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The gold medal-winning Winnipeg Falcons (representing Canada), pictured en route to the 1920 Olympics, which were counted as the first ice hockey World Championships

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 In 1970, after an agreement to allow just a small number of its professionals to participate was rescinded by the IIHF, Canada withdrew from the tournament.[2] Starting in 1977, professional athletes were allowed to compete in the tournament and Canada re-entered,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 2022, 85 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, nor in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic.[4] Ten nations have won a gold medal at the World Championships and a total of fourteen have won medals. Canada has won 52 medals, the most of any nation. The Soviet Union, which began competing in the year of 1954 and last competed in 1991, captured a medal in each of 34 tournaments 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] In 2022 Finland repeated this achievement by winning the World Championships at home.

Champions[]

Key
  dagger  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 times when national team has reached corresponding place at the time (or number of tournaments hosted by city / country at the time).
(#/#) Second number indicates cumulative number of times when official successor country and its official predecessor (Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia or unified Germany) has reached corresponding place at the time (or cumulative number of tournaments hosted by official successor country and its official predecessor at the time).
Year Gold Silver Bronze 4th place Host city / cities Host country / countries
1920 dagger Flag of Canada-1868-Red Canada (1) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1912}}}|22x20px|border |link=United States of America]] United States of America (1) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (1) Flag of Sweden Sweden (1) Antwerp (1) Flag of Belgium Belgium (1)
1924 * Canadian Red Ensign 1921 Canada (2) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1912}}}|22x20px|border |link=United States of America]] United States of America (2) Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom (1) Flag of Sweden Sweden (2) Chamonix (1) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1830}}}|22x20px|border|Flag of France]] France (1)
1928 * Canadian Red Ensign 1921 Canada (3) Flag of Sweden Sweden (1) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (1) Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom (1) St. Moritz (1) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (1)
1930 Canadian Red Ensign 1921 Canada (4) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1918}}}|22x20px|border |link=Germany]] Germany (1) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (2) Flag of Austria Austria (1) Chamonix (2)
Berlin (1)
Vienna (1)
[[Image:{{{flag alias-1830}}}|22x20px|border|Flag of France]] France (2)
[[Image:{{{flag alias-1918}}}|22x20px|border|Flag of Germany]] Germany (1)
Flag of Austria Austria (1)
1931 Canadian Red Ensign 1921 Canada (5) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1912}}}|22x20px|border |link=United States of America]] United States of America (3) Flag of Austria Austria (1) Flag of Poland Poland (1) Krynica (1) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1928}}}|22x20px|border|Flag of Poland]] Poland (1)
1932 * Canadian Red Ensign 1921 Canada (6) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1912}}}|22x20px|border |link=United States of America]] United States of America (4) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1918}}}|22x20px|border |link=Germany]] Germany (1) Flag of Poland Poland (2) Lake Placid (1) Flag of the United States United States (1)
1933 [[Image:{{{flag alias-1912}}}|22x20px|border |link=United States of America]] United States of America (1) Canadian Red Ensign 1921 Canada (1) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (2) Flag of Austria Austria (2) Prague (1) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (1)
1934 Canadian Red Ensign 1921 Canada (7) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1912}}}|22x20px|border |link=United States of America]] United States of America (5) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1933}}}|22x20px|border |link=Germany]] Germany (2) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (1) Milan (1) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1861}}}|22x20px|border|Flag of Italy]] Italy (1)
1935 Canadian Red Ensign 1921 Canada (8) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (1) Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom (2) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (1) Davos (1) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (2)
1936 * Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom (1) Canadian Red Ensign 1921 Canada (2) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1912}}}|22x20px|border |link=United States of America]] United States of America (1) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (2) Garmisch-Partenkirchen (1) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1935}}}|22x20px|border|Flag of Germany]] Germany (2)
1937 Canadian Red Ensign 1921 Canada (9) Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom (1) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (3) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1935}}}|22x20px|border |link=Germany]] Germany (1) London (1) Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain (1)
1938 Canadian Red Ensign 1921 Canada (10) Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom (2) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (3) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1935}}}|22x20px|border |link=Germany]] Germany (2) Prague (2) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (2)
1939 Canadian Red Ensign 1921 Canada (11) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1912}}}|22x20px|border |link=United States of America]] United States of America (6) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (4) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (3) Zürich (1) and Basel (1) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (3)
1940–
1946
Competitions not held because of World War II
1947 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (1) Flag of Sweden Sweden (2) Flag of Austria Austria (2) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (2) Prague (3) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (3)
