List of IIHF World Championship medalists
The Ice Hockey World Championships is an annual event held by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It was preceded by the European Championship which was held from 1910 to 1932. The first World Championship tournament was decided at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Subsequently, ice hockey was featured at the Winter Olympic Games, where the World Championship was decided when the two events occurred concurrently, until the 1968 Winter Olympics. The first three championships were contested at the Olympics, while the first World Championships that were an individual event were held in 1930.[1]
The modern format for the World Championship features 16 teams in the championship group, 12 teams in Division I and 12 teams in Division II. If there are more than 40 teams, the rest compete in Division III. The teams in the championship play a preliminary and qualifying round, then the top eight teams play in the playoff medal round and the winning team is crowned World Champion. From the 1920 Olympics until the 1976 World Championships, only athletes designated as "amateur" were allowed to compete in the tournament. Because of this, players from the National Hockey League and its senior minor-league teams were not allowed to compete, while the Soviet Union was allowed to use permanent full-time players who were positioned as regular workers of an aircraft industry or tractor industry employer that sponsored what would be presented as an after-hours amateur social sports society team for their workers. In 1970, after an agreement to allow just a small number of its professionals to participate was rescinded by the IIHF, Canada withdrew from the tournament.[2] Starting in 1977, professional athletes were allowed to compete in the tournament and Canada re-entered, using some NHL players from those teams that were not good enough to reach the Stanley Cup playoffs.[3]
As of 2021, 84 tournaments have been staged. From 1920 to 1930, the Winter Olympic Games Ice Hockey Tournaments held counted as the World Championships and no tournaments in between were held. No championships were held from 1940 to 1946 due to World War II, nor during the Olympic years 1980, 1984 and 1988.[4] Ten nations have won a gold medal at the World Championships and a total of fourteen have won medals. Canada has won 51 medals, the most of any nation. The Soviet Union, which began competing in year 1954 and last competed in 1991, captured a medal in every tournament they entered.[1] In winning the 2006 World Championships, Sweden became the first nation in sports history to win an Olympic gold as well as a separate World Championship in the same season.[5]
Champions[]
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The Summer Olympic Games Ice Hockey Tournament held that year counted as the World Championships. | |
* | The Winter Olympic Games Ice Hockey Tournament held that year counted as the World Championships. |
(#) | Number of tournaments won at the time. Second number indicates total while country was part of the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia or unified Germany. |
Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Host city / cities | Host country / countries | |||||
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1920 | Canada (1) | United States (1) | Czechoslovakia (1) | Antwerp (1) | Belgium (1) | |||||
1924 * | Canada (2) | United States (2) | Great Britain (1) | Chamonix (1) | France (1) | |||||
1928 * | Canada (3) | Sweden (1) | Switzerland (1) | St. Moritz (1) | Switzerland (1) | |||||
1930 | Canada (4) | Germany (1) | Switzerland (2) | Chamonix (2) Berlin (1) Vienna (1) |
France (2) Germany (1) Austria (1) | |||||
1931 | Canada (5) | United States (3) | Austria (1) | Krynica-Zdrój (1) | Poland (1) | |||||
