Ice Hockey Championships

2021 iihf ice hockey world championship.

Ice hockey championships. Belarus and latvia minsk riga. 2021 men s world ice hockey championships. Host nations latvia belarus. Czechoslovakia won for the fifth time and second in a row claiming their 14th and final european title as well.

The ice hockey world championships is an annual event held by the international ice hockey federation. Canada returned after an eight year absence with a team comprised completely of nhl players from teams that had missed t. The tournament was also the 55th ice hockey european championship. Inaugurated in 1996 it is the successor to the canada cup which was held every 3 to 5 years from 1976 to 1991 and was the first international hockey championship to allow nations to field their top players.

Have you got the skills to win the prize. The ice hockey world championships are an annual international men s ice hockey tournament organized by the international ice hockey federation iihf. The first three championships were contested at the ol. Finland final 2019 iihf ice hockey world championship finland defeated canada 3 1 to win their second gold in as many hostings by slovakia the previous win coming in 2011.

Eight teams took part first playing each other once then the four best teams advancing to a new round. The national sports heads hockey league is ready to roll. Di men s ice hockey championship history. The world cup has occurred thrice before on an irregular basis with the united states winning in 1996 and canada winning in 2004 and 2016.

Minnesota duluth 29 11 2 scott sandelin. The maine black bears men s ice hockey is a ncaa division i college ice hockey program that represents the university of maine the black bears are a member of hockey east they play at the harold alfond sports arena commonly known as alfond arena in orono maine. The world cup of hockey is an international ice hockey tournament. Following the 2016 tournament it is uncertain if the series will continue with the.

First officially held at the 1920 summer olympics it is the sport s highest profile annual international tournament. The first world championship tournament was decided at the 1920 summer olympics. The 1977 ice hockey world championships took place in vienna austria from 21 april to 8 may. Year champion coach score runner up host or site.

It was preceded by the european championship which was held from 1910 to 1932. 7 23 may 2021 venue s 2 in 2 host cities. 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026. 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.