World Synchronized Skating Championships

World Figure Synchronized Skating Championships
Status	Active
Genre	International championship event
Frequency	Annual
Previous event	2025 World Championships
Next event	2026 World Championships
Organized by	International Skating Union

Team Amber of Latvia competing in 2013

The World Synchronized Skating Championships are an annual synchronized skating competition sanctioned by the International Skating Union (ISU). The first World Championships were held in 2000 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the United States; Team Surprise of Sweden were the winners. They have been held every year since, except for 2020 and 2021, when they were cancelled on account of the COVID-19 pandemic. At the 2024 World Championships, Les Suprêmes of Canada made history when they became the first synchronized skating team to win three consecutive World Championships.

Until 2012, the top positions were mainly dominated by Sweden and Finland: the Swedish Team Surprise have won six World titles (latest in 2012), five silver medals and one bronze medal, and the Finnish Marigold IceUnity are five-time World Champions with seven silver medals and two bronze medals. Also from Finland, Helsinki Rockettes have earned four World titles, four silver medals and six bronze medals, and Team Unique have won one World title, two silver medals and one bronze medal.

Medalists

Synchronized event medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Ref.
2000	Minneapolis	Team Surprise	Black Ice	Marigold IceUnity	[1]
2001	Helsinki		Helsinki Rockettes	Black Ice	[2]
2002	Rouen	Marigold IceUnity	Team Surprise		[3]
2003	Ottawa	Team Surprise	Marigold IceUnity	Les Suprêmes	[4]
2004	Zagreb	Marigold IceUnity	Team Surprise	Helsinki Rockettes	[5]
2005	Gothenburg	Team Surprise	Helsinki Rockettes	Marigold IceUnity	[6]
2006	Prague	Marigold IceUnity	Team Surprise	Helsinki Rockettes	[7]
2007	London	Team Surprise	Miami University	NEXXICE	[8]
2008	Budapest	Helsinki Rockettes	Team Surprise		[9]
2009	Zagreb	NEXXICE	Team Unique	Team Surprise	[10]
2010	Colorado Springs	Helsinki Rockettes	Marigold IceUnity	Haydenettes	[11]
2011	Helsinki				[12]
2012	Gothenburg	Team Surprise	NEXXICE		[13]
2013	Boston	Team Unique			[14]
2014	Courmayeur	Marigold IceUnity		Helsinki Rockettes	[15]
2015	Hamilton	NEXXICE	Marigold IceUnity	Paradise	[16]
2016	Budapest	Paradise	Helsinki Rockettes	Haydenettes	[17]
2017	Colorado Springs		Marigold IceUnity	NEXXICE	[18]
2018	Stockholm	Marigold IceUnity	Team Surprise	Paradise	[19]
2019	Helsinki	Paradise	Marigold IceUnity	Helsinki Rockettes	[20]
2020	Lake Placid	Competitions cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Zagreb
2022	Hamilton	Les Suprêmes	Marigold IceUnity	Helsinki Rockettes	[21] [22]
2023	Lake Placid		Helsinki Rockettes	Team Unique	[23] [24]
2024	Zagreb		Haydenettes	Helsinki Rockettes
2025	Helsinki	Helsinki Rockettes	Team Unique	Haydenettes	[25]
2026	Salzburg	To be held on April 10–11, 2026
2027	Nottingham	To be held on April 2–3, 2027

Summary

Medals by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Finland	10	13	9	32
2	Sweden	6	5	1	12
3	Canada	5	4	6	15
4	Russia	3	0	2	5
5	United States	0	2	6	8
Totals (5 entries)		24	24	24	72

Medals by team

Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Team Surprise	6	5	1	12
2	Marigold IceUnity	5	7	2	14
3	Helsinki Rockettes	4	4	6	14
4	Paradise	3	0	2	5
5	Les Suprêmes	3	0	1	4
6	NEXXICE	2	3	3	8
7	Team Unique	1	2	1	4
8	Haydenettes	0	1	6	7
9	Black Ice	0	1	2	3
10	Miami University	0	1	0	1
Totals (10 entries)		24	24	24	72

See also

• Synchronized skating
• ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships

References

1. "2000 World Synchronized Skating Championships". International Skating Union . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 4, 2016.
2. "2001 World Synchronized Skating Championships". International Skating Union . Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 9, 2013.
3. "World Synchronized Skating Championships". U.S. Figure Skating . Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Retrieved February 26, 2014.
4. The first two sites show the official 2003 WSSC results, the third is a Kaleva news article:
   • "Short Program". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
   • "Results". U.S. Figure Skating. Archived from the original on February 26, 2014. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
   • "Marigold IceUnity voitti MM-hopeaa" [Marigold IceUnity take silver at Worlds]. Kaleva (in Finnish). Kaleva Oy. Suomen Tietotoimisto. April 6, 2003. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
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External links

• 2004 Championships at the International Skating Union
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