WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY
HISTORY OF THE WCH & CANADA CUP

PREVIOUS CHAMPIONS

TIMELINE

PREVIOUS TOURNAMENTS

PREVIOUS CANADA CUP/WORLD CUP CHAMPIONS

TOURNAMENT

CHAMPIONS

2016

Canada (2-0)

2004

Canada (3-2)

2000

N/A; NHL cancelled tournament scheduled for 2000.

1996

United States (2-1)

1991

Canada (2-0)

1987

Canada (2-1)

1984

Canada (2-0)

1981

USSR (8-1)

1976

Canada (2-0)

Tournament started in 1976 titled as the Canada Cup

Tournament renamed to World Cup of Hockey in 1996.

World Cup of Hockey Timeline


1875-1880 - The first organized hockey games are played in Montreal.

1896 - The first bandy club is formed in Sweden. (The game of bandy is a form of field hockey on ice. Hockey was not introduced in Sweden until 1919).

1899 - The first hockey game is played in Finland. Bandy would remain the game of choice until hockey was taken up again in 1927.

1905 - The game of hockey is introduced to Bohemia (Czechoslovakia). Bandy had been played there since 1890 and provided a basis for the growth of hockey.

1920 - The International Olympic Committee agrees to recognize ice hockey as a demonstration sport at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.

1924 - Ice Hockey is officially introduced as an Olympic sport at the first Winter Olympic Games in Chamonix, France.

1932 - The 1932 Winter Olympics, staged for the first time in the United States (Lake Placid), feature the first international hockey tournament ever held in North America.

1938 - The Montreal Canadiens and Detroit Red Wings play a series of postseason exhibition games in Europe. This is the first overseas tour by NHL players.

1946 - After sporadic attempts to start up the game in the 1930s, hockey is first officially played in the Soviet Union.

1947 - Czechoslovakia's Jaroslav Drobny, who died September 19, 2001, becomes the first European player to be placed on an NHL team's reserve list when selected by the Boston Bruins, though he never plays in North America. Tennis was his primary sport. He won the French Open in 1951 and 1952 and Wimbledon in 1954.

1957 - Sweden's Sven "Tumba" Johansson becomes the first European-trained player to attend an NHL team's training camp (Boston Bruins). He never plays in the NHL.

1957 - The Moscow Selects become the first Soviet team to tour North America, playing an eight-game series against Senior and Junior teams in Canada.

1959 - The Soviets make their debut in the United States with a 5-1 win over the U.S. national team on January 1 at Madison Square Garden in New York.

1959 - The Boston Bruins and New York Rangers make the second tour of Europe by NHL clubs.

1960 - The United States wins its first Olympic gold medal at Squaw Valley, California.

1965 - On January 27, 1965, Swede Ulf Sterner becomes the first European-trained player to appear in the NHL as his New York Rangers defeat Boston 5-2.

1968 - The first formal rules governing the transfer of European players to the NHL are adopted on September 24.

1969 - The NHL conducts its first universal Amateur Draft. For the first time in NHL history, a European-trained player is selected. The St. Louis Blues choose Finland's Tommi Salmelainen 66th overall.

1970 - Czechoslovakian Jaroslav Jirik becomes the second European to play in the NHL, five years after Ulf Sterner's debut with the Rangers. Jirik plays three NHL games with St. Louis in 1969-70.

1970 - In May, Canada withdraws from international competition over a dispute as to whether professional players should be permitted to compete in international events. Canada would not compete in official IIHF events until the 1977 World Championships.

1972 - Sweden's Thommie Bergman becomes the first European player to play as a regular in the NHL (Detroit Red Wings).

1972 - The first series between Canadian NHL players and the Soviets is held in September. The Summit Series is won by Canada, 4-3-1.

1974 - Czechoslovakian forward Vaclav Nedomansky becomes the first player to defect to North America to play hockey. "Big Ned" joins the Toronto Toros of the World Hockey Association.

1975 - Viktor Khatulev becomes the first player from the Soviet Union to be drafted by an NHL club when the Philadelphia Flyers make him the 160th selection. He never plays an NHL game.

