2025 Women's World Para Ice Hockey Championships

2025 Women's World Para Ice Hockey Championships
	Women's World Para Ice Hockey Championships 2025 in Dolný Kubín logo
Tournament details
Host country	Slovakia
Venue(s)	Dolny Kubin Winter Stadium, Dolný Kubín, Slovakia
Dates	26–31 August 2025
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	United States (1st title)
Runners-up	Canada
Third place	Norway
Fourth place	Great Britain
Tournament statistics
Games played	11
Goals scored	85 (7.73 per game)
Attendance	3,222 (293 per game)
Scoring leader	Kelsey DiClaudio (15 points)
Awards
MVP	Kelsey DiClaudio
Official website
	Dolny-Kubin 2025

The 2025 Women's World Para Ice Hockey Championships were the inaugural Women's World Para Ice Hockey Championships. The tournament was held from 26–31 August 2025, at Dolny Kubin Winter Stadium in Dolný Kubín, Slovakia.^[1]

The United States won their first title, defeating Canada 7–1 in the final. Norway defeated Great Britain for the bronze medal.^[2]

Preliminary round

All times local (UTC+2)

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States	2	2	0	18	0	+18	6	Semifinals
2	Norway	2	1	1	7	10	−3	3	Semifinals
3	Australia	2	0	2	0	15	−15	0	5th place game

Source: Dolný Kubín 2025

26 August
16:00

Australia

0–8
(0–6, 0–1, 0–1)

United States

Dolny Kubin Winter Stadium
Attendance: 288

^{[Game reference 1]}

Erika Gosney

Goalies

Hope Magelky

Referee:
Philippa MacKinnon
Linesmen:
Anne-Sophie Boniface
Eva Moleková

	0–1	00:13 – DiClaudio (Herchenroether)
	0–2	4:48 – DiClaudio (Herchenroether)
	0–3	9:07 – Doederlein (Faherty, Benassi)
	0–4	9:51 – Benassi (Doederlein, Gallagher)
	0–5	10:41 – Zheng
	0–6	12:29 – Eberhard (Benassi, Doederlein)
	0–7	24:33 – Steffen (Zheng)
	0–8	34:31 – Quimby (Zheng)

0 min

Penalties

0 min

0

Shots

31

27 August
16:00

Norway

7–0
(6–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Australia

Dolny Kubin Winter Stadium
Attendance: 281

^{[Game reference 2]}

Stine Frydenlund
Kristina Iversen

Goalies

Erika Gosney

Referee:
Rachel Hutchinson
Linesmen:
Brooke Nunemaker
Kateřina Pešková

Schrøder (Reite) – 00:12	1–0
Schrøder (Halvorsrud) – 1:00	2–0
Schrøder – 1:34	3–0
Norheim (Schrøder) – 5:09	4–0
Larsen (Norheim) – 13:48	5–0
Fiskerud (Schrøder) – 14:15	6–0
Reite (Norheim) – 24:08	7–0

0 min

Penalties

0 min

31

Shots

0

28 August
16:00

United States

10–0
(6–0, 0–0, 4–0)

Norway

Dolny Kubin Winter Stadium
Attendance: 108

^{[Game reference 3]}

Gabby Graves-Wake
Hope Magelky

Goalies

Stine Frydenlund

Referee:
Philippa MacKinnon
Linesmen:
Anne-Sophie Boniface
Eva Moleková

Ladlie (DiClaudio, Doederlein) – 1:56	1–0
DiClaudio (Grusse) – 7:58	2–0
Doederlein (Grusse, Herchenroether) – 10:53	3–0
DiClaudio (Herchenroether, McKee) – pp – 12:23	4–0
Grusse (Benassi, Faherty) – 12:58	5–0
DiClaudio (Quimby) – 14:56	6–0
Doederlein – 30:45	7–0
Herchenroether (DiClaudio) – 31:01	8–0
Faherty – ps – 32:06	9–0
Grusse (Doederlein) – 33:03	10–0

2 min

Penalties

8 min

27

Shots

2

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	2	2	0	17	0	+17	6	Semifinals
2	Great Britain	2	1	1	2	8	−6	3	Semifinals
3	Team World	2	0	2	1	12	−11	0	5th place game

Source: Dolný Kubín 2025

26 August
19:30

Team World

0–10
(0–2, 0–6, 0–2)

