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division I A tournament will be played in Bled, Slovenia, from 9 to 15 December 2024.[1][2]

Participating teams

Team Qualification
 Norway placed 10th in Top Division last year and were relegated
 France placed 2nd in Division I A last year
 Denmark placed 3rd in Division I A last year
 Austria placed 4th in Division I A last year
 Hungary placed 5th in Division I A last year
 Slovenia hosts; placed 1st in Division I B last year and were promoted

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Norway 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to the 2026 Top Division
2  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Denmark 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  Slovenia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to the 2026 Division I B
First match(es) will be played: 9 December 2024. Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

All times are local (Central European TimeUTC+1).

9 December 2024
12:30
Austria v FranceBled Ice Arena, Bled
9 December 2024
16:00
Hungary v DenmarkBled Ice Arena, Bled
9 December 2024
19:30
Slovenia v NorwayBled Ice Arena, Bled

10 December 2024
12:30
France v HungaryBled Ice Arena, Bled
10 December 2024
16:00
Norway v AustriaBled Ice Arena, Bled
10 December 2024
19:30
Denmark v SloveniaBled Ice Arena, Bled

12 December 2024
12:30
Norway v HungaryBled Ice Arena, Bled
12 December 2024
16:00
Slovenia v AustriaBled Ice Arena, Bled
12 December 2024
19:30
France v DenmarkBled Ice Arena, Bled

13 December 2024
12:30
Austria v HungaryBled Ice Arena, Bled
13 December 2024
16:00
Denmark v NorwayBled Ice Arena, Bled
13 December 2024
19:30
France v SloveniaBled Ice Arena, Bled

15 December 2024
12:30
Denmark v AustriaBled Ice Arena, Bled
15 December 2024
16:00
Norway v FranceBled Ice Arena, Bled
15 December 2024
19:30
Hungary v SloveniaBled Ice Arena, Bled

Division I B

2025 IIHF U20 World Championship
Division I B
Tournament details
Host country Estonia
CityTallinn
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Dates11–17 January 2025
Teams6
Official website
www.iihf.com

The Division I B tournament will be played in Tallinn, Estonia, from 11 to 17 January 2025.[3][4]

Participating teams

Team Qualification
 Japan placed 6th in Division I A last year and were relegated
 Ukraine placed 2nd in Division I B last year
 Italy placed 3rd in Division I B last year
 Estonia hosts; placed 4th in Division I B last year
 Poland placed 5th in Division I B last year
 South Korea placed 1st in Division II A last year and were promoted

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Promotion to the 2026 Division I A
2  Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Estonia (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Relegation to the 2026 Division II A
First match(es) will be played: 11 January 2025. Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best-ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

All times are local (Eastern European TimeUTC+2).

11 January 2025
12:30
Poland v ItalyTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
11 January 2025
16:00
Estonia v UkraineTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
11 January 2025
19:30
South Korea v JapanTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

12 January 2025
12:30
Ukraine v PolandTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
12 January 2025
16:00
Japan v EstoniaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
12 January 2025
19:30
Italy v South KoreaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

14 January 2025
12:30
Japan v PolandTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
14 January 2025
16:00
Ukraine v ItalyTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
14 January 2025
19:30
South Korea v EstoniaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

16 January 2025
12:30
Italy v JapanTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
16 January 2025
16:00
Ukraine v South KoreaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
16 January 2025
19:30
Estonia v PolandTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

17 January 2025
12:30
Japan v UkraineTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
17 January 2025
16:00
Poland v South KoreaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn
17 January 2025
19:30
Italy v EstoniaTondiraba Ice Hall, Tallinn

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