IIHF World Ranking

The IIHF World Ranking is a ranking of the performance of the national ice hockey teams of member countries of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It is based on a formula giving points for each team's placings at IIHF-sanctioned tournaments over the previous four years. The ranking is used to determine seedings and qualification requirements for future IIHF tournaments. As of 2014, the current leaders in rankings are Sweden in men's play, and Canada in women's play.

The system was approved at the IIHF congress of September 2003.^[1] According to IIHF President René Fasel, the system was designed to be simple to understand and "reflect the long-term quality of all national hockey programs and their commitment to international hockey."^[2]

Current calculation method

The world ranking is based on the final positions of the last four Ice Hockey World Championships and last Olympic ice hockey tournament. Points are assigned according to a team's final placement in the World Championship or the Olympic tournament. The world champion receives 1200 points and then a 20-point interval is used between teams. However, a 40-point interval is used between gold and silver, silver and bronze, fourth and fifth, and eighth and ninth. This is used as a bonus for the teams who reach the quarter-finals, the semi-finals, the final and for winning the gold medal.^[3]

Points awarded in the current year are valued at the full amount. Points award in the prior years decline linearly by 25% until the fifth year when they are dropped from the calculation.^[3] For example if in 2014 a men's team had won the gold medal in the last four championships and the last Olympic tournament their score would be 4200:

If in 2014 a women's team had won the gold medal in the last three championships and the last Olympic tournament their score would be 4200 (Olympic teams for 2014 had their points count for the World Championship as well):

Usage

The ranking is used to determine the seeding of the teams for the next World Championship and to select the teams which can participate in Winter Olympics without playing in the qualifying round. For the 2014 Winter Olympics, the first nine teams of the Men's World Ranking and the first six of the Women's World Ranking were pre-qualified. Qualification for the men's tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics was structured around the 2012 ranking. Twelve spots were made available for teams. The top nine teams in the World Ranking after the 2012 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships received automatic berths into the Ice Hockey event. All IIHF teams had an opportunity to qualify for the event. Teams that wished to participate ranked below 29th played a preliminary qualification in September 2012. The winner of the preliminary and teams ranked 19-29th were divided in three groups to play in the pre-qualification round in November 2012. The winner of each pre-qualification group and teams ranked 10-18 were divided in three groups to play in the final qualification in February 2013. The winner of each group then joined the nine top-ranked teams in the Olympics in 2014.

The women's tournament uses a similar qualification format. The top six teams in the IIHF Women's World Ranking after the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championship received automatic berths into the ice hockey event. Lower ranked teams had an opportunity to qualify for the event. Teams ranked 19th and below were divided into two groups where they played in a preliminary qualification round in the autumn of 2012. The two winners and teams ranked 13-18 were divided into two groups where they played in the pre-qualification round in November 2012. The two group winners from the round advanced to the final qualification round, where the teams ranked seventh through twelfth joined them.^[4]

Men's rankings

Graph of the evolution of the top ten men's nations (2003-2014, year end rankings)

The Men's 2014 ranking is based on the performance at World Championships of 2014, 2013, 2012, and 2011, and at the 2014 Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament in Sochi, Russia.^[3] The Olympic and World Championships tournaments are rated equally. All tournament's points have their full value displayed, while the ranking is calculated by adding the current year's tournament points to the depreciated previous three years' tournament points as explained above. The "Total" column is the sum of the current tournament points and the depreciated values for past tournaments. A dash in a tournament column indicates that the country did not participate.

Eight nations have achieved a top ten ranking every time (including Olympic rankings) between 2003–2014, they are (in alphabetic order): Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States. An additional four nations, Latvia (ten times), Germany (nine times), Belarus (six times), and Norway (five times) have been in the top ten at least once. As of 2014, three countries have accomplished a first place ranking: Sweden six times, Canada five times, and Russia four times. Sweden has achieved a top four ranking every time.

The following table lists the ranking during the 2015 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. Values in italics are minimimum possible scores for championships not yet completed.

