List of national ice hockey teams

Map of the world with current members of the IIHF. (Red indicates full members, blue indicates associate members, green indicates affiliate members and black indicates suspended members.)[needs update]

This is a list of men's national ice hockey teams in the world. There are fewer than 100 national ice hockey teams in total,[1] with teams representing UN member states, as well as several dependent territories, sub-national entities and states who are not members of the United Nations.[2]

Current national ice hockey teams

This section lists the current:

  • 84 men's national ice hockey teams who are members of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), including 60 full members, 23 associate members and one affiliate member.[3]
  • 4 men's national ice hockey teams who are not members of the IIHF.

IIHF Full Members

IIHF Full Members are nations that regularly participate in the IIHF-sanctioned World Championships.[4] Teams are ranked in the IIHF World Ranking based on their performance over the past four years.

The current participants in the 2024 IIHF World Championship Top Division are marked by ⮝.
The current holder of the 2024 IIHF World Championship is marked by 🏆.
The current medalists of the 2022 Winter Olympics are marked by 🥇🥈🥉.
1. Russia and Belarus were suspended by the IIHF on 28 February 2022 due to their invasion of Ukraine.
2. India has only participated in the IIHF Asia and Oceania Championship, but has not yet entered the World Championships.
3. Ireland has participated in the World Championships in the past, but is currently not active.
* Nation is still a member of the IIHF, but does not have a national team.

IIHF Associate and Affiliate Members

IIHF Associate Members either do not have their own independent ice hockey association or have one, but do not meet the minimum participation standards for the IIHF World Championships.[4] Teams in this category generally compete in events outside the IIHF World Championship structure; such as the Development Cup, the Asia and Oceania Championship (formerly the Challenge Cup of Asia), the Asian Winter Games, or the Amerigol LATAM Cup. Chile is an IIHF Affiliate Member, a unique category for nations that only participated in the now-defunct IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship.[5]

Moldova and Namibia used to be members of the IIHF, but left the organization without ever having formed a national ice hockey team.[6][7]

1. Uzbekistan will make its World Championships debut in 2025.
2. Armenia has participated in the World Championships in the past, but was not active until 2025.
3. Greece has participated in the World Championships in the past, but is currently not active.
* Nation is still a member of the IIHF, but does not have a national team.

Non-IIHF Members

The following countries are not members of the IIHF, but do have national ice hockey teams that have played at least one official international game.

Former national ice hockey teams

The following national ice hockey teams have ceased to exist.

Multinational teams

Exhibition teams representing multiple countries in Europe and North America have participated in the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.[9]

See also

References

  1. ^ Brown, Michael. "Biggest Global Sports". Retrieved 11 September 2015.
  2. ^ "National Teams of Ice Hockey". National Teams of Ice Hockey. January 10, 2022. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  3. ^ "IIHF - Associations". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2022-09-29.
  4. ^ a b "IIHF Statutes and Bylaws 2021–2024" (PDF). International Ice Hockey Federation. May 2018.
  5. ^ "IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2014-02-16.
  6. ^ "Namibia Ice and Inline Hockey Association". SkateLog.com. 2022-09-29. Archived from the original on 2020-09-25.
  7. ^ "Moldova". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2023-11-02.
  8. ^ "Kenya". National Teams of Ice Hockey. 2019-04-06. Retrieved 2024-09-30.
  9. ^ "Official Site of the 2016 World Cup of Hockey". Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-09-21.