| Current season, competition or edition: | |
| Sport | Ball Hockey |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1996 (men) 2007 (women) |
| Founder | International Street and Ball Hockey Federation |
| No. of teams | 10 (men) 6 (women) |
| Continents | 3 |
| Most recent champions | |
| Most titles | |
The Ball Hockey World Championship is a biannual ball (street) hockey competition for women's and men's national teams. The first championship was played in 1996 in Bratislava. The Ball Hockey World Championship is organized by ISBHF. The only medallists across the first five championships were Canada, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The first team to win a medal other than those three was Italy in 2005, when they won the bronze medal. Held biannually, the tournament has been played in odd-numbered years since its establishment, other than 1996–1998 and 2022–2026, when it was held in even-numbered years. The tournament will return to odd-numbered years in 2027.
The first women's world championships were played in 2005, located in Pittsburgh, PA. Canada have won six of the nine women's championships to date.
Key
| (#) | Number of tournaments won at the time. |
As of 2024
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 13 | |
| 2 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | |
| 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 13 | |
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||
| 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 15 | 15 | 15 | 45 | |
| Team | 1996 | 1998 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2024 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17th | 18th | 15th | 15th | 12th | 16th | 6 |
| | 5th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 10th | 15th | 12th | 10th | 9th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| | - | - | - | 5th | 9th | 13th | 13th | 8th | 13th | 11th | 11th | 18th | 14th | 9th | 15th | 12 |
| | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 15 |
| | - | - | - | - | - | 14th | 14th | 16th | 15th | 14th | 14th | 16th | 9th | 16th | 13th | 10 |
| | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 15 |
| | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13th | 7th | - | 8th | 9th | 2nd | 7th | 7th | 7 |
| | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12th | 10th | 16th | 11th | - | 13th | 14th | 6 |
| | 4th | 6th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 10th | 11th | - | 8th | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| | - | - | - | - | - | 7th | 8th | 15th | 14th | 16th | 15th | 14th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 10 |
| | - | - | - | - | - | 11th | 15th | 9th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 8th | 4th | 6th | 10 |
| | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13th | 12th | 12th | 8th | 8th | 5 |
| | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12th | 16th | 13th | 17th | 13th | 11th | 14th | - | 7 |
| | - | 8th | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | 18th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| | - | - | - | - | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 7th | - | 12th | 10th | 10th | 5th | 6th | 9th | 10 |
| | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | 7th | 2nd | - | - | 9th | 8th | - | - | - | 5 |
| | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15th | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| | - | - | - | - | 11th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17th | 13th | 10th | 10th | 4 |
| | - | - | - | - | 6th | 12th | 9th | 14th | 11th | 9th | 12th | - | - | 15th | - | 8 |
| | - | - | - | - | - | 4th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 6th | - | - | 11th | 8 |
| | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5th | 5th | 15 |
| | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| | 7th | 7th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 8th | 6th | 11th | 10th | 7th | 6th | 7th | 6th | - | 4th | 14 |
| | - | 4th | - | 8th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 7th | 3rd | 3rd | 13 |
| Year | Host | Champions | Runners-up | 3rd place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 Details | Ratingen | Canada (1) | Slovakia (1) | Czech Republic (1) |
| 2009 Details | Plzeň | Canada (2) | Slovakia (2) | Czech Republic (2) |
| 2011 Details | Bratislava | Slovakia (1) | Canada (1) | Czech Republic (3) |
| 2013 Details | St.John's | Canada (3) | Slovakia (3) | Czech Republic (4) |
| 2015 Details | Zug | Canada (4) | Czech Republic (1) | Slovakia (1) |
| 2017 Details | Pardubice | Czech Republic (1) | USA (1) | Canada (1) |
| 2019 Details | Košice | Canada (5) | USA (2) | Czech Republic (5) |
| 2022 Details | Laval | Canada (6) | Czech Republic (2) | Slovakia (2) |
| 2024 Details | Visp | USA (1) | Czech Republic (3) | Canada (2) |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
| 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | |
| 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 | |
| Team | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2024 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| | 6th | 6th | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 9 |
| | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 9 |
| | 5th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| | - | - | 8th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 7 |
| | - | 7th | 9th | 8th | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| | - | - | - | 6th | 6th | 5th | - | - | - | 3 |
| | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6th | - | 1 |
| | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 9 |
| | - | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | - | - | - | 7th | 5 |
| | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 9 |