World Cup Champions

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World Cup (Canada Cup) Hockey Champions

Until the Olympics opened their doors to the NHL's best athletes, in 1998, the World Cup of Hockey and its predecessor, the Canada Cup, represented the only world hockey championships truly open to the world's best players.

Following the exciting 1972 Summit Series between Canada and the Soviet Union, interest in a world professional ice hockey championship increased substantially. The Canada Cup would bring together the top hockey-playing countries in the world. It was held in 1976, 1981, 1984, 1987 and 1991. It featured competition between national teams of Canada, Czechoslovakia, Finland, the Soviet Union, Sweden, and the United States. The Canada Cup was replaced in 1996 with the World Cup of Hockey.

World Cup Champions Past Winners

Summit series in 1972 played only between Canada and the USSR.