List of IIHF World Championships by attendance

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A list of the top 30 most attended IIHF World Championships (out of 76 total). The tournament in 2004, in the Czech Republic, holds both the record for overall attendance, at 552,097, and the record for the most average spectators per game, at 9,858.[1] Not included are the Olympic tournaments, which though they are run as an IIHF tournament, have been separate from the World Championships since 1972.

Also, it should be considered that because of a changing pool-size of teams through the years, the number of games contested at the IIHF World Championships can range from 32 in 1979 to 56 in 2009, therefore "attendance per game" is an equally important statistic to measure the success of a given tournament. Only four tournaments have had averages over 9,000 spectators per game, 1986, 1989, 1997 and 2004.

There are three countries with four of the top 30 most attended tournaments; Sweden, Finland and Austria, and three countries with three of the top 30 most attended tournaments; Czechoslovakia, Switzerland and Germany. There are 13 separate nations who have hosted the championships at least once, and are represented on the top 30.

List[edit]

Rank Year Host country Total attendance Number of games Attendance per game
1. 2004 Czech Republic Czech Republic 552,097 56 9,858
2. 2010 Germany Germany 548,768 56 9,799
3. 1997 Finland Finland 504,943 52 9,710
4. 2008 Canada Canada 477,040 54 8,834
5. 2003 Finland Finland 454,693 56 8,119
6. 2012 Finland Finland and Sweden Sweden 451,054 64 7,048
7. 2001 Germany Germany 407,547 56 7,277
8. 2011 Slovakia Slovakia 406,804 56 7,264
9. 1989 Sweden Sweden 388,190 40 9,704
10. 2009 Switzerland Switzerland 379,044 56 6,768
11. 1986 Soviet Union USSR* 362,710 40 9,067
12. 2007 Russia Russia 330,708 56 5,905
13. 1985[2] Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia* 411,555 40 10,289
14. 1995 Sweden Sweden 325,571 40 8,139
15. 2006 Latvia Latvia 324,794 56 5,799
16. 2005 Austria Austria 323,974 56 5,785
17. 2000 Russia Russia 318,449 56 5,686
18. 1991 Finland Finland 310,627 40 7,765
19. 2002 Sweden Sweden 305,541 56 5,456
20. 1978 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 248,920 40 6,223
21. 1992 Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia 246,173 39 6,312
22. 1979 Soviet Union USSR* 244,819 32 7,650
23. 1990 Switzerland Switzerland 236,150 40 5,903
24. 1998 Switzerland Switzerland 231,748 49 5,903
25. 1993 Germany Germany 224,892 41 5,485
26. 1981 Sweden Sweden 221,515 32 6,922
27. 1987 Austria Austria 216,125 40 5,403
28. 1983 Germany West Germany 211,523 40 5,288
29. 1982 Finland Finland 208,910 34 6,144
30. 1996 Austria Austria 186,830 40 4,670
* = indicates teams who won the championship as hosts

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References[edit]

  1. ^ http://www.mshokej2004.cz/www/index.php?action=main_article&id=1088&subject=2&sessid=326223eb5f68a3ee59b58ddc1b7f125b
  2. ^ [1]
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