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section_name: Abstract
paragraph_text: The 2025 IIHF World Championship final was played at the Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden on 25 May 2025 to decide the winner of the 2025 IIHF World Championship.
  
  The United States won the gold medal for the first time since 1960 and their third overall. Switzerland lost its fourth consecutive final, having never won gold before.