See a complete list of Ice Hockey World Champions. The Czech Republic beat Switzerland in the Gold medal game of the 2024 tournament and became the IIHF World Champions for the thirteenth time.
Fast Facts:
- The next Ice Hockey World Championships will take place in Stockholm, Sweden, and Herning, Denmark from May 9-25, 2025.
- The Ice Hockey World Championships is the sport’s highest-profile annual international tournament.
- Professional and amateur players have been able to participate in the Hockey Championships since 1977.
IIHF Champions:
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Venue |
| 2024 | Czech Republic | Switzerland | Sweden | Czech Republic |
| 2023 | Canada | Germany | Latvia | Latvia/Finland |
| 2022 | Finland | Canada | Czech Republic | Finland |
| 2021 | Canada | Finland | United States | Latvia |
| 2020 | CANCELED | |||
| 2019 | Finland | Canada | Russia | Slovakia |
| 2018 | Sweden | Switzerland | United States | Denmark |
| 2017 | Sweden | Canada | Russia | Germany/France |
| 2016 | Canada | Finland | Russia | Russia |
| 2015 | Canada | Russia | United States | Prague/Ostrava |
| 2014 | Russia | Finland | Sweden | Minsk |
| 2013 | Sweden | Switzerland | United States | Stockholm/Helsinki |
| 2012 | Russia | Slovakia | Czech Republic | Helsinki/Stockholm |
| 2011 | Finland | Sweden | Czech Republic | Bratislava/Košice |
| 2010 | Czech Republic | Russia | Sweden | Cologne/ Mannheim/Gelsenkirchen |
| 2009 | Russia | Canada | Sweden | Kloten/Bern |
| 2008 | Russia | Canada | Finland | Halifax/Quebec City |
| 2007 | Canada | Finland | Russia | Moscow/Mytishchi |
| 2006 | Sweden | Czech Republic | Finland | Riga |
| 2005 | Czech Republic | Canada | Russia | Innsbruck/Vienna |
| 2004 | Canada | Sweden | United States | Prague/Ostrava |
| 2003 | Canada | Sweden | Slovakia | Helsinki/ Tampere /Turku |
| 2002 | Slovakia | Russia | Sweden | Gothenburg/ Karlstad /Jönköping |
| 2001 | Czech Republic | Finland | Sweden | Cologne/ Hanover /Nuremberg |
| 2000 | Czech Republic | Slovakia | Finland | St. Petersburg |
| 1999 | Czech Republic | Finland | Sweden | Oslo/ Lillehammer /Hamar |
| 1998 | Sweden | Finland | Czech Republic | Zurich/Basel |
| 1997 | Canada | Sweden | Czech Republic | Helsinki/ Turku /Tampere |
| 1996 | Czech Republic | Canada | United States | Vienna |
| 1995 | Finland | Sweden | Canada | Stockholm/Gävle |
| 1994 | Canada | Finland | Sweden | Bolzano/ Canazei /Milan |
| 1993 | Russia | Sweden | Czech Republic | Dortmund/Munich |
| 1992 | Sweden | Finland | Czechoslovakia | Prague/Bratislava |
| 1991 | Sweden | Canada | Soviet Union | Turku/ Helsinki /Tampere |
| 1990 | Soviet Union | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | Bern/Fribourg |
| 1989 | Soviet Union | Canada | Czechoslovakia | Stockholm/Södertälje |
| 1987 | Sweden | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Vienna |
| 1986 | Soviet Union | Sweden | Canada | Moscow |
| 1985 | Czechoslovakia | Canada | Soviet Union | Prague |
| 1983 | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Canada | Düsseldorf/ Dortmund / Munich |
| 1982 | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Canada | Helsinki/Tampere |
| 1981 | Soviet Union | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | Gothenburg / Stockholm |
| 1979 | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Sweden | Moscow |
| 1978 | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Canada | Prague |
| 1977 | Czechoslovakia | Sweden | Soviet Union | Vienna |
| 1976 | Czechoslovakia | Soviet Union | Sweden | Katowice |
| 1975 | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Sweden | Munich/Düsseldorf |
| 1974 | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Sweden | Helsinki |
| 1973 | Soviet Union | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | Moscow |
| 1972 | Czechoslovakia | Soviet Union | Sweden | Prague |
| 1971 | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Sweden | Bern/Geneva |
| 1970 | Soviet Union | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | Stockholm |
| 1969 | Soviet Union | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | Stockholm |
| 1968* | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Canada | Grenoble |
| 1967 | Soviet Union | Sweden | Canada | Vienna |
| 1966 | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Canada | Ljubljana |
| 1965 | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Sweden | Tampere |
| 1964* | Soviet Union | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | Innsbruck |
| 1963 | Soviet Union | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | Stockholm |
| 1962 | Sweden | Canada | United States | Colorado Springs /Denver |
| 1961 | Canada | Czechoslovakia | Soviet Union | Geneva/Lausanne |
| 1960* | United States | Canada | Soviet Union | Squaw Valley |
| 1959 | Canada | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Prague/ Bratislava /Ostrava |
| 1958 | Canada | Soviet Union | Sweden | Oslo |
| 1957 | Sweden | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Moscow |
| 1956* | Soviet Union | United States | Canada | Cortina |
| 1955 | Canada | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Krefeld/ Dortmund /Cologne |
| 1954 | Soviet Union | Canada | Sweden | Stockholm |
| 1953 | Sweden | West Germany | Switzerland | Zurich/Basel |
| 1952* | Canada | United States | Sweden | Oslo/Drammen |
| 1951 | Canada | Sweden | Switzerland | Paris |
| 1950 | Canada | United States | Switzerland | London |
| 1949 | Czechoslovakia | Canada | United States | Stockholm |
| 1948* | Canada | Czechoslovakia | Switzerland | St. Moritz |
| 1947 | Czechoslovakia | Sweden | Austria | Prague |
| 1939 | Canada | United States | Switzerland | Zurich/Basel |
| 1938 | Canada | Great Britain | Czechoslovakia | Prague |
| 1937 | Canada | Great Britain | Switzerland | London |
| 1936* | Great Britain | Canada | United States | Garmisch-Partenkirchen |
| 1935 | Canada | Switzerland | Great Britain | Davos |
| 1934 | Canada | United States | Germany | Milan |
| 1933 | United States | Canada | Czechoslovakia | Prague |
| 1932* | Canada | United States | Germany | Lake Placid |
| 1931 | Canada | United States | Austria | Krynica |
| 1930 | Canada | Germany | Switzerland | Chamonix/Berlin/Vienna |
| 1928* | Canada | Sweden | Switzerland | St. Moritz |
| 1924* | Canada | United States | Great Britain | Chamonix |
| 1920* | Canada | United States | Czechoslovakia | Antwerp |
* The Winter Olympic Games Ice Hockey Tournament held that year counted as the World Championships
**The Summer Olympic Games Ice Hockey Tournament held that year counted as the World Championships