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Ten national teams [a] have won a gold medal at the World Championships, five more national teams [b] 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]
However, the Olympics also counted as the World Championships, and under IIHF rules, Canada should have won a World Championship bronze. [44] In April 2005, the IIHF admitted that a mistake had occurred and announced that they had reviewed the decision and would award the 1964 Canadian team a World Championship bronze medal. [45]
Pages in category "IIHF World Championship records and statistics" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
IIHF World U18 Championship, for ice-hockey; IIHF World Women Championship, for ice-hockey; IIHF World Women's U18 Championships, for ice hockey; IIHF World U20 Championship (World Junior Hockey Championship), for ice-hockey; Ice hockey at the Winter Olympics had world championship status until 1976
2021 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships (1 C, 5 P) 2022 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships (1 C, 6 P) 2023 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships (1 C, 6 P)
This article lists the performances of each of the 62 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the Ice Hockey World Championships, an annual international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), including the Olympic ice hockey tournament was also considered the World Championship for that year, and was held before the first Ice ...
From 1920 to 1952, teams from Canada dominated the men's tournament, winning six gold and one silver medal. Canada's dominance was broken only by Great Britain in 1936. The Soviet Union began competing at the Olympics in 1956 and won nine straight Olympic medals, including seven gold.
Finland is the third most successful World Championship team, having won fourteen bronze medals and one silver medal – achieved after breaking the Canadian gold-silver streak. Four other teams have medalled at a Women's World Championship: Russia, winning three bronze medals; Czech Republic and Sweden, each winning two; and Switzerland ...