Ball Hockey World Championship

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 2007. 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

Year	Host	Champions	Runners-up	3rd place
1996 Details	Bratislava	Canada	Czech Republic	Slovakia
1998 Details	Litoměřice	Czech Republic	Slovakia	Canada
1999 Details	Zvolen	Slovakia	Canada	Czech Republic
2001 Details	Toronto	Canada	Czech Republic	Slovakia
2003 Details	Sierre	Canada	Czech Republic	Slovakia
2005 Details	Pittsburgh	Canada	Slovakia	Italy
2007 Details	Ratingen	Canada	Czech Republic	Slovakia
2009 Details	Plzeň	Czech Republic	India	Slovakia
2011 Details	Bratislava	Czech Republic	Canada	Slovakia
2013 Details	St.John's	Slovakia	Czech Republic	Canada
2015 Details	Zug	Slovakia	USA	Czech Republic
2017 Details	Pardubice

Medal table

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Medals
Canada	5	2	2	9
Czech Republic	3	5	2	10
Slovakia	3	2	6	11
India	0	1	0	1
USA	0	1	0	1
Italy	0	0	1	1

Participation details

Team	1996	1998	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	Total
Armenia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17th	18th	2
Austria	5th	5th	6th	7th	10th	15th	12th	10th	9th	-	-	9
Bermuda	-	-	-	5th	9th	13th	13th	8th	13th	11th	11th	8
Canada	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	5th	2nd	3rd	5th	11
Cayman Islands	-	-	-	-	-	14th	14th	16th	15th	14th	14th	6
Czech Republic	2nd	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	5th	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	11
Finland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13th	7th	-	8th	3
France	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12th	10th	16th	3
Germany	4th	6th	5th	6th	7th	10th	11th	-	8th	8th	-	9
Great Britain	-	-	-	-	-	7th	8th	15th	14th	16th	15th	6
Greece	-	-	-	-	-	11th	15th	9th	6th	6th	4th	6
Haiti	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	13th	1
Hongkong	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12th	16th	13th	17th	4
Hungary	-	8th	7th	-	-	-	-	-	18th	-	-	3
Italy	-	-	-	-	4th	3rd	4th	7th	-	12th	10th	6
India	-	-	-	-	-	6th	7th	2nd	-	-	9th	4
Israel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15th	-	1
Latvia	-	-	-	-	11th	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Pakistan	-	-	-	-	6th	12th	9th	14th	11th	9th	12th	7
Portugal	-	-	-	-	-	4th	5th	6th	5th	4th	7th	6
Russia	6th	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
Slovakia	3rd	2nd	1st	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	1st	1st	11
Spain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	17th	-	-	1
Switzerland	7th	7th	4th	4th	5th	8th	6th	11th	10th	7th	6th	11
USA	-	4th	-	8th	8th	9th	10th	4th	4th	5th	2nd	9

Women

Year	Host	Champions	Runners-up	3rd place
2007 Details	Ratingen	Canada	Slovakia	Czech Republic
2009 Details	Plzeň	Canada	Slovakia	Czech Republic
2011 Details	Bratislava	Slovakia	Canada	Czech Republic
2013 Details	St.John's	Canada	Slovakia	Czech Republic
2015 Details	Zug	Canada	Czech Republic	Slovakia
2017 Details	Pardubice

Medal table

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Medals
Canada	4	1	0	5
Slovakia	1	3	1	5
Czech Republic	0	1	4	5

Participation details

Team	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	Total
Austria	6th	6th	6th	-	-	3
Canada	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	5
Czech Republic	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	5
Germany	5th	-	-	-	-	1
Great Britain	-	-	8th	7th	7th	3
Greece	-	7th	9th	8th	-	3
Italy	-	-	-	6th	6th	2
Slovakia	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	5
Switzerland	-	5th	5th	5th	5th	4
USA	4th	4th	4th	4th	4th	5

See also

Junior Ball Hockey World Championship (U20)

Under-18 Ball Hockey World Championships

Under-16 Ball Hockey World Championship

References

• ISBHF Official Site
• Men's World Championships
• Women's World Championships