1948 * Canadian Red Ensign 1921 Canada (12) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (1) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (5) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1912}}}|22x20px|border |link=United States of America]] United States of America (1) St. Moritz (2) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (4)
1949 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (2) Canadian Red Ensign 1921 Canada (3) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1912}}}|22x20px|border |link=United States of America]] United States of America (2) Flag of Sweden Sweden (3) Stockholm (1) Flag of Sweden Sweden (1)
1950 Canadian Red Ensign 1921 Canada (13) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1912}}}|22x20px|border |link=United States of America]] United States of America (7) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (6) Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom (2) London (2) Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain (2)
1951 Canadian Red Ensign 1921 Canada (14) Flag of Sweden Sweden (3) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (7) Flag of Norway Norway (1) Paris (1) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1830}}}|22x20px|border|Flag of France]] France (3)
1952 * Canadian Red Ensign 1921 Canada (15) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1912}}}|22x20px|border |link=United States of America]] United States of America (8) Flag of Sweden Sweden (1) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (4) Oslo (1) and Drammen (1) Flag of Norway Norway (1)
1953 Flag of Sweden Sweden (1) Flag of Germany Federal Republic of Germany (1/2) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (8) Flag of Italy Italy (1) Zürich (2) and Basel (2) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (5)
1954 [[Image:{{{flag alias-1936}}}|22x20px|border |link=Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (1) Canadian Red Ensign 1921 Canada (4) Flag of Sweden Sweden (2) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (5) Stockholm (2) Flag of Sweden Sweden (2)
1955 Canadian Red Ensign 1921 Canada (16) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1936}}}|22x20px|border |link=Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (1) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (4) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1912}}}|22x20px|border |link=United States of America]] United States of America (2) Krefeld (1), Dortmund (1)
and Cologne (1)
Flag of West Germany West Germany (1/3)
1956 * [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border |link=Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (2) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1912}}}|22x20px|border |link=United States of America]] United States of America (9) Canadian Red Ensign 1921 Canada (1) Flag of Sweden Sweden (4) Cortina d'Ampezzo (1) Flag of Italy Italy (2)
1957 Flag of Sweden Sweden (2) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border |link=Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (2) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (5) Flag of Finland Finland (1) Moscow (1) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border|Flag of Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (1)
1958 Canadian Red Ensign Canada (17) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border |link=Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (3) Flag of Sweden Sweden (3) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (6) Oslo (2) Flag of Norway Norway (2)
1959 Canadian Red Ensign Canada (18) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border |link=Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (4) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (6) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1912}}}|22x20px|border |link=United States of America]] United States of America (3) Prague (4), Bratislava (1)
and Ostrava (1)
Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (4)
1960 * [[Image:{{{flag alias-1959}}}|22x20px|border |link=United States of America]] United States of America (2) Canadian Red Ensign Canada (5) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border |link=Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (1) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (7) Squaw Valley (1) Flag of the United States United States (2)
1961 Canadian Red Ensign Canada (19) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (2) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border |link=Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (2) Flag of Sweden Sweden (5) Geneva (1) and Lausanne (1) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (6)
1962 Flag of Sweden Sweden (3) Canadian Red Ensign Canada (6) Flag of the United States United States of America (3) Flag of Finland Finland (2) Colorado Springs (1) and Denver (1) Flag of the United States United States (3)
1963 [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border |link=Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (3) Flag of Sweden Sweden (4) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (7) Canadian Red Ensign Canada (1) Stockholm (3) Flag of Sweden Sweden (3)
1964 * [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border |link=Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (4) Flag of Sweden Sweden (5) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (8) Canadian Red Ensign Canada (2) Innsbruck (1) Flag of Austria Austria (2)
1965 [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border |link=Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (5) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (3) Flag of Sweden Sweden (4) Flag of Canada Canada (3) Tampere (1) Flag of Finland Finland (1)
1966 [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border |link=Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (6) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (4) Flag of Canada Canada (2) Flag of Sweden Sweden (6) Ljubljana (1) Flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (1)
1967 [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border |link=Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (7) Flag of Sweden Sweden (6) Flag of Canada Canada (3) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (8) Vienna (2) Flag of Austria Austria (3)
