Talk:World Cup of Hockey

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  • What happened to the 2000 edition of the WCH? Will there be a 2008 edition of the WCH? Why is this even an issue? This is a tournament that must be held every 4 years. Nyrmetros 01:01, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

This page needs disambiguation, to include the word "ice" in the header. I am inclined to move it to World Cup of ice hockey but if that doesn't really fit with the WCH then I will move it to World Cup of Hockey (ice). Anyone got any suggestions? OK? Moriori 08:48, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)

Is there another World Cup of Hockey ? IMO, if there isn't another, there is no need to 'disambig'. -- PFHLai 08:53, 2004 Aug 31 (UTC)
It's not called the world cup of ice hockey, it's called the world cup of hockey. I realized that this was important when I tried changing some field hockey links earlier this year. If there is a 2004 World Cup of (field) Hockey then please let us know! Earl Andrew 18:10, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)

There have been a men's World Hockey Cup and women's World Hockey Cup for many years . See the following website, http://www.planetfieldhockey.com/PFH/Site-View-0-158. The hockey cup is contested by many countries. The final 16 at the last men's hockey cup were (in finish order) Germany, Australia, Korea, Pakistan, Argentina, England, Malaysia , New Zealand, India, Spain, Japan , South Africa, Belgium, Poland and Cuba. (India, where hockey is the national sport, probably has more field hockey players than all the ice hockey players in the world). Note at Field Hockey the following -- In the English-speaking world outside Canada and the United States, it is generally referred to simply as "hockey", as ice hockey is not commonly played there. Go to Hockey and you quite correctly reach a disambiguation page, and for Wiki to be consistent any mention of hockey elsewhere should also be disambiguated, especially as the ice people chose a name that can confuse. Moriori 20:32, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)

Oh, yes, go right ahead and disambiguate 'ice hockey' and 'field hockey'. However, please don't move and change the name of this page to anything other than "World Cup of Hockey". If the name of the page is not the same as the event (e.g. World Cup of ice hockey ???), it would be very confusing.
Perhaps World Cup (hockey) should not redirect to World Cup of Hockey, but we can have World Cup (ice hockey) for that. Perhaps World Cup (hockey) should redirect to a (long) disambiguation page instead, with links to all the top level hockey championships played on various surfaces. Would be helpful to also mention the Stanley Cup and the IIHF World Championship if anyone gets confused. Ditto for the roller hockey championship. I don't know how to name this page, though. Any ideas, anyone ? -- PFHLai 21:18, 2004 Aug 31 (UTC)
World Cup (field hockey) should also be created then. 132.205.15.4 01:57, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Why was there no World Cup in 2000? Eight years seems like an unusual interval...I know the Canada Cup wasn't always four years, but it was never eight, was it. Adam Bishop 19:28, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)

I've always wondered that myself. Might have something to do with the olympics. Anyways here is my solution: we keep this page as is, and for the field hockey, it should be at World Hockey Cup, as that appears to be the name of the tournament. Earl Andrew 22:25, 31 Aug 2004 (UTC)
OK, seems reasonable, but there will be some disambs that need doing. I think PFHLai is right that World Cup (hockey) should not redirect to World Cup of Hockey. What do you think? Moriori 23:45, Aug 31, 2004 (UTC)
  • Thoughts on merging this with Canada Cup? --HalifaxRage 01:32, 29 September 2006 (UTC)

There is no common interval between World Cups of Hockey. They are just held when NHL feels like it.192.194.238.242 14:05, 3 October 2006 (UTC)

The Canada Cup was a different entity. It was "retired" to make way for The World Cup of Hockey, which became redundant after a single run when NHL players were admitted to play in the Olympics. The World Cup and the 1972 Canada Russia Summit Series should certainly link to the Canada Cup, but each tournament should remain in it's own page. The three entities are not ambiguous.156.34.189.34 04:47, 4 October 2006 (UTC)Wildman

agree Mayumashu 07:57, 4 October 2006 (UTC)
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