IIHF World Championships medallists

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Gold Medal

List of Ice Hockey World Championships medallists from the first IIHF World Championship in 1920 till now. Sumary of all IIHF World Championships medallists is ordered descending by the year with a name of host country.

2008 IIHF World Championship in Canada (Halifax, Quebec City)

  1. Russia Russia
  2. Canada Canada
  3. Finland Finland

2007 IIHF World Championship in Russia (Moscow, Mytishchi)

  1. Canada Canada
  2. Finland Finland
  3. Russia Russia

2006 IIHF World Championship in Latvia (Riga)

  1. Sweden Sweden
  2. Czech Republic Czech Republic
  3. Finland Finland

2005 IIHF World Championship in Austria (Innsbruck, Vienna)

  1. Czech Republic Czech Republic
  2. Canada Canada
  3. Russia Russia

2004 IIHF World Championship in Czech Republic (Prague, Ostrava)

  1. Canada Canada
  2. Sweden Sweden
  3. United States United States

2003 IIHF World Championship in Finland (Helsinki, Tampere, Turku)

  1. Canada Canada
  2. Sweden Sweden
  3. Slovakia Slovakia

2002 IIHF World Championship in Sweden (Gothenburg, Karlstad, Jönköping)

  1. Slovakia Slovakia
  2. Russia Russia
  3. Sweden Sweden

2001 IIHF World Championship in Germany (Cologne, Hanover, Nuremberg)

  1. Czech Republic Czech Republic
  2. Finland Finland
  3. Sweden Sweden

2000 IIHF World Championship in Russia (St. Petersburg)

  1. Czech Republic Czech Republic
  2. Slovakia Slovakia
  3. Finland Finland

1999 IIHF World Championship in Norway (Oslo, Lillehammer, Hamar)

  1. Czech Republic Czech Republic
  2. Finland Finland
  3. Sweden Sweden

1998 IIHF World Championship in Switzerland (Zürich, Basel)

  1. Sweden Sweden
  2. Finland Finland
  3. Czech Republic Czech Republic

1997 IIHF World Championship in Finland (Helsinki, Turku, Tampere)

  1. Canada Canada
  2. Sweden Sweden
  3. Czech Republic Czech Republic

1996 IIHF World Championship in Austria (Vienna)

  1. Czech Republic Czech Republic
  2. Canada Canada
  3. United States United States

First win for players representing Czech Republic (Czechoslovakia last won in 1985). Slovakia also makes first appearance in Pool A.

1995 IIHF World Championship in Sweden (Stockholm, Gävle)

  1. Finland Finland
  2. Sweden Sweden
  3. Canada Canada

1994 IIHF World Championship in Italy (Bolzano, Canazei, Milano)

  1. Canada Canada
  2. Finland Finland
  3. Sweden Sweden

Slovakia, Belarus, Estonia and Croatia make their debut in Pool C.

1993 IIHF World Championship in Germany (Dortmund, Munich)

  1. Russia Russia
  2. Sweden Sweden
  3. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

Czech Republic replaced Czechoslovakia.. Former Soviet republics make their debut; Slovenia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, along with Latvia. Latvia had previously played independently, last in 1939. All start play in Pool C

1992 IIHF World Championship in Czechoslovakia (Prague, Bratislava)

  1. Sweden Sweden
  2. Finland Finland
  3. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

The hockey world changed drastically during this time. With the breakup of the Soviet Union, the longtime hockey power would play as Russia, with many other countries playing independently, ie; Belarus, Kazakhstan to name a few. These new countries had no choice but to start play in the lower Pool C and D of international hockey, and work their way up. This caused very mismatched tourneys, since most of these nations were already Pool A and B teams. East and West Germany also merged during this time, giving them a stronger team also.
More nations now faced the same problem Canada had always faced. They had to wait until NHL clubs were eliminated from Stanley Cup play to join their respective nations. This was an especially new problem for Russia, and somewhat for the Czechs. Sweden and Finland had NHL players for years, but now Russia was losing players at an early age. There would be no more “Big Red Machine”, as they could not keep an all-star team year-round.

