World Cup of Hockey

This article is about Ice Hockey. For other hockey World Cups, see World Cup (hockey) for disambiguation.

The World Cup of Hockey is the successor to the Canada Cup ice hockey tournament.

It was first held in 1996, when the national team of the United States defeated Canada to win the championship. The other competitors were the national teams of the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Russia, Slovakia, and Sweden. In the 2004 World Cup of Hockey tournament Canada won the championship, after it defeated Finland in the final match and the Czech Republic in the semifinals.

The World Cup of Hockey is not to be confused with the Ice Hockey World Championships, an annual tournament played since 1930. In particular, the World Cup of Hockey is organized by the National Hockey League and not the International Ice Hockey Federation, with its games played under NHL rules and not those of the IIHF.

Year	Winner	Runner-up	Semi-finalists
WCH 1996	Image:Us flag large.png Team USA	Image:Canada flag large.png Team Canada	Image:Russia flag large.png Team Russia and Image:Sweden flag large.png Team Sweden
WCH 2004	Image:Canada flag large.png Team Canada	Image:Finland flag large.png Team Finland	Image:Czech republic flag large.png Team Czech Republic and Image:Us flag large.png Team USA