National team appearances in the Ice Hockey World Championships

This article lists the performances of each of the 70 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 Hockey World Championship as an individual event in 1930. With the exception between 1940 and 1946, when no championships were held during World War II, nor were held during the Olympic years 1980, 1984, and 1988. In 2020, the IIHF announced that all World Championship tournaments have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions-related issues.
Sweden has appeared in 81 out of 86 tournaments to date, with Canada, having participated in 76, and Finland in 69. The United States has appeared in 74 top division tournaments and five in lower divisions. Although the U.S. was unsuccessful at the 1969 World Championship, finished in last place in Group A (now Top Division) after losing all ten games. This marks the first time in men's world's history, the United States was relegated to Group B (now Division I) until the 1970 World Championship, the U.S. bounce back and finished in first place in Group B (7th overall) after winning all seven games and was promoted back to Group A.
Canada is the current World Champion, defeating Germany in the gold medal game at the 2023 IIHF World Championship. Since the IIHF introduced a playoff system in 1992, Switzerland has appeared in two World Championship gold medal games, finished as the runners-up after losing to Sweden twice in 2013 and 2018. The United States is the only "Big Six" team to have never advanced past the World Championship semifinals and never appeared in every World Championship gold medal game.
==Debut of teams==
A total of 62 national teams have participated for at least one IIHF World Championship through the 2023 event, and two debuted in 2023. Each successive IIHF World Championships has had at least one team appearing for the first time, in alphabetical order per year. Teams in parentheses are considered successor teams by the IIHF.
Notes:
* Between 1920 and 1968, the Olympic ice hockey tournament was also considered the World Championship for that year.
* Each of the national teams have made their debut that participate in the lower division of the World Championship.
Key:
* – The Summer Olympic Games Ice Hockey Tournament held that year counted as the World Championship
* – The Winter Olympic Games Ice Hockey Tournament held that year counted as the World Championship
Year 	Debutants 	Debutants 	Debutants 	Successor teams
Year 	Teams 	Number 	 	Successor teams
1920  	, , , , , , 	7 	7 	
1924 *	 	1 	8 	
1928 *	, , , 	4 	12 	
1930 	, 	2 	14 	
1931 	 	1 	15 	
1932 *	None 	0 	15 	
1933 	 	1 	16 	
1934 	None 	0 	16 	
1935 	 	1 	17 	
1936 *	None 	0 	17 	
1937 	 	1 	18 	
1938 	 	1 	19 	
1939 	, Yugoslavia 	2 	21 	
1940 	No tournaments were held during World War II 	No tournaments were held during World War II 	No tournaments were held during World War II 	No tournaments were held during World War II
1941 	No tournaments were held during World War II 	No tournaments were held during World War II 	No tournaments were held during World War II 	No tournaments were held during World War II
1942 	No tournaments were held during World War II 	No tournaments were held during World War II 	No tournaments were held during World War II 	No tournaments were held during World War II
1943 	No tournaments were held during World War II 	No tournaments were held during World War II 	No tournaments were held during World War II 	No tournaments were held during World War II
1944 	No tournaments were held during World War II 	No tournaments were held during World War II 	No tournaments were held during World War II 	No tournaments were held during World War II
1945 	No tournaments were held during World War II 	No tournaments were held during World War II 	No tournaments were held during World War II 	No tournaments were held during World War II
