Mens and Womens World Hockey Championships
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Mens World Hockey Championships
The Mens World Hockey Championship tournament has been played regularly since 1930. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), which governs both the World and Winter Olympic tournaments, considers the Olympic champions from 1920-68 to also be the World champions. However the IIHF has not recognized an Olympic champion as World champion since 1968. The IIHF has sanctioned separate World Championships in Olympic years three times–in 1972, 1976 and again in 1992. The world championship is officially vacant for the three Olympic years 1980, 84, 88. As this tournament takes place during the same period as the later stages of the NHL's Stanley Cup playoffs, many of that league's top players are not available to participate for their national teams or have only become available after their NHL teams have been eliminated. The current format is 16 teams in the championship group, that play a preliminary round, then the top eight teams play in the playoff medal round.
Mens World Hockey Championship Past Winners
Year |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Location |
1920 | Canada | USA | Czechoslovakia | Antwerp, Belgium (Olympics) |
1924 | Canada | USA | Britain | Chamonix, France(Olympics) |
1928 | Canada | Sweden | Switzerland | St. Moritz, Switzerland (Olympics) |
1930 | Canada | Germany | Switzerland | Chamonix, France - Berlin, Germany. - Vienna, Austria |
1931 | Canada | USA | Austria | Krynica, Poland |
1932 | Canada | USA | Germany | Lake Placid, USA (Olympics) |
1933 | USA | Canada | Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
1934 | Canada | USA | Germany | Milan, Italy |
1935 | Canada | Switzerland | Britain | Davos, Switzerland |
1936 | Britain | Canada | USA | Garmisch-Part, Germany (Olympics) |
1937 | Canada | Britain | Switzerland | London, England |
1938 | Canada | Britain | Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
1939 | Canada | USA | Switzerland | Zurich, Basle, Switzerland |
1947 | Czechoslovakia | Sweden | Austria | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
1948 | Canada | Czechoslovakia | Switzerland | St. Moritz, Switzerland (Olympics) |
1949 | Czechoslovakia | Canada | USA | Stockholm, Sweden |
1950 | Canada | USA | Switzerland | London, England |
1951 | Canada | Sweden | Switzerland | Paris, France |
1952 | Canada | USA | Sweden | Oslo, Norway (Olympics) |
1953 | Sweden | Germany | Switzerland | Zurich, Basle, Switzerland |
1954 | Soviet Union | Canada | Sweden | Stockholm, Sweden |
1955 | Canada | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Krefeld, Dortmund, Cologne, Germany |
1956 | Soviet Union | USA | Canada | Cortina, Italy (Olympics) |
1957 | Sweden | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Moscow, USSR |
1958 | Canada | Soviet Union | Sweden | Oslo, Norway |
1959 | Canada | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Prague, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia |
1960 | USA | Canada | Soviet Union | Squaw Valley, USA (Olympics) |
1961 | Canada | Czechoslovakia | Soviet Union | Geneva, Lausanne, Switzerland |
1962 | Sweden | Canada | USA | Colorado Springs, USA |
1963 | Soviet Union | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | Stockholm, Sweden |
1964 | Soviet Union | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | Innsbruck, Austria (Olympics) |
1965 | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Sweden | Tampere, Finland |
1966 | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Canada | Lubljana, Yugoslavia |
1967 | Soviet Union | Sweden | Canada | Vienna, Austria |
1968 | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Canada | Grenoble, France (Olympics) |
1969 | Soviet Union | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | Stockholm, Sweden |
1970 | Soviet Union | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | Stockholm, Sweden |
1971 | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Sweden | Berne, Switzerland |
1972 | Czechoslovakia | Soviet Union | Sweden | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
1973 | Soviet Union | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | Moscow, USSR |
1974 | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Sweden | Helsinki, Finland |
1975 | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Sweden | Munich, Dusseldorf, Germany |
1976 | Czechoslovakia | Soviet Union | Sweden | Katowice, Poland |
1977 | Czechoslovakia | Sweden | Soviet Union | Vienna, Austria |
1978 | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Canada | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
1979 | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Sweden | Moscow, Soviet Union |
1981 | Soviet Union | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | Gothenburg, Stockholm, Sweden |
1982 | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Canada | Helsinki, Finland |
1983 | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Canada | Dusseldorf, Munich, Dortmund, Germany |