1968 * [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border |link=Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (8) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (5) Flag of Canada Canada (4) Flag of Sweden Sweden (7) Grenoble (1) Flag of France France (4)
1969 [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border |link=Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (9) Flag of Sweden Sweden (7) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (9) Flag of Canada Canada (4) Stockholm (4) Flag of Sweden Sweden (4)
1970 [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border |link=Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (10) Flag of Sweden Sweden (8) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (10) Flag of Finland Finland (3) Stockholm (5) Flag of Sweden Sweden (5)
1971 [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border |link=Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (11) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (6) Flag of Sweden Sweden (5) Flag of Finland Finland (4) Bern (1) and Geneva (2) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (7)
1972 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (3) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border |link=Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (5) Flag of Sweden Sweden (6) Flag of Finland Finland (5) Prague (5) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (5)
1973 [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border |link=Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (12) Flag of Sweden Sweden (9) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (11) Flag of Finland Finland (6) Moscow (2) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border|Flag of Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (2)
1974 [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border |link=Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (13) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (7) Flag of Sweden Sweden (7) Flag of Finland Finland (7) Helsinki (1) Flag of Finland Finland (2)
1975 [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border |link=Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (14) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (8) Flag of Sweden Sweden (8) Flag of Finland Finland (8) Munich (1) and Düsseldorf (1) Flag of West Germany West Germany (2/4)
1976 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (4) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border |link=Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (6) Flag of Sweden Sweden (9) Flag of the United States United States of America (4) Katowice (1) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1928}}}|22x20px|border|Flag of Poland]] Poland (2)
1977 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (5) Flag of Sweden Sweden (10) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border |link=Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (3) Flag of Canada Canada (5) Vienna (3) Flag of Austria Austria (4)
1978 [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border |link=Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (15) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (9) Flag of Canada Canada (5) Flag of Sweden Sweden (8) Prague (6) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (6)
1979 [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border |link=Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (16) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (10) Flag of Sweden Sweden (10) Flag of Canada Canada (6) Moscow (3) [[Image:{{{flag alias-1955}}}|22x20px|border|Flag of Soviet Union]] Soviet Union (3)
1980 Competition not held during 1980 Olympics
1981 Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union (17) Flag of Sweden Sweden (11) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (12) Flag of Canada Canada (7) Gothenburg (1) and Stockholm (6) Flag of Sweden Sweden (6)
1982 Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union (18) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (11) Flag of Canada Canada (6) Flag of Sweden Sweden (9) Helsinki (2) and Tampere (2) Flag of Finland Finland (3)
1983 Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union (19) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (12) Flag of Canada Canada (7) Flag of Sweden Sweden (10) Düsseldorf (2), Dortmund (2)
and Munich (2)
Flag of West Germany West Germany (3/5)
1984 Competition not held during 1984 Olympics
1985 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (6) Flag of Canada Canada (7) Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union (4) Flag of the United States United States of America (5) Prague (7) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (7)
1986 Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union (20) Flag of Sweden Sweden (12) Flag of Canada Canada (8) Flag of Finland Finland (9) Moscow (4) Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union (4)
1987 Flag of Sweden Sweden (4) Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union (7) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (13) Flag of Canada Canada (8) Vienna (4) Flag of Austria Austria (5)
1988 Competition not held during 1988 Olympics
1989 Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union (21) Flag of Canada Canada (8) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (14) Flag of Sweden Sweden (11) Stockholm (7) and Södertälje (1) Flag of Sweden Sweden (7)
1990 Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union (22) Flag of Sweden Sweden (13) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (15) Flag of Canada Canada (9) Bern (2) and Fribourg (1) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (8)
1991 Flag of Sweden Sweden (5) Flag of Canada Canada (9) Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union (5) Flag of the United States United States of America (6) Turku (1), Helsinki (3) and Tampere (3) Flag of Finland Finland (4)
1992 Flag of Sweden Sweden (6) Flag of Finland Finland (1) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (16) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (3) Prague (8) and Bratislava (2) Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia (8)
1993 Flag of Russia 1991-1993 Russia (1/23) Flag of Sweden Sweden (14) Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic (1/17) Flag of Canada Canada (10) Dortmund (3) and Munich (3) Flag of Germany Germany (3/6)