1975 - In the first of what would become almost annual fixtures involving NHL and Soviet teams until 1990, Soviet club teams tour North America to face NHL clubs.

1976 - The NHL's California Seals become the first club to select a European player in the first round of the Draft. Sweden's Bjorn Johansson is selected fifth overall but never plays an NHL game.

1980 - Twenty-six players drafted by NHL clubs participate in the Olympics at Lake Placid, including 15 members of the gold medal-winning U.S. team. Ken Morrow becomes only player to win a gold medal and the Stanley Cup in the same year (NY Islanders).

1980 - Anders Kallur and Stefan Persson of Sweden become the first European-trained players to have their names engraved on the Stanley Cup (NY Islanders).

1980 - Czechoslovakia's Peter Stastny becomes the first player to defect to the NHL, joining the Quebec Nordiques. He also becomes the first European to finish in the top 10 in NHL scoring (1980-81 season).

1986 - In the 1985-86 season, Finland's Jari Kurri (Edmonton Oilers) becomes the first European to lead the NHL in goal scoring with 68.

1988 - In January, the International Olympic Committee agrees to allow limited participation in the Olympics by professional hockey players. Seven NHL players join Team Canada for the Olympics: Brian Bradley, Andy Moog, Randy Gregg, Jim Peplinski, 2002 Canadian Olympic director of player personnel Steve Tambellini, Tim Watters and Ken Yaremchuk.

1989 - On June 17, Sweden's Mats Sundin becomes the first European player to be chosen first overall in the NHL Entry Draft (Quebec Nordiques).

1989 - On March 29, Sergei Priakin, a right winger with the Soviet national team, becomes the first player to be permitted by the USSR Ice Hockey Federation to play in the NHL. Priakin signs a contract with the Calgary Flames and makes his NHL debut on March 31.

1989 - In September, the Calgary Flames and Washington Capitals make NHL history when they conduct a portion of training camp in the Soviet Union where they played four games against Soviet club teams.

1989 - Three days after helping his Soviet team capture the World Championships, on May 4, Alexander Mogilny becomes the first player to defect to the NHL from the Soviet Union. He joins the Buffalo Sabres.

1989 - On November 9, the Berlin Wall falls, further paving the way for players from the former Eastern bloc countries to join the NHL.

1989 - The percentage of European players in the NHL tops 10 for first time in the 1989-90 season (12 percent).

1990 - The NHL embarks on expanding international broadcast reach with distribution of a weekly highlights package to 20 countries.

1992 - The NHL distributes approximately 20 taped-delay regular-season games to approximately 25 countries overseas through various syndicated distributors.

1994 - Five years after the arrival of the first Soviet players in the NHL, the New York Rangers win the Stanley Cup with four Soviet regulars in their lineup: Alexander Karpovtsev, Alexei Kovalev, Sergei Nemchinov and Sergei Zubov.

1994 - On September 16, the NHL and IIHF reach agreement on NHL players participating at the 1998 Olympic Winter Games.

1994 - The NHL signs an agreement with ESPN International to create an overseas programming arm. Approximately 50 games (two-three per week) are distributed on a live or taped-delay basis to 77 countries worldwide, plus weekly highlights.

1995 - The percentage of European players tops 20 for the first time in the 1995-96 season (20.8 percent).

1995 - On May 3, Czech native Jaromir Jagr of the Pittsburgh Penguins becomes the first European player to lead the NHL in scoring.

1997 - The NHL opens the regular season with games outside North America for the first time. Two games in Tokyo between Vancouver and Anaheim are broadcast back to North America (CBC-ESPN2).

1997 - The NHL World Feed is created, with the cooperation of ESPN, and the NHL All-Star Game (San Jose) and Stanley Cup Finals are distributed live or on taped-delay to 150 countries. During the regular season, approximately 100 games (three-four per week) are transmitted worldwide.

1998 - The NHL changes its All-Star Game format from Conference-based to North America vs. The World All-Stars.

1998 - 122 players from the NHL represent their countries at the Winter Olympics in Nagano. The Czech Republic captures the gold medal.

1999 - Pittsburgh's Jaromir Jagr becomes the first European to win the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP.

