World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships

The World Short Track Speed Skating Team Championships were a professional team short track speed skating event and held once a year in a different country.

The top eight countries from the ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup qualified automatically. Four skaters from each country raced in the 500 meter, and 1000 meters, two skaters from each country race in the 3000 meters and there was a team effort in the 3000 meters relay, for women, and the 5000 meters relay for men. Eight countries are divided into two brackets, and do races. Countries with a first placed skater got 5 points, and 3 points, 2 points, 1 points respectively, the sum of each skater for the races determined the rank. The first placed countries qualified for Final A, last placed country qualified for Final B. Repechage were held for the remaining two qualified countries for Final A.

The Championships was first held in 1991 and was discontinued until further notice by ISU after the 2011 season.

Past results

Men's

Year Host Gold Silver Bronze
1991Seoul Japan South Korea Canada
1992Minamimaki South Korea Italy Japan
1993Budapest Italy Canada South Korea
1994Cambridge South Korea Canada Italy
1995Zoetermeer Canada South Korea United States
1996Lake Placid Canada South Korea Italy
1997Seoul South Korea Japan Italy
1998Bormio Canada South Korea Italy
1999St. Louis China Canada Japan
2000The Hague Canada South Korea Italy
2001Minamimaki Canada China South Korea
2002Milwaukee China Canada South Korea
2003Sofia Canada South Korea China
2004Saint Petersburg South Korea Canada Italy
2005Chuncheon Canada South Korea China
2006Montreal South Korea Canada China
2007Budapest Canada South Korea Italy
2008Harbin United States Canada South Korea
2009Heerenveen South Korea Canada United States
2010Bormio South Korea Canada China
2011Warsaw South Korea China Canada

Women's

Year Host Gold Silver Bronze
1991Seoul Canada China Netherlands
1992Minamimaki South Korea Japan China
1993Budapest Italy South Korea Russia
1994Cambridge Canada South Korea Italy
1995Zoetermeer South Korea China Canada
1996Lake Placid South Korea Italy United States
1997Seoul South Korea Canada Japan
1998Bormio China South Korea Canada
1999St. Louis China Canada South Korea
2000The Hague China South Korea Japan
2001Minamimaki China South Korea Canada
2002Milwaukee South Korea China Canada
2003Sofia South Korea China Italy
2004Saint Petersburg South Korea China Italy
2005Chuncheon South Korea China Canada
2006Montreal South Korea China Canada
2007Budapest South Korea China Canada
2008Harbin China South Korea Canada
2009Heerenveen China South Korea United States
2010Bormio South Korea Canada Italy
2011Warsaw South Korea China United States

See also


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.