ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships

The ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships (WSSC) are the world championships for the sport of synchronized skating. Held since 2000, the World Synchronized Skating Championships is an annual event organized by the International Skating Union and attracts the most elite senior-level synchronized skating teams from around the world to compete for the World Championship.

Team Amber competing in 2013

Until 2012, the top positions were mainly dominated by Sweden and Finland: the Swedish Team Surprise have won six World titles (latest in 2012), five silver medals and one bronze medal, and the Finnish Marigold IceUnity are five-time World Champions with seven silver medals and two bronze medals. Also from Finland, Helsinki Rockettes have earned four World titles, four silver medals and six bronze medals, and Team Unique have won one World title, two silver medals and one bronze medal.

Canadian teams (Les Suprêmes, NEXXICE, and black ice) have won five World titles (first in 2009), four silver medals and six bronze medals in total. Russian Team Paradise have won three World titles and two bronze medals in 2015-2019.

American teams (Haydenettes and Miami University) have won two silver and six bronze medals in total (starting in 2007).

At the 2024 World Figure Skating Championships, Les Suprêmes made history by winning three consecutive World Championships. The previous consecutive world championships were achieved in 2000-2001 by Team Surprise, 2010-2011 by Helsinki Rockettes and 2016-2017 by Team Paradise.

Although initially dominated by just a handful of teams and countries, the sport has arguably become more competitive over time, as supported by an analysis of the point 'gap' between the 1st and 10th placed teams. Starting from the 2005 WSSC (the first year the current ISU Judging System was introduced), the point 'gap' has tended to decrease over time:

WSSC (year)	1st vs. 10th place (∆ points)
2005	85.27 [1]
2006	77.56 [2]
2007	77.03 [3]
2008	63.06 [4]
2009	48.02 [5]
2010	56.42 [6]
2011	52.69 [7]
2012	38.32 [8]
2013	55.12 [9]
2014	56.32 [10]
2015	50.39 [11]
2016	53.32 [12]
2017	53.41 [13]
2018	40.03 [14]
2019	63.20 [15]
2020	Event not held
2021	Event not held
2022	66.39 [16]
2023	61.76 [17]
2024	56.92 [18]
2025	58.82 [19]