2000 - A record 123 European players are selected at the 2000 NHL Entry Draft (42 percent of total drafted players).

2000 - On May 22, Finland's Alpo Suhonen becomes the first European to be named a head coach in the NHL (Chicago Blackhawks). One month later, on June 21, Ivan Hlinka of the Czech Republic is named head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

2000 - The percentage of European players in the NHL tops 30 for first time during the 2000-01 season (31.8 percent).

2001 - For the 2001-02 season, 300 NHL telecasts are distributed to 180 countries worldwide. NHL programming includes five-to-seven regular-season games per week, the NHL All-Star Game, the Stanley Cup playoffs and Power Week, the League's international weekly highlight show. NHL overseas distribution now has the potential to reach 260 million households worldwide on a weekly basis.

2002 - The NHL suspends the 2001-2002 regular season for 12 days to allow more than 125 NHL players to represent their countries in the XIX Olympic Winter Games in Salt Lake City, Utah. Canada earns its first gold medal in 50 years, while the USA claims silver and Russia earns bronze.

 

2006 - The NHL suspends the 2005-2006 regular season to allow NHL players represent their countries in the Olympic Winter Games in Turin, Italy. Sweden wins the Gold, Finland gets the silver, and the Czech Republic earns the bronze.

 

2010 - The NHL suspends the 2009-2010 regular season to allow NHL players represent their countries in the Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada. Canada wins the Gold, USA claims the silver, and Finland takes the bronze.

 

2014 - The NHL will be suspending the 2013-2014 regular season for player Olympic participation in the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia. Tournament will be in February 2014.

 

Ongoing talks with IIHF and NHL for more international play currently in progress. World Cup of Hockey is speculated to return to 2016.

 

2015 - NHL announces it will revive the World Cup of Hockey and will be hosted by the city of Toronto in 2016 and details of television, teams & format for the tournament.

 

2016 - Logo's unveiled and team rosters announced, in March 2016, also strong possibility of a 2020 World Cup Tournament.


Previous Canada/World Cup Tournaments


1976 Canada Cup

Round Robin Standings

Country GP W L T GF GA Pts
Canada 5 4 1 0 22 6 8
CSSR 5 3 1 1 19 9 7
USSR 5 2 2 1 23 14 5
Sweden 5 2 2 1 16 18 5
USA 5 1 3 1 14 21 3
Finland 5 1 4 0 16 42 2

Final
Date - Location - Result

September 13 - Toronto - Canada 6, CSSR 4
September 15 - Montreal - Canada 6, CSSR 4

Leading Scorers
Player Team GP G A Pts Pim
Victor Zhluktov USSR 5 5 4 9 0
Bobby Orr Canada 7 2 7 9 8
Denis Potvin Canada 7 1 8 9 16
Bobby Hull Canada 7 5 3 8 2
Milan Novy CSSR 7 5 3 8 2
Gilbert Perreault Canada 7 4 4 8 2
Vladimir Vikulov USSR 4 4 3 7 0
Borje Salming Sweden 5 4 3 7 2
Phil Esposito Canada 7 4 3 7 0
Alexander Maltsev USSR 5 3 4 7 2
Vladimir Martinec CSSR 7 3 4 7 2
Goaltending Leader
Goaltender Team GP MINS GA SO AVG W L T
Rogatien Vachon Canada 7 432 10 2 1.39 6 1 0

Tournament MVP - Bobby Orr, Canada

All-Star Team
Canada - Rogie Vachon
CSSR - Milan Novy
Finland - Matti Hagman
Sweden - Borje Salming
USA - Robbie Ftorek
USSR - Alexander Maltsey

1981 Canada Cup

Round Robin Standings

Country GP W L T GF GA Pts
Canada 5 4 0 1 32 13 9
USSR 5 3 1 1 20 13 7
CSSR 5 2 1 2 21 13 6
USA 5 2 2 1 17 19 5
Sweden 5 1 4 0 13 20 2
Finland 5 1 4 1 6 31 1

Semi-Final
Date - Location - Result
September 11 - Ottawa - USSR 4, CSSR 1
September 11 - Montreal - Canada 4, USA 1


