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The World Cup of Hockey is an international ice hockey tournament. Inaugurated in 1996 , it is the successor to the Canada Cup , which was held every three to five years from 1976 to 1991 and was the first international hockey championship to allow nations to field their top players. [ 1 ]
1996 World Cup of Hockey; Tournament details; Host countries Canada Czech Republic Finland Germany Sweden United States: Venue(s) 9 (in 9 host cities) Dates: August 26 – September 14, 1996: Teams: 8: Final positions; Champions United States (1st title) Tournament statistics; Games played: 19: Goals scored: 140 (7.37 per game) Scoring leader(s ...
The 2016 World Cup of Hockey (abbreviated WCH2016) was an international ice hockey tournament. [1] It was the third installment of the National Hockey League (NHL)-sanctioned competition, 12 years after the second World Cup of Hockey in 2004. It was held from September 17 to September 29 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario.
With the exception between 1940 and 1946, when no championships were held during World War II, nor were held during the Olympic years 1980, 1984, and 1988. In 2020, the IIHF announced that all World Championship tournaments have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions-related issues. [1] [2]
The IIHF was created in 1908 while the European Championships, the precursor to the World Championships, were first held in 1910. The tournament held at the 1920 Summer Olympics is recognized as the first Ice Hockey World Championship. From 1920 to 1968, the Olympic hockey tournament was also considered the World Championship for that year.
The world cups are, depending on the sport, either the highest level international tournaments in a given sport, or the second level of competition after world championships. List [ edit ]
The 2004 World Cup of Hockey [a] was an international ice hockey tournament. It was the second installment of the National Hockey League (NHL)-sanctioned competition, eight years after the inaugural 1996 World Cup of Hockey. It was held from August 30 to September 14, 2004, and took place in various venues in North America and Europe.
Ice Hockey World Championships, the most important IIHF international ice-hockey competitions; World Pond Hockey Championships, playing the pond hockey variant of ice-hockey