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World Championship
Best Defenceman Award Winners
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| 1953-54 | Pool A : Lasse Björn (Sweden) |
| 1954-55 | Pool A : Karel Gut (Czechoslovakia) Pool B : |
| 1955-56 | Pool A : Nikolai Sologubov (USSR) |
| 1956-57 | Pool A : Nikolai Sologubov (USSR) |
| 1957-58 | Pool A : Ivan Tregubov (USSR) |
| 1958-59 | Pool A : Jean-Pierre Lamirande (Canada) |
| 1959-60 | Pool A : Nikolai Sologubov (USSR) |
| 1960-61 | Pool A : Ivan Tregubov
(USSR) Pool B : Pool C : |
| 1961-62 | Pool A : John Mayasich (USA) Pool B : |
| 1962-63 | Pool A : Roland Stoltz (Sweden) Pool B : Pool C : |
| 1963-64 | Pool A :
Frantisek Tikal (Czechoslovakia) Pool B : |
| 1964-65 | Pool A :
Frantisek Tikal (Czechoslovakia) Pool B : |
| 1965-66 | Pool A : Alexander Ragulin
(USSR) Pool B : Thomas 'Red' Imrie (Great Britain) Pool C : |
| 1966-67 | Pool A : Vitaly Davydov
(USSR) Pool B : Pool C : |
| 1967-68 | Pool A : Josef Horesovsky (Czechoslovakia) Pool B : |
| 1968-69 | Pool A : Jan Suchy (Czechoslovakia) Pool B : Dietmar Peters (GDR) Pool C : |
| 1969-70 | Pool A : Lennart Svedberg (Sweden) Pool B : George Konik (USA) Pool C : |
| 1970-71 | Pool A : Jan Suchy (Czechoslovakia) & Ilpo Koskela
(Finland) Pool B : Pool C : Gordon Inglis (GB) |
| 1971-72 | Pool A : Frantisek Pospisil (Czechoslovakia) Pool B : Frank Braun (GDR) Pool C : Lucio Brugnoli (Italy) |
| 1972-73 | Pool A : Valeri Vasiliev (USSR) Pool B : Vlado Jug (Yugoslavia) Pool C : Ognian Christov (Bulgaria) |
| 1973-74 | Pool A : Lars-Erik Sjöberg (Sweden) Pool B : Alan Mangsleben (USA) Pool C : Georgi Iliev (Bulgaria) |
| 1974-75 | Pool A : Pekka Marjamäki (Finland) Pool B : Dietmar Peters (GDR) Pool C : Georgi Iliev (Bulgaria) |
| 1975-76 | Pool A : Frantisek Pospisil (Czechoslovakia) Pool B : Pool C : Per Holten Möller (Denmark) |
| 1976-77 | Pool A : Valeri Vasiliev (USSR) Pool B : Pool C : Paul Lang (France) |
| 1977-78 | Pool A : Viacheslav
Fetisov (USSR) Pool B : Pool C : |
| 1978-79 | Pool A : Valeri Vasiliev (USSR) & Jiri Bubla (Czechoslovakia) Pool B : Pool C : |
| 1980-81 | Pool A : Larry Robinson
(Canada) Pool B : Pool C : |
| 1981-82 | Pool A : Viacheslav
Fetisov (USSR) Pool B : Pool C : |
| 1982-83 | Pool A : Aleksej Kasatonov (USSR) Pool B : Pool C : |
| 1984-85 | Pool A : Viacheslav
Fetisov (USSR) Pool B : Pool C : |
| 1985-86 | Pool A : Viacheslav
Fetisov (USSR) Pool B : Pool C : |
| 1986-87 | Pool A : Craig Hartsburg (Canada) Pool B : Pool C : Pool D : |
| 1988-89 | Pool A : Viacheslav
Fetisov (USSR) Pool B : Pool C : Pool D : |
| 1989-90 | Pool A : Mikhail TaTarinov (USSR) Pool B : Pool C : Pool D : |
| 1990-91 | Pool A : James Macoun
(Canada) Pool B : Pool C : |
| 1991-92 | Pool A : Robert Svehla (Czech Republic) Pool B : James Burton (Austria) Pool C - Group A : Chris Kelland (Great Britain) Pool C - Group B : Arn Potter (South Africa) |
| 1992-93 | Pool A : Dmitri Yushkevich (Russia) Pool B : Stephen Cooper (Great Britain) Pool C : |
| 1993-94 | Pool A : Magnus Svensson (Sweden) Pool B : Pool C : |
| 1994-95 | Pool A : Christer Olsson (Sweden) Pool B : Lubomir Sekeras (Slovakia) Pool C : |
| 1995-96 | Pool A : Alexei Zhitnik (Russia) Pool B : Samuel Balmer (Switzerland) Pool C : Tom Jug (Slovakia) Pool D : |
| 1996-97 | Pool A : Rob Blake (Canada) Pool B : Thomas Searle (Austria) Pool C : Andrei Ovtchinnikov (Ukraine) Pool D : |