Rank	Team	WC division (as of 2015)	WC 2015 (100%)	WC 2014 (75%)	OLY 2014 (75%)	WC 2013 (50%)	WC 2012 (25%)	Total	Change +/−
1	Sweden	1 !Championship	820	1120	1160	1200	1040	3390	5 !–
2	Finland	1 !Championship	820	1160	1120	1100	1100	3355	5 !–
3	Russia	1 !Championship	820	1200	1060	1040	1200	3335	5 !–
4	Canada	1 !Championship	820	1060	1200	1060	1060	3310	5 !–
5	United States	1 !Championship	820	1040	1100	1120	1020	3240	6 !+1
6	Czech Republic	1 !Championship	820	1100	1040	1020	1120	3215	4 !–1
7	Switzerland	1 !Championship	820	940	960	1160	920	3055	5 !–
8	Slovakia	1 !Championship	820	960	920	1000	1160	3020	5 !–
9	Latvia	1 !Championship	820	920	1000	920	940	2955	5 !–
10	Norway	1 !Championship	820	900	900	940	1000	2890	5 !–
11	Belarus	1 !Championship	820	1020	860	860	860	2875	5 !–
12	France	1 !Championship	820	1000	800	880	960	2850	5 !–
13	Germany	1 !Championship	820	860	840	960	900	2800	4 !–2
14	Slovenia	1 !Championship	820	800	1020	820	800	2795	5 !–
15	Denmark	1 !Championship	820	880	780	900	880	2735	4 !–2
16	Austria	1 !Championship	820	780	940	840	780	2725	5 !–
17	Kazakhstan	2 !Division I A	800	820	880	800	820	2680	5 !–
18	Italy	2 !Division I A	720	840	820	780	840	2575	5 !–
19	Hungary	2 !Division I A	780	720	700	760	760	2415	5 !–
20	Japan	2 !Division I A	740	760	640	740	740	2345	6 !+1
21	Ukraine	2 !Division I A	700	740	720	680	700	2310	4 !–1
22	Poland	2 !Division I A	760	680	680	660	660	2275	7 !+2
23	South Korea	3 !Division I B	680	700	660	720	680	2230	5 !–
24	Great Britain	3 !Division I B	660	620	760	700	720	2225	4 !–2
25	Netherlands	3 !Division I B	580	600	740	640	640	2065	5 !–
26	Lithuania	3 !Division I B	640	640	620	600	600	2035	5 !–
27	Croatia	3 !Division I B	620	660	540	560	520	1930	6 !+1
28	Romania	4 !Division II A	560	580	580	620	620	1895	4 !–1
29	Estonia	3 !Division I B	600	560	560	580	560	1870	5 !–
30	Serbia	4 !Division II A	520	520	500	480	480	1645	6 !+1
31	Spain	4 !Division II A	500	440	600	460	540	1645	4 !–1
32	Mexico	5 !Division II B	400	420	520	400	380	1400	6 !+1
33	Israel	5 !Division II B	360	460	480	440	360	1375	4 !–1
34	Belgium	4 !Division II A	540	480	–	540	440	1280	7 !+2
35	Iceland	4 !Division II A	480	540	–	520	500	1270	5 !–
36	Australia	4 !Division II A	460	500	–	500	580	1230	3 !–2
37	New Zealand	5 !Division II B	420	400	–	420	460	1045	5 !–
38	China	5 !Division II B	440	380	–	380	420	1020	5 !–
39	Bulgaria	5 !Division II B	380	320	–	340	400	890	5 !–
40	South Africa	5 !Division II B	340	360	–	320	340	855	5 !–
41	Turkey	6 !Division III	300	340	–	360	320	815	5 !–
42	North Korea	6 !Division III	320	300	–	300	300	770	6 !+1
43	Luxembourg	6 !Division III	280	280	–	280	280	700	4 !–1
44	United Arab Emirates	6 !Division III	220	240	–	220	–	510	6 !+1
45	Georgia	6 !Division III	240	220	–	180	–	495	7 !+2
46	Hong Kong	6 !Division III	260	260	–	–	–	455	7 !+2
47	Bosnia and Herzegovina	6 !Division III	200	–	–	–	–	200	0 !new
48	Ireland	7 !–	–	–	–	260	260	195	1 !–4
49	Greece	7 !–	–	–	–	240	240	180	2 !–3
50	Mongolia	7 !–	–	–	–	200	220	155	4 !–1

