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 2005, located in Pittsburgh, PA. 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
Key
| (#) | Number of tournaments won at the time. |
| Year |  Gold
|
 Silver
|
 Bronze
|
Host city / cities | Host country / countries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 |  Canada (1)
|
 Czech Republic (1)
|
 Slovakia (1)
|
Bratislava | Slovakia
|
| 1998 | Czech Republic (1)
|
Slovakia (1)
|
Canada (1)
|
Litoměřice | Czech Republic
|
| 1999 | Slovakia (1)
|
Canada (1)
|
Czech Republic (1)
|
Zvolen | Slovakia
|
| 2001 | Canada (2)
|
Czech Republic (2)
|
Slovakia (2)
|
Toronto | Canada
|
| 2003 | Canada (3)
|
Czech Republic (3)
|
Slovakia (3)
|
Sierre |  Switzerland
|
| 2005 | Canada (4)
|
Slovakia (2)
|
 Italy (1)
|
Pittsburgh |  United States
|
| 2007 | Canada (5)
|
Czech Republic (4)
|
Slovakia (4)
|
Ratingen |  Germany
|
| 2009 | Czech Republic (2)
|
 India (1)
|
Slovakia (5)
|
Plzeň | Czech Republic
|
| 2011 | Czech Republic (3)
|
Canada (2)
|
Slovakia (6)
|
Bratislava | Slovakia
|
| 2013 | Slovakia (2)
|
Czech Republic (5)
|
Canada (2)
|
St.John's | Canada
|
| 2015 | Slovakia (3)
|
United States (1)
|
Czech Republic (2)
|
Zug | Switzerland
|
| 2017 | Slovakia (4)
|
Canada (3)
|
Czech Republic (3)
|
Pardubice | Czech Republic
|
| 2019 | Slovakia (5)
|
 Finland (1)
|
Canada (3)
|
Košice | Slovakia |
Medal table
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Medals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Canada
|
5 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
 Slovakia
|
5 | 2 | 6 | 13 |
 Czech Republic
|
3 | 5 | 3 | 11 |
 India
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 USA
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Finland
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Italy
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Participation details
| Team | 1996 |
1998 |
1999 |
2001 |
2003 |
2005 |
2007 |
2009 |
2011 |
2013 |
2015 |
2017 |
2019 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Armenia |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17th | 18th | 15th | 15th | 4 |
 Austria |
5th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 10th | 15th | 12th | 10th | 9th | - | - | - | - | 9 |
 Bermuda |
- | - | - | 5th | 9th | 13th | 13th | 8th | 13th | 11th | 11th | 18th | 14th | 10 |
| Canada |
1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 13 |
 Cayman Islands |
- | - | - | - | - | 14th | 14th | 16th | 15th | 14th | 14th | 16th | 9th | 8 |
| Czech Republic |
2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 13 |
| Finland |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13th | 7th | - | 8th | 9th | 2nd | 5 |
 France |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12th | 10th | 16th | 11th | - | 4 |
 Germany |
4th | 6th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 10th | 11th | - | 8th | 8th | - | - | - | 9 |
 Great Britain |
- | - | - | - | - | 7th | 8th | 15th | 14th | 16th | 15th | 14th | 10th | 8 |
 Greece |
- | - | - | - | - | 11th | 15th | 9th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 8th | 8 |
 Haiti |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 13th | 12th | 12th | 3 |
 Hongkong |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12th | 16th | 13th | 17th | 13th | 11th | 6 |
 Hungary |
- | 8th | 7th | - | - | - | - | - | 18th | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Italy |
- | - | - | - | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 7th | - | 12th | 10th | 10th | 5th | 8 |
| India |
- | - | - | - | - | 6th | 7th | 2nd | - | - | 9th | 8th | - | 5 |
 Israel |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15th | - | - | - | 1 |
 Latvia |
- | - | - | - | 11th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
 Lebanon |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17th | 13th | 2 |
 Pakistan |
- | - | - | - | 6th | 12th | 9th | 14th | 11th | 9th | 12th | - | - | 7 |
 Portugal |
- | - | - | - | - | 4th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 6th | - | 7 |
 Russia |
6th | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Slovakia |
3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 13 |
 Spain |
- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17th | - | - | - | - | 1 |
 Switzerland |
7th | 7th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 8th | 6th | 11th | 10th | 7th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 13 |
| USA |
- | 4th | - | 8th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 5th | 7th | 11 |
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 |
Czech Republic |
 USA |
Canada |
| 2019 Details |
Košice |
Canada |
USA |
Czech Republic |
Medal table
| Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Medals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada
|
5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| Slovakia
|
1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Czech Republic
|
1 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| United States
|
0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Participation details
| Team | 2007 |
2009 |
2011 |
2013 |
2015 |
2017 |
2019 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria |
6th | 6th | 6th | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| Canada |
1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 7 |
| Czech Republic |
3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 7 |
| Germany |
5th | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Great Britain |
- | - | 8th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 5 |
| Greece |
- | 7th | 9th | 8th | - | - | - | 3 |
| Italy |
- | - | - | 6th | 6th | 5th | - | 3 |
| Slovakia |
2nd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 7 |
| Switzerland |
- | 5th | 5th | 5th | 5th | - | - | 4 |
| United States |
4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 7 |