List of IIHF World Championship medalists
TheIce Hockey World Championshipsis an annual event held by theInternational Ice Hockey Federation(IIHF). It was preceded by the European Championship which was held from 1910 to 1932. The first World Championship tournament was decided at the1920 Summer Olympics.Subsequently,ice hockeywas featured at theWinter Olympic Games,where the World Championship was decided when the two events occurred concurrently, until the1968 Winter Olympics.The first three championships were contested at the Olympics, while the first World Championships that were an individual event were held in1930.[1]
The modern format for the World Championship features 16 teams in the championship group, 12 teams inDivision Iand 12 teams inDivision II.If there are more than 40 teams, the rest compete inDivision III.The teams in the championship play a preliminary and qualifying round, then the top eight teams play in the playoff medal round and the winning team is crowned World Champion. From the 1920 Olympics until the 1976 World Championships, only athletes designated as "amateur" were allowed to compete in the tournament. Because of this, players from theNational Hockey Leagueand its senior minor-league teams were not allowed to compete, while theSoviet Unionwas allowed to use permanent full-time players who were positioned as regular workers of anaircraft industryortractor industryemployer that sponsored what would be presented as an after-hours amateursocial sports societyteam for their workers. In 1970, after an agreement to allow just a small number of its professionals to participate was rescinded by the IIHF, Canada withdrew from the tournament.[2]Starting in 1977, professional athletes were allowed to compete in the tournament and Canada re-entered, using some NHL players from those teams that were not good enough to reach theStanley Cup playoffs.[3]
As of 2024, 87 tournaments have been staged. From 1920 to 1930, theWinter Olympic GamesIce Hockey Tournamentsheld counted as the World Championships and no tournaments in between were held. No championships were held from 1940 to 1946 due toWorld War II,nor during the Olympic years 1980, 1984 and 1988, nor in 2020 due toCOVID-19 pandemic.[4]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 of1954and last competed in1991,captured a medal in each of 34 tournaments they entered.[1]In winning the2006 World Championships,Sweden became the first nation in ice hockey history to win an Olympic gold as well as a separate World Championship in the same season.[5]In 2022, Finland repeated this achievement by winning theWorld Championshipsat home.
Champions[edit]
- Key
| † | TheSummer Olympic GamesIce Hockey Tournamentheld that year counted as the World Championships (1 edition). |
| * | TheWinter Olympic GamesIce Hockey Tournamentheld that year counted as the World Championships (10 editions). |
| (#) | Number of times when national team has reached corresponding place at the time (or number of tournaments hosted by city / country at the time). |
| (#/#) | Second number indicates cumulative number of times when successor country and its predecessor perIIHF(Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia or unified Germany) has reached corresponding place at the time (or cumulative number of tournaments hosted by successor country and its predecessor at the time). |
Medal table[edit]
Countries initalicsno longer compete at the World Championships.[7]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Canada |
28 | 16 | 9 | 53 |
| 2 |  Soviet Union[c]/ Russia[d] |
27 | 10 | 10 | 47 |
| 3 |  Czechoslovakia[e]/Czechia[f] |
13 | 13 | 22 | 48 |
| 4 |  Sweden |
11 | 19 | 18 | 48 |
| 5 |  Finland |
4 | 9 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 |  United States |
2 | 9 | 9 | 20 |
| 7 |  Great Britain |
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 |  Slovakia |
1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 |  Switzerland |
0 | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| 10 |  Germany[g]/West Germany[h] |
0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 11 |  Austria |
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 |  Latvia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (15 nations) | 87 | 87 | 87 | 261 | |
Finals[edit]
Since the introduction of play-off rounds in1992,the following national teams have made the finals.
