List of IIHF World Championship medalists

The Ice Hockey World Championships is an annual event held by the International 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 the 1920 Summer Olympics. Subsequently, ice hockey was featured at the Winter Olympic Games, where the World Championship was decided when the two events occurred concurrently, until the 1968 Winter Olympics. The first three championships were contested at the Olympics, while the first World Championships that were an individual event were held in 1930.
The modern format for the World Championship features 16 teams in the championship group, 12 teams in Division I and 12 teams in Division II. If there are more than 40 teams, the rest compete in Division 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 the National Hockey League were not allowed to compete, while full-time players of the Soviet Union were allowed. In 1970, after an agreement to allow its professionals to participate was rescinded by the IIHF, Canada withdrew from the tournament. Starting in 1977, professional athletes were allowed to compete in the tournament and Canada re-entered.
As of 2023, 86 tournaments have been staged. From 1920 to 1930, the Winter Olympic Games Ice Hockey Tournaments held counted as the World Championships and no tournaments in between were held. No championships were held from 1940 to 1946 due to World War II, nor during the Olympic years 1980, 1984 and 1988, nor in 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic. Ten nations have won a gold medal at the World Championships and a total of fourteen 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 of 1954 and last competed in 1991, captured a medal in each of 34 tournaments they entered. In winning the 2006 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. In 2022, Finland repeated this achievement by winning the World Championships at home.
==Champions==
;Key
     	The Summer Olympic Games Ice Hockey Tournament held that year counted as the World Championships.
  *  	The Winter Olympic Games Ice Hockey Tournament held that year counted as the World Championships.
 	Number of tournaments won at the time. Second number indicates total while country was part of the Soviet Union or Czechoslovakia.
Year 	Gold 	Silver 	Bronze 	Host city / cities 	Host country / countries 	 	 	 	
1920 	 	 	 	Antwerp 	Belgium 	 	 	 	
1924 *	 	 	 	Chamonix 	France 	 	 	 	
1928 *	 	 	 	St. Moritz 	Switzerland 	 	 	 	
1930 	 	 	 	ChamonixBerlinVienna 	FranceGermanyAustria 	 	 	 	
1931 	 	 	 	Krynica 	Poland 	 	 	 	
1932 *	 	 	 	Lake Placid 	United States 	 	 	 	
1933 	 	 	 	Prague 	Czechoslovakia 	 	 	 	
1934 	 	 	 	Milan 	Italy 	 	 	 	
1935 	 	 	 	Davos 	Switzerland 	 	 	 	
1936 *	 	 	 	Garmisch-Partenkirchen 	Germany 	 	 	 	
1937 	 	 	 	London 	Great Britain 	 	 	 	
1938 	 	 	 	Prague 	Czechoslovakia 	 	 	 	
1939 	 	 	 	Zurich and Basel 	Switzerland 	 	 	 	
1947 	 	 	 	Prague 	Czechoslovakia 	 	 	 	
1948 *	 	 	 	St. Moritz 	Switzerland 	 	 	 	
1949 	 	 	 	Stockholm 	Sweden 	 	 	 	
1950 	 	 	 	London 	Great Britain 	 	 	 	
1951 	 	 	 	Paris 	France 	 	 	 	
1952 *	 	 	 	Oslo and Drammen 	Norway 	 	 	 	
1953 	 	 	 	Zurich and Basel 	Switzerland 	 	 	 	
1954 	 	 	 	Stockholm 	Sweden 	 	 	 	
1955 	 	 	 	Krefeld, Dortmund and Cologne 	West Germany 	 	 	 	
1956 *	 	 	 	Cortina 	Italy 	 	 	 	
1957 	 	 	 	Moscow 	Soviet Union 	 	 	 	
1958 	 	 	 	Oslo 	Norway 	 	 	 	
1959 	 	 	 	Prague, Bratislava and Ostrava 	Czechoslovakia 	 	 	 	
1960 *	 	 	 	Squaw Valley 	United States 	 	 	 	
1961 	 	 	 	Geneva and Lausanne 	Switzerland 	 	 	 	
1962 	 	 	 	Colorado Springs and Denver 	United States 	 	 	 	
1963 	 	 	 	Stockholm 	Sweden 	 	 	 	
1964 *	 	 	 	Innsbruck 	Austria 	 	 	 	
1965 	 	 	 	Tampere 	Finland 	 	 	 	
1966 	 	 	 	Ljubljana 	Yugoslavia 	 	 	 	