1985 | Czechoslovakia | Canada | Soviet Union | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
1986 | Soviet Union | Sweden | Canada | Moscow, Soviet Union |
1987 | Sweden | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Vienna, Austria |
1989 | Soviet Union | Canada | Czechoslovakia | Stockholm, Sweden |
1990 | Soviet Union | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | Berne, Switzerland |
1991 | Sweden | Canada | Soviet Union | Turku, Finland |
1992 | Sweden | Finland | Czechoslovakia | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
1993 | Russia | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | Dortmund, Munich, Germany |
1994 | Canada | Finland | Sweden | Bolzano, Canazie, Milano, Italy |
1995 | Finland | Sweden | Canada | Gavle, Stockholm, Sweden |
1996 | Czech Republic | Canada | USA | Vienna, Austria |
1997 | Canada | Sweden | Czech Republic | Helsinki, Turku, Tampere, Finland |
1998 | Sweden | Finland | Czech Republic | Zurich/Basle, Germany |
1999 | Czech Republic | Finland | Sweden | Oslo, Hamar, Lillehammer, Norway |
2000 | Czech Republic | Slovakia | Finland | St.Petersburg, Russia |
2001 | Czech Republic | Finland | Sweden | Hannover, Germany |
2002 | Slovakia | Russia | Sweden | Jonkoping, Goteborg, Karlstad, Sweden |
2003 | Canada | Sweden | Slovakia | Helsinki, Tampere, Turko, Finland |
2004 | Canada | Sweden | United States | Czech Republic |
2005 | Czech Republic | Canada | Russia | Vienna, Austria |
2006 | Sweden | Czech Republic | Finland | Riga, Latvia |
2007 | Canada | Finland | Russia | Moscow / Mytishchi, Russia |
2008 | Russia | Canada | Finland | Halifax/Qu?bec City, Canada |
2008 | Russia | Canada | Finland | Halifax and Quebec City, Canada |
2009 | Russia | Canada | Sweden | Kloten and Bern, Switzerland |
2010 | Czech Republic | Russia | Sweden | Cologne, Mannheim and Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
2011 | Finland | Sweden | Czech Republic | Bratislava and Ko?ice, Slovakia |
2012 | Russia | Slovakia | Czech Republic | Stockholm, Sweden and Helsinki, Finland |
2013 | Sweden | Switzerland | United States | Stockholm, Sweden and Helsinki, Finland |
2014 | Russia | Finland | Sweden | Minsk, Belarus |
2015 | Canada | Russia | United States | Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic |
2016 | Canada | Finland | Russia | Moscow and Saint Petersburg, Russia |
2017 | Sweden | Canada | Russia | Paris, France and Cologne, Germany |
2018 | Sweden | Switzerland | United States | Copenhagen and Herning, Denmark |
2019 | Finland | Canada | Russia | Bratislava and Ko?ice, Slovakia |
2020 | Cancelled Covid 19 | |||
2021 | Canada | Finland | United States | Riga, Lativa |
2022 | Finland | Canada | Czech Republic | Tampere and Helsinki, Finland |
Womens World Hockey Championships
The IIHF World Women's Championship, officially the IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship, is the premier international tournament in women's ice hockey. It is governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The official world competition was first held in 1990. From the first Olympic Women's Ice Hockey Tournament in 1998 onward, the Olympic tournament was played instead of the IIHF World Championship. In September 2021, it was announced that the Womens World Championship would also be held during Olympic years. The current format is 10 teams, divided into two groups of five that play a qualifying round robin. The five teams in Group A and the top three teams from Group B move into the single game elimination quarterfinals, semifinals and final game. As of 2021, the four teams that lose their quarterfinal games enter into a knockout tournament to determine 5th place with the winner earning a spot in Group A for the next tournament.
Womens World Hockey Championship Past Winners
Year |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
Location |
1990 | Canada | USA | Finland | Ottawa, Canada |
1992 | Canada | USA | Finland | Tampere, Finland |
1994 | Canada | USA | Finland | Lake Placid, USA |
1997 | Canada | USA | Finland | Kitchener, Canada |
1999 | Canada | USA | Finland | Espoo, Finland |
2000 | Canada | USA | Finland | Mississauga, Canada |
2001 | Canada | USA | Russia | Minneapolis/St. Paul, USA |
2004 | Canada | USA | Finland | Halifax, Canada |
2005 | USA | Canada | Sweden | Linkoping, Sweden |
2007 | Canada | United States | Sweden | Winnipeg / Selkirk, Canada |
2008 | USA | Canada | Finland | Harbin, China |
2009 | United States | Canada | Finland | Hameenlinna, finland |
2011 | Canada | United States | Finland | Z?rich and Winterthur, Switzerland |
2012 | Canada | United States | Switzerland | Burlington, United States |
2013 | United States | Canada | Russia | Ottawa, Canada |
2015 | United States | Canada | Finland | Malmo, Sweden |
2016 | United States | Canada | Russia | Kamloops, Canada |
2017 | United States | Canada | Finland | Plymouth, United States |
2019 | United States | Finland | Canada | Espoo, Finland |
2021 | Canada | United States | Finland | Calgary, Canada |
2022 | Canada | United States | Czechia | Herning and Frederikshavn, Denmark |