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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.
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 ...
Ice Hockey World Championships, the most important IIHF international ice-hockey competitions; World Pond Hockey Championships, playing the pond hockey variant of ice-hockey
The 1973 Men's Hockey World Cup was the second installment of the Hockey World Cup. [1] It was held from 24 August to 2 September at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen , Netherlands. The tournament was won by host nation the Netherlands , who defeated India 4–2 on penalty strokes after the final had finished 2–2. [ 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 first World Cup was the only one without qualification. It was an invitational tournament where the top ten teams from five continents were invited by the International Hockey Federation by merit of their performances in the Summer Olympics. The teams were divided into two groups for five each, with the top two proceeding to the semi-finals ...