1946 	No tournaments were held during World War II 	No tournaments were held during World War II 	No tournaments were held during World War II 	No tournaments were held during World War II
1947 	None 	0 	21 	
1948 *	None 	0 	21 	
1949 	 	1 	22 	
1950 	None 	0 	22 	
1951 	None 	0 	22 	Yugoslavia (Group B)
1952 *	None 	0 	22 	
1953 	None 	0 	22 	West Germany
1954 	 	1 	23 	
1955 	None 	0 	23 	
1956 *	East Germany (Group B) 	1 	24 	
1957 	None 	0 	24 	
1958 	None 	0 	24 	
1959 	None 	0 	24 	
1960 *	 	1 	25 	
1961 	(Group C) 	1 	26 	
1962 	None 	0 	26 	
1963 	(Group C) 	1 	27 	
1964 *	None 	0 	27 	
1965 	None 	0 	27 	
1966 	None 	0 	27 	
1967 	None 	0 	27 	
1968 *	None 	0 	27 	
1969 	None 	0 	27 	
1970 	None 	0 	27 	
1971 	None 	0 	27 	
1972 	(Group C) 	1 	28 	
1973 	None 	0 	28 	
1974 	(Group C) 	1 	29 	
1975 	None 	0 	29 	
1976 	None 	0 	29 	
1977 	(Group C) 	1 	30 	
1978 	None 	0 	30 	
1979 	(Group C) 	1 	31 	
1980 	No tournaments were held during the 1980 Winter Olympic Games 	No tournaments were held during the 1980 Winter Olympic Games 	No tournaments were held during the 1980 Winter Olympic Games 	No tournaments were held during the 1980 Winter Olympic Games
1981 	None 	0 	31 	
1982 	None 	0 	31 	
1983 	None 	0 	31 	
1984 	No tournaments were held during the 1984 Winter Olympic Games 	No tournaments were held during the 1984 Winter Olympic Games 	No tournaments were held during the 1984 Winter Olympic Games 	No tournaments were held during the 1984 Winter Olympic Games
1985 	None 	0 	31 	
1986 	None 	0 	31 	
1987 	(Group D), (Group D) 	2 	33 	
1988 	No tournaments were held during the 1988 Winter Olympic Games 	No tournaments were held during the 1988 Winter Olympic Games 	No tournaments were held during the 1988 Winter Olympic Games 	No tournaments were held during the 1988 Winter Olympic Games
1989 	None 	0 	33 	
1990 	None 	0 	33 	
1991 	None 	0 	33 	
1992 	(Group C2), (Group C2), (Group C2), (Group C2) 	4 	37 	
1993 	(Group C), (Group C), (Group C), (Group C), (Group C), (Group C) 	6 	43 	
1994 	(Group C1) 	1 	44 	
1995 	None 	0 	44 	(Group C)
1996 	None 	0 	44 	
1997 	None 	0 	44 	
1998 	None 	0 	44 	
1999 	(Group D) 	1 	45 	
2000 	(Group D) 	1 	46 	
2001 	None 	0 	46 	
2002 	None 	0 	46 	
2003 	None 	0 	46 	(Division II A)
2004 	(Division III), (Division III) 	2 	48 	
2005 	None 	0 	48 	
2006 	None 	0 	48 	
2007 	(Division III) 	1 	49 	(Division II A)
2008 	(Division III Q) 	1 	50 	
2009 	None 	0 	50 	
2010 	(Division III) 	1 	51 	
2011 	None 	0 	51 	
2012 	None 	0 	51 	
2013 	(Division III Q) 	1 	52 	
2014 	None 	0 	52 	
2015 	None 	0 	52 	
2016 	None 	0 	52 	
2017 	(Division III) 	1 	53 	
2018 	(Division III Q), (Division III Q) 	2 	55 	
2019 	(Division III Q), (Division III Q) 	2 	57 	
2020 	Tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 	Tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 	Tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic 	Tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 	All lower division tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	All lower division tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	All lower division tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	All lower division tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022 	(Division IV), (Division IV), (Division IV) 	3 	60 	
2023 	(Division IV), (Division IV) 	2 	62 	
2024 	TBD 	TBD 	TBD 	
2025 	TBD 	TBD 	TBD 	
2026 	TBD 	TBD 	TBD 	
2027 	TBD 	TBD 	TBD 	
2028 	TBD 	TBD 	TBD 	
2029 	TBD 	TBD 	TBD 	
2030 	TBD 	TBD 	TBD 	
With 62 national teams to have participated through the 2023 event, the IIHF World Championships is the third most participated men's world championship, behind the FIFA World Cup (80), and the FIBA Basketball World Cup (65), and ahead of the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship (60), the IHF World Men's Handball Championship (58), the Rugby World Cup (26), the Men's FIH Hockey World Cup (25), the World Baseball Classic (23), and the Cricket World Cup (20).