| Country | Gold | Silver | Total finals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada
|
9 | 7 | 16 |
| Czechia
|
7 | 1 | 8 |
| Sweden
|
6 | 6 | 12 |
| Russia[d]
|
5 | 3 | 8 |
| Finland
|
4 | 9 | 13 |
| Slovakia
|
1 | 2 | 3 |
| Switzerland
|
0 | 3 | 3 |
| Germany
|
0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 32 | 32 | 64 |
Most successful players[edit]
Boldface denotes active ice hockey players and highest medal count among all players (including these who not included in these tables) per type. "Position" denotes player position on the hockey rink (D – defenceman; F – forward; G – goaltender).[8][9][10][11]
Multiple gold medalists[edit]
| Rank | Player | Country | Position | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladislav Tretiak | Soviet Union |
G | 1970 | 1983 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | Alexander Ragulin | Soviet Union |
D | 1961 | 1973 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 3 | Alexander Maltsev | Soviet Union |
F | 1969 | 1983 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Vladimir Petrov | Soviet Union |
F | 1969 | 1981 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 5 | Vyacheslav Starshinov | Soviet Union |
F | 1961 | 1971 | 9 | – | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Vitali Davydov | Soviet Union |
D | 1963 | 1971 | 9 | – | – | 9 |
| 7 | Valeri Kharlamov | Soviet Union |
F | 1969 | 1979 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Vladimir Lutchenko | Soviet Union |
D | 1969 | 1979 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Boris Mikhailov | Soviet Union |
F | 1969 | 1979 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Valeri Vasiliev | Soviet Union |
D | 1970 | 1982 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
Multiple medalists[edit]
The table shows players who have won at least 11 medals in total at the World Championships.
| Rank | Player | Country | Position | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vladislav Tretiak | Soviet Union |
G | 1970 | 1983 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| 2 | Jiří Holík | Czechoslovakia |
F | 1964 | 1977 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Alexander Ragulin | Soviet Union |
D | 1961 | 1973 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 4 | Alexander Maltsev | Soviet Union |
F | 1969 | 1983 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| 5 | Vladimir Petrov | Soviet Union |
F | 1969 | 1981 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| 6 | Valeri Kharlamov | Soviet Union |
F | 1969 | 1979 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 |
| Vladimir Lutchenko | Soviet Union |
D | 1969 | 1979 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Boris Mikhailov | Soviet Union |
F | 1969 | 1979 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| Valeri Vasiliev | Soviet Union |
D | 1970 | 1982 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 11 | |
| 10 | Sergei Makarov | Soviet Union |
F | 1978 | 1991 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Viacheslav Fetisov | Soviet Union |
D | 1977 | 1991 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 12 | Veniamin Alexandrov | Soviet Union |
F | 1957 | 1968 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 13 | Ivan Hlinka | Czechoslovakia |
F | 1970 | 1981 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
| Oldřich Machač | Czechoslovakia |
D | 1968 | 1978 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 | |
| Vladimír Martinec | Czechoslovakia |
F | 1970 | 1981 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
Best performers by country[edit]
Here are listed most successful players in the history of each of 15 medal-winning national teams – according to the gold-first ranking system and by total number of World Championships medals (one player if he holds national records in both categories or few players if these national records belongs to different persons). If the total number of medals is identical, the gold, silver and bronze medals are used as tie-breakers (in that order). If all numbers are the same, the players get the same placement and are sorted by the alphabetic order.