1932 * | Canada (6) | United States (4) | Germany (1) | Lake Placid (1) | United States (1) | |||||
1933 | United States (1) | Canada (1) | Czechoslovakia (2) | Prague (1) | Czechoslovakia (1) | |||||
1934 | Canada (7) | United States (5) | Germany (2) | Milan (1) | Italy (1) | |||||
1935 | Canada (8) | Switzerland (1) | Great Britain (2) | Davos (1) | Switzerland (2) | |||||
1936 * | Great Britain (1) | Canada (2) | United States (1) | Garmisch-Partenkirchen (1) | Germany (2) | |||||
1937 | Canada (9) | Great Britain (1) | Switzerland (3) | London (1) | Great Britain (1) | |||||
1938 | Canada (10) | Great Britain (2) | Czechoslovakia (3) | Prague (2) | Czechoslovakia (2) | |||||
1939 | Canada (11) | United States (6) | Switzerland (4) | Zürich (1) and Basel (1) | Switzerland (3) | |||||
1940– 1946 |
Competitions not held because of World War II | |||||||||
1947 | Czechoslovakia (1) | Sweden (2) | Austria (2) | Prague (3) | Czechoslovakia (3) | |||||
1948 * | Canada (12) | Czechoslovakia (1) | Switzerland (5) | St. Moritz (2) | Switzerland (4) | |||||
1949 | Czechoslovakia (2) | Canada (3) | United States (2) | Stockholm (1) | Sweden (1) | |||||
1950 | Canada (13) | United States (7) | Switzerland (6) | London (2) | Great Britain (2) | |||||
1951 | Canada (14) | Sweden (3) | Switzerland (7) | Paris (1) | France (3) | |||||
1952 * | Canada (15) | United States (8) | Sweden (1) | Oslo (1) and Drammen (1) | Norway (1) | |||||
1953 | Sweden (1) | West Germany (1/2) | Switzerland (8) | Zürich (2) and Basel (2) | Switzerland (5) | |||||
1954 | Soviet Union (1) | Canada (4) | Sweden (2) | Stockholm (2) | Sweden (2) | |||||
1955 | Canada (16) | Soviet Union (1) | Czechoslovakia (4) | Krefeld (1), Dortmund (1) and Cologne (1) |
West Germany (3) | |||||
1956 * | Soviet Union (2) | United States (9) | Canada (1) | Cortina d'Ampezzo (1) | Italy (2) | |||||
1957 | Sweden (2) | Soviet Union (2) | Czechoslovakia (5) | Moscow (1) | Soviet Union (1) | |||||
1958 | Canada (17) | Soviet Union (3) | Sweden (3) | Oslo (2) | Norway (2) | |||||
1959 | Canada (18) | Soviet Union (4) | Czechoslovakia (6) | Prague (4), Bratislava (1) and Ostrava (1) |
Czechoslovakia (4) | |||||
1960 * | United States (2) | Canada (5) | Soviet Union (1) | Squaw Valley (1) | United States (2) | |||||
1961 | Canada (19) | Czechoslovakia (2) | Soviet Union (2) | Geneva (1) and Lausanne (1) | Switzerland (6) | |||||
1962 | Sweden (3) | Canada (6) | United States (3) | Colorado Springs (1) and Denver (1) | United States (3) | |||||
1963 | Soviet Union (3) | Sweden (4) | Czechoslovakia (7) | Stockholm (3) | Sweden (3) | |||||
1964 * | Soviet Union (4) | Sweden (5) | Czechoslovakia (8) | Innsbruck (1) | Austria (2) | |||||
1965 | Soviet Union (5) | Czechoslovakia (3) | Sweden (4) | Tampere (1) | Finland (1) | |||||
1966 | Soviet Union (6) | Czechoslovakia (4) | Canada (2) | Ljubljana (1) | Yugoslavia (1) | |||||
1967 | Soviet Union (7) | Sweden (6) | Canada (3) | Vienna (2) | Austria (3) | |||||
1968 * | Soviet Union (8) | Czechoslovakia (5) | Canada (4) | Grenoble (1) | France (4) | |||||
1969 | Soviet Union (9) | Sweden (7) | Czechoslovakia (9) | Stockholm (4) | Sweden (4) | |||||
1970 | Soviet Union (10) | Sweden (8) | Czechoslovakia (10) | Stockholm (5) | Sweden (5) | |||||
1971 | Soviet Union (11) | Czechoslovakia (6) | Sweden (5) | Bern (1) and Geneva (2) | Switzerland (7) | |||||
1972 | Czechoslovakia (3) | Soviet Union (5) | Sweden (6) | Prague (5) | Czechoslovakia (5) | |||||
1973 | Soviet Union (12) | Sweden (9) | Czechoslovakia (11) | Moscow (2) | Soviet Union (2) | |||||
1974 | Soviet Union (13) | Czechoslovakia (7) | Sweden (7) | Helsinki (1) | Finland (2) | |||||
1975 | Soviet Union (14) | Czechoslovakia (8) | Sweden (8) | Munich (1) and Düsseldorf (1) | West Germany (4) | |||||
1976 | Czechoslovakia (4) | Soviet Union (6) | Sweden (9) | Katowice (1) | Poland (2) | |||||
1977 | Czechoslovakia (5) | Sweden (10) | Soviet Union (3) | Vienna (3) | Austria (4) | |||||
1978 | Soviet Union (15) | Czechoslovakia (9) | Canada (5) | Prague (6) | Czechoslovakia (6) | |||||
1979 | Soviet Union (16) | Czechoslovakia (10) | Sweden (10) | Moscow (3) | Soviet Union (3) | |||||
1980 | Competition not held during 1980 Olympics | |||||||||
1981 | Soviet Union (17) | Sweden (11) | Czechoslovakia (12) | Gothenburg (1) and Stockholm (6) | Sweden (6) | |||||
1982 | Soviet Union (18) | Czechoslovakia (11) | Canada (6) | Helsinki (2) and Tampere (2) | Finland (3) | |||||
1983 | Soviet Union (19) | Czechoslovakia (12) | Canada (7) | Düsseldorf (2), Dortmund (2) and Munich (2) |
West Germany (5) | |||||
1984 | Competition not held during 1984 Olympics | |||||||||
1985 | Czechoslovakia (6) | Canada (7) | Soviet Union (4) | Prague (7) | Czechoslovakia (7) | |||||
1986 | Soviet Union (20) | Sweden (12) | Canada (8) | Moscow (4) | Soviet Union (4) | |||||
1987 | Sweden (4) | Soviet Union (7) | Czechoslovakia (13) | Vienna (4) | Austria (5) | |||||
1988 | Competition not held during 1988 Olympics | |||||||||
1989 | Soviet Union (21) | Canada (8) | Czechoslovakia (14) | Stockholm (7) and Södertälje (1) | Sweden (7) | |||||
1990 | Soviet Union (22) | Sweden (13) | Czechoslovakia (15) | Bern (2) and Fribourg (1) | Switzerland (8) | |||||
1991 | Sweden (5) | Canada (9) | Soviet Union (5) | Turku (1), Helsinki (3) and Tampere (3) | Finland (4) | |||||
1992 | Sweden (6) | Finland (1) | Czechoslovakia (16) | Prague (8) and Bratislava (2) | Czechoslovakia (8) | |||||
1993 | Russia (1/23) | Sweden (14) | Czech Republic (1/17) | Dortmund (3) and Munich (3) | Germany (6) | |||||
1994 | Canada (20) | Finland (2) | Sweden (11) | Bolzano (1), Canazei (1) and Milan (2) | Italy (3) | |||||
1995 | Finland (1) | Sweden (15) | Canada (9) | Stockholm (8) and Gävle (1) | Sweden (8) | |||||
1996 | Czech Republic (1/7) | Canada (10) | United States (4) | Vienna (5) | Austria (6) | |||||
1997 | Canada (21) | Sweden (16) | Czech Republic (2/18) | Helsinki (4), Turku (2) and Tampere (4) | Finland (5) | |||||
1998 | Sweden (7) | Finland (3) | Czech Republic (3/19) | Zürich (3) and Basel (3) | Switzerland (9) | |||||
1999 | Czech Republic (2/8) | Finland (4) | Sweden (12) | Oslo (3), Lillehammer (1) and Hamar (1) | Norway (3) | |||||
2000 | Czech Republic (3/9) | Slovakia (1) | Finland (1) | Saint Petersburg (1) | Russia (1) | |||||
2001 | Czech Republic (4/10) | Finland (5) | Sweden (13) | Cologne (2), Hanover (1) and Nuremberg (1) |
Germany (7) | |||||
2002 | Slovakia (1) | Russia (1/8) | Sweden (14) | Gothenburg (2), Karlstad (1) and Jönköping (1) |
Sweden (9) | |||||
2003 | Canada (22) | Sweden (17) | Slovakia (1) | Helsinki (5), Tampere (5) and Turku (3) | Finland (6) | |||||
2004 | Canada (23) | Sweden (18) | United States (5) | Prague (9) and Ostrava (2) | Czech Republic (1) | |||||
2005 | Czech Republic (5/11) | Canada (11) | Russia (1/6) | Innsbruck (2) and Vienna (6) | Austria (7) | |||||
2006 | Sweden (8) | Czech Republic (1/13) | Finland (2) | Riga (1) | Latvia (1) | |||||
2007 | Canada (24) | Finland (6) | Russia (2/7) | Moscow (5) and Mytishchi (1) | Russia (2) | |||||
2008 | Russia (2/24) | Canada (12) | Finland (3) | Halifax (1) and Quebec City (1) | Canada (1) | |||||
2009 | Russia (3/25) | Canada (13) | Sweden (15) | Kloten (1) and Bern (3) | Switzerland (10) | |||||
2010 | Czech Republic (6/12) | Russia (2/9) | Sweden (16) | Cologne (3), Mannheim (1) and Gelsenkirchen (1) |
Germany (8) | |||||
2011 | Finland (2) | Sweden (19) | Czech Republic (4/20) | Bratislava (3) and Košice (1) | Slovakia (1) | |||||
2012 | Russia (4/26) | Slovakia (2) | Czech Republic (5/21) | Helsinki (6) Stockholm (9) |
