Ice Hockey World Championship Olympics

Qualification for the men s tournament at the 2022 winter olympics was determined by the iihf world ranking following the 2019 men s ice hockey world championships the host along with the top eight teams in the world ranking received automatic berths into the olympics while all other teams have an opportunity to qualify for the remaining three spots in the olympics.

Ice hockey world championship olympics. The delegates also confirmed the dates of the 2021 iihf ice hockey world championship in minsk and riga to 21 may to 6 june 2021. The ice hockey world championships is an annual event held by the international ice hockey federation. First officially held at the 1920 summer olympics it is the sport s highest profile annual international tournament. Canada represented for the first time by a purpose built national team organized and coached by father david bauer was shut out of the.

Travel is likely to be so restricted and cautious for 6 8 weeks that none of the top leagues could even send players to the worlds except for the. The games were held at the olympiahalle innsbruck. The first world championship tournament was decided at the 1920 summer olympics. The men s ice hockey tournament at the 1964 winter olympics in innsbruck austria was the 10th olympic championship also serving as the 31st world championships and the 42nd european championships.

Latvia will host group e with france italy and the second best seeded qualifier at arena riga the venue built for the 2006 iihf ice hockey world championship that will become a world championship venue again in 2021. That includes sadly the men s and women s ice hockey world championships. The ice hockey world championships are an annual international men s ice hockey tournament organized by the international ice hockey federation iihf. The men s ice hockey tournament at the 1968 winter olympics held in grenoble france was the 11th olympic championship also serving as the 35th world championships and the 46th european championships this was the last olympic tournament to include the world and european titles.

It was a prudent decision to cancel the men s tournament even though the pandemic could ease in europe by may. Between 1920 and 1968 the olympic hockey tournament was also counted as the ice hockey world championship for that year. The 2020 iihf extra ordinary congress has assigned the tournaments of the 2021 iihf ice hockey world championship program and the qualification for the 2020 olympic women s ice hockey tournament. The first three championships were contested at the ol.

It was preceded by the european championship which was held from 1910 to 1932. First ice hockey world championship the first ever ice hockey world championship was held in 1920 as a part of the summer olympic games yeah ice hockey was played in the summer olympic games but only one time in antwerp belgium. There were only six teams canada czechoslovakia usa switzerland sweden and belgium. The soviet union first participated in 1956 and overtook canada as the dominant international team winning seven of the nine tournaments in which they participated.

The soviet union won its second olympic gold medal fourth world championship and eighth european championship. Games were held at the palais des sports the soviet union won their third olympic gold medal eighth world.