World Cup of Hockey

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international ice hockey tournament

The World Cup of Hockey is an international ice hockey tournament featuring top national teams and elite professional players, organized primarily by the NHL and NHLPA.

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All labels observed (21)

Label	Occurrences
World Cup of Hockey canonical	40
Canada Cup	25
2016 World Cup of Hockey	18
1996 World Cup of Hockey	16
2004 World Cup of Hockey	10
World Cup of Hockey 2016	5
World Cup of Hockey championship	4
1972 Summit Series	1
1976 Canada Cup	1
1997 World Cup of Hockey	1
2004 World Cup of Hockey with Team Canada	1
Canada Cup (historical)	1
Canada Cup games	1
Canada Cup hockey tournament	1
Ice Hockey World Cup	1
Ice Hockey World Cup / World Cup of Hockey	1
World Cup of Hockey 2004	1
World Cup of Hockey 2016 championship	1
World Cup of Hockey games	1
World Cup of Hockey gold medal	1
World Cup of Hockey trophy	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T137488 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: World Cup of Hockey
Context triple: [Olaf Kölzig, competitionParticipatedIn, World Cup of Hockey]

A. IIHF World Championship
The IIHF World Championship is an annual international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation that features top national teams from around the world competing for the world title.
B. 2000 IIHF World Championship
The 2000 IIHF World Championship was an international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation, notable for featuring many of the world's top national teams competing for the annual world title.
C. IIHF Hall of Fame
The IIHF Hall of Fame is an international institution that recognizes and commemorates players, builders, and officials who have made outstanding contributions to the sport of ice hockey worldwide.
D. NHL playoffs
The NHL playoffs are the National Hockey League’s annual postseason elimination tournament that determines the winner of the Stanley Cup.
E. Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoff winner and is one of the most iconic and historic trophies in professional sports.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: World Cup of Hockey
Target entity description: The World Cup of Hockey is an international ice hockey tournament featuring top national teams and elite professional players, organized primarily by the NHL and NHLPA.

A. IIHF World Championship
The IIHF World Championship is an annual international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation that features top national teams from around the world competing for the world title.
B. 2000 IIHF World Championship
The 2000 IIHF World Championship was an international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation, notable for featuring many of the world's top national teams competing for the annual world title.
C. IIHF Hall of Fame
The IIHF Hall of Fame is an international institution that recognizes and commemorates players, builders, and officials who have made outstanding contributions to the sport of ice hockey worldwide.
D. NHL playoffs
The NHL playoffs are the National Hockey League’s annual postseason elimination tournament that determines the winner of the Stanley Cup.
E. Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoff winner and is one of the most iconic and historic trophies in professional sports.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international ice hockey tournament ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	WCH ⓘ
broadcastScope	international television coverage ⓘ
category	NHL-related competitions ⓘ international ice hockey competitions ⓘ
commercialNature	NHL-operated commercial event ⓘ
competitionLevel	senior international ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
distinctionFrom	IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship ⓘ linked to: IIHF World Championship Olympic men’s ice hockey tournament ⓘ linked to: Olympic men's ice hockey tournament
editionYear	1996 ⓘ 2004 ⓘ 2016 ⓘ
firstEditionYear	1996 ⓘ
format	best-on-best national teams ⓘ
gender	men ⓘ
governingBody	NHL ⓘ linked to: National Hockey League NHLPA ⓘ linked to: National Hockey League Players’ Association
hasFeature	final series or final game ⓘ knockout phase ⓘ round-robin phase ⓘ
mediaRightsHolder	NHL-controlled broadcasters ⓘ
notableEditionHostCity	Toronto ⓘ
notableEditionHostCountry	Canada ⓘ
organizer	National Hockey League ⓘ National Hockey League Players’ Association ⓘ
participantLevel	elite professional players ⓘ
participantType	national ice hockey teams ⓘ
prize	World Cup of Hockey trophy ⓘ linked to: World Cup of Hockey
purpose	showcase best-on-best international ice hockey ⓘ
relatedCompetition	Canada Cup ⓘ linked to: World Cup of Hockey
relatedOrganization	International Ice Hockey Federation ⓘ
replaced	Canada Cup ⓘ linked to: World Cup of Hockey
ruleSet	NHL rules ⓘ
selectionMethod	national team selection by hockey federations in cooperation with NHL players ⓘ
sport	ice hockey ⓘ
status	intermittent tournament ⓘ
teamEligibility	players under NHL contract ⓘ
teamRepresentation	countries ⓘ
teamType	senior men’s national teams ⓘ
typicalTiming	preseason period before NHL regular season ⓘ

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