Final
Date - Location - Result

September 13 - Montreal - USSR 8, Canada 1

Leading Scorers
Player Team GP G A Pts Pim
Wayne Gretzky Canada 7 5 7 12 2
Mike Bossy Canada 7 8 3 11 2
Bryan Trottier Canada 7 3 8 11 6
Guy Lafleur Canada 7 2 9 11 0
Alexei Kasatonov USSR 7 1 10 11 8
Gilbert Perreault Canada 4 3 6 9 2
Sergei Makarov USSR 7 3 6 9 0
Sergei Shepelev USSR 7 6 2 8 4
Vladimir Krutov USSR 7 4 4 8 10
Viacheslav Fetisov USSR 7 1 7 8 10
Goaltending Leader
Goaltender Team GP MINS GA SO AVG W L T
Vladislav Tretiak USSR 6 360 8 0 1.33 5 0 1

Tournament MVP - Vladislav Tretiak, USSR

All-Star Team
G - Vladislav Tretiak, USSR
D - Arnold Kadlec, CSSR
D - Alexei Kasatonov, USSR
F - Gilbert Perreault, Canada
F - Mike Bossy, Canada
F - Sergei Shepelev, USSR

1984 Canada Cup

Round Robin Standings

Country GP W L T GF GA Pts
USSR 5 5 0 0 22 7 10
USA 5 3 1 1 21 13 7
Sweden 5 3 2 0 15 16 6
Canada 5 2 2 1 23 18 5
West Germany 5 0 4 1 13 29 1
CSSR 5 0 4 1 10 21 1

Semi-Final
Date - Location - Result
September 12 - Edmonton - Sweden 9, USA 2
September 13 - Calgary - Canada 3, USSR 2 (OT)

Final
Date - Location - Result

September 16 - Calgary - Canada 5, Sweden 2
September 18 - Edmonton - Canada 6, Sweden 5

Leading Scorers
Player Team GP G A Pts Pim
Wayne Gretzky Canada 8 5 7 12 2
Michel Goulet Canada 8 5 6 11 0
Paul Coffey Canada 8 3 8 11 4
Kent Nilsson Sweden 8 3 8 11 4
Hakan Loob Sweden 8 6 4 10 2
Mike Bossy Canada 8 5 4 9 2
John Tonelli Canada 8 3 6 9 2
Thomas Steen Sweden 8 7 1 8 4
Rick Middleton Canada 7 4 4 8 0
Vladimir Krutov USSR 6 3 5 8 4
Goaltending Leader
Goaltender Team GP MINS GA SO AVG W L T
Vladimir Myshkin USSR 4 252 6 1 1.43 3 1 0
Pete Peeters Canada 4 234 13 0 3.33 3 1 0

Tournament MVP - John Tonelli, Canada

All-Star Team
G - Vladimir Myshkin, USSR
D - Paul Coffey, Canada
D - Rod Langway, USA
F - Wayne Gretzky, Canada
F - Sergei Makarov, USSR
F - John Tonelli, Canada

1987 Canada Cup

Round Robin Standings

Country GP W L T GF GA Pts
Canada 5 3 0 2 19 13 8
USSR 5 3 1 1 22 13 7
Sweden 5 3 2 0 17 14 6
CSSR 5 2 2 1 12 15 5
USA 5 2 3 0 13 14 4
Finland 5 0 5 0 9 23 0

Semi-Final
Date - Location - Result
September 8 - Hamilton - USSR 4, Sweden 2
September 9 - Montreal - Canada 5, CSSR 3

Final
Date - Location - Result

September 11 - Montreal - USSR 6, Canada 5 (OT)
September 13 - Hamilton - Canada 6, USSR 5 (OT)
September 15 - Hamilton - Canada 6, USSR 5

