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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team">Czech Republic</a></td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight: bold">0</td> </tr><tr> <td style="text-align:right; white-space: nowrap"><b><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Sweden men's national ice hockey team">Sweden</a></b></td> <td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">2</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">2</td><td style="text-align:center; background:#efefef">0</td> <td style="text-align:center; font-weight: bold">4</td> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Date</th><td class="infobox-data">May 21, 2006</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Arena</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arena_Riga" title="Arena Riga">Arena Riga</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">City</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Riga" title="Riga">Riga</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Attendance</th><td class="infobox-data">9,800</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><table style="width:100%"><tbody><tr> <td style="text-align:left; width:50%">← <a href="/wiki/2005_IIHF_World_Championship_final" title="2005 IIHF World Championship final">2005</a> </td><td style="text-align:right;width:50%"><a href="/wiki/2007_IIHF_World_Championship_final" title="2007 IIHF World Championship final">2007</a> → </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>2006 IIHF World Championship final</b> was an ice hockey match that took place on 21 May 2006 at the <a href="/wiki/Arena_Riga" title="Arena Riga">Arena Riga</a> in <a href="/wiki/Riga" title="Riga">Riga</a>, <a href="/wiki/Latvia" title="Latvia">Latvia</a>, to determine the winner of the <a href="/wiki/2006_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2006 IIHF World Championship">2006 IIHF World Championship</a>. Sweden defeated the Czech Republic 4–0 to win its 8th championship. It's the only time the Czechs have lost the gold medal game in tournament history. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_IIHF_World_Championship_final&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The game marked the first time that Sweden and the Czech Republic would meet in the World Championship finals. The Czech Republic were finalists for the second time in as many years, and they were defending champions having beaten Canada to win the <a href="/wiki/2004_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2004 IIHF World Championship">2004</a> edition. However, Sweden were just coming off a gold medal winning performance at the <a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_tournament" title="Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament">2006 Olympics</a>. This was seen as either a curse or good-luck, on the one hand, no team had ever won Olympic and World Championship gold in the same year, on the other it showed the strength of the Swedish team. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Venue">Venue</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_IIHF_World_Championship_final&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Venue"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Arena_Riga" title="Arena Riga">Arena Riga</a> in <a href="/wiki/Riga" title="Riga">Riga</a> was determined to host the final of the championship. Previously at the tournament, the venue hosted both the semi-finals, and also the Bronze medal match. In the final, the attendance was 9,800. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_Match">The Match</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_IIHF_World_Championship_final&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: The Match"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Summary">Summary</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_IIHF_World_Championship_final&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Summary"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Jesper_Mattsson_(ice_hockey)" title="Jesper Mattsson (ice hockey)">Jesper Mattsson</a> opened the scoring for Sweden at 14:36 minutes into the first period, assisted by <a href="/wiki/Niklas_Kronwall" title="Niklas Kronwall">Niklas Kronwall</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Andreas_Karlsson" title="Andreas Karlsson">Andreas Karlsson</a>. This ended up to be the game-winning goal. Just 37 seconds later <a href="/wiki/Fredrik_Emvall" title="Fredrik Emvall">Fredrik Emvall</a> put one in five-hole on <a href="/wiki/Milan_Hnili%C4%8Dka" title="Milan Hnilička">Milan Hnilička</a>, assisted by Karlsson, and Mattson. </p><p>At 4:07 into the second period, Kronwall received a pass from <a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Sundin" title="Ronnie Sundin">Ronnie Sundin</a>, off of <a href="/wiki/Michael_Nylander" title="Michael Nylander">Michael Nylander</a> and rushed down the right wing, cut into the slot and put it backhand on Hnilička. With only minutes remaining in the second period <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B6rgen_J%C3%B6nsson" title="Jörgen Jönsson">Jörgen Jönsson</a> fired a successful one-timer shot from a pass by <a href="/wiki/Mikael_Samuelsson" title="Mikael Samuelsson">Mikael Samuelsson</a>. </p><p>The Czechs were lacking offense and only managed 15 shots the entire game including only 4 in the second period. The Swedes dominated all three zones, and <a href="/wiki/Johan_Holmqvist" title="Johan Holmqvist">Johan Holmqvist</a>, the Swedish goaltender came away with only the second ever shutout in a single game World Championship final. </p><p>The Swedish coach, <a href="/wiki/Bengt-%C3%85ke_Gustafsson" title="Bengt-Åke Gustafsson">Bengt-Åke Gustafsson</a>, said of his team's historic win: "Most people believed it was impossible. To win an Olympics by itself is an achievement that was something special. But coming here with a new team, new guys, is special as well." </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Details">Details</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_IIHF_World_Championship_final&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Details"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table cellspacing="0" class="vevent" style="width:100%;background-color:#F7F6A8"><tbody><tr class="summary"><td style="width:15%;text-align:center;font-size:85%">May 21, 2006<br />20:15</td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:25%;text-align:right"><span class="fn org"><a href="/wiki/Sweden_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Sweden men's national ice hockey team">Sweden</a><span class="flagicon"> <span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span></span></span></td><td style="width:15%;text-align:center"><b>4 – 0</b><br /><small>(2–0, 2–0, 0–0)</small></td><td class="vcard attendee" style="width:25%;text-align:left"><span class="fn org"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Czech_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team">Czech Republic</a></span></td><td style="font-size:85%"><span class="location"><a href="/wiki/Arena_Riga" title="Arena Riga">Arena Riga</a></span><br /><i>Attendance:</i> 9800</td></tr></tbody></table><table class="mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" cellspacing="0" style="width:100%;background-color:#F7F6A8"><tbody><tr><th colspan="5" style="text-align:center;font-size:85%"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/WS/ihm046156_74_1_0.pdf">Game reference</a></th></tr><tr style="font-size:85%"><td rowspan="7" style="width:15%;vertical-align:top"></td><td style="width:25%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right"><a href="/wiki/Johan_Holmqvist" title="Johan Holmqvist">Johan Holmqvist</a></td><td style="width:15%;vertical-align:top;text-align:center"><i>Goalies</i></td><td style="width:25%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Milan_Hnili%C4%8Dka" title="Milan Hnilička">Milan Hnilička</a></td><td rowspan="7" style="vertical-align:top"><i>Referee:</i><br /><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany"><img alt="Germany" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="14" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/35px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/46px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> Richard Schuetz</td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%"><td colspan="3" style="width:65%"><table cellspacing="0" style="width:100%"><tbody><tr style="text-align:top"><td style="text-align:right;width:39%">14:36 - <a href="/wiki/Jesper_Mattsson_(ice_hockey)" title="Jesper Mattsson (ice hockey)">Mattson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Niklas_Kronwall" title="Niklas Kronwall">Kronwall</a>, <a href="/wiki/Andreas_Karlsson" title="Andreas Karlsson">Karlsson</a>)</td><td style="text-align:center;width:22%">1 – 0</td><td style="text-align:left;width:39%"></td></tr><tr style="text-align:top"><td style="text-align:right;width:39%">15:13 - <a href="/wiki/Fredrik_Emvall" title="Fredrik Emvall">Emvall</a> (Mattsson, Karlsson)</td><td style="text-align:center;width:22%">2 – 0</td><td style="text-align:left;width:39%"></td></tr><tr style="text-align:top"><td style="text-align:right;width:39%">24:07 - Kronwall (<a href="/wiki/Ronnie_Sundin" title="Ronnie Sundin">Sundin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michael_Nylander" title="Michael Nylander">Nylander</a>)</td><td style="text-align:center;width:22%">3 – 0</td><td style="text-align:left;width:39%"></td></tr><tr style="text-align:top"><td style="text-align:right;width:39%">37:01 - <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B6rgen_J%C3%B6nsson" title="Jörgen Jönsson">Jönsson</a> (<a href="/wiki/Mikael_Samuelsson" title="Mikael Samuelsson">Samuelsson</a>, Nylander) (PP2)</td><td style="text-align:center;width:22%">4 – 0</td><td style="text-align:left;width:39%"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%"><td style="width:25%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right"><i>10 min</i></td><td style="width:15%;vertical-align:top;text-align:center"><i>Penalties</i></td><td style="width:25%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><i>10 min</i></td></tr><tr style="font-size:85%"><td style="width:25%;vertical-align:top;text-align:right"><i>26</i></td><td style="width:15%;vertical-align:top;text-align:center"><i>Shots</i></td><td style="width:25%;vertical-align:top;text-align:left"><i>15</i></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_IIHF_World_Championship_final&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2006 IIHF World Championship">2006 IIHF World Championship</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sweden_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Sweden men's national ice hockey team">Sweden men's national ice hockey team</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic_national_ice_hockey_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Czech Republic national ice hockey team">Czech Republic national ice hockey team</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_IIHF_World_Championship_final&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.monstersandcritics.com/sport/othersport/article_1165693.php/Sweden_blanks_Czechs_to_take_gold">Game recap</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20121011023733/http://www.monstersandcritics.com/sport/othersport/article_1165693.php/Sweden_blanks_Czechs_to_take_gold">Archived</a> 2012-10-11 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_06/output/WS/final_index_jsp.htm">Official IIHF game report</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150510200611/http://hokej.snt.cz/ms/ms2006.html">Archive of the 2006 IIHF World 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src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/15px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/23px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/ba/Flag_of_Germany.svg/30px-Flag_of_Germany.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Germany_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Germany men's national ice hockey team">Germany</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/15px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Great_Britain_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Great Britain men's national ice hockey team">Great Britain</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/15px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d3/Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg/30px-Flag_of_Kazakhstan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kazakhstan_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team">Kazakhstan</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/15px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Flag_of_Latvia.svg/30px-Flag_of_Latvia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Latvia_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Latvia men's national ice hockey team">Latvia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/15px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/23px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Flag_of_Norway.svg/30px-Flag_of_Norway.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="372" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Norway_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Norway men's national ice hockey team">Norway</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/15px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/30px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Poland_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Poland men's national ice hockey team">Poland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/15px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Flag_of_Slovakia.svg/30px-Flag_of_Slovakia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Slovakia_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Slovakia men's national ice hockey team">Slovakia</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/15px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/30px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="1000" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sweden_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Sweden men's national ice hockey team">Sweden</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/12px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/18px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg/24px-Flag_of_Switzerland_%28Pantone%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></span></span>  </span><a href="/wiki/Switzerland_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="Switzerland men's national ice hockey team">Switzerland</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/15px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/30px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_men%27s_national_ice_hockey_team" title="United States men's national ice hockey team">United States</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tournaments</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1920_Summer_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 1920 Summer Olympics">1920</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1924_Winter_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 1924 Winter Olympics">1924</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1928_Winter_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 1928 Winter Olympics">1928</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1930_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1930 Ice Hockey World Championships">1930</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1931_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1931 Ice Hockey World Championships">1931</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1932_Winter_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 1932 Winter Olympics">1932</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1933_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1933 Ice Hockey World Championships">1933</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1934_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1934 Ice Hockey World Championships">1934</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1935_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1935 Ice Hockey World Championships">1935</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1936_Winter_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 1936 Winter Olympics">1936</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1937_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1937 Ice Hockey World Championships">1937</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1938_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1938 Ice Hockey World Championships">1938</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1939_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1939 Ice Hockey World Championships">1939</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1947_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1947 