Major achievements in ice hockey by nation

Last updated June 21, 2024

This article contains lists of achievements in major senior-level international ice hockey and Para ice hockey tournaments according to first-place, second-place and third-place results obtained by teams representing different nations. The objective is not to create combined medal tables; the focus is on listing the best positions achieved by teams in major international tournaments, ranking the nations according to the most number of podiums accomplished by teams of these nations.

Results

For the making of these lists, results from following major international tournaments were consulted:

Form	Governing body	Tournament	Edition
Form	Governing body	Tournament	First	Latest	Next
Ice hockey	IIHF & IOC	Ice hockey at the Olympic Games (quadrennially)	1920	2018	2022
	IIHF	Men's World Ice Hockey Championships (annually)	1920	2019	2020
	IIHF	Women's Ice Hockey World Championships (annually)	1990	2019	2020
Para ice hockey	IPC	Para ice hockey at the Winter Paralympics (quadrennially)	1994	2018	2022
Para ice hockey	IPC	World Para Ice Hockey Championships ^{[lower-alpha 1]} (biennially)	1996	2019	2021

IIHF: International Ice Hockey Federation
IOC: International Olympic Committee
IPC: International Paralympic Committee

Medals earned by athletes from defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) or historical teams are NOT merged with the results achieved by their immediate successor states. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) do NOT combine medals of these nations or teams.^[1]^[2]

The tables are pre-sorted by total number of first-place results, second-place results and third-place results, respectively. When equal ranks are given, nations are listed in alphabetical order.

Ice hockey and Para ice hockey

Last updated after the 2023 World Para Ice Hockey Championships (As of 4 June 2023^[update])
		Ice hockey				Para ice hockey		Number of
		Olympic Games		World Championships		Paralympic Games	World Championships	Number of
Rk.	Nation	Men	Women	Men	Women	Mixed	Mixed				Total
1	Canada							6	0	0	6
1	United States							6	0	0	6
3	Sweden							4	1	1	6
4	Russia							1	2	2	5
5	Finland							2	1	1	4
6	Czech Republic							2	0	2	4
7	Switzerland							0	1	3	4
8	Great Britain							2	0	0	2
8	Norway							2	0	0	2
8	Soviet Union ^*							2	0	0	2
11	Czechoslovakia ^*							1	1	0	2
12	Slovakia							1	0	1	2
13	Germany							0	2	0	2
14	South Korea							0	1	1	2
14	West Germany ^*							0	1	1	2
16	Olympic Athletes from Russia ^*							1	0	0	1
16	Unified Team ^*							1	0	0	1
18	Japan							0	1	0	1
18	ROC ^*							0	1	0	1
20	Austria							0	0	1	1
20	China							0	0	1	1
20	Latvia							0	0	1	1

^*Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.

Ice hockey

Men and women

Last updated after the 2019 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships (As of 16 July 2019^[update])
		Ice hockey				Number of
		Olympic Games		World Championships		Number of
Rk.	Nation	Men	Women	Men	Women				Total
1	Canada					4	0	0	4
1	United States					4	0	0	4
3	Sweden					2	1	1	4
4	Finland					1	2	1	4
5	Switzerland					0	1	3	4
6	Russia					1	1	1	3
7	Czech Republic					2	0	0	2
7	Great Britain					2	0	0	2
7	Soviet Union ^*					2	0	0	2
10	Czechoslovakia ^*					1	1	0	2
11	Germany					0	2	0	2
12	West Germany ^*					0	1	1	2
13	Olympic Athletes from Russia ^*					1	0	0	1
13	Slovakia					1	0	0	1
13	Unified Team ^*					1	0	0	1
16	Austria					0	0	1	1

^*Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.

Men

Last updated after the 2019 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships (As of 16 July 2019^[update])
		Ice hockey		Number of
		Olympic Games	World Championships	Number of
Rk.	Nation	Men	Men				Total
1	Canada			2	0	0	2
1	Czech Republic			2	0	0	2
1	Great Britain			2	0	0	2
1	Soviet Union ^*			2	0	0	2
1	Sweden			2	0	0	2
1	United States			2	0	0	2
7	Czechoslovakia ^*			1	1	0	2
7	Finland			1	1	0	2
7	Russia			1	1	0	2
10	Germany			0	2	0	2
11	Switzerland			0	1	1	2
11	West Germany ^*			0	1	1	2
13	Olympic Athletes from Russia ^*			1	0	0	1
13	Slovakia			1	0	0	1
13	Unified Team ^*			1	0	0	1
16	Austria			0	0	1	1

^*Defunct National Olympic Committees (NOCs) or historical teams are shown in italic.

Women

Last updated after the 2019 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships (As of 16 July 2019^[update])
		Ice hockey		Number of
		Olympic Games	World Championships	Number of
Rk.	Nation	Women	Women				Total
1	Canada			2	0	0	2
1	United States			2	0	0	2
3	Finland			0	1	1	2
3	Sweden			0	1	1	2
5	Switzerland			0	0	2	2
6	Russia			0	0	1	1

Para ice hockey

Last updated after the 2019 World Para Ice Hockey Championships (As of 16 July 2019^[update])
		Para ice hockey		Number of
		Paralympic Games	World Championships	Number of
Rk.	Nation	Mixed	Mixed				Total
1	Canada			2	0	0	2
1	Norway			2	0	0	2
1	Sweden			2	0	0	2
1	United States			2	0	0	2
5	Russia			0	1	1	2
5	South Korea			0	1	1	2
7	Japan			0	1	0	1

Notes

↑ formerly IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

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References

General

Official results

Ice hockey
- Olympic tournament and World Championship: Past Tournaments
Para ice hockey
- Paralympics tournament and World Championship: Results

Specific

↑ "Olympic Results, Gold Medalists and Official Records". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 November 2018.
↑ "IPC Historical Results Archive - Web". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

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[WPIHC-1] rmerly IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships

[Olympic_Results-2] "Olympic Results, Gold Medalists and Official Records". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

[Paralympic_Results-3] "IPC Historical Results Archive - Web". International Paralympic Committee. Retrieved 16 November 2018.

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