Champions
- Key
| The Summer Olympic Games Ice Hockey Tournament held that year counted as the World Championships. | |
| * | The Winter Olympic Games Ice Hockey Tournament held that year counted as the World Championships. |
| (#) | Number of tournaments won at the time. Second number indicates total while country was part of the Soviet Union or Czechoslovakia. |
| Year | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Host city / cities | Host country / countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 | Canada 01 ! Canada (1) | United States | Czechoslovakia | Antwerp | Belgium |
| 1924 * | Canada 02 ! Canada (2) | United States | Great Britain | Chamonix | France |
| 1928 * | Canada 03 ! Canada (3) | Sweden | Switzerland | St. Moritz | Switzerland |
| 1930 | Canada 04 ! Canada (4) | Germany | Switzerland | Chamonix Berlin Vienna |
France Germany Austria |
| 1931 | Canada 05 ! Canada (5) | United States | Austria | Krynica | Poland |
| 1932 * | Canada 06 ! Canada (6) | United States | Germany | Lake Placid | United States |
| 1933 | United States 01 ! United States (1) | Canada | Czechoslovakia | Prague | Czechoslovakia |
| 1934 | Canada 07 ! Canada (7) | United States | Germany | Milan | Italy |
| 1935 | Canada 08 ! Canada (8) | Switzerland | Great Britain | Davos | Switzerland |
| 1936 * | Great Britain 01 ! Great Britain (1) | Canada | United States | Garmisch-Partenkirchen | Germany |
| 1937 | Canada 09 ! Canada (9) | Great Britain | Switzerland | London | Great Britain |
| 1938 | Canada 10 ! Canada (10) | Great Britain | Czechoslovakia | Prague | Czechoslovakia |
| 1939 | Canada 11 ! Canada (11) | United States | Switzerland | Zurich and Basel | Switzerland |
| 1947 | Czechoslovakia 01 ! Czechoslovakia (1) | Sweden | Austria | Prague | Czechoslovakia |
| 1948 * | Canada 12 ! Canada (12) | Czechoslovakia | Switzerland | St. Moritz | Switzerland |
| 1949 | Czechoslovakia 02 ! Czechoslovakia (2) | Canada | United States | Stockholm | Sweden |
| 1950 | Canada 13 ! Canada (13) | United States | Switzerland | London | Great Britain |
| 1951 | Canada 14 ! Canada (14) | Sweden | Switzerland | Paris | France |
| 1952 * | Canada 15 ! Canada (15) | United States | Sweden | Oslo and Drammen | Norway |
| 1953 | Sweden 01 ! Sweden (1) | West Germany | Switzerland | Zurich and Basel | Switzerland |
| 1954 | Soviet Union 01 ! Soviet Union (1) | Canada | Sweden | Stockholm | Sweden |
| 1955 | Canada 16 ! Canada (16) | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Krefeld, Dortmund and Cologne | West Germany |
| 1956 * | Soviet Union 01 ! Soviet Union (2) | United States | Canada | Cortina | Italy |
| 1957 | Sweden 02 ! Sweden (2) | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Moscow | Soviet Union |
| 1958 | Canada 17 ! Canada (17) | Soviet Union | Sweden | Oslo | Norway |
| 1959 | Canada 18 ! Canada (18) | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Prague and Bratislava | Czechoslovakia |
| 1960 * | United States 02 ! United States (2) | Canada | Soviet Union | Squaw Valley | United States |
| 1961 | Canada 19 ! Canada (19) | Czechoslovakia | Soviet Union | Geneva and Lausanne | Switzerland |
| 1962 | Sweden 03 ! Sweden (3) | Canada | United States | Colorado Springs and Denver | United States |
| 1963 | Soviet Union 03 ! Soviet Union (3) | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | Stockholm | Sweden |
| 1964 * | Soviet Union 04 ! Soviet Union (4) | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | Innsbruck | Austria |
| 1965 | Soviet Union 05 ! Soviet Union (5) | Czechoslovakia | Sweden | Tampere | Finland |
| 1966 | Soviet Union 06 ! Soviet Union (6) | Czechoslovakia | Canada | Ljubljana | Yugoslavia |
| 1967 | Soviet Union 07 ! Soviet Union (7) | Sweden | Canada | Vienna | Austria |
| 1968 * | Soviet Union 08 ! Soviet Union (8) | Czechoslovakia | Canada | Grenoble | France |
| 1969 | Soviet Union 09 ! Soviet Union (9) | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | Stockholm | Sweden |