Ice Hockey World Championships">1947</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1948_Winter_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics">1948</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1949_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1949 Ice Hockey World Championships">1949</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1950_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1950 Ice Hockey World Championships">1950</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1951_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1951 Ice Hockey World Championships">1951</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1952_Winter_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 1952 Winter Olympics">1952</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1953_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1953 Ice Hockey World Championships">1953</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1954_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1954 Ice Hockey World Championships">1954</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1955_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1955 Ice Hockey World Championships">1955</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1956_Winter_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 1956 Winter Olympics">1956</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1957_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1957 Ice Hockey World Championships">1957</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1958_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1958 Ice Hockey World Championships">1958</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1959_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1959 Ice Hockey World Championships">1959</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1960_Winter_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics">1960</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1961_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1961 Ice Hockey World Championships">1961</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1962_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1962 Ice Hockey World Championships">1962</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1963_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1963 Ice Hockey World Championships">1963</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1964_Winter_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 1964 Winter Olympics">1964</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1965_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1965 Ice Hockey World Championships">1965</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1966_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1966 Ice Hockey World Championships">1966</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1967_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1967 Ice Hockey World Championships">1967</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Ice_hockey_at_the_1968_Winter_Olympics" title="Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics">1968</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1969_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1969 Ice Hockey World Championships">1969</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1970_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1970 Ice Hockey World Championships">1970</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1971_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1971 Ice Hockey World Championships">1971</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1972_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1972 Ice Hockey World Championships">1972</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1973_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1973 Ice Hockey World Championships">1973</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1974_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1974 Ice Hockey World Championships">1974</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1975_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1975 Ice Hockey World Championships">1975</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1976_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1976 Ice Hockey World Championships">1976</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1977_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1977 Ice Hockey World Championships">1977</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1978_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1978 Ice Hockey World Championships">1978</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1979_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1979 Ice Hockey World Championships">1979</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1981_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1981 Ice Hockey World Championships">1981</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1982_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1982 Ice Hockey World Championships">1982</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1983_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1983 Ice Hockey World Championships">1983</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1985_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1985 Ice Hockey World Championships">1985</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1986_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1986 Ice Hockey World Championships">1986</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1987_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1987 Ice Hockey World Championships">1987</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1989_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1989 Ice Hockey World Championships">1989</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1990_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1990 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">1990</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1991_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1991 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">1991</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1992_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1992 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">1992</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1993_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1993 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">1993</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1994_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1994 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">1994</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1995_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1995 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">1995</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1996_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1996 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">1996</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1997_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1997 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">1997</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1998 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">1998</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1999_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="1999 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">1999</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2000 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2000</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2001 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2001</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2002_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2002 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2002</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2003 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2003</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2004 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2004</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2005 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2005</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2006 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2006</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2007_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2007 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2007</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2008 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2008</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2009_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2009 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2010 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2011 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2011</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2012 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2012</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2013 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2013</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2014 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2014</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2015 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2016 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2016</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2017 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2017</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2018 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2018</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2019 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2019</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s><a href="/wiki/2020_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2020 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2020</a></s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2021 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2021</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2022 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2022</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2023 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2023</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2024 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2024</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/2025_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="2025 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2025</a></i></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Championships<br />(Top Division)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Editions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_IIHF_World_Championship" title="1998 IIHF World Championship">Switzerland 1998</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1999_IIHF_World_Championship" title="1999 IIHF World Championship">Norway 1999</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2000 IIHF World Championship">Russia 2000</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2001 IIHF World Championship">Germany 2001</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2002_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2002 IIHF World Championship">Sweden 2002</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2003 IIHF World Championship">Finland 2003</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2004 IIHF World Championship">Czech Republic 2004</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2005 IIHF World Championship">Austria 2005</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2006 IIHF World Championship">Latvia 2006</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2007_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2007 IIHF World Championship">Russia 2007</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2008 IIHF World Championship">Canada 2008</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2009_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2009 IIHF World Championship">Switzerland 2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2010 IIHF World Championship">Germany 2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2011 IIHF World Championship">Slovakia 2011</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2012 IIHF World Championship">Finland / Sweden 2012</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2013 IIHF World Championship">Sweden / Finland 2013</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2014 IIHF World Championship">Belarus 2014</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2015 IIHF World Championship">Czech Republic 2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2016 IIHF World Championship">Russia 2016</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2017 IIHF World Championship">Germany / France 2017</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2018 IIHF World Championship">Denmark 2018</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2019 IIHF World Championship">Slovakia 2019</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s><a href="/wiki/2020_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2020 IIHF World Championship">Switzerland 2020</a></s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2021 IIHF World Championship">Latvia 2021</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2022 IIHF World Championship">Finland 2022</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2023 IIHF World Championship">Finland / Latvia 2023</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2024 IIHF World Championship">Czechia 2024</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/2025_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2025 IIHF World Championship">Sweden / Denmark 2025</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/2026_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2026 IIHF World Championship">Switzerland 2026</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/2027_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2027 IIHF World Championship">Germany 2027</a></i></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/2028_IIHF_World_Championship" title="2028 IIHF World Championship">France 2028</a></i></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Finals</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_IIHF_World_Championship_final&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 IIHF World Championship final (page does not exist)">1998</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_IIHF_World_Championship_final&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1999 IIHF World Championship final (page does not exist)">1999</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_IIHF_World_Championship_final" title="2000 IIHF World Championship final">2000</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_IIHF_World_Championship_final" title="2001 IIHF World Championship final">2001</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2002_IIHF_World_Championship_final" title="2002 IIHF World Championship final">2002</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_IIHF_World_Championship_final" title="2003 IIHF World Championship final">2003</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_IIHF_World_Championship_final" title="2004 IIHF World Championship final">2004</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_IIHF_World_Championship_final" title="2005 IIHF World Championship final">2005</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">2006</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2007_IIHF_World_Championship_final" title="2007 IIHF World Championship final">2007</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_IIHF_World_Championship_final" title="2008 IIHF World Championship final">2008</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2009_IIHF_World_Championship_final" title="2009 IIHF World Championship final">2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_IIHF_World_Championship_final" title="2010 IIHF World Championship final">2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_IIHF_World_Championship_final" title="2011 IIHF World Championship final">2011</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_IIHF_World_Championship_final" title="2012 IIHF World Championship final">2012</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_IIHF_World_Championship_final" title="2013 IIHF World Championship final">2013</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_IIHF_World_Championship_final" title="2014 IIHF World Championship final">2014</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_IIHF_World_Championship_final" title="2015 IIHF World Championship final">2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_IIHF_World_Championship_final" title="2016 IIHF World Championship final">2016</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_IIHF_World_Championship_final" title="2017 