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World Championship.
Played almost every year since 1920. Olympic tournaments from 1920 to 1968 also counted as world championships; none were held in Olympic years 1980, 1984 and 1988, during 1940–46, or in 2020.
FIRST · 1920 NEXT · 2027 GERMANY89 EDITIONS10 CHAMPIONSMEN
EDITIONS COMPLETED
1920 → 2026
89
MOST TITLES
Canada · 28 titles
CAN
NEXT EDITION
Germany · 13 May 2027
2027
QUICK ANSWERS
World Championship: the short version.
- Who has won the most IIHF World Championship titles?
- Canada, with 28 titles (1920, 1924, 1928, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1955, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1994, 1997, 2003, 2004, 2007, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2023).
- Who won the last IIHF World Championship?
- Finland won the 2026 IIHF World Championship in Switzerland, beating Switzerland 1–0 (OT) in the final.
- When and where is the next IIHF World Championship?
- The next IIHF World Championship is in Germany, from 13 May 2027 to 30 May 2027.
- How many times has the IIHF World Championship been held?
- 89 times, from 1920 to 2026.
- Which countries have won the IIHF World Championship?
- 10 nations have won it: Canada (28), USSR (22), Sweden (11), Czechia (7), Czechoslovakia (6), Finland (5), Russia (5), United States (3), Great Britain (1) and Slovakia (1).
01 · TIMELINE
Drag the scrubber. Travel 107 years.
Each node opens that edition's full report.
EDITION
2026
HOST
Switzerland
CHAMPION
FinlandRUNNER-UP · SWITZERLAND
THE STORY
Finland's fifth title. Switzerland lost a third straight final, this time at home in Zurich.
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03 · THE RECORD
Every edition.
Every host, champion, runner-up and final result. Tap a row for the full report.
| YEAR | HOST | CHAMPION | RUNNER-UP | FINAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027 | Germany | UPCOMING | — | — |
| 2026 | Switzerland | |  | 1–0 (OT) |
| 2025 | Sweden & Denmark |  | | 1–0 (OT) |
| 2024 | Czechia |  | | — |
| 2023 | Finland & Latvia |  |  | — |
| 2022 | Finland | | | — |
| 2021 | Latvia | | | — |
| 2019 | Slovakia | | | — |
| 2018 | Denmark |  | | — |
| 2017 | Germany & France | | | — |
| 2016 | Russia | | | — |
| 2015 | Czechia | |  | — |
| 2014 | Belarus | | | — |
| 2013 | Sweden & Finland | | | — |
| 2012 | Finland & Sweden | |  | — |
| 2011 | Slovakia | | | — |
| 2010 | Germany | | | — |
| 2009 | Switzerland | | | — |
| 2008 | Canada | | | — |
| 2007 | Russia | | | — |
04 · STATS
The numbers, drawn.
Pick a metric. Titles are counted by the name the team competed under.
CHAMPIONS · COUNT
CAN28URS22
SWE11CZE7TCH6
FIN5RUS5USA3
GBR1SVK105 · MOMENTS & LEGENDS
The ones we still argue about.
Vladislav Tretiak
1970 – 1983
Ten world titles in goal for the Soviet Union.
06 · TRIVIA
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Facts we'd bet on at the pub. Test yourself.
07 · WHAT'S NEXT