2003–2014

	2003		2004		2005		2006 O		2006		2007		2008		2009		2010 O		2010		2011		2012		2013		2014 O		2014
Team	P		P		P		P		P		P		P		P		P		P		P		P		P		P		P
Armenia	0	99	240	45	420	45	300	45	580	45	390	45	200	48	70	48	70	48	0	49	0	49	0	49	0	50	0	50	0	51
Australia	1080	36	1125	35	1195	34	840	34	1215	34	1260	33	1300	33	1385	31	1385	34	1350	34	1350	34	1385	32	1330	32	1330	34	1300	34
Austria	2970	12	2755	11	2430	13	3045	12	2930	16	2695	17	2445	16	2285	16	2955	14	2935	14	2730	15	2465	15	2265	15	2985	16	2950	16
Belarus	2955	13	2590	13	2430	12	3035	13	3230	10	3025	9	2845	9	2660	8	3400	9	3360	10	3025	11	2705	13	2410	14	3030	15	3170	11
Belgium	1240	33	1345	33	1255	32	870	33	1200	35	1200	35	1230	34	1255	33	1255	36	1240	36	1180	35	1135	36	1210	34	1210	36	1215	36
Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	200	47	150	47	150	47	100	48	50	48	0	48	0	49	0	49	0	50
Bulgaria	1550	30	1375	32	1235	33	1655	30	1715	30	1500	31	1305	32	1160	35	1540	31	1560	31	1405	32	1270	33	1070	37	940	39	870	39
Canada	3685	1	3485	1	3220	1	3940	2	3890	3	3670	2	3410	1	3160	2	4105	1	3970	2	3595	4	3255	5	2940	5	3840	3	3850	4
China	1805	28	1630	28	1515	28	1980	27	1970	28	1860	27	1650	28	1410	29	1260	35	1120	37	1060	39	1040	38	1000	38	1000	38	980	38
Croatia	1545	31	1425	31	1390	30	1970	28	2000	27	1850	28	1790	26	1675	26	2150	27	2125	26	1890	27	1665	30	1510	29	1895	30	2010	28
Czech Republic	3560	3	3225	4	3065	3	3930	3	3985	2	3595	4	3265	5	2915	6	3655	6	3785	5	3570	5	3330	3	2975	4	3760	5	3745	5
Denmark	2665	14	2575	14	2400	14	2990	15	3005	14	2855	12	2660	13	2445	13	3085	13	3185	13	2965	13	2710	12	2480	12	3050	13	3005	15
Estonia	2135	24	1995	24	1860	24	2320	24	2325	24	2165	23	1930	25	1635	27	2155	26	2100	27	1940	26	1760	26	1610	28	2000	28	1985	29
Finland	3525	4	3195	5	2865	7	3765	5	3830	4	3640	3	3385	4	3050	4	3880	3	3805	4	3630	2	3345	2	3065	2	3905	2	3955	2
France	2575	18	2400	18	2150	17	2755	19	2720	19	2525	19	2410	18	2325	14	2860	16	2900	15	2765	14	2660	14	2450	13	3065	12	3165	12
Georgia	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	180	48	180	48	355	47
Germany	3240	8	2990	8	2580	10	3270	10	3110	12	2925	11	2740	10	2460	12	3145	12	3360	9	3190	8	2885	10	2650	10	3260	11	3125	13
Great Britain	2230	23	1990	25	1780	25	1130	31	1580	31	1605	29	1645	29	1695	25	2335	24	2350	23	2250	21	2110	21	1940	22	2540	20	2450	22
Greece	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	240	46	440	46	440	46	595	45	640	44	625	44	610	44	610	44	360	46
Hong Kong	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	260	48
Hungary	2255	22	2060	22	1920	22	2460	22	2430	22	2320	21	2220	20	2130	20	2675	20	2655	20	2460	20	2265	19	2075	19	2595	19	2560	19
Iceland	930	38	875	39	875	39	615	39	840	40	920	37	965	38	1030	37	1030	39	1095	38	1125	36	1185	35	1240	33	1240	35	1295	35
Ireland	0	99	260	44	455	44	325	44	585	44	710	43	775	40	720	42	720	42	750	41	785	41	735	42	705	42	705	42	410	44
Israel	1110	35	1035	36	1140	35	810	35	1275	33	1260	34	1190	35	1070	36	1070	38	970	39	885	40	875	40	960	39	1440	33	1530	32
Italy	2585	17	2315	19	2100	19	2820	17	2915	17	2815	13	2580	14	2290	15	2860	15	2860	16	2605	17	2440	16	2210	18	2830	18	2860	18
