ISU World Synchronized Skating Championships
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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.
Since the beginning, the top positions have been mainly dominated by Sweden and Finland: the Swedish Team Surprise have won six World titles, four silver medals and one bronze medal and the Finnish Marigold IceUnity are four-time World Champions with four silver medals and two bronze medals. Rockettes from Finland have earned three World titles, two silver medals and three bronze medals. Other major teams include the Canadian NEXXICE with two World titles, three silvers and two bronzes, the Finnish Team Unique with one gold and one silver, as well as the American teams, Miami University and the Haydenettes with one silver and four bronze medals, respectively. Other medalists include the (now-discontinued) Canadian black ice with one silver medal and two bronze medals, the Canadian Les Suprêmes with one bronze medal and the 2015 bronze medalist, Paradise from Russia.
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]:{{{3}}} |
| 2006 | 77.56 [2]:{{{3}}} |
| 2007 | 77.03 [3]:{{{3}}} |
| 2008 | 63.06 [4]:{{{3}}} |
| 2009 | 48.02 [5]:{{{3}}} |
| 2010 | 56.42 [6]:{{{3}}} |
| 2011 | 52.69 [7]:{{{3}}} |
| 2012 | 38.32 [8]:{{{3}}} |
| 2013 | 55.12 [9]:{{{3}}} |
| 2014 | 56.32 [10]:{{{3}}} |
| 2015 | 50.39 [11]:{{{3}}} |
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 | [12]:{{{3}}}[13]:{{{3}}} |
| 2001 | Helsinki, Finland |
Team Surprise |
1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | Rockettes |
4.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | black ice |
4.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | [13]:{{{3}}} |
| 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 | [14]:{{{3}}} |
| 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 | [15]:{{{3}}} |
| 2004 |  Zagreb, Croatia |
Marigold IceUnity |
1.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | Team Surprise |
3.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | Rockettes |
4.5 | 1.5 | 3.0 | [16]:{{{3}}} |
| 2005 | Gothenburg, Sweden |
Team Surprise |
207.75 | 71.23 | 136.02 | Rockettes |
188.40 | 64.33 | 124.07 | Marigold IceUnity |
187.17 | 68.67 | 118.50 | [1]:{{{3}}} |
| 2006 |  Prague, Czech Republic |
Marigold IceUnity |
197.29 | 69.89 | 127.40 | Team Surprise |
188.57 | 69.09 | 119.48 | Rockettes |
180.32 | 62.66 | 117.66 | [2]:{{{3}}} |
| 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]:{{{3}}} |
| 2008 |  Budapest, Hungary |
Rockettes |
210.48 | 72.55 | 137.93 | Team Surprise |
205.71 | 74.72 | 130.99 | NEXXICE |
198.81 | 70.67 | 128.14 | [4]:{{{3}}} |
| 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]:{{{3}}} |
| 2010 | Colorado Springs, United States |
Rockettes |
223.90 | 81.40 | 142.50 | Marigold IceUnity |
216.98 | 75.34 | 141.64 | Haydenettes |
216.48 | 78.62 | 137.86 | [6]:{{{3}}} |
| 2011 | Helsinki, Finland |
Rockettes |
215.43 | 74.81 | 140.62 | Marigold IceUnity |
213.48 | 73.54 | 139.94 | Haydenettes |
205.40 | 71.16 | 134.24 | [7]:{{{3}}} |
| 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]:{{{3}}} |
| 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]:{{{3}}} |
| 2014 |  Courmayeur, Italy |
Marigold IceUnity |
223.45 | 76.14 | 147.31 | NEXXICE |
220.88 | 74.85 | 146.03 | Rockettes |
220.66 | 74.98 | 145.68 | [10]:{{{3}}} |
| 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]:{{{3}}} |
Summary
| Medals by country | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | ||||
| 1 | Finland |
8 | 7 | 5 | 20 | ||||
| 2 | Sweden |
6 | 4 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| 3 | Canada |
2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | ||||
| 4 | United States |
0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| 5 | Russia |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Medals by team | |||||||||
| Rank | Team | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | ||||
| 1 | Team Surprise |
6 | 4 | 1 | 11 | ||||
| 2 | Marigold IceUnity |
4 | 4 | 2 | 10 | ||||
| 3 | Rockettes |
3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||||
| 4 | NEXXICE |
2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | ||||
| 5 | Team Unique |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| 6 | black ice |
0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| 7 | Miami University |
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| 8 | Haydenettes |
0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 9 (tie) | Les Suprêmes |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Paradise |
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
See also
References
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- 2004 Championships at the International Skating Union
- 2005 Championships at the International Skating Union
- 2006 Championships at the International Skating Union
- 2007 Championships at the International Skating Union
- 2008 Championships at the International Skating Union
- 2009 Championships at the International Skating Union
- 2010 Championships at the International Skating Union
- 2011 Championships at the International Skating Union
- 2012 Championships at the International Skating Union
- 2013 Championships at the International Skating Union
- 2014 Championships at the International Skating Union
- 2015 Championships at the International Skating Union
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