Finland (7) Sweden (10) | |||||
2013 | Sweden (9) | Switzerland (2) | United States (6) | Stockholm (10) Helsinki (7) |
Sweden (11) Finland (8) | |||||
2014 | Russia (5/27) | Finland (7) | Sweden (17) | Minsk (1) | Belarus (1) | |||||
2015 | Canada (25) | Russia (3/10) | United States (7) | Prague (10) and Ostrava (3) | Czech Republic (2) | |||||
2016 | Canada (26) | Finland (8) | Russia (3/8) | Moscow (6) and Saint Petersburg (2) | Russia (3) | |||||
2017 | Sweden (10) | Canada (14) | Russia (4/9) | Cologne (4) Paris (2) |
Germany (9) France (5) | |||||
2018 | Sweden (11) | Switzerland (3) | United States (8) | Copenhagen (1) and Herning (1) | Denmark (1) | |||||
2019 | Finland (3) | Canada (15) | Russia (5/10) | Bratislava (4) and Košice (2) | Slovakia (2) | |||||
2020 | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[6] | |||||||||
2021 | Canada (27) | Finland (9) | United States (9) | Riga (2) | Latvia (2) | |||||
2022 | Helsinki (8) and Tampere (6) | Finland (9) | ||||||||
2023 | Saint Petersburg (3) | Russia (4) | ||||||||
2024 | Prague (11) and Ostrava (4) | Czech Republic (3) | ||||||||
2025 | Stockholm (11) Herning (2) |
Sweden (12) Denmark (2) |
Medal table[]
Countries in italics no longer compete at the World Championships.
Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Medals | Participations |
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Canada | 27 | 15 | 9 | 51 | 74 |
ROC Soviet Union Russia Total |
0 22 5 27 |
0 7 3 10 |
0 5 5 10 |
0 34 13 47 |
1 34 28 63 |
Czech Republic Czechoslovakia Total |
6 6 12 |
1 12 13 |
5 16 21 |
12 34 46 |
28 52 80 |
Sweden | 11 | 19 | 17 | 47 | 79 |
Finland | 3 | 9 | 3 | 15 | 67 |
United States | 2 | 9 | 9 | 20 | 72 |
Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
Slovakia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 25 |
Switzerland | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 53 |
Germany West Germany Total |
0 0 0 |
1 1 2 |
2 0 2 |
3 1 4 |
40 25 65 |
Austria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 34 |
Total | 84 | 84 | 84 | 252 |
Finals[]
Since the introduction of play-off rounds in 1992, the following national teams have made the finals.
Country | Gold | Silver | Total finals |
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Canada | 8 | 6 | 14 |
Sweden | 6 | 6 | 12 |
Czech Republic | 6 | 1 | 7 |
Russia | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Finland | 3 | 9 | 12 |
Slovakia | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Switzerland | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Total | 29 | 29 |
See also[]
- List of IIHF World Championship directorate award winners
- List of IIHF World Junior Championship medalists
- IIHF World Women's Championship
- 4 Nations Cup
- Ice hockey at the Olympic Games
References[]
Notes[]
- ^ a b "International hockey timeline". IIHF. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
- ^ MacSkimming 1996, p. 8.
- ^ "IIHF World Men's Championship". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
- ^ "All Medalists: Men: IIHF World Championships". IIHF. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ^ Associated Press (21 May 2006). "Sweden Completes 'Double' at IIHF Worlds". The Sports Network. Archived from the original on 2008-05-19. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
- ^ Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
General[]
- "Past medalists". IIHF.com. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
- "World Men's History". TSN.ca. Archived from the original on 2008-05-19. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
- MacSkimming, Roy (1996). Cold War. Vancouver, British Columbia: Greystone Books. ISBN 1-55054-473-X.
External links[]
- IIHF World Championship records and statistics
- Ice hockey-related lists
- Lists of sports medalists
- Ice hockey trophies and awards