1994 Flag of Canada Canada (20) Flag of Finland Finland (2) Flag of Sweden Sweden (11) Flag of the United States United States of America (7) Bolzano (1), Canazei (1) and Milan (2) Flag of Italy Italy (3)
1995 Flag of Finland Finland (1) Flag of Sweden Sweden (15) Flag of Canada Canada (9) Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic (1/9) Stockholm (8) and Gävle (1) Flag of Sweden Sweden (8)
1996 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic (1/7) Flag of Canada Canada (10) Flag of the United States United States of America (4) Flag of Russia Russia (1/1) Vienna (5) Flag of Austria Austria (6)
1997 Flag of Canada Canada (21) Flag of Sweden Sweden (16) Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic (2/18) Flag of Russia Russia (2/2) Helsinki (4), Turku (2) and Tampere (4) Flag of Finland Finland (5)
1998 Flag of Sweden Sweden (7) Flag of Finland Finland (3) Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic (3/19) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (4) Zürich (3) and Basel (3) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (9)
1999 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic (2/8) Flag of Finland Finland (4) Flag of Sweden Sweden (12) Flag of Canada Canada (11) Oslo (3), Lillehammer (1) and Hamar (1) Flag of Norway Norway (3)
2000 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic (3/9) Flag of Slovakia Slovakia (1) Flag of Finland Finland (1) Flag of Canada Canada (12) Saint Petersburg (1) Flag of Russia Russia (1/5)
2001 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic (4/10) Flag of Finland Finland (5) Flag of Sweden Sweden (13) Flag of the United States United States of America (8) Cologne (2), Hanover (1)
and Nuremberg (1)
Flag of Germany Germany (4/7)
2002 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia (1) Flag of Russia Russia (1/8) Flag of Sweden Sweden (14) Flag of Finland Finland (10) Gothenburg (2), Karlstad (1)
and Jönköping (1)
Flag of Sweden Sweden (9)
2003 Flag of Canada Canada (22) Flag of Sweden Sweden (17) Flag of Slovakia Slovakia (1) Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic (2/10) Helsinki (5), Tampere (5) and Turku (3) Flag of Finland Finland (6)
2004 Flag of Canada Canada (23) Flag of Sweden Sweden (18) Flag of the United States United States of America (5) Flag of Slovakia Slovakia (1) Prague (9) and Ostrava (2) Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic (1/9)
2005 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic (5/11) Flag of Canada Canada (11) Flag of Russia Russia (1/6) Flag of Sweden Sweden (12) Innsbruck (2) and Vienna (6) Flag of Austria Austria (7)
2006 Flag of Sweden Sweden (8) Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic (1/13) Flag of Finland Finland (2) Flag of Canada Canada (13) Riga (1) Flag of Latvia Latvia (1)
2007 Flag of Canada Canada (24) Flag of Finland Finland (6) Flag of Russia Russia (2/7) Flag of Sweden Sweden (13) Moscow (5) and Mytishchi (1) Flag of Russia Russia (2/6)
2008 Flag of Russia Russia (2/24) Flag of Canada Canada (12) Flag of Finland Finland (3) Flag of Sweden Sweden (14) Halifax (1) and Quebec City (1) Flag of Canada Canada (1)
2009 Flag of Russia Russia (3/25) Flag of Canada Canada (13) Flag of Sweden Sweden (15) Flag of the United States United States of America (9) Kloten (1) and Bern (3) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (10)
2010 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic (6/12) Flag of Russia Russia (2/9) Flag of Sweden Sweden (16) Flag of Germany Germany (3) Cologne (3), Mannheim (1)
and Gelsenkirchen (1)
Flag of Germany Germany (5/8)
2011 Flag of Finland Finland (2) Flag of Sweden Sweden (19) Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic (4/20) Flag of Russia Russia (3/3) Bratislava (3) and Košice (1) Flag of Slovakia Slovakia (1)
2012 Flag of Russia Russia (4/26) Flag of Slovakia Slovakia (2) Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic (5/21) Flag of Finland Finland (11) Helsinki (6)
Stockholm (9)
Flag of Finland Finland (7)
Flag of Sweden Sweden (10)
2013 Flag of Sweden Sweden (9) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (2) Flag of the United States United States of America (6) Flag of Finland Finland (12) Stockholm (10)
Helsinki (7)
Flag of Sweden Sweden (11)
Flag of Finland Finland (8)
2014 Flag of Russia Russia (5/27) Flag of Finland Finland (7) Flag of Sweden Sweden (17) Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic (3/11) Minsk (1) Flag of Belarus Belarus (1)
2015 Flag of Canada Canada (25) Flag of Russia Russia (3/10) Flag of the United States United States of America (7) Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic (4/12) Prague (10) and Ostrava (3) Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic (2/10)
2016 Flag of Canada Canada (26) Flag of Finland Finland (8) Flag of Russia Russia (3/8) Flag of the United States United States of America (10) Moscow (6) and Saint Petersburg (2) Flag of Russia Russia (3/7)
2017 Flag of Sweden Sweden (10) Flag of Canada Canada (14) Flag of Russia Russia (4/9) Flag of Finland Finland (13) Cologne (4)
Paris (2)
Flag of Germany Germany (6/9)
Flag of France France (5)
2018 Flag of Sweden Sweden (11) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (3) Flag of the United States United States of America (8) Flag of Canada Canada (14) Copenhagen (1) and Herning (1) Flag of Denmark Denmark (1)
2019 Flag of Finland Finland (3) Flag of Canada Canada (15) Flag of Russia Russia (5/10) Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic (5/13) Bratislava (4) and Košice (2) Flag of Slovakia Slovakia (2)
2020 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[6]
2021 Flag of Canada Canada (27) Flag of Finland Finland (9) Flag of the United States United States of America (9) Flag of Germany Germany (4) Riga (2) Flag of Latvia Latvia (2)
2022 Flag of Finland Finland (4) Flag of Canada Canada (16) Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic (6/22) Flag of the United States United States of America (11) Tampere (6) and Helsinki (8) Flag of Finland Finland (9)
2023 Flag of Canada Canada (28) Flag of Germany Germany (2/3) Flag of Latvia Latvia (1) Flag of the United States United States of America (12) Tampere (7)
Riga (3)
Flag of Finland Finland (10)
Flag of Latvia Latvia (3)
2024 Prague (11) and Ostrava (4) Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic (3/11)
2025 Stockholm (11)
Herning (2)
Flag of Sweden Sweden (12)
Flag of Denmark Denmark (2)
2026 Zürich (4) and Fribourg (2) Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (11)
2027 Düsseldorf (3) and Mannheim (2) Flag of Germany Germany (7/10)