Leading Scorers
Player Team GP G A Pts Pim
Wayne Gretzky Canada 9 3 18 21 2
Mario Lemieux Canada 9 11 7 18 8
Sergei Makarov USSR 9 7 8 15 8
Vladimir Krutov USSR 9 7 7 14 4
Viacheslav Bykov USSR 9 2 7 9 4
Raymond Bourque Canada 9 2 6 8 10
Valeri Kamensky USSR 9 6 1 7 6
Andrei Khomutov USSR 9 4 3 7 0
Viacheslav Fetisov USSR 9 2 5 7 9
Anatoli Semenov USSR 9 2 5 7 2
Larry Murphy Canada 8 1 6 7 4
Mark Messier Canada 9 1 6 7 6
Goaltending Leader
Goaltender Team GP MINS GA SO AVG W L T
Sergei Mylnikov USSR 6 365 18 1 2.96 5 1 0
Grant Fuhr Canada 9 575 32 0 3.34 6 1 2

Tournament MVP - Wayne Gretzky, Canada

All-Star Team
G - Grant Fuhr, Canada
D - Ray Bourque, Canada
D -Viacheslov Fetisov, USSR
F - Wayne Gretzky, Canada
F - Mario Lemieux, Canada
F - Vladimir Krutov, USSR

1991 Canada Cup

Round Robin Standings

Country GP W L T GF GA Pts
Canada 5 4 1 0 22 6 8
USA 5 3 1 1 19 9 7
Finland 5 2 2 1 23 14 5
Sweden 5 2 2 1 16 18 5
USSR 5 1 3 1 14 21 3
CSSR 5 1 4 0 16 42 2

Semi-Final
Date - Location - Result
September 11 - Hamilton - USA 7, Finland 3
September 12 - Toronto - Canada 4, Sweden 0

Final
Date - Location - Result

September 14 - Montreal - Canada 4, USA 1
September 16 - Hamilton - Canada 4, USA 2

Leading Scorers
Player Team GP G A Pts Pim
Wayne Gretzky Canada 7 4 8 9 2
Steve Larmer Canada 8 6 5 9 4
Brett Hull USA 8 2 7 9 0
Mike Modano USA 8 2 7 8 2
Mark Messier Canada 8 2 6 8 10
Paul Coffey Canada 8 1 6 8 8
Craig Janney USA 8 4 2 7 0
Jeremy Roenick USA 8 4 2 7 4
Mats Sundin Sweden 6 2 4 7 16
Al MacInnis Canada 8 2 4 7 23
Christian Ruutu Finland 6 1 5 7 4
Goaltending Leader
Goaltender Team GP MINS GA SO AVG W L T
Bill Ranford Canada 8 480 14 1 1.75 6 0 2

Tournament MVP - Wayne Gretzky, Canada

All-Star Team
G - Bill Ranford, Canada
D - Al MacInnis, Canada
D - Chris Chelios, USSR
F - Wayne Gretzky, Canada
F - Mats Sundin, Sweden
F - Jeremy Roenick, USA

1996 World Cup of Hockey

Final Standings

Country GP W L T GF GA Pts
USA 7 6 1 0 37 18 12
Canada 8 5 3 0 26 26 10
Sweden 4 3 1 0 16 6 6
Russia 5 2 3 0 19 19 4
Finland 4 2 2 0 17 16 4
Germany 4 1 3 0 12 19 2
Slovakia 3 0 3 0 9 19 0
Czech Republic 3 0 3 0 4 17 0

Semi-Finals
Date - Location - Result
September 7 - Philadelphia - Canada 3, Sweden 2 (OT)
September 8 - Ottawa - USA 5, Russia 2

Final
Date - Location - Result

September 10 - Philadelphia - Canada 4, USA 3 (OT)
September 12 - Montreal - USA 5, Canada 2
September 14 - Montreal - USA 5, Canada 2

Leading Scorers
Player Team GP G A Pts Pim
Brett Hull USA 7 7 4 11 4
John LeClair USA 7 6 4 10 6
Mats Sundin Sweden 4 4 3 7 4
Brendan Shanahan Canada 7 3 4 7 8
Doug Weight USA 7 3 4 7 12
Wayne Gretzky Canada 8 3 4 7 2
Brian Leetch USA 7 0 7 7 4
Paul Coffey Canada 8 0 7 7 12
Keith Tkachuk USA 7 5 1 6 44
Theoren Fleury Canada 8 4 2 6 8
Sergei Fedorov Russia 5 3 3 6 2
Eric Lindros Canada 8 3 3 6 10
Alex Mogilny Russia 5 2 4 6 0
Mike Modano USA 7 2 4 6 4
Tony Amonte USA 7 2 4 6 6
Calle Johansson Sweden 4 1 5 6 8
Goaltending Leader
Goaltender Team GP MINS GA SO AVG W L T
Mike Richter USA 6 370 15 0 2.43 5 1 0
Curtis Joseph Canada 7 468 18 0 2.31 5 2 0