==Ranking of teams by number of appearances==
Team	Number of appearances 	Debut	Most recent	Best result
 	81 	1920 	2023 	Champions ()
 	76 	1920 	2023 	Champions ()
 	74 (5 in lower divisions) 	1920 	2023 	Champions (1933, 1960)
 	69 	1939 	2023 	Champions (1995, 2011, 2019, 2022)
 	55 (25 in lower divisions) 	1920 	2023 	Runners-up (1935, 2013, 2018)
 	38 (31 in lower divisions) 	1937 	2023 	4th place (1951)
 	34 (42 in lower divisions) 	1928 	2023 	3rd place (1931, 1947)
 	34 (34 in lower divisions) 	1920 	2023 	6th place (1920, 1924, 1928, 1930)
 	32 (37 in lower divisions) 	1930 	2023 	4th place (1953)
 	31 (4 in lower divisions) 	1933 	2023 	3rd place (2023)
 	29 (45 in lower divisions) 	1928 	2023 	4th place (1931, 1932)
 	27 (2 in lower divisions) 	1994 	2023 	Champions (2002)
 	21 (34 in lower divisions) 	1949 	2023 	8th place (2010, 2016)
 	20 (8 in lower divisions) 	1993 	2021 	6th place (2006)
 	18 (42 in lower divisions) 	1924 	2023 	Champions (1936)
 	13 (53 in lower divisions) 	1928 	2023 	5th place (1937)
 	12 (45 in lower divisions) 	1920 	2023 	7th place (1920, 1924, 1950)
 	11 (46 in lower divisions) 	1930 	2023 	6th place (1930)
 	11 (19 in lower divisions) 	1993 	2023 	10th place (2021)
 	10 (19 in lower divisions) 	1993 	2023 	13th place (2002, 2005)
 	9 (20 in lower divisions) 	1993 	2023 	9th place (2002)
 	8 (56 in lower divisions) 	1931 	2023 	7th place (1947)
 	4 (56 in lower divisions) 	1935 	2023 	8th place (1950, 1981)
 	1 (37* in lower divisions) 	1960 	2023 	9th place (1960)
 	1 (36 in lower divisions) 	1979 	2023 	16th place (2018)
 	1 (29 in lower divisions) 	1938 	2023 	10th place (1938)
 	 	 	 	
 	0 (51 in lower divisions) 	1963 	2023 	14th place (8th in Group B) (1970)
 	0 (44 in lower divisions) 	1972 	2023 	15th place (6th in Group B) (1982)
 	0 (39 in lower divisions) 	1977 	2023 	22nd place (5th in Group C) (1977)
 	0 (30** in lower divisions)	1961 	2023 	19th place (3rd in Group C) (1966)
 	0 (30 in lower divisions) 	1992 	2023 	28th place (6th in Division I A) (2006)
 	0 (29 in lower divisions) 	1993 	2023 	24th place (4th in Division I A) (2001)
 	0 (29 in lower divisions) 	1993 	2023 	19th place (3rd in Group B) (1998)
 	0 (27** in lower divisions)	1987 	2023 	27th place (3rd in Group D) (1987)
 	0 (27** in lower divisions)	1992 	2023 	32nd place (6th in Group C2) (1992)
 	0 (27 in lower divisions) 	1974 	2019 	21st place (5th in Group C) (1990)
 	0 (23 in lower divisions) 	1999 	2023 	30th place (2nd in Division II A) (2014)
 	0 (22 in lower divisions) 	1992 	2023 	31st place (5th in Group C2) (1992)
 	0 (22 in lower divisions) 	2000 	2023 	35th place (4th in Division II B) (2008)
 	0 (12 in lower divisions) 	1992 	2013 	29th place (3rd in Group C2) (1992)
 	0 (10 in lower divisions) 	2004 	2013 	40th place (6th in Division II B) (2008)
 	0 (9 in lower divisions) 	2013 	2023 	30th place (2nd in Division II A) (2023)
 	0 (9 in lower divisions) 	2010 	2023 	35th place (1st in Division II B) (2023)
 	0 (8 in lower divisions) 	1987 	2023 	28th place (4th in Group D) (1987)
 	0 (7 in lower divisions) 	2008 	2023 	44th place (3rd in Division III B) (2022)
