Ball Hockey World Championship Explained

ISBHF Ball Hockey World Championships
Current Season:2024 Ball Hockey World Championship
Sport:Ball Hockey
Founded:1996 (men)
2007 (women)
Founder:International Street and Ball Hockey Federation
Teams:10 (men)
6 (women)
Continents:3
Champion: Canada (men)
USA (women)
Most Champs: Canada (men; 7 titles)
Canada (women; 6 titles)

The Ball Hockey World Championship is a biannual ball (street) hockey competition for women's and men's national teams. The first women's world championships were played in 2005, located in Pittsburgh, PA. The first championship was played in 1996 in Bratislava. Since the beginning of the best teams in Canada, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The first team to win a medal in addition to Canada, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the team of Italy in 2005 when he won the bronze medal match against Portugal. Since 1999 championship played every two years. Ball Hockey World Championship is organized by ISBHF.

Summary

Men

Key

Number of tournaments won at the time.
Year Gold Silver BronzeHost city / citiesHost country / countries
1996Bratislava
1998Litoměřice
1999Zvolen
2001Toronto
2003Sierre
2005Pittsburgh
2007Ratingen
2009
2011Bratislava
2013St.John's
2015Zug
2017Pardubice
2019Košice Slovakia
2022Laval Canada
2024Visp Switzerland

Participation details

Team
1996

1998

1999

2001

2003

2005

2007

2009

2011

2013

2015

2017

2019

2022

2024
Total
Armenia---------17th18th15th15th12th16th6
Austria5th5th6th7th10th15th12th10th9th------9
Bermuda---5th9th13th13th8th13th11th11th18th14th9th15th12
Canadabgcolor=goldbgcolor=silverbgcolor=goldbgcolor=goldbgcolor=goldbgcolor=gold5thbgcolor=silver5th bgcolor=silverbgcolor=goldbgcolor=gold15
Cayman Islands-----14th14th16th15th14th14th16th9th16th13th10
Czech Republicbgcolor=silverbgcolor=goldbgcolor=silverbgcolor=silver5thbgcolor=silverbgcolor=goldbgcolor=goldbgcolor=silver4thbgcolor=silverbgcolor=silver15
Finland-------13th7th-8th9thbgcolor=silver7th7th7
France--------12th10th16th11th-13th14th6
Germany4th6th5th6th7th10th11th-8th8th-----9
Great Britain-----7th8th15th14th16th15th14th10th11th12th10
Greece-----11th15th9th6th6th4th4th8th4th6th10
Haiti----------13th12th12th8th8th5
Hongkong-------12th16th13th17th13th11th14th-7
Hungary-8th7th-----18th------3
Italy----4th4th7th-12th10th10th5th6th9th10
India-----6th7thbgcolor=silver--9th8th---5
Israel---------15th-----1
Latvia----11th----------1
Lebanon-----------17th13th10th10th4
Pakistan----6th12th9th14th11th9th12th--15th-8
Portugal-----4th5th6th5th4th7th6th--11th8
Russia6th--------------1
Slovakiabgcolor=silverbgcolor=goldbgcolor=silverbgcolor=goldbgcolor=goldbgcolor=goldbgcolor=gold5th5th15
Spain--------17th------1
Switzerland7th7th4th4th5th8th6th11th10th7th6th7th6th-4th14
USA-4th-8th8th9th10th4th4th5thbgcolor=silver5th7th13

Women

YearHostChampionsRunners-up3rd place
2007
Details

Ratingen

Canada

Czech Republic
2009
Details

Plzeň

Canada

Czech Republic
2011
Details

Bratislava

Canada

Czech Republic
2013
Details

St.John's

Canada

Czech Republic
2015
Details

Zug

Canada

Czech Republic
2017
Details

Pardubice

Czech Republic

USA

Canada
2019
Details

Košice

Canada

USA

Czech Republic
2022
Details

Laval

Canada

Czech Republic

Slovakia
2024
Details

Visp

USA

Czech Republic

Canada

Participation details

Team
2007

2009

2011

2013

2015

2017

2019

2022

2024
Total
Austria6th6th6th------3
Canadabgcolor=goldbgcolor=goldbgcolor=silverbgcolor=goldbgcolor=goldbgcolor=goldbgcolor=gold9
Czech Republicbgcolor=silverbgcolor=goldbgcolor=silverbgcolor=silver9
Germany5th--------1
Great Britain--8th7th7th6th5th5th5th7
Greece-7th9th8th-----3
Italy---6th6th5th---3
Lebanon-------6th-1
Slovakiabgcolor=silverbgcolor=silverbgcolor=goldbgcolor=silver4th4th4th9
Switzerland-5th5th5th5th---7th5
United States4th4th4th4th4thbgcolor=silverbgcolor=silver4thbgcolor=gold9

References

See main article: world championships.