Total hosts[]

Hosts Nations (Year(s))
11 Flag of Sweden Sweden (1949, 1954, 1963, 1969, 1970, 1981, 1989, 1995, 2002, 2012*, 2013*)
10 Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia / Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic (1933, 1938, 1947, 1959, 1972, 1978, 1985, 1992 / 2004, 2015)
Flag of Finland Finland (1965, 1974, 1982, 1991, 1997, 2003, 2012*, 2013*, 2022, 2023*)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland (1928, 1935, 1939, 1948, 1953, 1961, 1971, 1990, 1998, 2009)
9 Flag of Germany Germany / Flag of West Germany West Germany (1930*, 1936 / 1955, 1975, 1983 / 1993, 2001, 2010, 2017*)
7 Flag of Austria Austria (1930*, 1964, 1967, 1977, 1987, 1996, 2005)
Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union / Flag of Russia Russia (1957, 1973, 1979, 1986 / 2000, 2007, 2016)
5 Flag of France France (1924, 1930*, 1951, 1968, 2017*)
3 Flag of Italy Italy (1934, 1956, 1994)
Flag of Latvia Latvia (2006, 2021, 2023*)
Flag of Norway Norway (1952, 1958, 1999)
Flag of the United States United States (1932, 1960, 1962)
2 Flag of the United Kingdom Great Britain (1937, 1950)
Flag of Poland Poland (1931, 1976)
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia (2011, 2019)
1 Flag of Belarus Belarus (2014)
Flag of Belgium Belgium (1920)
Flag of Canada Canada (2008)
Flag of Denmark Denmark (2018)
Flag of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (1966)
* = co-hosts

Medal table[]

Countries in italics no longer compete at the World Championships.[7]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Flag of Canada Canada 28 16 9 53
2 Flag of Russia Russia 5 3 5 13
Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union 22 7 5 34
Total: 27 10 10 47
3 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 6 1 6 13
Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 6 12 16 34
Total: 12 13 22 47
4 Flag of Sweden Sweden 11 19 17 47
5 Flag of Finland Finland 4 9 3 16
6 Flag of the United States United States of America 2 9 9 20
7 Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom 1 2 2 5
8 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 1 2 1 4
9 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 0 3 8 11
10 Flag of Germany Germany 0 2 2 4
Flag of Germany West Germany 0 1 0 1
Total: 0 3 2 5
11 Flag of Austria Austria 0 0 2 2
12 Flag of Latvia Latvia 0 0 1 1
Totals (15 nations) 86 86 86 258

Finals[]

Since the introduction of play-off rounds in 1992, the following national teams have made the finals.

Country Gold Silver Total finals
Flag of Canada Canada 9 7 16
Flag of Finland Finland 4 9 13
Flag of Sweden Sweden 6 6 12
Flag of Russia Russia 5 3 8
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 6 1 7
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 1 2 3
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 0 2 2
Flag of Germany Germany 0 1 1
Total 31 31 62

Most successful players[]

Boldface denotes active ice hockey players and highest medal count among all players (including these who not included in these tables) per type. "Position" denotes player position on the hockey rink (D – defenceman; F – forward; G – goaltender).

Multiple gold medalists[]

Rank Player Country Position From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Vladislav Tretiak Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union G 1970 1983 10 2 1 13
2 Alexander Ragulin Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union D 1961 1973 10 1 1 12
3 Alexander Maltsev Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union F 1969 1983 9 2 1 12
4 Vladimir Petrov Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union F 1969 1981 9 1 1 11
5 Vyacheslav Starshinov Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union F 1961 1971 9 1 10
6 Vitali Davydov Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union D 1963 1971 9 9
7 Valeri Kharlamov Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union F 1969 1979 8 2 1 11
Vladimir Lutchenko Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union D 1969 1979 8 2 1 11
Boris Mikhailov Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union F 1969 1979 8 2 1 11
Valeri Vasiliev Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union D 1970 1982 8 2 1 11

Multiple medalists[]

The table shows players who have won at least 11 medals in total at the World Championships.