 	0 (6 in lower divisions) 	2007 	2023 	45th place (5th in Division III) (2007)
 	0 (5 in lower divisions) 	2004 	2010 	43rd place (3rd in Division III) (2006)
 	0 (5*** in lower divisions)	2017 	2023 	40th place (4th in Division III A) (2022)
 	0 (4 in lower divisions) 	2018 	2023 	49th place (5th in Division IV) (2022)
 	0 (4 in lower divisions) 	2018 	2023 	39th place (3rd in Division III A) (2022)
 	0 (3 in lower divisions) 	2019 	2023 	45th place (1st in Division IV) (2022)
 	0 (3 in lower divisions) 	2019 	2023 	43rd place (2nd in Division III B) (2022)
 	0 (2 in lower divisions) 	2022 	2023 	46th place (2nd in Division IV) (2022)
 	0 (2 in lower divisions) 	2022 	2023 	48th place (4th in Division IV) (2022)
 	0 (2 in lower divisions) 	2022 	2023 	47th place (3rd in Division IV) (2022)
 	0 (1 in lower divisions) 	2023 	2023 	55th place (4th in Division IV) (2023)
 	0 (1 in lower divisions) 	2023 	2023 	52th place (1st in Division IV) (2023)
 *Including participation in official qualifying competition for 1964 World Championships/Olympics.
 **Not including participation in unofficial Group E 1997 Men's World Championships.
 ***Not including unofficial participation in the Pool D at 1987 World Championships.
;Breakdown of successor teams
Team 	Number of appearances	Debut	Most recent	Best result
(1993–)	30 	1993 	2023 	Champions ()
 	52 	1920 	1992 	Champions ()
Team 	Number of appearances 	Debut	Most recent	Best result
Germany (1928–1939), (1952 Winter Olympics), (1991–)	40 (3 in lower divisions) 	1928 	2023 	Runners-up (1930, 2003)
 	3 	1956 	1964 	6th place (1956, 1960)
West Germany (1951–1990) 	24 (9* in lower divisions) 	1953 	1990 	Runners-up (1953)
East Germany (1951–1990) 	14 (16** in lower divisions)	1956 	1990 	5th place (1957, 1965, 1966, 1970)
 *Including participation in 3 official qualifying competitions for World Championships/Olympics 1956, 1960, 1964 where United Team of Germany played.
 **Including participation in 2 official qualifying competitions for World Championships/Olympics 1960, 1964 where United Team of Germany played (1956 counted as usual as East Germany played in the Pool B at 1956 World Championships).
Team 	Number of appearances	Debut	Most recent	Best result
(2021–) 	1 	2021 	2021 	5th place (2021)
(1992–2019)	28 	1992 	2019 	Champions ()
 	34 	1954 	1991 	Champions ()
Team 	Number of appearances 	Debut	Most recent	Best result
(2007–) 	0 (15 in lower divisions)	2007 	2023 	26th place (5th in Division I B) (2022)
 	0 (4 in lower divisions) 	2003 	2006 	31st place (2nd in Division II Group A) (2003)
 	0 (7 in lower divisions) 	1995 	2002 	28th place (8th in Group C) (1995)
Yugoslavia (1939), (1951–1991)	1 (30 in lower divisions)	1939 	1991 	13th place (1939)
Also Switzerland "B" team played at the 1953 Ice Hockey World Championships in the Pool B, West Germany "B" team played at the 1955 Ice Hockey World Championships in the Pool B, Czechoslovakia "B" team played at the 1959 Ice Hockey World Championships in the Pool B and Yugoslavia "B" team played at the 1966 Ice Hockey World Championships in the Pool C but its results were not official and not counted in the final tables.