Japan	2605	15	2440	15	2090	20	2625	21	2540	21	2305	22	2120	22	1965	21	2565	21	2575	21	2245	22	2105	22	1960	21	2405	22	2470	21
Kazakhstan	2480	21	2410	17	2335	15	3100	11	3115	11	2740	16	2405	19	2165	18	2745	19	2790	17	2615	16	2440	17	2225	16	2900	17	2910	17
North Korea	680	41	950	37	1105	36	765	36	1105	36	660	44	645	44	705	43	705	43	730	43	485	45	540	45	600	45	600	45	675	43
South Korea	1420	32	1455	30	1360	31	950	32	1320	32	1320	32	1365	31	1395	30	1395	33	1485	33	1605	31	1665	28	1740	25	2400	23	2415	23
Latvia	3060	10	2900	10	2675	9	3335	9	3310	9	2995	10	2740	11	2610	10	3285	10	3265	12	2985	12	2765	11	2520	11	3295	10	3300	9
Lithuania	1885	27	1720	27	1620	27	2085	26	2270	25	2105	25	1970	23	1810	23	2355	23	2300	24	2125	24	1905	25	1700	26	2145	26	2170	26
Luxembourg	635	42	755	42	785	42	550	42	705	43	710	42	695	43	700	44	700	44	665	44	650	43	665	43	680	43	680	43	695	42
Mexico	820	39	770	41	775	43	540	43	845	39	915	38	1010	37	1025	38	1525	32	1520	32	1385	33	1230	34	1110	36	1505	32	1530	33
Mongolia	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	260	46	415	45	515	45	515	45	540	46	315	46	375	46	415	46	415	46	260	49
Netherlands	2135	25	2015	23	1885	23	2400	23	2360	23	2155	24	1935	24	1755	24	2185	25	2210	25	2080	25	1925	24	1765	24	2355	24	2305	25
New Zealand	800	40	870	40	910	38	635	38	925	38	900	39	890	39	850	39	850	40	925	40	1065	38	1125	37	1120	35	1120	37	1070	37
Norway	2535	20	2265	21	2105	18	2760	18	2935	15	2780	14	2735	12	2545	11	3270	11	3305	11	3175	9	2960	8	2685	9	3350	9	3265	10
Poland	2550	19	2295	20	2085	21	2635	20	2580	20	2395	20	2175	21	1940	22	2415	22	2405	22	2215	23	2020	23	1835	23	2350	25	2355	24
Romania	1965	26	1845	26	1685	26	2195	25	2135	26	1970	26	1770	27	1605	28	2000	28	1945	28	1800	28	1725	27	1635	27	2075	27	2075	27
Russia	3480	6	3105	7	2905	5	3725	6	3725	5	3535	5	3400	2	3200	1	3965	2	3980	1	3650	1	3425	1	3040	3	3840	4	3915	3
Serbia	1685	29	1565	29	1420	29	1815	29	1745	29	1555	30	1425	30	1365	32	1810	29	1935	29	1755	30	1565	31	1375	31	1730	31	1740	31
Slovakia	3480	5	3235	3	2965	4	3805	4	3685	6	3390	6	2955	8	2635	9	3470	7	3405	8	3130	10	3100	6	2840	8	3485	8	3445	8
Slovenia	2595	16	2420	16	2295	16	2900	16	2870	18	2640	18	2460	15	2190	17	2755	18	2730	19	2565	18	2375	18	2215	17	3045	14	3040	14
South Africa	990	37	930	38	845	40	590	40	830	41	770	41	755	42	790	40	790	41	735	42	740	42	780	41	790	41	790	41	845	40
Spain	1230	34	1170	34	1090	37	760	37	1040	37	1090	36	1120	36	1165	34	1705	30	1790	30	1785	29	1665	29	1445	30	1910	29	1810	30
Sweden	3610	2	3400	2	3095	2	4035	1	4095	1	3740	1	3400	3	3095	3	3855	4	3845	3	3630	3	3280	4	3105	1	4000	1	3990	1
Switzerland	3135	9	2920	9	2715	8	3525	8	3500	8	3250	8	3020	7	2725	7	3465	8	3540	7	3240	7	2910	9	2845	7	3555	7	3470	7
Turkey	625	43	690	43	795	41	565	41	775	42	830	40	765	41	750	41	1230	37	1265	35	1110	37	1015	39	945	40	825	40	840	41
Ukraine	3010	11	2720	12	2490	11	3015	14	3005	13	2740	15	2435	17	2135	19	2805	17	2760	18	2495	19	2235	20	1970	20	2475	21	2500	20
United Arab Emirates	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	0	99	220	47	165	47	110	47	275	47	275	47	405	45
United States	3330	7	3145	6	2865	6	3575	7	3580	7	3375	7	3105	6	2915	5	3825	5	3650	6	3340	6	3065	7	2895	6	3705	6	3740	6

