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 2010, 15 tournaments have been staged. Two separate pool tournaments were held in 1998. No championship was held in 1999. Four nations have won a gold medal at the World Championships and a total of ten have won medals. United States has won 11 medals, the most of any nation. Sweden has won 6 gold medals, the most of any nation.
Top Division
Champions
- Key
| (#) | Number of tournaments won at the time. |
| Year |  Gold
|
 Silver
|
 Bronze
|
Host city (cities) | Host country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 |  United States of America (1)
|
 Canada
|
 Finland
|
Minneapolis and St. Paul | United States |
| 1997 | United States of America (2)
|
Canada
|
 Switzerland
|
Anaheim | United States |
| 1998 A | Canada (1)
|
United States of America
|
Finland
|
Anaheim | United States |
| 1998 B |  Sweden (1)
|
 Czech Republic
|
 Slovakia
|
Bratislava | Slovakia |
| 1999 | No tournament held | ||||
| 2000 | Finland (1)
|
Czech Republic
|
United States of America
|
Hradec Kralové and Choceň | Czech Republic |
| 2001 | Finland (2)
|
United States of America
|
Czech Republic
|
Ellenton | United States |
| 2002 | Sweden (2)
|
Finland
|
 Germany
|
Nürnberg and Pfaffenhofen | Germany |
| 2003 | Finland (3)
|
Sweden
|
United States of America
|
Nürnberg and Amberg | Germany |
| 2004 | United States of America (2)
|
Finland
|
Sweden
|
Bad Tolz | Germany |
| 2005 | Sweden (3)
|
Finland
|
United States of America
|
Kuopio | Finland |
| 2006 | United States of America (4)
|
Sweden
|
Finland
|
Budapest | Hungary |
| 2007 | Sweden (4)
|
Finland
|
Germany
|
Landshut and Passau | Germany |
| 2008 | Sweden (5)
|
Slovakia
|
Germany
|
Bratislava | Slovakia |
| 2009 | Sweden (6)
|
United States of America
|
Germany
|
Ingolstadt | Germany |
| 2010 | United States of America (5)
|
Czech Republic
|
Sweden
|
Karlstad | Sweden |
| 2011 | Czech Republic (1)
|
United States of America
|
Canada
|
Pardubice | Czech Republic |
| 2012 | Canada (2)
|
Germany
|
Finland
|
Ingolstadt | Germany |
Medal table
Countries in italics no longer compete at the World Championships.
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Medals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden
|
6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| United States of America
|
5 | 4 | 3 | 12 |
| Finland
|
3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| Canada
|
2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Czech Republic
|
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Germany
|
0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Slovakia
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Switzerland
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Division I
Champions
- 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 |  United Kingdom (1)
|
Brazil
|
Japan
|
Bad Tolz | Germany |
| 2005 |  Hungary (1)
|
Japan
|
United Kingdom
|
Kuopio | Finland |
| 2006 | United Kingdom (2)
|
Hungary
|
Brazil
|
Budapest | Hungary |
| 2007 | Brazil (1)
|
 New Zealand
|
Hungary
|
Landshut & Passau | Germany |
| 2008 | Canada (1)
|
United Kingdom
|
Brazil
|
Bratislava | Slovakia |
| 2009 |  Austria (1)
|
United Kingdom
|
Brazil
|
Ingolstadt | Germany |
| 2010 | Austria (2)
|
 Croatia
|
Hungary
|
Karlstad | Sweden |
| 2011 | United Kingdom (3)
|
Hungary
|
Austria
|
Pardubice | Czech Republic} |
| 2012 | Slovakia (1)
|
Hungary
|
Austria
|
Ingolstadt | Germany} |
Medal table
| Country | Gold
|
Silver
|
Bronze
|
Medals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom
|
3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Austria
|
2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Hungary
|
1 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Brazil
|
1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Japan
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Canada
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Slovakia
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| New Zealand
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Australia
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Croatia
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Future tournaments
These tournaments have been announced, but have not been played yet.
| Year | Host cities | Host country |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 |
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