1991 IIHF World Championship in Finland (Turku, Helsinki, Tampere)

  1. Sweden Sweden
  2. Canada Canada
  3. Soviet Union Soviet Union

1990 IIHF World Championship in Switzerland (Berne, Fribourg)

  1. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  2. Sweden Sweden
  3. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

1989 IIHF World Championship in Sweden (Stockholm, Södertälje)

  1. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  2. Canada Canada
  3. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

1987 IIHF World Championship in Austria (Vienna)

  1. Sweden Sweden
  2. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  3. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

1986 IIHF World Championship in Soviet Union (Moscow)

  1. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  2. Sweden Sweden
  3. Canada Canada

1985 IIHF World Championship in Czechoslovakia (Prague)

  1. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
  2. Canada Canada
  3. Soviet Union Soviet Union

1983 IIHF World Championship in West Germany (Düsseldorf, Dortmund, Munich)

  1. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  2. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
  3. Canada Canada

1982 IIHF World Championship in Finland (Helsinki, Tampere)

  1. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  2. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
  3. Canada Canada

1981 IIHF World Championship in Sweden (Gothenburg, Stockholm)

  1. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  2. Sweden Sweden
  3. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

1979 IIHF World Championship in Soviet Union (Moscow)

  1. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  2. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
  3. Sweden Sweden

1978 IIHF World Championship in Czechoslovakia (Prague)

  1. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  2. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
  3. Canada Canada

1977 IIHF World Championship in Austria (Vienna)

  1. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
  2. Sweden Sweden
  3. Soviet Union Soviet Union

1976 IIHF World Championship in Poland (Katowice)

  1. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
  2. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  3. Sweden Sweden

1975 IIHF World Championship in (Munich, Dusseldorf West Germany)

  1. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  2. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
  3. Sweden Sweden

1974 IIHF World Championship in Finland (Helsinki)

  1. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  2. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
  3. Sweden Sweden

1973 IIHF World Championship in Soviet Union (Moscow)

  1. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  2. Sweden Sweden
  3. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

1972 IIHF World Championship in Czechoslovakia (Prague)

  1. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
  2. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  3. Sweden Sweden

It was this tournament in Prague that the final arrangements were made for the Summit Series between USSR and Canada. Canadians long believed NHL players would easily beat the Soviets. The NHL pros scored 2 fast goals in the first game of the 8 game series, but lost 7-3 and were shocked. Canada regrouped, and had to win the last 3 games in Moscow to win the series 4-3-1.

1971 IIHF World Championship in Switzerland (Berne, Geneva)

  1. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  2. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
  3. Sweden Sweden

1970 IIHF World Championship in Sweden (Stockholm)

  1. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  2. Sweden Sweden
  3. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

1969 IIHF World Championship in Sweden (Stockholm)

  1. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  2. Sweden Sweden
  3. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

1968 IIHF World Championship in France (Grenoble) Olympics

  1. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  2. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
  3. Canada Canada

1967 IIHF World Championship in Austria (Vienna)

  1. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  2. Sweden Sweden
  3. Canada Canada

1966 IIHF World Championship in Yugoslavia (Ljubljana)

  1. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  2. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
  3. Canada Canada

1965 IIHF World Championship in Finland (Tampere)

  1. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  2. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
  3. Sweden Sweden

1964 IIHF World Championship in Austria (Innsbruck) Olympics

  1. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  2. Sweden Sweden
  3. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

1963 IIHF World Championship in Sweden (Stockholm)

  1. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  2. Sweden Sweden
  3. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

1962 IIHF World Championship in Colorado (Colorado Springs, Denver)

  1. Sweden Sweden
  2. Canada Canada
  3. United States United States

In retaliation for the politically motivated boycott of 1957, USSR, Czechoslovakia and other Communist countries refused to participate.

1961 IIHF World Championship in Switzerland (Geneva, Lausanne)

  1. Canada Canada
  2. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
  3. Soviet Union Soviet Union

Last time games were played in open air. A swimming pool in Lausanne with powerful freezing plants turned the water to ice. Diving platforms rose above the playing surface. Players had to wear sunglasses to protect from the sun’s glare off the ice. Indoor rink in Geneva also unusual, as it had transparent plastic boards.

1960 IIHF World Championship in California (Squaw Valley) Olympics

  1. United States United States
  2. Canada Canada
  3. Soviet Union Soviet Union

1959 IIHF World Championship in Czechoslovakia (Prague, Bratislava)

  1. Canada Canada
  2. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  3. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

It is Finland’s first live radio transmission of a hockey game.

1958 IIHF World Championship in Norway (Oslo)

  1. Canada Canada
  2. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  3. Sweden Sweden

1957 IIHF World Championship in Soviet Union (Moscow)

  1. Sweden Sweden
  2. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  3. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

With Canada and USA boycotting tournament due to Soviet involvment in Hungary, the USSR Nationals were heavy favourites to win. However, they were surprised with ties versus Sweden and Czechoslovakia. The 1957 tournament was the last played on natural ice.

The decisive game between USSR and Sweden was played in the Grand Sposts Arena, in front of some 50,000 spectators.

