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. The current leader in rankings is Finland in men's play and Canada in women's play.
The system was approved at the IIHF congress of September 2003.[2] According to former 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".[3]
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 example, for the 2022 Winter Olympics, the first eight 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 2022 Winter Olympics was structured around the 2019 ranking. Twelve spots were made available for teams. The top eight teams in the World Ranking after the 2019 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 36th played in two preliminary qualifications in November 2019. The two winners of the first preliminaries and teams ranked 27–36th were divided in three groups to play in the second pre-qualification round in December 2019. The three winners of those preliminaries joined teams ranked 18–26th for the third pre-qualification round of three groups in February 2020. The winner of each of these pre-qualification groups and teams ranked 9–17 were divided in three groups to play in the final qualification in August 2021. The winner of each group then joined the eight top-ranked teams plus the host in the Olympics in 2022.
The women's tournament uses a similar qualification format. The top six teams in the IIHF Women's World Ranking after the 2020 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 16th and below were divided into three groups where they played in a preliminary qualification round in the October 2021. The three group winners from the round advanced to the final qualification round, where the teams ranked seventh through fifteenth joined them.[4]
Formula
The world ranking is based on the final positions of the last four Men's or Women's IIHF 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.[1]
Place
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
...
Points
1200
1160
1120
1100
1060
1040
1020
1000
960
940
920
900
880
860
840
820
800
780
760
740
...
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. Under this formula, any year with a World Championship and an Olympics will be counted twice in the tables, for a maximum ranking (gold medal in all five events) of: 4200 points at the completion of an Olympic year, 3900 points at the completion of the following year, 3600 points the next year, and 3300 points in the year before the next Olympics. For example, if after the 2020 Championship a team had won the gold medal in the last four championships and the last Olympic tournament, their score would be 3600:
Competition
Valuation coefficient
Points
2022 Winter Olympics
100%
1200
2021 IIHF World Championship
100%
1200
2020 IIHF World Championship
75%
900
2019 IIHF World Championship
50%
600
2018 IIHF World Championship
25%
300
2018 Winter Olympics
0%
0
2017 IIHF World Championship
0%
0
Counts Five Tournaments from Four Latest Years
4200
Starting April 2014, Women's rankings count Olympics points twice, to be on same formula as Men's rankings, as no Women's top division World Championship is held in Olympic years
For the 2018 Winter Olympics, Russia's Olympic Committee and many of its athletes were banned for illegal doping.[5] The IIHF opposed an outright ban on all Russian players,[6] concerned that the KHL would disallow its players from participating in the tournament, as the NHL had done. The ice hockey team from the Russian hockey federation played under the banner of the International Olympic Committee as "Olympic Athletes from Russia", along with other Russian athletes not banned for doping.
All tournaments in 2020 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, teams were awarded points based on their seeding for their respective tournaments. The Championship division received points based on the 2019 World Ranking, while the remaining divisions received points based on the previous year's results. For a fairer ranking and point distribution, the IIHF Council decided that the points for 2021 in case of tournament cancellations are given according to the ranking position of each team in the 2021 Pre-Championship Report – taking into consideration the results in 2018, 2019 and 2020 – rather than by seeding as in the past.[7]
Russia and Belarus were expelled from competing in the 2022 World Championships because of their invasion of Ukraine. They were, however, granted the points of the positions they would have been seeded based on their 2021 ranking: Russia in third place received 1120 points, and Belarus in 14th place received 860 points. Several nations withdrew from the 2022 World Championships over COVID-19 concerns. These nations similarly received the points of the positions they would have been seeded within their respective tournaments: Australia as second place in IIA received 560 points, New Zealand as third place in IIB received 440 points, North Korea as first place in IIIA received 360 points, Hong Kong as second place in IIIB received 220 points, and the Philippines as fourth place in IV received 100 points. [8]
The following table lists the full breakdown of ranking following the 2021 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships,[9] and the calculations of the rankings following the 2022 Men's Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament and the 2022 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships. Scores in italics represent minimum possible scores for unfinished tournaments. 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 depreciated percentages are shown in the column headings, first for the current total, then for the new total. The "Total" columns are the sums of the current tournament points and the depreciated values for past tournaments. The "+/–" columns indicate the increase or decrease in ranking since the last tournament. A dash in a tournament column indicates that the country did not participate.
