Hockey Through The Years: World Championship

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Men

The World Hockey Championship tournament has been played regularly since 1930. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), which governs both the World and Winter Olympic tournaments, considers the Olympic champions from 1920-68 to also be the World champions. However the IIHF has not recognized an Olympic champion as World champion since 1968. The IIHF has sanctioned separate World Championships in Olympic years four times-in 1972, 1976, 1992 and 2002. The world championship is officially vacant for the three Olympic years from 1980-88.

Multiple winners: Soviet Union/Russia and Canada (23); Sweden (7); Czechoslovakia (6) Czech Republic (4), USA (2).

Year
1920 Canada
1924 Canada
1928 Canada
1930 Canada
1931 Canada
1932 Canada
1933 United States
1934 Canada
1935 Canada
1936 Great Britain
1937 Canada
1938 Canada
1939 Canada
1940-46  Not held
1947 Czechoslovakia
1948 Canada
1949 Czechoslovakia
1950 Canada
1951 Canada
1952 Canada
1953 Sweden
1954 Soviet Union
1955 Canada
1956 Soviet Union
1957 Sweden
1958 Canada
1959 Canada
1960 United States
1961 Canada
1962 Sweden
1963 Soviet Union
1964 Soviet Union
1965 Soviet Union
1966 Soviet Union
1967 Soviet Union
1968 Soviet Union
1969 Soviet Union
1970 Soviet Union
1971 Soviet Union
1972 Czechoslovakia
1973 Soviet Union
1974 Soviet Union
1975 Soviet Union
1976 Czechoslovakia
1977 Czechoslovakia
1978 Soviet Union
1979 Soviet Union
1980 Not held
1981 Soviet Union
1982 Soviet Union
1983 Soviet Union
1984 Not held
1985 Czechoslovakia
1986 Soviet Union
1987 Sweden
1988 Not held
1989 Soviet Union
1990 Soviet Union
1991 Sweden
1992 Sweden
1993 Russia
1994 Canada
1995 Finland
1996Czech Republic
1997Canada
1998Sweden
1999Czech Republic
2000Czech Republic
2001Czech Republic
2002Slovakia
2003 Canada
2004 Canada

Women

The women's World Hockey Championship tournament is governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

Multiple winners: Canada (8).

Year
1990 Canada
1992 Canada
1994 Canada
1997 Canada
1999 Canada
2000 Canada
2001Canada
2004Canada

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