List of IIHF World Championship medalists

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 In 1970, after an agreement to allow just a small number of its professionals to participate was rescinded by the IIHF, Canada withdrew from the tournament.[2] Starting in 1977, professional athletes were allowed to compete in the tournament and Canada re-entered,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 53 medals overall and 28 gold, 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 ice hockey 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
  †  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  Canada (1)  United States (1)  Czechoslovakia (1)  Sweden (1) Antwerp (1)  Belgium (1)
1924 *  Canada (2)  United States (2)  Great Britain (1)  Sweden (2) Chamonix (1)  France (1)
1928 *  Canada (3)  Sweden (1)   Switzerland (1)  Great Britain (1) St. Moritz (1)  Switzerland (1)
1930  Canada (4)  Germany (1)   Switzerland (2)  Austria (1) Chamonix (2)
Berlin (1)
Vienna (1)
 France (2)
 Germany (1)
 Austria (1)
1931  Canada (5)  United States (3)  Austria (1)  Poland (1) Krynica (1)  Poland (1)
1932 *  Canada (6)  United States (4)  Germany (1)  Poland (2) Lake Placid (1)  United States (1)
1933  United States (1)  Canada (1)  Czechoslovakia (2)  Austria (2) Prague (1)  Czechoslovakia (1)
1934  Canada (7)  United States (5)  Germany (2)   Switzerland (1) Milan (1)  Italy (1)
1935  Canada (8)   Switzerland (1)  Great Britain (2)  Czechoslovakia (1) Davos (1)  Switzerland (2)
1936 *  Great Britain (1)  Canada (2)  United States (1)  Czechoslovakia (2) Garmisch-Partenkirchen (1)  Germany (2)
1937  Canada (9)  Great Britain (1)   Switzerland (3)  Germany (1) London (1)  Great Britain (1)
1938  Canada (10)  Great Britain (2)  Czechoslovakia (3)  Germany (2) Prague (2)  Czechoslovakia (2)
1939  Canada (11)  United States (6)   Switzerland (4)  Czechoslovakia (3) Zürich (1) and Basel (1)  Switzerland (3)
1940–
1946
Competitions not held because of World War II
1947  Czechoslovakia (1)  Sweden (2)  Austria (2)   Switzerland (2) Prague (3)  Czechoslovakia (3)
1948 *  Canada (12)  Czechoslovakia (1)   Switzerland (5)  United States (1) St. Moritz (2)  Switzerland (4)
1949  Czechoslovakia (2)  Canada (3)  United States (2)  Sweden (3) Stockholm (1)  Sweden (1)
1950  Canada (13)  United States (7)   Switzerland (6)  Great Britain (2) London (2)  Great Britain (2)
1951  Canada (14)  Sweden (3)   Switzerland (7)  Norway (1) Paris (1)  France (3)
1952 *  Canada (15)  United States (8)  Sweden (1)  Czechoslovakia (4) Oslo (1) and Drammen (1)  Norway (1)
1953  Sweden (1)  West Germany (1/2)   Switzerland (8)  Italy (1) Zürich (2) and Basel (2)  Switzerland (5)
1954  Soviet Union (1)  Canada (4)  Sweden (2)  Czechoslovakia (5) Stockholm (2)  Sweden (2)
1955  Canada (16)  Soviet Union (1)  Czechoslovakia (4)  United States (2) Krefeld (1), Dortmund (1)
and Cologne (1)
 West Germany (1/3)
1956 *  Soviet Union (2)  United States (9)  Canada (1)  Sweden (4) Cortina d'Ampezzo (1)  Italy (2)
1957  Sweden (2)  Soviet Union (2)  Czechoslovakia (5)  Finland (1) Moscow (1)  Soviet Union (1)
1958  Canada (17)  Soviet Union (3)  Sweden (3)  Czechoslovakia (6) Oslo (2)  Norway (2)
1959  Canada (18)  Soviet Union (4)  Czechoslovakia (6)  United States (3) Prague (4), Bratislava (1)
and Ostrava (1)
 Czechoslovakia (4)
