The IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship is an annual event held by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The first World Championship tournament was decided at the 1996 World Championship. As of 2017, 20 tournaments have been staged. No championship was held in 1999 or in 2016. Five nations have won a gold medal at the World Championships and a total of eight have won medals. The United States has won 7 golds and total 15 medals, the most of any nation.
Medalists Key Number of tournaments won at the time.
Year Gold Silver BronzeHost city (cities)Host country1996 Minneapolis and St. Paul United States1997 Anaheim United States1998 Anaheim United States1999No tournament held2000 Hradec Kralové and Choceň Czech Republic2001 Ellenton United States2002 Nürnberg and Pfaffenhofen Germany2003 Nürnberg and Amberg Germany2004 Bad Tölz Germany2005 Kuopio Finland2006 Budapest Hungary2007 Landshut and Passau Germany2008 Bratislava Slovakia2009 Ingolstadt Germany2010 Karlstad Sweden2011 Pardubice Czech Republic2012 Ingolstadt Germany2013 Dresden Germany2014 Pardubice Czech Republic2015 Tampere Finland2016No tournament held2017 Bratislava Slovakia
Medal table
Countries in italics no longer compete at the World Championships.
Country Gold Silver BronzeMedals74415533114641433281225014501010011
References IIHF official listing of all medalists