Rank Player Country Position From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Vladislav Tretiak Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union G 1970 1983 10 2 1 13
2 Jiří Holík Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia F 1964 1977 3 6 4 13
3 Alexander Ragulin Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union D 1961 1973 10 1 1 12
4 Alexander Maltsev Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union F 1969 1983 9 2 1 12
5 Vladimir Petrov Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union F 1969 1981 9 1 1 11
6 Valeri Kharlamov Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union F 1969 1979 8 2 1 11
Vladimir Lutchenko Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union D 1969 1979 8 2 1 11
Boris Mikhailov Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union F 1969 1979 8 2 1 11
Valeri Vasiliev Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union D 1970 1982 8 2 1 11
10 Sergei Makarov Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union F 1978 1991 8 1 2 11
11 Viacheslav Fetisov Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union D 1977 1991 7 1 3 11
12 Veniamin Alexandrov Flag of Soviet Union Soviet Union F 1957 1968 6 3 2 11
13 Ivan Hlinka Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia F 1970 1981 3 5 3 11
Oldřich Machač Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia D 1968 1978 3 5 3 11
Vladimír Martinec Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia F 1970 1981 3 5 3 11

Best performers by country[]

Here are listed most successful players in the history of each of 15 medal-winning national teams – according to the gold-first ranking system and by total number of World Championships medals (one player if he holds national records in both categories or few players if these national records belongs to different persons). If the total number of medals is identical, the gold, silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the players get the same placement and are sorted by the alphabetic order.

Country Player Position From To Gold Silver Bronze Total
Flag of the Soviet Union Soviet Union Vladislav Tretiak G 1970 1983 10 2 1 13
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic David Výborný F 1996 2006 5 1 2 8
Flag of Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Jiří Holík F 1964 1977 3 6 4 13
Flag of Sweden Sweden Jonas Bergqvist
(by the gold-first ranking system)
F 1986 1998 3 3 1 7
Sven "Tumba" Johansson
(by total number of medals)
F 1952 1965 3 2 4 9
Flag of Russia Russia Alexander Ovechkin F 2005 2019 3 2 4 9
Flag of Canada Canada Eric Brewer
(by the gold-first ranking system)
D 2003 2007 3 3
Shane Doan &
Dany Heatley
(by total number of medals)
F 2003 2009 2 3 5
Flag of Finland Finland Atte Ohtamaa
(by the gold-first ranking system)
D 2014 2022 2 3 5
Ville Peltonen
(by total number of medals)
F 1994 2008 1 4 3 8
Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom Gordon Dailley F/D 1935 1938 1 2 1 4
Gerry Davey
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia Miroslav Šatan F 2000 2012 1 2 1 4
Flag of the United States United States of America John Garrison &
John Mayasich
(by the gold-first ranking system)
D/F
F/D

1932
1956

1936
1962

1
1

1
1

1
1

3
3

Allen Van
(by total number of medals)
D 1939 1952 3 1 4
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Reto Berra,
Raphael Diaz,
Roman Josi,
Simon Moser &
Nino Niederreiter
(by the gold-first ranking system)
G
D
D
F
F


2013




2018









2









2


Richard "Bibi" Torriani
(by total number of medals)
F 1928 1948 1 5 6
Flag of Germany Germany Gustav Jaenecke F/D 1930 1934 1 2 3
Walter Leinweber G
Erich Römer D/F
Flag of Germany Federal Republic of Germany 16 players D, F, G 1953 1953 1 1
Flag of Austria Austria Fritz Demmer F 1931 1947 2 2
Flag of Latvia Latvia 27 players D, F, G 2023 2023 1 1

See also[]

References[]

General[]

External links[]

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