Canada

Dolny Kubin Winter Stadium
Attendance: 422

^{[Game reference 4]}

Meranda Reast

Goalies

Maggie Manning

Referee:
Rachel Hutchinson
Linesmen:
Brooke Nunemaker
Kateřina Pešková

	0–1	00:18 – Tousignant (Mah, Picton)
	0–2	00:34 – Tousignant (Mah)
	0–3	16:41 – Charron-Pilotte (Buchanan)
	0–4	16:54 – White
	0–5	20:39 – Mah (Buchanan, Assinck)
	0–6	21:57 – Tousignant
	0–7	25:05 – Buchanan (Assinck)
	0–8	26:19 – White
	0–9	31:57 – White (Clements)
	0–10	41:44 – Assinck (Picton)

2 min

Penalties

2 min

0

Shots

39

27 August
19:30

Great Britain

2–1
(1–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Team World

Dolny Kubin Winter Stadium
Attendance: 390

^{[Game reference 5]}

Nicole Hill

Goalies

Meranda Reast

Referee:
Melissa Sweers
Linesmen:
Evonne Fix
Eva Moleková

Gregory (Quirk) – pp – 1:50	1–0
	1–1	11:47 – Fukunishi (Kim)
Gregory (Couch) – 16:21	2–1

4 min

Penalties

8 min

12

Shots

13

28 August
19:30

Canada

7–0
(6–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Great Britain

Dolny Kubin Winter Stadium
Attendance: 287

^{[Game reference 6]}

Maggie Manning

Goalies

Davina Hall

Referee:
Melissa Sweers
Linesmen:
Evonne Fix
Kateřina Pešková

Darnley (Clements) – 2:20	1–0
Spong (Vergie) – 4:29	2–0
Picton (Clements) – 5:11	3–0
Frittenburg (Tousignant) – 5:46	4–0
Clements – 7:17	5–0
Vergie (Tousignant) – 9:04	6–0
Picton (Clements) – sh – 20:29	7–0

6 min

Penalties

4 min

14

Shots

1

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semifinals		Final

30 August

United States	10
		31 August
Great Britain	0
		United States	7
30 August
		Canada	1
Canada	7

Norway	0
		Third place

		31 August

		Norway	6

		Great Britain	0

Fifth place game

30 August
12:30

Team World

9–0
(2–0, 4–0, 3–0)

Australia

Dolny Kubin Winter Stadium
Attendance: 248

^{[Game reference 7]}

Meranda Reast
Anne Buisson

Goalies

Erika Gosney
Bridgett McDonald

Referee:
Philippa MacKinnon
Linesmen:
Evonne Fix
Brooke Nunemaker

Fukunishi (Grīnberga, Hozáková) – 2:55	1–0
Kim (Židlická, Persson) – 9:25	2–0
Grīnberga (Fukunishi, Hozáková) – 19:01	3–0
Kim (Persson) – 26:03	4–0
Fukunishi (Grīnberga, Müggenburg) – 27:39	5–0
Kim – 29:37	6–0
Fukunishi (Kovaříčková) – 30:40	7–0
Persson (Hozáková) – 31:02	8–0
Grīnberga (Židlická, Hozáková) – 43:34	9–0

0 min

Penalties

2 min

34

Shots

0

Semifinals

30 August
16:00

Canada

7–0
(3–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Norway

Dolny Kubin Winter Stadium
Attendance: 203

^{[Game reference 8]}

Jessie Gregory

Goalies

Stine Frydenlund

Referee:
Melissa Sweers
Linesmen:
Anne-Sophie Boniface
Kateřina Pešková

Tousignant (Picton) – pp – 1:00	1–0
Mah (Tousignant) – sh – 8:45	2–0
White (Mah) – 13:49	3–0
White (Tousignant, Mah) – pp – 25:01	4–0
Darnley (Clements) – 32:28	5–0
White (Tousignant) – 41:37	6–0
Mah – 43:23	7–0

4 min

Penalties

4 min

23

Shots

5

30 August
19:30

United States

10–0
(6–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Great Britain

Dolny Kubin Winter Stadium
Attendance: 222

^{[Game reference 9]}

Gabby Graves-Wake
Hope Magelky

Goalies

Nicole Hill
Davina Hall

Referee:
Rachel Hutchinson
Linesmen:
Evonne Fix
Eva Moleková

Faherty (Doederlein) – 00:16	1–0
Herchenroether (McKee, Kirkpatrick) – 7:31	2–0
Gallagher (Mann) – 8:52	3–0
Zheng – 9:24	4–0
DiClaudio (McKee) – 10:36	5–0
DiClaudio (Quimby, Zheng) – pp – 13:33	6–0
Hill (Gallagher) – 16:23	7–0
Doederlein – 29:18	8–0
Quimby (DiClaudio) – 36:45	9–0
Gallagher – 44:57	10–0