Women's rankings

The Women's 2015 ranking^[5] is based on the performance at the World Championships of 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2012, and at the 2014 Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament in Sochi, Russia.^[3] The Olympic and World Championships tournaments are rated equally. All tournament's points have their full value displayed, while the ranking is calculated by adding the current year's tournament points to the depreciated previous three years' tournament points as explained above. The "Total" column is the sum of the current tournament points and the depreciated values for past tournaments. A dash in a tournament column indicates that the country did not participate.

Only six nations have achieved a top ten ranking every time between 2003–2015. These nations are (in order of average ranking): Canada, the United States, Finland, Sweden, Russia, and Switzerland. An additional eight nations, Germany (thirteen times), Japan (twelve times), Kazakhstan (ten times), China (nine times), Slovakia (five times), Czech Republic (four times), Norway (twice) and Denmark (once) have been in the top ten at least once. Canada (eleven times) and United States (three times) are the only countries to have accomplished a first place ranking as well as the only two to achieve a top two ranking every time.

Rank	Team	WC division (as of 2015)	WC 2015 (100%)	WC 2014 (75%)	OLY 2014 (75%)	WC 2013 (50%)	WC 2012 (25%)	Total	Change +/−
1	Canada	1 !Championship	1160	1200	1200	1160	1200	3840	5 !–
2	United States	1 !Championship	1200	1160	1160	1200	1160	3830	5 !–
3	Finland	1 !Championship	1120	1060	1060	1100	1100	3535	6 !+1
4	Switzerland	1 !Championship	1040	1120	1120	1040	1120	3520	4 !–1
5	Sweden	1 !Championship	1060	1100	1100	1020	1060	3485	5 !–
6	Russia	1 !Championship	1100	1040	1040	1120	1040	3480	5 !–
7	Germany	1 !Championship	1000	1020	1020	1060	1020	3315	5 !–
8	Japan	1 !Championship	1020	1000	1000	960	920	3230	5 !–
9	Czech Republic	2 !Division I A	960	960	960	1000	960	3040	5 !–
10	Denmark	2 !Division I A	900	920	940	940	840	2975	6 !+1
11	Norway	2 !Division I A	880	940	920	880	940	2950	4 !–1
12	Austria	2 !Division I A	940	880	840	900	900	2905	6 !+1
13	Slovakia	3 !Division I B	840	860	880	920	1000	2855	4 !–1
14	France	2 !Division I A	920	900	820	840	800	2830	5 !–
15	Latvia	2 !Division I A	860	840	740	860	880	2695	6 !+1
16	China	3 !Division I B	800	820	900	780	820	2685	4 !–1
17	Netherlands	3 !Division I B	820	780	760	820	760	2575	6 !+1
18	Kazakhstan	4 !Division II A	720	740	860	760	860	2515	4 !–1
19	Hungary	3 !Division I B	780	800	720	720	700	2455	8 !+2
20	Italy	3 !Division I B	760	720	800	700	740	2415	5 !–
21	Great Britain	4 !Division II A	700	700	780	740	780	2375	3 !–2
22	Poland	4 !Division II A	660	680	700	640	600	2150	5 !–
23	South Korea	4 !Division II A	680	660	640	600	560	2110	6 !+1
24	Slovenia	5 !Division II B	600	580	680	620	640	2015	4 !–1
25	Croatia	4 !Division II A	640	600	620	560	620	1990	5 !–
26	Spain	5 !Division II B	560	560	660	580	580	1910	5 !–
27	North Korea	3 !Division I B	740	760	0 !–	800	720	1890	5 !–
28	New Zealand	4 !Division II A	620	640	0 !–	660	660	1595	6 !+1
29	Australia	5 !Division II B	520	620	0 !–	680	680	1495	4 !–1
30	Iceland	5 !Division II B	540	540	0 !–	540	540	1350	5 !–
31	Belgium	5 !Division II B	500	520	0 !–	520	520	1280	5 !–
32	South Africa	6 !Division II B Qual	440	460	0 !–	500	500	1160	5 !–
33	Turkey	7 !Division II B Qual	480	500	0 !–	480	0 !–	1095	5 !–
34	Bulgaria	6 !Division II B Qual	420	440	0 !–	460	0 !–	980	5 !–
35	Mexico	5 !Division II B	580	480	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	940	5 !–
36	Hong Kong	6 !Division II B Qual	460	420	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	775	6 !+1
37	Ireland	7 !–	0 !–	0 !–	0 !–	440	0 !–	220	4 !–1