| 1997-98 | Pool A : Frantisek Kucera (Czech Republic) Pool B : Tommy Jakobsen (Norway) Pool C : Pool D : Daniel Herlea (Romania) |
| 1998-99 | Pool A : Frantisek Kucera (Czech Republic) Pool B : Jesper Duus (Denmark) Pool C : Pool D : Women Pool A : Women Pool B : |
| 1999-00 | Pool A : Petteri Nummelin (Finland) Pool B : Pool C : Pool D : Women Pool A : Women Pool B : |
| 2000-01 | World Championship : Kim Johnsson (Sweden) Division I (Group A) : Division I (Group B) : Division II (Group A) : Division II (Group B) : World Championship Women : Division I Women : |
| 2001-02 | World Championship : Daniel Tjarnqvist (Sweden) Division I (Group A) : Division I (Group B) : Division II (Group A) : Division II (Group B) : |
| 2002-03 | World Championship : Jay
Bouwmeester (Canada) Division I (Group A) : Tommie Hartogs (Netherlands) Division I (Group B) : Robert Wilson (Great Britain) Division II (Group A) : Jong-Moon Jang (South Korea) Division II (Group B) : Mike Pellegrims (Belgium) Division III : Tasdemir Gokturk (Turkey) World Championship (Women) : Cancelled due to SARS epidemic Division I (Women) : Yelena Shtelmaister (Kazakhstan) Division II (Women) : Marte Carlsson (Norway) Division III (Women) : Kaylee Reitsma (Australia) |
| 2003-04 | World Championship : Dick Tarnstrom (Sweden) Division I (Group A) : Ruslan Salei (Belarus) Division I (Group B) : Justin Peca (Italy) Division II (Group A) : Sasa Belic (Croatia) Division II (Group B) : Arturas Katulis (Lithuania) Division III : Garrett MacNeill (Ireland) World Championship (Women) : Angela Ruggiero (USA) Division I (Women) : Olga Konysheva (Kazakhstan) Division II (Women) : Jana Kapustova (Slovakia) Division III (Women) : Kerstin Oberhuber (Austria) |
| 2004-05 | World Championship : Wade Redden (Canada) Division I (Group A) : Tommy Jacobsen (Norway) Division I (Group B) : Justin Peca (Italy) Division II (Group A) : Park Sun Min (South Korea) Division II (Group B) : Oren Eizeman (Israel) Division III : Burton Matthew (South Africa) World Championship (Women) : Angela Ruggerio (USA) Division I (Women) : ... Division II (Women) : Jana Kapustova (Slovakia) Division III (Women) : Alice Lamb (Great Britain) Division IV (Women) : So Jung Shin (South Korea) |
| 2005-06 | World Championship : Niklas Kronwall
(Sweden) Division I (Group A) : Sasha Goc (Germany) Division I (Group B) : Jeremy Rebek (Austria) Division II (Group A) : Ioan Timaru (Romania) Division II (Group B) : Luke Thilthorpe (Australia) Division III : Ingvar Thor Jonsson (Iceland) |
| 2006-07 | World Championship : Andrei Markov (Russia) Division I (Group A) : Vincent Bachet (France) Division I (Group B) : Balazs Kangyal (Hungary) Division II (Group A) : Miroslav Brumercik (Croatia) Division II (Group B) : Sung Min Park (South Korea) Division III : Andrew Hay (New Zealand) World Championship (Women) : Molly Engstrom (USA) Division I (Women) : Yoko Kondo (Japan) Division II (Women) : Jana Kapustova (Slovakia) Division III (Women) : Candice Mitchell (Australia) Division IV (Women) : Diana Kruseljposavec (Croatia) |
| 2007-08 | World Championship : Brent Burns (Canada) Division I (Group A) : Division I (Group B) : Division II (Group A) : Division II (Group B) : Division III : World Championship (Women) : Division I (Women) : Division II (Women) : Division III (Women) : Division IV (Women) : |
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