| 1970 | Soviet Union 10 ! Soviet Union (10) | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | Stockholm | Sweden |
| 1971 | Soviet Union 11 ! Soviet Union (11) | Czechoslovakia | Sweden | Bern and Geneva | Switzerland |
| 1972 | Czechoslovakia 03 ! Czechoslovakia (3) | Soviet Union | Sweden | Prague | Czechoslovakia |
| 1973 | Soviet Union 12 ! Soviet Union (12) | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | Moscow | Soviet Union |
| 1974 | Soviet Union 13 ! Soviet Union (13) | Czechoslovakia | Sweden | Helsinki | Finland |
| 1975 | Soviet Union 14 ! Soviet Union (14) | Czechoslovakia | Sweden | Munich and Düsseldorf | West Germany |
| 1976 | Czechoslovakia 04 ! Czechoslovakia (4) | Soviet Union | Sweden | Katowice | Poland |
| 1977 | Czechoslovakia 05 ! Czechoslovakia (5) | Sweden | Soviet Union | Vienna | Austria |
| 1978 | Soviet Union 15 ! Soviet Union (15) | Czechoslovakia | Canada | Prague | Czechoslovakia |
| 1979 | Soviet Union 16 ! Soviet Union (16) | Czechoslovakia | Sweden | Moscow | Soviet Union |
| 1981 | Soviet Union 17 ! Soviet Union (17) | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | Gothenburg and Stockholm | Sweden |
| 1982 | Soviet Union 18 ! Soviet Union (18) | Czechoslovakia | Canada | Helsinki and Tampere | Finland |
| 1983 | Soviet Union 19 ! Soviet Union (19) | Czechoslovakia | Canada | Düsseldorf, Dortmund and Munich | West Germany |
| 1985 | Czechoslovakia 06 ! Czechoslovakia (6) | Canada | Soviet Union | Prague | Czechoslovakia |
| 1986 | Soviet Union 20 ! Soviet Union (20) | Sweden | Canada | Moscow | Soviet Union |
| 1987 | Sweden 04 ! Sweden (4) | Soviet Union | Czechoslovakia | Vienna | Austria |
| 1989 | Soviet Union 21 ! Soviet Union (21) | Canada | Czechoslovakia | Stockholm and Södertälje | Sweden |
| 1990 | Soviet Union 22 ! Soviet Union (22) | Sweden | Czechoslovakia | Bern and Fribourg | Switzerland |
| 1991 | Sweden 05 ! Sweden (5) | Canada | Soviet Union | Turku, Helsinki and Tampere | Finland |
| 1992 | Sweden 06 ! Sweden (6) | Finland | Czechoslovakia | Prague and Bratislava | Czechoslovakia |
| 1993 | Russia/Soviet Union 02 ! Russia (23) | Sweden | Czech Republic | Dortmund and Munich | Germany |
| 1994 | Canada 20 ! Canada (20) | Finland | Sweden | Bolzano, Canazei and Milan | Italy |
| 1995 | Finland 01 ! Finland (1) | Sweden | Canada | Stockholm and Gävle | Sweden |
| 1996 | Czech Republic 01 ! Czech Republic (7) | Canada | United States | Vienna | Austria |
| 1997 | Canada 21 ! Canada (21) | Sweden | Czech Republic | Helsinki, Turku and Tampere | Finland |
| 1998 | Sweden 07 ! Sweden (7) | Finland | Czech Republic | Zurich and Basel | Switzerland |
| 1999 | Czech Republic 02 ! Czech Republic (8) | Finland | Sweden | Oslo, Lillehammer and Hamar | Norway |
| 2000 | Czech Republic 03 ! Czech Republic (9) | Slovakia | Finland | St. Petersburg | Russia |
| 2001 | Czech Republic 04 ! Czech Republic (10) | Finland | Sweden | Cologne, Hanover and Nuremberg | Germany |
| 2002 | Slovakia 01 ! Slovakia (1) | Russia | Sweden | Gothenburg, Karlstad and Jönköping | Sweden |
| 2003 | Canada 22 ! Canada (22) | Sweden | Slovakia | Helsinki, Tampere and Turku | Finland |
| 2004 | Canada 23 ! Canada (23) | Sweden | United States | Prague and Ostrava | Czech Republic |
| 2005 | Czech Republic 05 ! Czech Republic (11) | Canada | Russia | Innsbruck and Vienna | Austria |
| 2006 | Sweden 08 ! Sweden (8) | Czech Republic | Finland | Riga | Latvia |
| 2007 | Canada 24 ! Canada (24) | Finland | Russia | Moscow and Mytishchi | Russia |
| 2008 | Russia/Soviet Union 02 ! Russia (24) | Canada | Finland | Halifax and Quebec City | Canada |
| 2009 | Russia/Soviet Union 03 ! Russia (25) | Canada | Sweden | Kloten and Bern | Switzerland |
| 2010 | Czech Republic 06 ! Czech Republic (12) | Russia | Sweden | Cologne, Mannheim, and Gelsenkirchen | Germany |
| 2011 | Finland 08 ! Finland (2) | Sweden | Czech Republic | Bratislava and Košice | Slovakia |
| 2012 | Russia/Soviet Union 04 ! Russia (26) | Slovakia | Czech Republic | Helsinki and Stockholm | Finland and Sweden |
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