2003–2014

	2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008		2009		2010		2011		2012		2013		2014 O		2014
Team	P	R	P	R	P	R	P	R	P	R	P	R	P	R	P	R	P	R	P	R	P	R	P	R	P	R
Australia	0530 !530	22	1270	21	1375	22	0850 !850	23	1205	23	1405	22	0890 !890	23	0535 !535	25	0880 !880	24	1205	24	1540	23	1025	27	1645	28
Austria	0 !—	99 !—	0700 !700	26	1285	25	0920 !920	21	1315	20	1580	19	1875	17	2040	16	2130	15	2185	15	2220	12	2190	13	3070	13
Belgium	0535 !535	21	1175	22	1335	23	0830 !830	24	1160	24	1305	24	0810 !810	24	0485 !485	26	0780 !780	26	985	27	1220	31	805	31	1325	31
Bulgaria	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0720 !720	24	1000	23	705	33	870	33	460	34	900	34
Canada	1800	01 !1	3000	01 !1	2960	01 !1	2970	01 !1	2980	01 !1	2950	01 !1	2930	02 !2	2950	01 !1	2930	02 !2	2960	1	2940	2	2960	1	4160	1
China	1545	07 !7	2565	07 !7	2575	07 !7	2485	07 !7	2520	08 !8	2510	08 !8	2485	07 !7	2515	07 !7	2385	09 !9	2235	13	2090	15	2115	14	2935	15
Croatia	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0580 !580	31	1095	30	0785 !785	25	1235	20	1375	20	1480	22	1535	24	1510	25	2110	25
Czech Republic	0670 !670	11	1590	11	1840	11	2010	12	2195	13	2205	12	2180	12	2190	13	2155	14	2245	12	2360	9	2400	8	3360	9
Denmark	0635 !635	16	1455	16	1700	14	1070	17	1485	17	1650	18	1760	19	1165	22	1370	21	1625	19	1970	17	2265	12	3185	11
Estonia	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0520 !520	32	0910 !910	32	0650 !650	32	0390 !390	33	0130 !130	37	0	37	0	37	0	37	0	39
Finland	1655	03 !3	2775	03 !3	2765	03 !3	2760	04 !4	2755	04 !4	2770	03 !3	2785	03 !3	2795	03 !3	2800	03 !3	2780	3	2765	3	2715	4	3775	4
France	0660 !660	12	1540	13	1780	12	1995	14	2230	12	2220	11	2170	13	2155	14	2105	16	2055	16	2065	16	2055	16	2955	14
Germany	1565	06 !6	2605	06 !6	2625	05 !5	2635	05 !5	2585	05 !5	2525	07 !7	2420	10	2350	11	2355	10	2430	8	2535	7	2565	7	3585	7
Great Britain	0560 !560	20	1280	20	1425	20	0885 !885	22	1210	22	1385	23	1645	20	1925	18	1940	18	1955	17	1910	18	1915	19	2615	19
Hong Kong	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	420	37
Hungary	0505 !505	24	1165	23	1320	24	0825 !825	25	1135	25	1265	25	0785 !785	26	0470 !470	27	0835 !835	25	1210	23	1585	22	1780	21	2580	21
Iceland	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0540 !540	30	0405 !405	30	0770 !770	30	1090	31	0685 !685	29	0415 !415	29	0705 !705	29	960	29	1225	30	815	30	1355	30
Ireland	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0420 !420	36	315	36	650	35	435	35	435	36
Italy	0585 !585	18	1385	17	1610	17	2015	11	2160	14	2065	15	1980	16	1950	17	1950	17	1915	18	1845	19	1890	20	2610	20
