 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mitambo yemutambo uyu inotevera mitemo yeInternational Ice Hockey Federation IIHF, iyo inosiyana zvishoma nemitemo inoshandiswa muNHL. Mumakwikwi evarume, Canada yakanga iri chikwata chakabudirira zvikurusa chemakumi matatu amakore okutanga, ichikunda menduru dzendarama nhanhatu munomwe kubva muna 1924 kusvikira muna 1952. Czechoslovakia, Sweden neUnited States dzaivawo dzinokwikwidzana mukati menguva iyi uye dzakakunda menduru dzakawanda. Pakati pa1920 na1968, mutambo weOlympic wehockey wakaverengwawo seIce Hockey World Championship yegore iroro. Soviet Union yakatanga kutora chikamu muna 1956 ndokukunda Canada sechikwata chenyika dzakawanda chinotonga, ichikunda mitambo minomwe yemitambo mipfumbamwe yavakapinda. United States yakawana menduru dzendarama muna 1960uye muna 1980, iyo yaibatanidza Chishamiso paChando chavo chakakanganisa Soviet Union. Canada yakaenda makore 50 isina menduru yegoridhe, isati yakahwina imwe muna 2002, ndokuitevera nekukunda kwakateedzana muna 2010 na2014. Dzimwe nyika dzakakunda ndarama dzinosanganisira Great Britain muna 1936, Unified Team muna 1992, Sweden muna 1994 na2006 uye Czech Republic muna 1998. Dzimwe nyika dzakahwina menduru dzinosanganisira Switzerland, Germany, Finland neRussia. 