For the 2018 Winter Olympics, Russia's Olympic Committee and many of its athletes were banned due to systemic illegal doping.[5] The IIHF opposed an outright ban on all Russian players[6] and the ice hockey team from the Russian hockey federation played under the banner of the International Olympic Committee as "Olympic Athletes from Russia", along with other Russian athletes not banned for doping.
Most of the tournaments in 2020 were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, teams were awarded points based on their seeding for their respective tournaments. The Championship division received points based on the 2019 World Ranking, while Divisions IA, IB, and IIA received points based on the previous year's results. Divisions IIB and III were completed and scored as scheduled.
The following table lists the ranking following the 2021 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships,[9] and the calculations of the rankings following the 2022 Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament and 2022 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships. Scores in italics represent minimum possible scores for unfinished tournaments. 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 depreciated percentages are shown in the column headings, first for the current total, then for the new total. The "Total" columns are the sums of the current tournament points and the depreciated values for past tournaments. The "+/–" columns indicate the increase or decrease in ranking since the last tournament. A dash in a tournament column indicates that the country did not participate.
^ ab"IIHF – World Ranking". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 20 October 2021.
^Hockey Canada (30 September 2003). "IIHF Introduces World Ranking and Ranks Canada First in Men's and Women's Hockey". Retrieved 27 May 2019.
^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): 7. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
^"Olympic Winter Games". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 May 2019.
^ abRuiz, Rebecca R.; Panja, Tariq (5 December 2017). "Russia Banned From Winter Olympics by I.O.C." The New York Times.
^ abClinton, Jared (29 November 2017). "IIHF says complete ban of Russian Olympians would put 'health of hockey at risk'". The Hockey News.
^"IIHF – Groups for 2022". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
^"Finland Stays #1 in World Ranking". iihf.com. IIHF. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
^ ab"IIHF - World Ranking". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
External links
World Ranking for the current year at IIHF.com
World Rankings from 2007 to 2018 at IIHF.com
January 16, 2023
iihf, world, ranking, rankings, september, 2022, srank, change, team, points1, finland, 41302, canada, 39903, russia, 39354, united, states, 37755, sweden, 36756, czech, republic, 36507, switzerland, 35908, slovakia, 35909, germany, 355510, denmark, 333511, la. Top 20 rankings as of September 2022 1 Men sRank Change Team Points1 Finland 41302 Canada 39903 Russia 39354 United States 37755 Sweden 36756 1 Czech Republic 36507 1 Switzerland 35908 Slovakia 35909 Germany 355510 Denmark 333511 Latvia 325512 Norway 310513 France 300014 Belarus 296515 2 Austria 290016 1 Kazakhstan 288517 1 Italy 284018 Great Britain 275519 Slovenia 273020 1 Hungary 2640 Women sRank Change Team Points1 Canada 41602 United States 40903 Finland 38504 Switzerland 38205 Russia 37806 1 Czech Republic 36757 1 Japan 36508 Sweden 34409 2 Hungary 334010 1 Germany 332511 1 Denmark 329012 France 318513 1 Norway 306014 1 Austria 305015 Slovakia 296016 1 China 289017 1 Italy 280018 1 Netherlands 277519 1 South Korea 270520 Poland 2700The 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 The current leader in rankings is Finland in men s play and Canada in women s play Contents 1 Description 1 1 Formula 2 Men s rankings 3 Women s rankings 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksDescription EditThe system was approved at the IIHF congress of September 2003 2 According to former IIHF President Rene 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 3 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 example for the 2022 Winter Olympics the first eight 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 2022 Winter Olympics was structured around the 2019 ranking Twelve spots were made available for teams The top eight teams in the World Ranking after the 2019 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 36th played in two preliminary qualifications in November 2019 The two winners of the first preliminaries and teams ranked 27 36th were divided in three groups to play in the second pre qualification round in December 2019 The three winners of those preliminaries joined teams ranked 18 26th for the third pre qualification round of three groups in February 2020 The winner of each of these pre qualification groups and teams ranked 9 17 were divided in three groups to play in the final qualification in August 2021 The winner of each group then joined the eight top ranked teams plus the host in the Olympics in 