Japan	1425	10	2405	10	2380	10	2350	10	2345	10	2420	09 !9	2465	09 !9	2435	09 !9	2320	11	2285	11	2315	10	2395	9	3395	8
Kazakhstan	1490	08 !8	2430	09 !9	2475	08 !8	2445	09 !9	2445	09 !9	2410	10	2475	08 !8	2455	08 !8	2475	07 !7	2350	9	2145	14	2110	15	2850	17
North Korea	0650 !650	13	1490	15	1635	16	1005	18	1380	19	1560	20	1775	18	1185	21	0595 !595	32	920	31	1340	26	960	29	1720	27
South Korea	0 !—	99 !—	0600 !600	27	1050	27	0750 !750	26	1070	26	1215	26	0760 !760	27	0455 !455	28	0730 !730	28	995	26	1310	28	1515	24	2195	24
Latvia	0645 !645	15	1545	12	1750	13	1995	13	2250	11	2195	13	2135	14	2105	15	2170	13	2195	14	2190	13	2055	17	2895	16
Mexico	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	480	35
Netherlands	0570 !570	19	1330	19	1505	19	0935 !935	20	1300	21	1480	21	1645	21	1095	23	1265	22	1480	21	1750	20	1935	18	2715	18
New Zealand	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0580 !580	29	0435 !435	29	0830 !830	29	1110	27	0690 !690	28	0415 !415	30	0740 !740	27	1110	25	1455	25	975	28	1615	29
Norway	0650 !650	14	1510	14	1695	15	1900	15	2145	15	2150	14	2195	11	2225	12	2280	12	2320	10	2280	11	2285	11	3225	10
Poland	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0500 !500	34	975	28	1340	27	1605	23	2265	22
Romania	0320 !320	25	0940 !940	25	1185	26	0730 !730	27	0995 !995	27	1100	29	0685 !685	30	0410 !410	31	0675 !675	30	405	34	270	36	135	36	135	38
Russia	1620	05 !5	2680	05 !5	2605	06 !6	2585	06 !6	2565	06 !6	2575	06 !6	2610	06 !6	2610	06 !6	2670	05 !5	2650	6	2710	4	2675	5	3715	6
Slovakia	0595 !595	17	1375	18	1585	18	0990 !990	19	1415	18	1735	17	2040	15	2370	10	2470	08 !8	2500	7	2430	8	2325	10	3185	12
Slovenia	0310 !310	26	0990 !990	24	1385	21	1700	16	1865	16	1810	16	1075	22	1260	19	1385	19	1505	20	1615	21	1630	22	2210	23
South Africa	0505 !505	23	0505 !505	28	0790 !790	28	0465 !465	28	0910 !910	28	1105	28	0675 !675	31	0400 !400	32	0645 !645	31	890	32	1135	32	755	32	1215	32
Spain	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0480 !480	35	940	30	1255	29	1505	26	2065	26
Sweden	1625	04 !4	2725	04 !4	2760	04 !4	2830	03 !3	2825	03 !3	2760	04 !4	2745	04 !4	2735	04 !4	2700	04 !4	2680	5	2620	6	2660	6	3760	5
Switzerland	1435	09 !9	2435	08 !8	2430	09 !9	2480	08 !8	2555	07 !7	2645	05 !5	2630	05 !5	2640	05 !5	2620	06 !6	2685	4	2665	5	2720	3	3840	3
Turkey	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0 !—	99 !—	0480 !480	33	0840 !840	33	0600 !600	33	0360 !360	34	0560 !560	33	330	35	700	34	470	33	970	33
United States	1740	02 !2	2900	02 !2	2940	02 !2	2890	02 !2	2890	02 !2	2930	02 !2	2960	01 !1	2950	02 !2	2970	01 !1	2940	2	2960	1	2940	2	4100	2