1956 IIHF World Championship in Italy (Cortina) Olympics

  1. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  2. United States United States
  3. Canada Canada

1955 IIHF World Championship in West Germany (Krefeld, Dortmund, Cologne)

  1. Canada Canada
  2. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  3. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

1954 IIHF World Championship in Sweden (Stockholm)

  1. Soviet Union Soviet Union
  2. Canada Canada
  3. Sweden Sweden

16,000 witness historic first game between USSR and Canada. The Soviets style of play was very unfamiliar to Canada, as they seem to pass to much, check too little, and skate too fast. USSR defeat Canada 7-2. USSR tied Sweden 1-1

1953 IIHF World Championship in Switzerland (Zürich, Basel)

  1. Sweden Sweden
  2. West Germany West Germany
  3. Switzerland Switzerland

Germany awarded Silver medal despite 1 win. Czechoslovakia returned home without finishing tournament as a result of the death of Czech President Klement Gotvald.

Talk that maybe Soviet Union would participate in tournament. However, USSR only sent observers, including legendary coach Anatoli Tarasov to scout the tournament.

1952 IIHF World Championship in Drammen (Oslo)

  1. Canada Canada
  2. United States United States
  3. Sweden Sweden

1951 IIHF World Championship in France (Paris)

  1. Canada Canada
  2. Sweden Sweden
  3. Switzerland Switzerland

1950 IIHF World Championship in Great Britain (London)

  1. Canada Canada
  2. United States United States
  3. Switzerland Switzerland

Czechoslovakia does not appear at tournament. It was later learned that entire team was arrested by the Czechoslovakian KGB at the airport. It was suspected some players had planned to defect, and all were given jail sentences of varying lenth.

1949 IIHF World Championship in Sweden (Stockholm)

  1. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
  2. Canada Canada
  3. United States United States

Czechoslovakia wins tournament, this time with Canada involved. More remarkable is the Czech team that won 1947 WC and tied Canada in 1948 Olympics, all died in a plane crash on Nov.8,1948.

1948 IIHF World Championship in Switzerland (St. Moritz) Olympics

  1. Canada Canada
  2. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
  3. Switzerland Switzerland

1947 IIHF World Championship in Czechoslovakia (Prague)

  1. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia
  2. Sweden Sweden
  3. Austria Austria

1939 IIHF World Championship in Switzerland (Zürich, Basel)

  1. Canada Canada
  2. United States United States
  3. Switzerland Switzerland

1938 IIHF World Championship in Czechoslovakia (Prague)

  1. Canada Canada
  2. Great Britain Great Britain
  3. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

1937 IIHF World Championship in Great Britain (London)

  1. Canada Canada
  2. Great Britain Great Britain
  3. Switzerland Switzerland

1936 IIHF World Championship in Germany (Garmisch-Partenkirchen) Olympics

  1. Great Britain Great Britain
  2. Canada Canada
  3. United States United States

1935 IIHF World Championship in Switzerland (Davos)

  1. Canada Canada
  2. Switzerland Switzerland
  3. Great Britain Great Britain

1934 IIHF World Championship in Italy (Milan)

  1. Canada Canada
  2. United States United States
  3. Germany Germany

1933 IIHF World Championship in Czechoslovakia (Prague)

  1. United States United States
  2. Canada Canada
  3. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

1932 IIHF World Championship in New York (Lake Placid) Olympics

  1. Canada Canada
  2. United States United States
  3. Germany Germany

1931 IIHF World Championship in Poland (Krynica)

  1. Canada Canada
  2. United States United States
  3. Austria Austria

1930 IIHF World Championship in France (Chamonix), Germany (Berlin), Austria (Vienna)

  1. Canada Canada
  2. Germany Germany
  3. Switzerland Switzerland

Tournament began in France, warm weather and poor ice forced final games to Berlin.

1928 IIHF World Championship in Switzerland (St. Moritz) Olympics

  1. Canada Canada
  2. Sweden Sweden
  3. Switzerland Switzerland

1924 IIHF World Championship in France (Chamonix) Olympics

  1. Canada Canada
  2. United States United States
  3. Great Britain Great Britain

1920 IIHF World Championship in Belgium (Antwerp) Olympics

  1. Canada Canada
  2. United States United States
  3. Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia

Olympics Ice Hockey tournaments played between 1920 and 1968 also counted as IIHF World Chamipionships. During the World War II and Olympics years 1980, 1984 and 1988 no Ice Hockey World Championships were staged.

Source IIHF World Championships medallists, and the Hockey Almanac.

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