IIHF World Championship

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ice hockey tournament recurring sporting event world championship

The IIHF World Championship is an annual international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation that features top national teams from around the world competing for the world title.

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Observed surface forms (15)

Surface form Occurrences
Ice Hockey World Championships 11
IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship 6
IIHF World Championships 4

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ice hockey tournament ⓘ
recurring sporting event ⓘ
world championship ⓘ
ageCategory senior ⓘ
alsoAwards bronze medal ⓘ
silver medal ⓘ
broadcastScope international ⓘ
competitionLevel senior men ⓘ
competitionType international tournament ⓘ
continentScope worldwide ⓘ
currentStandardTopDivisionTeams 16 ⓘ
decidingGame gold medal game ⓘ
divisionStructure Division I ⓘ
Division II ⓘ
Division III ⓘ
Top Division ⓘ
eligibility IIHF member national associations ⓘ
firstHeld 1920 ⓘ
firstHeldAsPartOf 1920 Summer Olympics ⓘ
format round-robin preliminary round followed by playoffs ⓘ
frequency annual ⓘ
genderCategory men ⓘ
governingBody International Ice Hockey Federation ⓘ
hasPromotion true ⓘ
hasRelegation true ⓘ
hostSelection awarded by IIHF Congress ⓘ
hostsRotateBetween member countries of IIHF ⓘ
mostSuccessfulTeam Canada men's national ice hockey team ⓘ
Soviet Union national ice hockey team ⓘ
numberOfTeamsVariesBetween 16 and 24 ⓘ
officialName IIHF World Championship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship
organizer International Ice Hockey Federation ⓘ
organizerAbbreviation International Ice Hockey Federation ⓘ
surface form: IIHF
overtimeRule overtime and shootout used in knockout games ⓘ
participantType national teams ⓘ
primaryPlayingSurface ice rink ⓘ
recognizedBy International Olympic Committee ⓘ
relatedCompetition IIHF Women’s World Championship ⓘ
surface form: IIHF Women's World Championship

IIHF U18 World Championship ⓘ
surface form: IIHF World U18 Championship

IIHF World Junior Championship ⓘ
surface form: IIHF World U20 Championship
ruleBook IIHF Official Rule Book ⓘ
separateFromOlympicsSince 1930 ⓘ
shortName IIHF World Championship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Ice Hockey Worlds

World Championships ⓘ
surface form: World Championship
sport ice hockey ⓘ
standardGameDuration 60 minutes ⓘ
trophy IIHF World Championship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: IIHF World Championship Trophy
typicalDates April–May ⓘ
usesDivisionSystem true ⓘ
website https://www.iihf.com ⓘ

Referenced by (92)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

this entity surface form: Ice Hockey World Championships
Evgeni Malkin → participatedIn → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
John Tavares → participatedIn → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: IIHF World Championships
Kevyn Adams → participatedIn → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
Martin Procházka → participatedIn → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ice Hockey World Championships
Mats Sundin → participatedIn → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ice Hockey World Championships
Maxim Afinogenov → participatedIn → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
Miro Heiskanen → participatedIn → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
Šatan → participatedIn → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
subject surface form: Miroslav Šatan
Nikita Kucherov → participatedIn → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
Oleg Znarok → participatedIn → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
Ondrej Pavelec → participatedIn → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
Shawn Horcoff → participatedIn → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
Ville Peltonen → participatedIn → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ice Hockey World Championships
Vladimír Dzurilla → participatedIn → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ice Hockey World Championships
Canada men's national ice hockey team → participatesIn → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
Latvia men's national ice hockey team → participatesIn → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
Norway men's national ice hockey team → participatesIn → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
The Lions → playsIn → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship
IIHF Division I World Championship → promotionTo → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: IIHF World Championship Top Division
IIHF U18 World Championship → relatedCompetition → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
IIHF Women’s World Championship → relatedCompetition → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: World Ice Hockey Championships
IIHF Official Rule Book → scope → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: IIHF World Championships
IIHF World Championship → shortName → IIHF World Championship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Ice Hockey Worlds
Top Division → shortName → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: IIHF World Championship Top Division
Ken Hitchcock → tournamentCoached → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
2002 IIHF World Championship final → tournamentEdition → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
this entity surface form: 66th IIHF World Championship
World Championships → trophy → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
subject surface form: IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship
this entity surface form: IIHF World Championship Trophy
IIHF World Championship → trophy → IIHF World Championship self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: IIHF World Championship Trophy
TCH → usedIn → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
Finland men's national ice hockey team → wonTournament → IIHF World Championship ⓘ
Patrick Kane → worldChampionshipParticipation → IIHF World Championship ⓘ