IIHF World Championship final">2017</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_IIHF_World_Championship_final" title="2018 IIHF World Championship final">2018</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_IIHF_World_Championship_final" title="2019 IIHF World Championship final">2019</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">2020</span></s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_IIHF_World_Championship_final" title="2021 IIHF World Championship final">2021</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_IIHF_World_Championship_final" title="2022 IIHF World Championship final">2022</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_IIHF_World_Championship_final" title="2023 IIHF World Championship final">2023</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_IIHF_World_Championship_final" title="2024 IIHF World Championship final">2024</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Rosters</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="1998 IIHF World Championship rosters">1998</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1999_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="1999 IIHF World Championship rosters">1999</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="2000 IIHF World Championship rosters">2000</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="2001 IIHF World Championship rosters">2001</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2002_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="2002 IIHF World Championship rosters">2002</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="2003 IIHF World Championship rosters">2003</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="2004 IIHF World Championship rosters">2004</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="2005 IIHF World Championship rosters">2005</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="2006 IIHF World Championship rosters">2006</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2007_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="2007 IIHF World Championship rosters">2007</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="2008 IIHF World Championship rosters">2008</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2009_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="2009 IIHF World Championship rosters">2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="2010 IIHF World Championship rosters">2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="2011 IIHF World Championship rosters">2011</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="2012 IIHF World Championship rosters">2012</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="2013 IIHF World Championship rosters">2013</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="2014 IIHF World Championship rosters">2014</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="2015 IIHF World Championship rosters">2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="2016 IIHF World Championship rosters">2016</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="2017 IIHF World Championship rosters">2017</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="2018 IIHF World Championship rosters">2018</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="2019 IIHF World Championship rosters">2019</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s><span class="tmp-color" style="color:grey">2020</span></s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="2021 IIHF World Championship rosters">2021</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="2022 IIHF World Championship rosters">2022</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="2023 IIHF World Championship rosters">2023</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_IIHF_World_Championship_rosters" title="2024 IIHF World Championship rosters">2024</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/IIHF_World_Championship_Division_I" title="IIHF World Championship Division I">Division I</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships#World_Championship_Group_B_(Slovenia)" title="1998 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">1998(B)</a>/<a href="/wiki/1998_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships#World_Championship_Group_C_(Hungary)" title="1998 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">(C)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1999_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships#World_Championship_Group_B" title="1999 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">1999(B)</a>/<a href="/wiki/1999_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships#World_Championship_Group_C" title="1999 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">(C)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships#World_Championship_Group_B_(Poland)" title="2000 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2000(B)</a>/<a href="/wiki/2000_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships#World_Championship_Group_C_(China_PR)" title="2000 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">(C)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships#Division_I" title="2001 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2001</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2002_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships#Division_I" title="2002 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2002</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships#Division_I" title="2003 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2003</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships#Division_I" title="2004 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2004</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_I" title="2005 IIHF World Championship Division I">2005</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_I" title="2006 IIHF World Championship Division I">2006</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2007_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_I" title="2007 IIHF World Championship Division I">2007</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_I" title="2008 IIHF World Championship Division I">2008</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2009_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_I" title="2009 IIHF World Championship Division I">2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_I" title="2010 IIHF World Championship Division I">2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_I" title="2011 IIHF World Championship Division I">2011</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_I" title="2012 IIHF World Championship Division I">2012</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_I" title="2013 IIHF World Championship Division I">2013</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_I" title="2014 IIHF World Championship Division I">2014</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_I" title="2015 IIHF World Championship Division I">2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_I" title="2016 IIHF World Championship Division I">2016</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_I" title="2017 IIHF World Championship Division I">2017</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_I" title="2018 IIHF World Championship Division I">2018</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_I" title="2019 IIHF World Championship Division I">2019</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s><a href="/wiki/2020_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_I" title="2020 IIHF World Championship Division I">2020</a></s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s><a href="/wiki/2021_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_I" title="2021 IIHF World Championship Division I">2021</a></s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_I" title="2022 IIHF World Championship Division I">2022</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_I" title="2023 IIHF World Championship Division I">2023</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_I" title="2024 IIHF World Championship Division I">2024</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/2025_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_I" title="2025 IIHF World Championship Division I">2025</a></i></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/IIHF_World_Championship_Division_II" title="IIHF World Championship Division II">Division