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. United States has won 15 medals, the most of any nation.
Top Division
editChampions
edit- Key
| (#) | Number of tournaments won at the time. |
Medal table
editCountries in italics no longer compete at the World Championships.
| Country |  Gold
|
 Silver
|
 Bronze
|
Medals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 United States
|
7 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
 Sweden
|
5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
 Finland
|
4 | 6 | 4 | 14 |
 Canada
|
3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
 Czech Republic
|
1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
 Germany
|
0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
 Slovakia
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Switzerland
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Division I
editChampions
edit- Key
| (#) | Number of tournaments won at the time. |
| Year | Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
|
Host city (cities) | Host country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 |  Japan (1)
|
 Brazil
|
 Australia
|
Nürnberg & Amberg | Germany |
| 2004 |  Great Britain (1)
|
Brazil
|
Japan
|
Bad Tölz | Germany |
| 2005 |  Hungary (1)
|
Japan
|
Great Britain
|
Kuopio | Finland |
| 2006 | Great Britain (2)
|
Hungary
|
Brazil
|
Budapest | Hungary |
| 2007 | Brazil (1)
|
 New Zealand
|
Hungary
|
Landshut & Passau | Germany |
| 2008 | Canada (1)
|
Great Britain
|
Brazil
|
Bratislava | Slovakia |
| 2009 |  Austria (1)
|
Great Britain
|
Brazil
|
Ingolstadt | Germany |
| 2010 | Austria (2)
|
 Croatia
|
Hungary
|
Karlstad | Sweden |
| 2011 | Great Britain (3)
|
Hungary
|
Austria
|
Pardubice | Czech Republic |
| 2012 | Slovakia (1)
|
Hungary
|
Austria
|
Ingolstadt | Germany |
| 2013 | Great Britain (4)
|
Austria
|
Hungary
|
Dresden | Germany |
| 2014 |  Slovenia (1)
|
Australia
|
Croatia
|
Pardubice | Czech Republic |
| 2015 | Croatia (1)
|
Australia
|
Great Britain
|
Tampere | Finland |
| 2017 | Slovenia (2)
|
 Latvia
|
Australia
|
Bratislava | Slovakia |
Medal table
edit| Country | Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
|
Medals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Britain
|
4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Austria
|
2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Slovenia
|
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Hungary
|
1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Brazil
|
1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Croatia
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Japan
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Canada
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovakia
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Australia
|
0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Latvia
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |