Hockey world championships include:

On the ground

Field hockey

Men's FIH Hockey World Cup The Men's FIH Hockey World Cup is an international field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was started in 1971. It is held every four years, bridging the four years between the Summer ...

Women's FIH Hockey World Cup The Women's FIH Hockey World Cup is the field hockey World Cup competition for women, whose format for qualification and the final tournament is similar to the men's. It has been held since 1974. The tournament has been organized by the Internat ...

Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup The Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, formerly known as the Hockey Junior World Cup, is an international field hockey competition organized by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was started in 1979. Since 1985 it has been ...

Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup The Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup, formerly known as the Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, is the field hockey Junior World Cup competition for women, with the format for qualification and the final tournament similar to the men's. It is org ...

Hockey5s

FIH Hockey5s World Cup FIH Hockey5s World Cup may refer to: * FIH Men's Hockey5s World Cup * FIH Women's Hockey5s World Cup {{disambiguation ...

Indoor hockey

Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup The Men's Indoor Hockey World Cup is an international indoor field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was first held in 2003 and it is held every four years. Format Twelve qualified teams ...

Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup The Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup is an international indoor field hockey competition organised by the International Hockey Federation (FIH). The tournament was first held in 2003 and it is held every four years. Format Twelve qualified teams ...

On ice

Ice hockey

Ice Hockey World Championships The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annua ...

, the most important IIHF international ice-hockey competitions *

World Pond Hockey Championships The World Pond Hockey Championships is an annual international competition that takes place outdoors, on a body of frozen water, playing the pond hockey variant of ice hockey. The event takes place in the small, rural village of Plaster Rock, New B ...

, playing the pond hockey variant of ice-hockey *

IIHF World U18 Championship The IIHF U18 World Championship is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation for national under-18 ice hockey teams from around the world. The tournament is usually played in April and is organized according to a sy ...

, for ice-hockey * IIHF World Women Championship, for ice-hockey *

IIHF World Women's U18 Championships The IIHF Women's World U18 Championship, officially the IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Women's World Championship, is an annual ice hockey tournament for national women's under-18 (U18) ice hockey teams, administrated by the International Ice Hockey Feder ...

, for ice hockey *

IIHF World U20 Championship The IIHF World Junior Championship (WJC), or simply the "World Juniors" in ice hockey circles, is an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) for national under-20 ice hockey teams from around the world. It is t ...

(World Junior Hockey Championship), for ice-hockey *

Ice hockey at the Winter Olympics Ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920. The men's tournament was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics and was transferred permanently to the Winter Olympic Games program in 1924, in France. The women's tourname ...

had world championship status until 1976

Sledge hockey

IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships The World Para Ice Hockey Championships, known before 30 November 2016 as the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships, are the world championships for sledge hockey. They are organised by the International Paralympic Committee through its World P ...

, for sledge hockey

Bandy

Bandy is also sometimes called "Russian hockey", "hockey with ball" or "winter football" *

Bandy World Championship The Bandy World Championship is a competition between bandy-playing nations' men's teams. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International Bandy. It is distinct from the Bandy World Cup, a club competition, and from the Wome ...

Women's Bandy World Championship The Women's Bandy World Championships is an international sports tournament for women and the premier international competition for women's bandy between bandy-playing nations. The tournament is administrated by the Federation of International Ban ...

Youth Bandy World Championship The Bandy World Championship for youth teams is a group of sports tournaments held for bandy athletes competing for their junior national teams. There are four different age classes for boys and young men and one age class for girls. The tourna ...

Bandy World Championship G-17 The Bandy World Championship G-17, also designated ''Bandy World Championship F-17'', is a Youth Bandy World Championship for girls' teams up to the age of 17 years. This is the only Youth Bandy World Championship age group for female players. Usu ...

Bandy World Championship Y-19 Bandy World Championship Y-19 is a Youth Bandy World Championship up to the age of 19 years. Usually, only the core bandy playing nations are taking part. History The first Bandy World Championship Y-19 was held in 1968 and it has been held eve ...

Bandy World Championship Y-23 The Bandy World Championship Y-21 is a Youth Bandy World Championship up to the age of 21 years. Usually, only the core bandy playing nations take part. The designation is sometimes given as U-21 instead of Y-23 or U-23, probably as a way to co ...

Bandy World Cup The Bandy World Cup is an international bandy competition played in Sweden at the beginning of the bandy season every year, in autumn. The participating teams qualify based on their results in the previous bandy season. The World Cup is not playe ...

Bandy World Cup Women Bandy World Cup Women is an annual bandy competition for the best women's club teams from around the world hosted in Sweden. It was named to correspond to the Bandy World Cup for men's club teams. Participation In 2015, Canada sent a Winnipeg- ...

On floors

Roller hockey

Rink Hockey World Championship The World Skate Roller Hockey World Cup is the international championship for roller hockey organized by World Skate. The first event was held in 1936, in the city of Stuttgart. Since 1989, the World Championship tournament is held every two ye ...

, for Roller hockey (Quad) * Ladies Rink Hockey World Championship (CIRH Women's World Cup), for Roller hockey (Quad) * Rink Hockey World Championship U-20, for Roller hockey (Quad) *

Rink hockey World Club Championship The CIRH Roller Hockey World Club Championship is a discontinued worldwide competition for the best roller hockey teams in the world. This competition was held for the first time in 2006, at Luanda, Angola and for the second and last time in 2008, ...

, for Roller hockey (Quad) * IIHF InLine Hockey World Championship, for Roller hockey (Inline) * FIRS Men's Inline Hockey World Championship (FIRS World Championships), for Roller hockey (Inline) * FIRS Inline Hockey World Junior Championships, for Roller hockey (Inline) * FIRS Inline Hockey World Women Championships, for Roller hockey (Inline)

Floorball

Floorball World Championships The Men's World Floorball Championship is an international floorball competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the International Floorball Federation (IFF), the sport's global governing body. It is distinct from th ...

On table tops

Table hockey

* World Championship/s, for ITHF table hockey * World Women Championship/s, for ITHF table hockey * World Junior Championship/s, for ITHF table hockey * World Veteran/Senior Championship/s, for ITHF table hockey * World Men's Team Championship, for ITHF table hockey * World Women's Team Championship, for ITHF table hockey * World Club Championship, for ITHF table hockey

Air hockey

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

, for air hockey