1967 	 	 	 	Vienna 	Austria 	 	 	 	
1968 *	 	 	 	Grenoble 	France 	 	 	 	
1969 	 	 	 	Stockholm 	Sweden 	 	 	 	
1970 	 	 	 	Stockholm 	Sweden 	 	 	 	
1971 	 	 	 	Bern and Geneva 	Switzerland 	 	 	 	
1972 	 	 	 	Prague 	Czechoslovakia 	 	 	 	
1973 	 	 	 	Moscow 	Soviet Union 	 	 	 	
1974 	 	 	 	Helsinki 	Finland 	 	 	 	
1975 	 	 	 	Munich and Düsseldorf 	West Germany 	 	 	 	
1976 	 	 	 	Katowice 	Poland 	 	 	 	
1977 	 	 	 	Vienna 	Austria 	 	 	 	
1978 	 	 	 	Prague 	Czechoslovakia 	 	 	 	
1979 	 	 	 	Moscow 	Soviet Union 	 	 	 	
1981 	 	 	 	Gothenburg and Stockholm 	Sweden 	 	 	 	
1982 	 	 	 	Helsinki and Tampere 	Finland 	 	 	 	
1983 	 	 	 	Düsseldorf, Dortmund and Munich 	West Germany 	 	 	 	
1985 	 	 	 	Prague 	Czechoslovakia 	 	 	 	
1986 	 	 	 	Moscow 	Soviet Union 	 	 	 	
1987 	 	 	 	Vienna 	Austria 	 	 	 	
1989 	 	 	 	Stockholm and Södertälje 	Sweden 	 	 	 	
1990 	 	 	 	Bern and Fribourg 	Switzerland 	 	 	 	
1991 	 	 	 	Turku, Helsinki and Tampere 	Finland 	 	 	 	
1992 	 	 	 	Prague and Bratislava 	Czechoslovakia 	 	 	 	
1993 	 	 	 	Dortmund and Munich 	Germany 	 	 	 	
1994 	 	 	 	Bolzano, Canazei and Milan 	Italy 	 	 	 	
1995 	 	 	 	Stockholm and Gävle 	Sweden 	 	 	 	
1996 	 	 	 	Vienna 	Austria 	 	 	 	
1997 	 	 	 	Helsinki, Turku and Tampere 	Finland 	 	 	 	
1998 	 	 	 	Zurich and Basel 	Switzerland 	 	 	 	
1999 	 	 	 	Oslo, Lillehammer and Hamar 	Norway 	 	 	 	
2000 	 	 	 	St. Petersburg 	Russia 	 	 	 	
2001 	 	 	 	Cologne, Hanover and Nuremberg 	Germany 	 	 	 	
2002 	 	 	 	Gothenburg, Karlstad and Jönköping 	Sweden 	 	 	 	
2003 	 	 	 	Helsinki, Tampere and Turku 	Finland 	 	 	 	
2004 	 	 	 	Prague and Ostrava 	Czech Republic 	 	 	 	
2005 	 	 	 	Innsbruck and Vienna 	Austria 	 	 	 	
2006 	 	 	 	Riga 	Latvia 	 	 	 	
2007 	 	 	 	Moscow and Mytishchi 	Russia 	 	 	 	
2008 	 	 	 	Halifax and Quebec City 	Canada 	 	 	 	
2009 	 	 	 	Kloten and Bern 	Switzerland 	 	 	 	
2010 	 	 	 	Cologne, Mannheim, and Gelsenkirchen 	Germany 	 	 	 	
2011 	 	 	 	Bratislava and Košice 	Slovakia 	 	 	 	
2012 	 	 	 	Helsinki and Stockholm 	Finland and Sweden 	 	 	 	
2013 	 	 	 	Stockholm and Helsinki 	Sweden and Finland 	 	 	 	
2014 	 	 	 	Minsk 	Belarus 	 	 	 	
2015 	 	 	 	Prague and Ostrava 	Czech Republic 	 	 	 	
2016 	 	 	 	Moscow (6) and Saint Petersburg (2) 	(3) 	 	 	 	
2017 	 	 	 	Cologne (4)Paris (2) 	(9) (5) 	 	 	 	
2018 	 	 	 	Copenhagen (1) and Herning (1) 	(1) 	 	 	 	
2019 	 	 	 	Bratislava (4) and Košice (2) 	(2) 	 	 	 	
2020 	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic	Competition cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 	 	 	 	Riga (2) 	(2) 	 	 	 	
2022 	 	 	 	Tampere (6) and Helsinki (8) 	(9) 	 	 	 	
2023 	 	 	 	Tampere (7)Riga (3) 	(10) (3) 	 	 	 	
==Medal table==
Countries in italics no longer compete at the World Championships.
Rank 	Nation 	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1 	 	28 	16 	9 	53
2 	 	5 	3 	5 	13
2 	 	22 	7 	5 	34
2 	Total: 	27 	10 	10 	47
3 	 	6 	1 	6 	13
3 	 	6 	12 	16 	34
3 	Total: 	12 	13 	22 	47
4 	 	11 	19 	17 	47
5 	 	4 	9 	3 	16
6 	 	2 	9 	9 	20
7 	 	1 	2 	2 	5
8 	 	1 	2 	1 	4
9 	 	0 	3 	8 	11
10 	 	0 	2 	2 	4
10 	West Germany 	0 	1 	0 	1
10 	Total: 	0 	3 	2 	5
11 	 	0 	0 	2 	2
12 	 	0 	0 	1 	1
Totals (15 nations)	Totals (15 nations)	86 	86 	86 	258
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===Finals===
Since the introduction of play-off rounds in 1992, the following national teams have made the finals.
Country	Gold	Silver	Total finals
 	9 	7 	16
 	4 	9 	13
 	6 	6 	12
 	5 	3 	8
 	6 	1 	7
 	1 	2 	3
 	0 	2 	2
 	0 	1 	1
Total 	31 	31 	62
==References==
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==External links==
* International Ice Hockey Federation
* Medal table and alternative medal table
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