Tournament MVP - Mike Richter, USA

All-Star Team
G - Mike Richter, USA
D - Chris Chelios, USA
D - Calle Johansson, Sweden
F - Brett Hull, USA
F - John LeClair, USA
F - Mats Sundin, Sweden

2004 World Cup of Hockey (Europe-North America)

 

Final standings

 

1

Canada

2

Europe

3

Sweden

4

Russia

5

North America

6

Czech Republic

7

United States

8

Finland

 

Scoring leaders

 

Player

GP

G

A

Pts

PIM

Fredrik Modin

4

4

4

8

2

Vincent Lecavalier

6

2

5

7

8

Keith Tkachuk

5

5

1

6

23

Martin Havlat

5

3

3

6

2

Joe Sakic

6

3

3

6

2

Kimmo Timonen

6

1

5

6

2

Mike Modano

5

0

6

6

0

Daniel Alfredsson

4

0

6

6

2

Milan Hejduk

5

3

2

5

2

Patrik Elias

5

3

2

5

10

 

Leading goaltenders

 

Player

MIP

GA

GAA

SVS%

Martin Brodeur

300

5

1.00

0.961

Rick DiPietro

60

1

1.00

0.941

Miikka Kiprusoff

365

9

1.50

0.939

Tommy Salo

60

2

2.00

0.895

Ilya Bryzgalov

180

7

2.34

0.897

Robert Esche

238

10

2.53

0.909

Roberto Luongo

64

3

2.82

0.925

Tomas Vokoun

302

15

2.98

0.881

Maxim Sokolov

60

3

3.01

0.893

Olaf Kolzig

180

10

3.34

0.905

 

Tournament MVP: Vincent Lecavalier, CAN

All-Star Team:
G - Martin Brodeur, CAN
D - Adam Foote, CAN
D - Kimmo Timonen, FIN
F - Vincent Lecavalier, CAN
F - Saku Koivu, FIN
F - Fredrik Modin, SWE


2016 World Cup of Hockey (Toronto, Canada)

Final Standings

1

Canada

2

Europe

3

Sweden

4

Russia

5

North America

6

Czech Republic

7

United States

8

Finland

 

Semi-Finals
September 24: Canada 5, Russia 3
September 25: Sweden 2, Europe 3 (OT)

Final

September 27: Canada 3, Europe 1
September 29: Europe 1, Canada 2

 

Leading Scorers

Player

Team

GP

G

A

PTS

+/-

Sidney Crosby

Canada

6

3

7

10

8

Brad Marchand

Canada

6

5

3

8

5

Patrice Bergeron

Canada

6

3

4

7

4

Jonathan Toews

Canada

6

3

2

5

6

Johnny Gaudreau

North America

3

2

2

4

2

Nicklas Backstrom

Sweden

4

2

2

4

3

Matt Duchene

Canada

6

2

2

4

3

Erik Karlsson

Sweden

4

1

3

4

2

Logan Couture

Canada

6

1

3

4

3

John Tavares

Canada

6

1

3

4

2

Mats Zuccarello

Europe

6

1

3

4

2

 

Leading Goaltenders

Player

Team

GP

W

GAA

SV%

MIP

Carey Price

Canada

5

5

1.40

0.957

300

Jaroslav Halak

Europe

6

3

2.15

0.941

362

Henrik Lundqvist

Sweden

3

1

2.25

0.940

187

John Gibson

North America

2

1

2.09

0.932

86

Sergei Bobrovsky

Russia

4

2

2.53

0.930

237

Petr Mrazek

Czech Republic

2

1

2.98

0.925

121

Tuukka Rask

Finland

2

0

2.02

0.920

119

 

Tournament MVP: Sidney Crosby, CAN


2020 - TO BE DETERMINED


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