==Results of host nations==
Year 	Host nation(s)	Finish
1920 	 	7th place
1924 *	 	6th place
1928 *	 	3rd place
1930 	 	Runners-up
1930 	 	4th place
1930 	 	6th place (tie)
1931 	 	4th place
1932 *	 	Runners-up
1933 	 	3rd place
1934 	 	9th place
1935 	 	Runners-up
1936 *	 	5th place
1937 	 	Runners-up
1938 	 	3rd place
1939 	 	3rd place
1947 	 	Champions
1948 *	 	3rd place
1949 	 	4th place
1950 	 	4th place
1951 	 	9th place(2nd in Group B)
1952 *	 	9th place
1953 	 	3rd place
1954 	 	3rd place
1955 	West Germany 	6th place
1956 *	 	7th place
1957 	 	Runners-up
1958 	 	8th place
1959 	 	3rd place
1960 *	 	Champions
1961 	 	11th place(3rd in Group B)
1962 	 	3rd place
1963 	 	Runners-up
1964 *	 	13th place(5th in Group B)
1965 	 	7th place
1966 	Yugoslavia 	11th place(3rd in Group B)
1967 	 	14th place(6th in Group B)
1968 *	 	14th place(6th in Group B)
1969 	 	Runners-up
1970 	 	Runners-up
1971 	 	7th place(1st in Group B)(promoted to 1972 Group A)
1972 	 	Champions
1973 	 	Champions
1974 	 	4th place
1975 	West Germany 	8th place(2nd in Group B)(promoted to 1976 Group A)
Year	Host nation(s)	Finish 	Last round
1976	 	7th place(relegated to 1977 Group B) 	Consolation round
1977	 	17th place(9th in Group B)(relegated to 1978 Group C)	Lower division
1978	 	Runners-up 	Final round
1979	 	Champions 	Final round
1981	 	Runners-up 	Final round
1982	 	5th place 	First round
1983	West Germany 	5th place 	Consolation round
1985	 	Champions 	Final round
1986	 	Champions 	Final round
1987	 	11th place(3rd in Group B) 	Lower division
1989	 	4th place 	Final round
1990	 	9th place(1st in Group B)(promoted to 1991 Group A) 	Lower division
1991	 	5th place 	Consolation round
1992	 	3rd place 	Final round
1993	 	5th place 	Final round
1994	 	6th place 	Final round
1995	 	Runners-up 	Final round
1996	 	12th place(relegated to 1997 Group B) 	Consolation round
1997	 	5th place 	Second round
1998	 	4th place 	Final round
1999	 	12th place 	Consolation round
2000	 	10th place 	Preliminary round
2001	 	8th place 	Playoff round
2002	 	3rd place 	Playoff round
2003	 	8th place 	Playoff round
2004	 	5th place 	Playoff round
2005	 	16th place(relegated to 2006 Division I B) 	Relegation round
2006	 	10th place 	Preliminary round
2007	 	3rd place 	Playoff round
2008	 	Runners-up 	Playoff round
2009	 	9th place 	Preliminary round
2010	 	4th place 	Playoff round
2011	 	10th place 	Preliminary round
2012	 	4th place 	Playoff round
2012	 	6th place 	Playoff round
2013	 	Champions 	Playoff round
2013	 	4th place 	Playoff round
2014	 	7th place 	Playoff round
2015	 	4th place 	Playoff round
2016	 	3rd place 	Playoff round
2017	 	8th place 	Playoff round
2017	 	9th place 	Preliminary round
2018	 	10th place 	Preliminary round
2019	 	9th place 	Preliminary round
2021	 	11th place 	Preliminary round
2022	 	Champions 	Playoff round
2023	 	7th place 	Playoff round
2023	 	3rd place 	Playoff round
2024	 	TBD 	TBD
2025	 	TBD 	TBD
2025	 	TBD 	TBD
2026	 	TBD 	TBD
2027	TBD 	TBD 	TBD
2028	TBD 	TBD 	TBD
2029	TBD 	TBD 	TBD
2030	TBD 	TBD 	TBD
==Results of defending champions==
Year 	Defending champions	Finish
1924 *	 	Champions
1928 *	 	Champions
1930 	 	Champions
1931 	 	Champions
1932 *	 	Champions
1933 	 	Runners-up
1934 	 	Runners-up
1935 	 	Champions
1936 *	 	Runners-up
1937 	 	Runners-up
1938 	 	Champions
1939 	 	Champions
1947 	 	Did not participate
1948 *	 	Runners-up
1949 	 	Runners-up
1950 	 	Did not participate
1951 	 	Champions
1952 *	 	Champions
1953 	 	Did not participate
1954 	 	3rd place
1955 	 	Runners-up
1956 *	 	3rd place
1957 	 	Runners-up
1958 	 	3rd place
1959 	 	Champions
1960 *	 	Runners-up
1961 	 	6th place
1962 	 	Runners-up
1963 	 	Runners-up
1964 *	 	Champions
1965 	 	Champions