References

General

• 2003 ranking: Edvinsson, Jan-Ake, ed. (November 2003). "News release–Hockey fans are the best in the world" (PDF). Ice Times (International Ice Hockey Federation) 7 (5): p. 7. Retrieved 12 May 2009. 
• 2004 ranking: Edvinsson, Jan-Ake, ed. (June 2004). "News release–There is nothing like the sweet taste of gold" (PDF). Ice Times (International Ice Hockey Federation) 8 (3): p. 5. Retrieved 12 May 2009. 
• 2005 ranking: Edvinsson, Jan-Ake, ed. (June 2005). "News release–Back Czech, fore Czech - GOLD CZECH" (PDF). Ice Times (International Ice Hockey Federation) 9 (3): p. 5. Retrieved 12 May 2009. 
• Edvinsson, Jan-Ake, ed. (June 2006). "News release–Yes, they could" (PDF). Ice Times (International Ice Hockey Federation) 10 (4): p. 4. Retrieved 12 May 2009. 
• Edvinsson, Jan-Ake, ed. (March 2006). "News release–The way everyone wanted - stars ruled Olympics" (PDF). Ice Times (International Ice Hockey Federation) 10 (2): p. 3. Retrieved 12 May 2009. 
• "2007 Men's World Ranking". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2007. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2009. 
• "2007 Women's World Ranking". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2007. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2009. 
• "2008 Men's World Ranking". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2008. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2009. 
• "2008 Women's World Ranking". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2008. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2009. 
• "2009 Men's World Ranking". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2009. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2009. 
• "2009 Women's World Ranking". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2009. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 18 May 2009. 
• "2010 Men's World Ranking (after Olympics)". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2010. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2010. 
• "2010 Men's World Ranking". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2010. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2010. 
• "2010 Women's World Ranking". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2010. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 11 June 2010. 
• "2011 Women's World Ranking". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2010. Retrieved 26 April 2011. 

Specific

External links

• World Ranking at IIHF.com