1960 *  United States (2)  Canada (5)  Soviet Union (1)  Czechoslovakia (7) Squaw Valley (1)  United States (2)
1961  Canada (19)  Czechoslovakia (2)  Soviet Union (2)  Sweden (5) Geneva (1) and Lausanne (1)  Switzerland (6)
1962  Sweden (3)  Canada (6)  United States (3)  Finland (2) Colorado Springs (1) and Denver (1)  United States (3)
1963  Soviet Union (3)  Sweden (4)  Czechoslovakia (7)  Canada (1) Stockholm (3)  Sweden (3)
1964 *  Soviet Union (4)  Sweden (5)  Czechoslovakia (8)  Canada (2) Innsbruck (1)  Austria (2)
1965  Soviet Union (5)  Czechoslovakia (3)  Sweden (4)  Canada (3) Tampere (1)  Finland (1)
1966  Soviet Union (6)  Czechoslovakia (4)  Canada (2)  Sweden (6) Ljubljana (1)  Yugoslavia (1)
1967  Soviet Union (7)  Sweden (6)  Canada (3)  Czechoslovakia (8) Vienna (2)  Austria (3)
1968 *  Soviet Union (8)  Czechoslovakia (5)  Canada (4)  Sweden (7) Grenoble (1)  France (4)
1969  Soviet Union (9)  Sweden (7)  Czechoslovakia (9)  Canada (4) Stockholm (4)  Sweden (4)
1970  Soviet Union (10)  Sweden (8)  Czechoslovakia (10)  Finland (3) Stockholm (5)  Sweden (5)
1971  Soviet Union (11)  Czechoslovakia (6)  Sweden (5)  Finland (4) Bern (1) and Geneva (2)  Switzerland (7)
1972  Czechoslovakia (3)  Soviet Union (5)  Sweden (6)  Finland (5) Prague (5)  Czechoslovakia (5)
1973  Soviet Union (12)  Sweden (9)  Czechoslovakia (11)  Finland (6) Moscow (2)  Soviet Union (2)
1974  Soviet Union (13)  Czechoslovakia (7)  Sweden (7)  Finland (7) Helsinki (1)  Finland (2)
1975  Soviet Union (14)  Czechoslovakia (8)  Sweden (8)  Finland (8) Munich (1) and Düsseldorf (1)  West Germany (2/4)
1976  Czechoslovakia (4)  Soviet Union (6)  Sweden (9)  United States (4) Katowice (1)  Poland (2)
1977  Czechoslovakia (5)  Sweden (10)  Soviet Union (3)  Canada (5) Vienna (3)  Austria (4)
1978  Soviet Union (15)  Czechoslovakia (9)  Canada (5)  Sweden (8) Prague (6)  Czechoslovakia (6)
1979  Soviet Union (16)  Czechoslovakia (10)  Sweden (10)  Canada (6) Moscow (3)  Soviet Union (3)
1980 Competition not held during 1980 Olympics
1981  Soviet Union (17)  Sweden (11)  Czechoslovakia (12)  Canada (7) Gothenburg (1) and Stockholm (6)  Sweden (6)
1982  Soviet Union (18)  Czechoslovakia (11)  Canada (6)  Sweden (9) Helsinki (2) and Tampere (2)  Finland (3)
1983  Soviet Union (19)  Czechoslovakia (12)  Canada (7)  Sweden (10) Düsseldorf (2), Dortmund (2)
and Munich (2)
 West Germany (3/5)
1984 Competition not held during 1984 Olympics
1985  Czechoslovakia (6)  Canada (7)  Soviet Union (4)  United States (5) Prague (7)  Czechoslovakia (7)
1986  Soviet Union (20)  Sweden (12)  Canada (8)  Finland (9) Moscow (4)  Soviet Union (4)
1987  Sweden (4)  Soviet Union (7)  Czechoslovakia (13)  Canada (8) Vienna (4)  Austria (5)
1988 Competition not held during 1988 Olympics
1989  Soviet Union (21)  Canada (8)  Czechoslovakia (14)  Sweden (11) Stockholm (7) and Södertälje (1)  Sweden (7)
1990  Soviet Union (22)  Sweden (13)  Czechoslovakia (15)  Canada (9) Bern (2) and Fribourg (1)  Switzerland (8)
1991  Sweden (5)  Canada (9)  Soviet Union (5)  United States (6) Turku (1), Helsinki (3) and Tampere (3)  Finland (4)
1992  Sweden (6)  Finland (1)  Czechoslovakia (16)   Switzerland (3) Prague (8) and Bratislava (2)  Czechoslovakia (8)
1993  Russia (1/23)  Sweden (14)  Czech Republic (1/17)  Canada (10) Dortmund (3) and Munich (3)  Germany (3/6)
1994  Canada (20)  Finland (2)  Sweden (11)  United States (7) Bolzano (1), Canazei (1) and Milan (2)  Italy (3)