1966 	 	Champions
1967 	 	Champions
1968 *	 	Champions
1969 	 	Champions
1970 	 	Champions
1971 	 	Champions
1972 	 	Runners-up
1973 	 	3rd place
1974 	 	Champions
1975 	 	Champions
Year	Defending champions	Finish 	Last round
1976	 	Runners-up	Final round
1977	 	Champions 	Final round
1978	 	Runners-up	Final round
1979	 	Champions 	Final round
1981	 	Champions 	Final round
1982	 	Champions 	Final round
1983	 	Champions 	Final round
1985	 	3rd place 	Final round
1986	 	5th place 	Consolation round
1987	 	Runners-up	Final round
1989	 	4th place 	Final round
1990	 	Champions 	Final round
1991	 	3rd place 	Final round
1992	 	Champions 	Final round
1993	 	Runners-up	Final round
1994	 	5th place 	Final round
1995	 	3rd place 	Final round
1996	 	5th place 	Final round
1997	 	3rd place 	Final round
1998	 	6th place 	Final round
1999	 	3rd place 	Final round
2000	 	Champions 	Playoff round
2001	 	Champions 	Playoff round
2002	 	5th place 	Playoff round
2003	 	3rd place 	Playoff round
2004	 	Champions 	Playoff round
2005	 	Runners-up	Playoff round
2006	 	Runners-up	Playoff round
2007	 	4th place 	Playoff round
2008	 	Runners-up	Playoff round
2009	 	Champions 	Playoff round
2010	 	Runners-up	Playoff round
2011	 	3rd place 	Playoff round
2012	 	4th place 	Playoff round
2013	 	6th place 	Playoff round
2014	 	3rd place 	Playoff round
2015	 	Runners-up	Playoff round
2016	 	Champions 	Playoff round
2017	 	Runners-up	Playoff round
2018	 	Champions 	Playoff round
2019	 	5th place 	Playoff round
2021	 	Runners-up	Playoff round
2022	 	Runners-up	Playoff round
2023	 	7th place 	Playoff round
==Medal table==
==Droughts==
This section is a list of droughts associated with the participation of men's national ice hockey teams in the IIHF World Championships, including final appearance and world champion droughts up to and including the 2023 IIHF World Championship. Those teams which have not participated in any World Championship are listed by the year that they entered the IIHF tournaments.
Note:
* Does not include droughts between 1940 and 1946, when no championships were held during World War II, nor were held during the Olympic years 1980, 1984, and 1988, and 2020 championships were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
===Longest active final droughts===
Does not include two teams that made the 2023 Final: Canada and Germany.
Team	Last appearance in the final 	Subsequent semifinal losses 	Drought
 	Never (IIHF introduced a playoff system in 1992)	12 (1994, 1996, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023)	years
 	Never (IIHF introduced a playoff system in 1992)	1 (2023) 	years
 	2010 	5 (2011, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2022) 	years
 	2012 	0 	years
 	2015 	3 (2016, 2017, 2019) 	years
 	2018 	0 	years
 	2018 	0 	years
 	2022 	0 	1 year
===Longest all-time final droughts===
 Active final drought is highlighted
Team	Prev. appearance in the final 	Intervening semifinal losses 	Next appearance in the final	Drought
 	Never (IIHF introduced a playoff system in 1992)	12 (1994, 1996, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023)	active 	32 years
 	Never (IIHF introduced a playoff system in 1992)	1 (2023) 	active 	32 years
 	Never (IIHF introduced a playoff system in 1992)	2 (2010, 2021) 	2023 	31 years
 	Never (IIHF introduced a playoff system in 1992)	2 (1992, 1998) 	2013 	21 years
 	2010 	5 (2011, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2022) 	active 	13 years
 	2012 	0 	active 	11 years
 	1993 	0 	2002 	8 years
 	2009 	0 	2015 	5 years
 	1997 	0 	2003 	5 years
 	2018 	0 	active 	5 years
 	2001 	1 (2002) 	2006 	4 years
===Longest active champion droughts===
Does not include the most-recent World Champion: Finland.