Medalists

Year	Location	Gold	Total	SP	FS	Silver	Total	SP	FS	Bronze	Total	SP	FS	Source(s)
2000	Minneapolis, United States	Team Surprise	1.5	0.5	1.0	black ice	3.0	1.0	2.0	Marigold IceUnity	4.5	1.5	3.0	[20][21]
2001	Helsinki, Finland	Team Surprise	1.5	0.5	1.0	Helsinki Rockettes	4.0	2.0	2.0	black ice	4.0	1.0	3.0	[21]
2002	Rouen, France	Marigold IceUnity	2.0	1.0	1.0	Team Surprise	2.5	0.5	2.0	black ice	4.5	1.5	3.0	[22]
2003	Ottawa, Canada	Team Surprise	2.0	1.0	1.0	Marigold IceUnity	3.5	1.5	2.0	Les Suprêmes	3.5	0.5	3.0	[23]
2004	Zagreb, Croatia	Marigold IceUnity	1.5	0.5	1.0	Team Surprise	3.0	1.0	2.0	Helsinki Rockettes	4.5	1.5	3.0	[24]
2005	Gothenburg, Sweden	Team Surprise	207.75	71.23	136.02	Helsinki Rockettes	188.40	64.33	124.07	Marigold IceUnity	187.17	68.67	118.50	[1]
2006	Prague, Czech Republic	Marigold IceUnity	197.29	69.89	127.40	Team Surprise	188.57	69.09	119.48	Helsinki Rockettes	180.32	62.66	117.66	[2]
2007	London, Canada	Team Surprise	222.24	77.54	144.70	Miami University	198.71	69.75	128.96	NEXXICE	194.08	68.54	125.54	[3]
2008	Budapest, Hungary	Helsinki Rockettes	210.48	72.55	137.93	Team Surprise	205.71	74.72	130.99	NEXXICE	198.81	70.67	128.14	[4]
2009	Zagreb, Croatia	NEXXICE	223.58	80.12	143.46	Team Unique	220.28	82.36	137.92	Team Surprise	209.30	78.24	131.06	[5]
2010	Colorado Springs, United States	Helsinki Rockettes	223.90	81.40	142.50	Marigold IceUnity	216.98	75.34	141.64	Haydenettes	216.48	78.62	137.86	[6]
2011	Helsinki, Finland	Helsinki Rockettes	215.43	74.81	140.62	Marigold IceUnity	213.48	73.54	139.94	Haydenettes	205.40	71.16	134.24	[7]
2012	Gothenburg, Sweden	Team Surprise	194.87	64.63	130.24	NEXXICE	193.64	63.76	129.88	Haydenettes	192.78	62.14	130.64	[8]
2013	Boston, United States	Team Unique	208.77	69.28	139.49	NEXXICE	208.25	72.84	135.41	Haydenettes	202.53	71.87	130.66	[9]
2014	Courmayeur, Italy	Marigold IceUnity	223.45	76.14	147.31	NEXXICE	220.88	74.85	146.03	Helsinki Rockettes	220.66	74.98	145.68	[10]
2015	Hamilton, Canada	NEXXICE	214.73	71.06	143.67	Marigold IceUnity	214.06	70.39	143.67	Paradise	203.48	66.25	137.23	[11]
2016	Budapest, Hungary	Paradise	212.69	73.86	138.83	Helsinki Rockettes	207.84	70.03	137.81	Haydenettes	206.95	68.09	138.86	[12]
2017	Colorado Springs, USA	Paradise	208.70	72.62	136.08	Marigold IceUnity	208.58	70.88	137.70	NEXXICE	197.54	67.17	130.37	[13]
2018	Stockholm, Sweden	Marigold IceUnity	209.02	72.61	136.41	Team Surprise	207.99	72.83	135.16	Paradise	200.97	76.05	124.92	[25]
2019	Helsinki, Finland	Paradise	234.38	87.12	147.26	Marigold IceUnity	228.70	85.90	142.80	Helsinki Rockettes	228.61	82.12	146.49	[26]
2020	Lake Placid, NY, USA	Event cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Originally scheduled for 3–5 April 2020)
2021	Zagreb, Croatia	Event cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic (Originally scheduled for 8–10 April 2021)
2022	Hamilton, ON, Canada	Les Suprêmes	236.31	81.51	154.80	Marigold IceUnity	228.72	77.48	151.24	Helsinki Rockettes	226.20	82.76	143.44	[27]
2023	Lake Placid, NY, USA	Les Suprêmes[28]	240.98	79.00	161.98	Helsinki Rockettes	239,56	78.61	160.95	Team Unique	239.56	78.01	161.55
2024	Zagreb, Croatia	Les Suprêmes	237.97	78.89	159.08	Haydenettes	233.85	76.74	157.11	Helsinki Rockettes	229.84	78.00	151.84
2025	Helsinki, Finland	Helsinki Rockettes	235.37	79.49	155.88	Team Unique	234.29	77.31	156.98	Haydenettes	224.77	76.53	148.24	[29]
2026	Salzburg, Austria	To be held on 10–11 April 2026
2027	Nottingham, United Kingdom	To be held on 2–3 April 2027

Summary

Medals by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Finland	10	13	9	32
2	Sweden	6	5	1	12
3	Canada	5	4	6	15
4	Russia	3	0	2	5
5	United States	0	2	6	8
Totals (5 entries)		24	24	24	72

Medals by team

Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Team Surprise	6	5	1	12
2	Marigold IceUnity	5	7	2	14
3	Helsinki Rockettes	4	4	6	14
4	Paradise	3	0	2	5
5	Les Suprêmes	3	0	1	4
6	NEXXICE	2	3	3	8
7	Team Unique	1	2	1	4
8	Haydenettes	0	1	6	7
9	Black Ice	0	1	2	3
10	Miami University	0	1	0	1
Totals (10 entries)		24	24	24	72

See also

• Synchronized skating
• ISU World Junior Synchronized Skating Championships