II</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships#World_Championship_Group_D_(South_Africa)" title="1998 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">1998(D)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1999_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships#World_Championship_Group_D" title="1999 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">1999(D)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships#World_Championship_Group_D_(Iceland)" title="2000 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2000(D)</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships#Division_II" title="2001 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2001</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2002_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships#Division_II" title="2002 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2002</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships#Division_II" title="2003 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2003</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_Men%27s_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships#Division_II" title="2004 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships">2004</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_II" title="2005 IIHF World Championship Division II">2005</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_II" title="2006 IIHF World Championship Division II">2006</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2007_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_II" title="2007 IIHF World Championship Division II">2007</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_II" title="2008 IIHF World Championship Division II">2008</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2009_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_II" title="2009 IIHF World Championship Division II">2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_II" title="2010 IIHF World Championship Division II">2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_II" title="2011 IIHF World Championship Division II">2011</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_II" title="2012 IIHF World Championship Division II">2012</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_II" title="2013 IIHF World Championship Division II">2013</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_II" title="2014 IIHF World Championship Division II">2014</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_II" title="2015 IIHF World Championship Division II">2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_II" title="2016 IIHF World Championship Division II">2016</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_II" title="2017 IIHF World Championship Division II">2017</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_II" title="2018 IIHF World Championship Division II">2018</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_II" title="2019 IIHF World Championship Division II">2019</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s><a href="/wiki/2020_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_II" title="2020 IIHF World Championship Division II">2020</a></s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s><a href="/wiki/2021_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_II" title="2021 IIHF World Championship Division II">2021</a></s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_II" title="2022 IIHF World Championship Division II">2022</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_II" title="2023 IIHF World Championship Division II">2023</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_II" title="2024 IIHF World Championship Division II">2024</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/2025_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_II" title="2025 IIHF World Championship Division II">2025</a></i></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/IIHF_World_Championship_Division_III" title="IIHF World Championship Division III">Division III</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_III" title="2003 IIHF World Championship Division III">2003</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_III" title="2004 IIHF World Championship Division III">2004</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_III" title="2005 IIHF World Championship Division III">2005</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_III" title="2006 IIHF World Championship Division III">2006</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2007_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_III" title="2007 IIHF World Championship Division III">2007</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_III" title="2008 IIHF World Championship Division III">2008</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2009_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_III" title="2009 IIHF World Championship Division III">2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_III" title="2010 IIHF World Championship Division III">2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_III" title="2011 IIHF World Championship Division III">2011</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_III" title="2012 IIHF World Championship Division III">2012</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_III" title="2013 IIHF World Championship Division III">2013</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_III" title="2014 IIHF World Championship Division III">2014</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_III" title="2015 IIHF World Championship Division III">2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_III" title="2016 IIHF World Championship Division III">2016</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_III" title="2017 IIHF World Championship Division III">2017</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_III" title="2018 IIHF World Championship Division III">2018</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_III" title="2019 IIHF World Championship Division III">2019</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s><a href="/wiki/2020_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_III" title="2020 IIHF World Championship Division III">2020</a></s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s><a href="/wiki/2021_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_III" title="2021 IIHF World Championship Division III">2021</a></s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_III" title="2022 IIHF World Championship Division III">2022</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_III" title="2023 IIHF World Championship Division III">2023</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_III" title="2024 IIHF World Championship Division III">2024</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/2025_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_III" title="2025 IIHF World Championship Division III">2025</a></i></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/IIHF_World_Championship_Division_IV" title="IIHF World Championship Division IV">Division IV</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><s><a href="/wiki/2020_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_IV" title="2020 IIHF World Championship Division IV">2020</a></s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><s><a href="/wiki/2021_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_IV" title="2021 IIHF World Championship Division IV">2021</a></s></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_IV" title="2022 IIHF World Championship Division IV">2022</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_IV" title="2023 IIHF World Championship Division IV">2023</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_IV" title="2024 IIHF World Championship Division IV">2024</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><i><a href="/wiki/2025_IIHF_World_Championship_Division_IV" title="2025 IIHF World Championship Division IV">2025</a></i></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/National_team_appearances_in_the_Ice_Hockey_World_Championships" title="National team appearances in the Ice Hockey World Championships">Team appearances</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_IIHF_World_Championship_medalists" title="List of IIHF World Championship medalists">Medalists</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_IIHF_World_Championships_by_attendance" title="List of IIHF World Championships by attendance">Attendance</a></span></li> 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