1995  Finland (1)  Sweden (15)  Canada (9)  Czech Republic (1/9) Stockholm (8) and Gävle (1)  Sweden (8)
1996  Czech Republic (1/7)  Canada (10)  United States (4)  Russia (1/1) Vienna (5)  Austria (6)
1997  Canada (21)  Sweden (16)  Czech Republic (2/18)  Russia (2/2) Helsinki (4), Turku (2) and Tampere (4)  Finland (5)
1998  Sweden (7)  Finland (3)  Czech Republic (3/19)   Switzerland (4) Zürich (3) and Basel (3)  Switzerland (9)
1999  Czech Republic (2/8)  Finland (4)  Sweden (12)  Canada (11) Oslo (3), Lillehammer (1) and Hamar (1)  Norway (3)
2000  Czech Republic (3/9)  Slovakia (1)  Finland (1)  Canada (12) Saint Petersburg (1)  Russia (1/5)
2001  Czech Republic (4/10)  Finland (5)  Sweden (13)  United States (8) Cologne (2), Hanover (1)
and Nuremberg (1)
 Germany (4/7)
2002  Slovakia (1)  Russia (1/8)  Sweden (14)  Finland (10) Gothenburg (2), Karlstad (1)
and Jönköping (1)
 Sweden (9)
2003  Canada (22)  Sweden (17)  Slovakia (1)  Czech Republic (2/10) Helsinki (5), Tampere (5) and Turku (3)  Finland (6)
2004  Canada (23)  Sweden (18)  United States (5)  Slovakia (1) Prague (9) and Ostrava (2)  Czech Republic (1/9)
2005  Czech Republic (5/11)  Canada (11)  Russia (1/6)  Sweden (12) Innsbruck (2) and Vienna (6)  Austria (7)
2006  Sweden (8)  Czech Republic (1/13)  Finland (2)  Canada (13) Riga (1)  Latvia (1)
2007  Canada (24)  Finland (6)  Russia (2/7)  Sweden (13) Moscow (5) and Mytishchi (1)  Russia (2/6)
2008  Russia (2/24)  Canada (12)  Finland (3)  Sweden (14) Halifax (1) and Quebec City (1)  Canada (1)
2009  Russia (3/25)  Canada (13)  Sweden (15)  United States (9) Kloten (1) and Bern (3)  Switzerland (10)
2010  Czech Republic (6/12)  Russia (2/9)  Sweden (16)  Germany (3/3) Cologne (3), Mannheim (1)
and Gelsenkirchen (1)
 Germany (5/8)
2011  Finland (2)  Sweden (19)  Czech Republic (4/20)  Russia (3/3) Bratislava (3) and Košice (1)  Slovakia (1)
2012  Russia (4/26)  Slovakia (2)  Czech Republic (5/21)  Finland (11) Helsinki (6)
Stockholm (9)
 Finland (7)
 Sweden (10)
2013  Sweden (9)   Switzerland (2)  United States (6)  Finland (12) Stockholm (10)
Helsinki (7)
 Sweden (11)
 Finland (8)
2014  Russia (5/27)  Finland (7)  Sweden (17)  Czech Republic (3/11) Minsk (1)  Belarus (1)
2015  Canada (25)  Russia (3/10)  United States (7)  Czech Republic (4/12) Prague (10) and Ostrava (3)  Czech Republic (2/10)
2016  Canada (26)  Finland (8)  Russia (3/8)  United States (10) Moscow (6) and Saint Petersburg (2)  Russia (3/7)
2017  Sweden (10)  Canada (14)  Russia (4/9)  Finland (13) Cologne (4)
Paris (2)
 Germany (6/9)
 France (5)
2018  Sweden (11)   Switzerland (3)  United States (8)  Canada (14) Copenhagen (1) and Herning (1)  Denmark (1)
2019  Finland (3)  Canada (15)  Russia (5/10)  Czech Republic (5/13) Bratislava (4) and Košice (2)  Slovakia (2)
2020 Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[6]
2021  Canada (27)  Finland (9)  United States (9)  Germany (4/4) Riga (2)  Latvia (2)
2022  Finland (4)  Canada (16)  Czechia (6/22)  United States (11) Tampere (6) and Helsinki (8)  Finland (9)
2023  Canada (28)  Germany (2/3)  Latvia (1)  United States (12) Tampere (7)
Riga (3)
 Finland (10)
 Latvia (3)
2024 Prague (11) and Ostrava (4)  Czechia (3/11)
2025 Stockholm (11)
Herning (2)
 Sweden (12)
 Denmark (2)
2026 Zürich (4) and Fribourg (2)  Switzerland (11)
2027 Düsseldorf (3) and Mannheim (2)  Germany (7/10)