| Country | Player | Position | From | To | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soviet Union |
Vladislav Tretiak | G | 1970 | 1983 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 13 |
| Czechia |
David Výborný | F | 1996 | 2006 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Czechoslovakia |
Jiří Holík | F | 1964 | 1977 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 |
| Sweden |
Jonas Bergqvist (by the gold-first ranking system) |
F | 1986 | 1998 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Sven "Tumba" Johansson (by total number of medals) |
F | 1952 | 1965 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |
| Russia |
Alexander Ovechkin | F | 2005 | 2019 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| Canada |
Eric Brewer (by the gold-first ranking system) |
D | 2003 | 2007 | 3 | – | – | 3 |
| Shane Doan& Dany Heatley (by total number of medals) |
F | 2003 | 2009 | 2 | 3 | – | 5 | |
| Finland |
Atte Ohtamaa (by the gold-first ranking system) |
D | 2014 | 2022 | 2 | 3 | – | 5 |
| Ville Peltonen (by total number of medals) |
F | 1994 | 2008 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | |
| Great Britain |
Gordon Dailley | F/D | 1935 | 1938 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Gerry Davey | ||||||||
| Slovakia |
Miroslav Šatan | F | 2000 | 2012 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| United States |
John Garrison& John Mayasich (by the gold-first ranking system) |
D/F F/D |
1932 1956 |
1936 1962 |
1 1 |
1 1 |
1 1 |
3 3 |
| Allen Van (by total number of medals) |
D | 1939 | 1952 | – | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
| Switzerland |
Reto Berra, Roman Josi& Nino Niederreiter (by the gold-first ranking system) |
G D F |
2013 |
2024 |
– |
3 |
– |
3 |
| Richard "Bibi" Torriani (by total number of medals) |
F | 1928 | 1948 | – | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Germany |
Gustav Jaenecke | F/D | 1930 | 1934 | – | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Walter Leinweber | G | |||||||
| Erich Römer | D/F | |||||||
| West Germany |
16 players[i] | D, F, G | 1953 | 1953 | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Austria |
Fritz Demmer | F | 1931 | 1947 | – | – | 2 | 2 |
| Latvia |
27 players[j] | D, F, G | 2023 | 2023 | – | – | 1 | 1 |
See also[edit]
- List of IIHF World Championship directorate award winners
- List of IIHF World Junior Championship medalists
- IIHF World Women's Championship
- 4 Nations Cup
- Ice hockey at the Olympic Games
Notes[edit]
- ^Canada, United States, Great Britain, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, the Soviet Union, Russia, Finland, Czech Republic and Slovakia.
- ^Switzerland, Germany, Austria, West Germany and Latvia.
- ^Soviet Unionwon 22 gold medals, 7 silver medals and 5 bronze medals (34 medals in total).
- ^abRussia,the official successor state of theSoviet Union,won 5 gold medals, 3 silver medals and 5 bronze medals (13 medals in total). Russia is currently banned from participating in international tournaments due to theRussian invasion of Ukraine.
- ^Czechoslovakiawon 6 gold medals, 12 silver medals and 16 bronze medals (34 medals in total).
- ^Czechia (also known as theCzech Republic), the successor state ofCzechoslovakiaperIIHF,won 7 gold medals, 1 silver medal and 6 bronze medals (14 medals in total).
- ^Germanywon 2 silver medals and 2 bronze medals (4 medals in total).
- ^West Germany,the official successor state ofGermanysince 1949 untilreunification of countryin 1990, won 1 silver medal.
- ^Martin Beck,Anton Biersack,Karl Bierschel,Otto Brandenburg,Markus Egen,Karl Enzler,Georg Guggemos,Bruno Guttowski,Alfred Hoffmann,Ulli Jansen,Walter Kremershof,Dieter Niess,Fritz Poitsch,Hans Rampf,Kurt SeppandXaver Unsinn.
- ^Rodrigo Ābols,Toms Andersons,Rūdolfs Balcers,Uvis Balinskis,Oskars Batņa,Arvils Bergmanis,Rihards Bukarts,Roberts Bukarts,Oskars Cibuļskis,Kārlis Čukste,Kaspars Daugaviņš,Andris Džeriņš,Mārtiņš Dzierkals,Ralfs Freibergs,Georgs Golovkovs,Kristers Gudļevskis,Miks Indrašis,Jānis Jaks,Ronalds Ķēniņš,Renārs Krastenbergs,Dans Ločmelis,Roberts Mamčics,Ivars Punnenovs,Kristiāns Rubīns,Artūrs Šilovs,Deniss SmirnovsandKristaps Zīle.
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General[edit]
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- "World Men's History".TSN.ca. Archived fromthe originalon 2008-05-19.Retrieved12 May2008.
- MacSkimming, Roy (1996).Cold War.Vancouver, British Columbia: Greystone Books.ISBN1-55054-473-X.
External links[edit]
- International Ice Hockey FederationArchived2021-08-11 at theWayback Machine
- Medal table and alternative medal tableArchived2019-06-20 at theWayback Machine
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