Hockey: All you need to know before Finland’s start at the 2025 IIHF World Championship
The 2025 Hockey World Championship will take place this year in Herning, Denmark and Stockholm, Sweden. Flashscore News offers a complete summary of the 88th World Championship, including the schedule and results of individual matches and all the most important statistics and information. This year, Finland is seeking to improve in a quarter -final exit a year ago, and for the last time won gold in 2022.
Teams are divided into groups
Group A (Stockholmi):
FinlandFrance, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Austria, Canada.
Group B (Herning):
Republika Czecheke, Denmark, Germany, Norway, Switzerland, Hungary, Kazakhstan and the US.
Finland’s matches in group A
Austria – Finland (Friday 9 May, 16:20)
Finland – France (Sunday 11 May, 20:20)
Finland – Sweden (Monday 12 May, 20:20)
Finland – Slovenia (Thursday 15 May, 16:20)
Finland – Latvia (Saturday 17 May, 12:20)
Canada – Finland (Monday 19 May, 20:20)
Slovakia – Finland (Tuesday 20, 16:20)
Group matches
Friday 9th May
Switzerland – Republic Czecheke (16:20)
Saturday 10 May
Sunday 11 May
Norway – Czecheke Republic (20:20)
Monday May 12
Czecheke Republic – Denmark (20:20)
Tuesday 13 May
Wednesday 14 May
Thursday 15 May
Republic Czecheke – Hungary (20:20)
Friday May 16th
Saturday May 17th
Republic Czecheke – Kazakhstan (16:20)
Sunday 18 May
Monday May 19
Germany – Republic Czecheke (16:20)
Tuesday 20 May
Switzerland – Kazakhstan (12:20)
Czecheke Republic – USA (16:20)
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Thursday 22 May
1. Quarterfinal (16:20)
2. Quarterfinals (16:20)
3. Quarterfinals (20:20)
4. Quartance (20:20)
Saturday 24 May
1. Semi -finals (14:20)
2. Semifinals (18:20)
Sunday 25 May
Bronze Medal match (15:20)
Final (20:20)
Basic Information for World Championship:
When will the World Championship take place?
The tournament will take place from 9 to 25 May 2025.
Where will group A be held?
Teams in Group A, including Finland, will play their matches at Avicii Arena in Stockholm.
Where will Group B be played?
Teams from Group B will play their matches at Jyske Bank Boxen in Herning.
Where will the quarterfinals be played?
The quarter -finals will be played in both cities.
Where will the semifinals be played?
The semifinal matches will be played at Avicii Arena in Stockholm.
Where will the medal matches be played?
The third place match and the final will be played at Avicii Arena in Stockholm.
Where to buy tickets?
All information about tickets for the ICE hockey championship can be found on the official IIHF website.
Winners of medals since 1993:
2024 (Prague and Ostrava)
1. Republic Czecheke, 2. Switzerland, Sweden
2023 (Tampere and Riga)
1. Canada, 2. Germany, 3. Latvia
2022 (Tampere and Helsinki)
1. Finland, 2. Canada, 3. Republic Czecheke
2021 (Riga)
1. Canada, 2. Finland, 3. USA
2020
The tournament was not played because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
2019 (Bratislava and Košice)
1. Finland, 2. Canada, 3. Russia
2018 (Copenhagen and Herning)
1. Sweden, 2. Switzerland, 3. USA
2017 (Cologne and Paris)
1. Sweden, 2. Canada, 3. Russia
2016 (Moscow and St. Petersburg)
1. Canada, 2. Finland, 3. Russia
2015 (Prague and Ostrava)
1. Sweden, 2. Switzerland, 3. USA
2014 (Minsk)
1. Russia, 2. Finland, 3. Sweden
2013 (Stockholm and Helsinki)
1. Sweden, 2. Switzerland, 3. USA
2012 (Helsinki and Stockholm)
1. Russia, 2. Slovakia, 3. Republic Czecheke
2011 (Bratislava and Košice)
1. Finland, 2. Sweden, 3. Republic Czecheke
2010 (Cologne, Mannheim and Gelsenkirchen)
1. Republic Czecheke, 2. Russia, 3. Sweden
2009 (Bern and Kloten)
1. Russia, 2. Canada, 3. Sweden
2008 (Halifax and Quebec)
1. Russia, 2. Canada, 3. Finland
2007 (Moscow and Mytishchi)
1. Canada, 2. Finland, 3. Russia
2006 (Riga)
1. Sweden, 2. Republika Czecheke, 3. Finland
2005 (Vienna and Innsbruck)
1. Republic Czecheke, 2. Canada, 3. Russia
2004 (Prague and Ostrava)
1. Canada, 2. Sweden, 3. USA
2003 (Helsinki, Tampere and Turku)
1. Canada, 2. Sweden, 3. Slovakia
2002 (Gothenburg, Karlstad and Jönköping)
1. Slovakia, 2. Russia, 3. Sweden
2001 (Cologne, Hannover and Nuremberg)
1. Republic Czecheke, 2. Finland, 3. Sweden
2000 (St. Petersburg)
Republic 1 -Czecheke, 2nd Slovakia, Finland 3rd
1999 (Oslo, Hamar and Lillehammer)
Republic 1 -Czecheke, 2nd Finland, 3rd Sweden
1998 (Zurich and Basel)
1. Sweden, 2. Finland, 3. Republic Czecheke
1997 (Helsinki, Turku and Tampere)
1. Canada, 2. Sweden, 3. Republic Czecheke
1996 (Vienna)
Republic 1 -Czecheke, 2 Canada, 3 -US
1995 (Stockholm and Gävle)
1. Finland, 2. Sweden, 3. Canada
1994 (Bolzano, Canazo and Milan)
1. Canada, 2. Finland, 3. Sweden
1993 (Munich and Dortmund)
1st Russia, 2nd Sweden, 3rd Republic Czecheke.
Finnish achievements:
The national team of Finland has appeared at the World Cup 70 times, first doing so in 1939. They received nine endings of the fourth place before finally winning a medal – Silver – in 1992. Since then, lions have won a total of 16 times, four of which were Ari (1995, 2011 and 2022). As well as 1992, silver medals were won in 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2014, 2016 and 2021, and they have won bronze three times (2000, 2006 and 2008).
In the last world championship in 2024, Finland ended the fourth in Group A before losing 2-1 within the outside of Sweden in the quarter-finals.
Since the Play-off rounds were presented for the 1992 tournament, only Canada (16) have appeared in more final matches than Finland (13).