Team	Last Champion 	Subsequent Final losses	Drought
 	Never (debut in 1920)	2 (2013, 2018) 	years
 	1936 	Never 	years
 	1960 	Never 	years
 	2002 	1 (2012) 	years
 	2010 	0 	years
 	2014 	1 (2015) 	years
 	2018 	0 	years
 	2021 	1 (2022) 	1 year
===Longest all-time champion droughts===
 Active champion drought is highlighted
Team	Prev. champion 	Intervening final losses 	Next champion	Drought
 	Never (debut in 1920)	2 (2013, 2018) 	active 	104 years
 	1936 	Never 	active 	87 years
 	1960 	Never 	active 	63 years
 	1961 	Never 	1994 	32 years
 	1962 	Never 	1987 	24 years
 	2002 	1 (2012) 	active 	21 years
 	1995 	4 (1998, 1999, 2001, 2007)	2011 	15 years
 	1993 	1 (2002) 	2008 	14 years
 	2010 	0 	active 	13 years
===Longest active appearance droughts===
Does not include teams that have not made their first appearance. Does not include droughts when all lower division tournaments were cancelled for two years (2020–2021) due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Team	Last appearance 	WC Missed
 	2010 (Division III B)	
 	2013 (Division III) 	
 	2013 (Division III) 	
 	2019 (Division II B) 	
 	2021 	
 	2021 	
===Longest all-time appearance droughts===
Only includes droughts begun after a team's first appearance and until the team ceased to exist. Updated to include participation for the 2023 World Championships.
 Active appearance drought is highlighted
Team 	Prev. appearance 	Next appearance 	WC Missed
 	1938 	1993 (Group C) 	44
 	1939 	1993 (Group C) 	43
 	1987 (Group D) 	2014 (Division III) 	25
 	1966 (Group C) 	1992 (Group C2) 	22
 	1936 	1957 	13
 	1949 	1962 (Group B) 	12
 	1939 	1959 (Group B) 	12
 	2010 (Division III B)	active 	12
 	1962 (Group B) 	1974 (Group C) 	11
 	1947 	1959 (Group B) 	11
 	2013 (Division III) 	active 	9
 	2013 (Division III) 	active 	9
 	2013 (Division III Q)	2023 (Division IV) 	8
 	1993 (Group C) 	2002 (Division II Q)	8
 	1992 (Group C2) 	2000 (Group D) 	7
 	1969 	1977 	7
 	1953 (Group B) 	1961 (Group B) 	7
 	2008 (Division III Q)	2015 (Division III) 	6
 	1989 (Group D) 	1995 (Group C2) 	5
 	1955 (Group B) 	1961 (Group C) 	5
 	1939 	1952 	5
 	1937 	1950 	5
Yugoslavia 	1939 	1951 (Group B) 	4
 	1974 (Group C) 	1978 (Group C) 	3
 	1963 (Group C) 	1967 (Group C) 	3
 	1938 	1949 	3
 	1931 	1935 	3
 	2010 (Division III A)	2013 (Division III) 	2
 	1982 (Group C) 	1986 (Group C) 	2
 	1961 (Group B) 	1964 (Group B) 	2
 	1956 	1959 	2
 	1936 	1939 	2
 	1930 	1933 	2
 	1952 	1955 	2
 	1952 	1955 	2
 	1924 	1931 	2
 	1952 (Group B) 	1955 (Group B) 	2
 	1949 	1952 	2
 	1939 	1949 	2
 	1930 	1933 	2
 	2021 	suspended 	2
 	2021 	suspended 	2
 	2000 (Group D) 	2002 (Division II A)	1
 	1994 (Group C2) 	1996 (Group D) 	1
 	1998 (Group C) 	2000 (Group C) 	1
 	1986 (Group C) 	1989 (Group D) 	1
 	1979 (Group C) 	1982 (Group C) 	1
 	1961 	1963 	1
East Germany	1961 	1963 	1
East Germany	1957 	1959 	1
 	1959 (Group B) 	1961 (Group B) 	1
 	1957 	1959 (Group B) 	1
 	1953 (Group B) 	1955 (Group B) 	1
 	1949 	1951 (Group B) 	1
 	1938 	1947 	1
 	1936 	1938 	1
==Teams with no IIHF World Championship appearances==
22 out of 83 current IIHF members have not entered in any World Championship tournaments.