2 min

Penalties

2 min

31

Shots

0

Bronze medal game

31 August
15:30

Norway

6–0
(4–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Great Britain

Dolny Kubin Winter Stadium
Attendance: 236

^{[Game reference 10]}

Stine Frydenlund

Goalies

Nicole Hill

Referee:
Philippa MacKinnon
Linesmen:
Anne-Sophie Boniface
Evonne Fix

Schrøder (Larsen) – 1:41	1–0
Schrøder – 3:55	2–0
Schrøder – 7:04	3–0
Larsen (Schrøder) – 14:19	4–0
Larsen – 30:22	5–0
Schrøder (Larsen, Ystebø) – 38:08	6–0

4 min

Penalties

0 min

23

Shots

3

Gold medal game

31 August
19:00

United States

7–1
(1–0, 4–0, 2–1)

Canada

Dolny Kubin Winter Stadium
Attendance: 537

^{[Game reference 11]}

Gabby Graves-Wake

Goalies

Jessie Gregory

Referee:
Rachel Hutchinson
Linesmen:
Eva Moleková
Kateřina Pešková

DiClaudio – 13:29	1–0
Faherty (DiClaudio, Hill) – 18:47	2–0
Benassi (Doederlein) – 19:04	3–0
DiClaudio (Doederlein) – 25:12	4–0
DiClaudio – 25:52	5–0
	5–1	34:13 – pp – Mah (Clements)
Herchenroether – 40:56	6–1
DiClaudio (Gallagher) – 43:45	7–1

10 min

Penalties

4 min

38

Shots

11

References

^ "Dolny Kubin 2025 World Para Ice Hockey Women's World Championships". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
^ Sinclair, Chris (31 August 2025). "USA Defeats Canada for Gold, Norway Earns Bronze at Inaugural Women's Para Ice Hockey Worlds". TheHockeyNews.com. The Hockey News. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

Game references

^ "Preliminary round – Group A, Game 1" (PDF). IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. 26 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
^ "Preliminary round – Group A, Game 3" (PDF). IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. 27 August 2025. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
^ "Preliminary round – Group A, Game 5" (PDF). IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
^ "Preliminary round – Group B, Game 2" (PDF). IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. 26 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.
^ "Preliminary round – Group B, Game 4" (PDF). IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. 27 August 2025. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
^ "Preliminary round – Group B, Game 6" (PDF). IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
^ "Classifications (5–6), Game 7" (PDF). IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. 30 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
^ "Play-offs Semifinals, Game 8" (PDF). IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. 30 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
^ "Play-offs Semifinals, Game 9" (PDF). IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. 30 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
^ "Bronze Medal Game, Game 10" (PDF). IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. 31 August 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
^ "Gold Medal Game, Game 11" (PDF). IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. 31 August 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

[1] "Dolny Kubin 2025 World Para Ice Hockey Women's World Championships". paralympic.org. International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 26 August 2025.

[2] Sinclair, Chris (31 August 2025). "USA Defeats Canada for Gold, Norway Earns Bronze at Inaugural Women's Para Ice Hockey Worlds". TheHockeyNews.com. The Hockey News. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

[3] "Preliminary round – Group A, Game 1" (PDF). IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. 26 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.

[4] "Preliminary round – Group A, Game 3" (PDF). IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. 27 August 2025. Retrieved 27 August 2025.

[5] "Preliminary round – Group A, Game 5" (PDF). IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.

[6] "Preliminary round – Group B, Game 2" (PDF). IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. 26 August 2025. Retrieved 26 August 2025.

[7] "Preliminary round – Group B, Game 4" (PDF). IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. 27 August 2025. Retrieved 27 August 2025.

[8] "Preliminary round – Group B, Game 6" (PDF). IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. 28 August 2025. Retrieved 29 August 2025.

[9] "Classifications (5–6), Game 7" (PDF). IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. 30 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.

[10] "Play-offs Semifinals, Game 8" (PDF). IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. 30 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.

[11] "Play-offs Semifinals, Game 9" (PDF). IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. 30 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.

[12] "Bronze Medal Game, Game 10" (PDF). IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. 31 August 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

[13] "Gold Medal Game, Game 11" (PDF). IIHF.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. 31 August 2025. Retrieved 31 August 2025.

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Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout stage

Bracket

Fifth place game

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

See also

References

Game references