Medal table

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

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Canada 28 16 9 53
2  Russia [a] 5 3 5 13
 Soviet Union 22 7 5 34
Total: 27 10 10 47
3  Czechia [b] 6 1 6 13
 Czechoslovakia 6 12 16 34
Total: 12 13 22 47
4  Sweden 11 19 17 47
5  Finland 4 9 3 16
6  United States 2 9 9 20
7  Great Britain 1 2 2 5
8  Slovakia 1 2 1 4
9   Switzerland 0 3 8 11
10  Germany 0 2 2 4
West Germany [c] 0 1 0 1
Total: 0 3 2 5
11  Austria 0 0 2 2
12  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
 Canada 9 7 16
 Sweden 6 6 12
 Czechia 6 1 7
 Russia 5 3 8
 Finland 4 9 13
 Slovakia 1 2 3
  Switzerland 0 2 2
 Germany 0 1 1
Total 31 31 62

Total hosts

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

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  Soviet Union G 1970 1983 10 2 1 13
2 Alexander Ragulin  Soviet Union D 1961 1973 10 1 1 12
3 Alexander Maltsev  Soviet Union F 1969 1983 9 2 1 12
4 Vladimir Petrov  Soviet Union F 1969 1981 9 1 1 11
5 Vyacheslav Starshinov  Soviet Union F 1961 1971 9 1 10
6 Vitali Davydov  Soviet Union D 1963 1971 9 9
7 Valeri Kharlamov  Soviet Union F 1969 1979 8 2 1 11
Vladimir Lutchenko  Soviet Union D 1969 1979 8 2 1 11
Boris Mikhailov  Soviet Union F 1969 1979 8 2 1 11
Valeri Vasiliev  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  Soviet Union G 1970 1983 10 2 1 13
2 Jiří Holík  Czechoslovakia F 1964 1977 3 6 4 13
3 Alexander Ragulin  Soviet Union D 1961 1973 10 1 1 12
4 Alexander Maltsev  Soviet Union F 1969 1983 9 2 1 12
5 Vladimir Petrov  Soviet Union F 1969 1981 9 1 1 11
6 Valeri Kharlamov  Soviet Union F 1969 1979 8 2 1 11
Vladimir Lutchenko  Soviet Union D 1969 1979 8 2 1 11
Boris Mikhailov  Soviet Union F 1969 1979 8 2 1 11
Valeri Vasiliev  Soviet Union D 1970 1982 8 2 1 11
10 Sergei Makarov  Soviet Union F 1978 1991 8 1 2 11
11 Viacheslav Fetisov  Soviet Union D 1977 1991 7 1 3 11
12 Veniamin Alexandrov  Soviet Union F 1957 1968 6 3 2 11
13 Ivan Hlinka  Czechoslovakia F 1970 1981 3 5 3 11
Oldřich Machač  Czechoslovakia D 1968 1978 3 5 3 11
Vladimír Martinec  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
 Soviet Union Vladislav Tretiak G 1970 1983 10 2 1 13
 Czechia David Výborný F 1996 2006 5 1 2 8
 Czechoslovakia Jiří Holík F 1964 1977 3 6 4 13
 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
 Russia Alexander Ovechkin F 2005 2019 3 2 4 9
 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
 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
 Great Britain Gordon Dailley F/D 1935 1938 1 2 1 4
Gerry Davey
 Slovakia Miroslav Šatan F 2000 2012 1 2 1 4
 United States 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
  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
 Germany Gustav Jaenecke F/D 1930 1934 1 2 3
Walter Leinweber G
Erich Römer D/F
 West Germany 16 players D, F, G 1953 1953 1 1
 Austria Fritz Demmer F 1931 1947 2 2
 Latvia 27 players D, F, G 2023 2023 1 1

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Russia, the official successor state of the Soviet Union, currently banned from participating in international tournaments due to its invasion of Ukraine
  2. ^ Czechia (also known as the Czech Republic) is the official successor state of Czechoslovakia
  3. ^ West Germany was the official successor state of Germany since 1949 until reunification of country in 1990

References

  1. ^ a b "International hockey timeline". IIHF. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  2. ^ MacSkimming 1996, p. 8.
  3. ^ "IIHF World Men's Championship". Hockey Canada. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  4. ^ "All Medalists: Men: IIHF World Championships". IIHF. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
  5. ^ "Sweden Completes 'Double' at IIHF Worlds". The Sports Network. Associated Press. 21 May 2006. Archived from the original on 2008-05-19. Retrieved 12 May 2008.
  6. ^ Steiss, Adam. "2020 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship cancelled". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  7. ^ "IIHF - Medallists".

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

  • International Ice Hockey Federation
  • Medal table and alternative medal table

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