Nation	IIHF Member since	Notes
* 	2019 	Participated in the Arab Cup in 2008 and the IIHF Development Cup in 2022.
* 	1995 	Hosted the 1997 IIHF World Championship Group D tournament in Canillo. Participated in the IIHF Development Cup since 2017.
* 	1998 	Participated in the now-defunct Pan American Tournament from 2014 to 2017, the Amerigol LATAM Cup since 2018 and the IIHF Development Cup in 2023.
 	1992 	There is no national team and Azerbaijan has not registered at least one player, nor entered in any IIHF tournaments due to lack of ice rinks and ice hockey activities in the country.
* 	1984 	Participated in the now-defunct Pan American Tournament from 2014 to 2017 and the Amerigol LATAM Cup since 2018.
** 	1999 	Participated in the now-defunct Pan American Tournament in 2017. Currently an IIHF affiliate member and therefore only to participate in the now-defunct IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. Their last appearance was 2015. Due to the cancellation of the 2019 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, the IIHF can no longer govern inline hockey.
* 	2019 	Participated in the now-defunct Pan American Tournament from 2014 to 2017, the Amerigol LATAM Cup since 2018 and the IIHF Development Cup since 2022.
 	1989 	Only participated in the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia from 2009 to 2018. India has not been active since 2018.
* 	2012 	Jamaica became the first Caribbean nation to join the IIHF on 18 May 2012. Participated in the Amerigol LATAM Cup in 2019.
* 	2019 	Played four exhibition games against other national teams in 2017. Participated in the Arab Cup in 2023.
* 	2001 	Played two exhibition games, lost twice to Luxembourg in 2003 and 2007. Participated in the IIHF Development Cup since 2022.
* 	2005 	Participated in the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia from 2008 to 2019 and the Asian Winter Games in 2007 and 2017.
* 	2008 	There is no national team and Moldova has not registered at least one player.
* 	2010 	Participated in the Arab Cup in 2008 and the IIHF Development Cup in 2017.
* 	2016 	Unknown
* 	2001 	Played two exhibition games against Bosnia & Herzegovina over the weekend. They won the first game 8–7 and lost the second game 7–6 in overtime a day later. Participated in the IIHF Development Cup in 2018.
* 	2014 	Participated in the GCC Gulf Championship from 2010 to 2016, the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia from 2015 to 2019 and the Arab Cup in 2023.
* 	1999 	Participated in the IIHF Development Cup since 2017.
* 	2022 	Participated in the Amerigol LATAM Cup since 2019.
* 	2012 	Participated in the GCC Gulf Championship in 2014 and 2016, the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia Division I in 2016 and the Asian Winter Games in 2017. Qatar has not been active since 2017.
* 	2021 	Participated in the Arab Cup in 2023.
* 	2019 	Represented the Uzbek SSR at the Winter Spartakiad from 1978 to 1986. Uzbekistan has not been active since the USSR being dissolved in 1991 and therefore has not played an official game against other national team so far.
* – IIHF associate member, ** – IIHF affiliate member
==Notes==
==References==
==External links==
* IIHF official website
Category:IIHF World Championship records and statistics
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