2022 The women s tournament uses a similar qualification format The top six teams in the IIHF Women s World Ranking after the 2020 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 16th and below were divided into three groups where they played in a preliminary qualification round in the October 2021 The three group winners from the round advanced to the final qualification round where the teams ranked seventh through fifteenth joined them 4 Formula Edit The world ranking is based on the final positions of the last four Men s or Women s IIHF 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 1 Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Points 1200 1160 1120 1100 1060 1040 1020 1000 960 940 920 900 880 860 840 820 800 780 760 740 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 Under this formula any year with a World Championship and an Olympics will be counted twice in the tables for a maximum ranking gold medal in all five events of 4200 points at the completion of an Olympic year 3900 points at the completion of the following year 3600 points the next year and 3300 points in the year before the next Olympics For example if after the 2020 Championship a team had won the gold medal in the last four championships and the last Olympic tournament their score would be 3600 Competition Valuationcoefficient Points2022 Winter Olympics 100 12002021 IIHF World Championship 100 12002020 IIHF World Championship 75 9002019 IIHF World Championship 50 6002018 IIHF World Championship 25 3002018 Winter Olympics 0 02017 IIHF World Championship 0 0Counts Five Tournaments from Four Latest Years 4200Starting April 2014 Women s rankings count Olympics points twice to be on same formulaas Men s rankings as no Women s top division World Championship is held in Olympic yearsMen s rankings EditSee also List of IIHF World Rankings The Men s 2022 ranking is based on the performance at the World Championships of 2022 2021 2020 and 2019 and at the 2022 Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament in Beijing China For the 2018 Winter Olympics Russia s Olympic Committee and many of its athletes were banned for illegal doping 5 The IIHF opposed an outright ban on all Russian players 6 concerned that the KHL would disallow its players from participating in the tournament as the NHL had done The ice hockey team from the Russian hockey federation played under the banner of the International Olympic Committee as Olympic Athletes from Russia along with other Russian athletes not banned for doping All tournaments in 2020 were cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic As a result teams were awarded points based on their seeding for their respective tournaments The Championship division received points based on the 2019 World Ranking while the remaining divisions received points based on the previous year s results For a fairer ranking and point distribution the IIHF Council decided that the points for 2021 in case of tournament cancellations are given according to the ranking position of each team in the 2021 Pre Championship Report taking into consideration the results in 2018 2019 and 2020 rather than by seeding as in the past 7 Russia and Belarus were expelled from competing in the 2022 World Championships because of their invasion of Ukraine They were however granted the points of the positions they would have been seeded based on their 2021 ranking Russia in third place received 1120 points and Belarus in 14th place received 860 points Several nations withdrew from the 2022 World Championships over COVID 19 concerns These nations similarly received the points of the positions they would have been seeded within their respective tournaments Australia as second place in IIA received 560 points New Zealand as third place in IIB received 440 points North Korea as first place in IIIA received 360 points Hong Kong as second place in IIIB received 220 points and the Philippines as fourth place in IV received 100 points 8 The following table lists the full breakdown of ranking following the 2021 Men s Ice Hockey World Championships 9 and the calculations of the rankings following the 2022 Men s Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament and the 2022 Men s Ice Hockey World Championships Scores in italics represent minimum possible scores for unfinished tournaments 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 depreciated percentages are shown in the column headings first for the current total then for the new total The Total columns are the sums of the current tournament points and the depreciated values for past tournaments The columns indicate the increase or decrease in ranking since the last tournament A dash in a tournament column indicates that the country did not participate 2022Rank OLY2022Rank Team WC division as of 2022 WC2022 100 OLY2022 100 100 WC2021 100 75 WC2020 75 50 WC2019 50 25 WC2018 25 0 2022Total OLY2022Total 1 1 Finland Championship 1200 1200 1160 1120 1200 1060 4130 4065 12 2 Canada Championship 1160 1040 1200 1200 1160 1100 3990 3995 13 3 Russia Expelled 1120 1160 1060 1160 1120 1040 3935 3910 4 4 United States Championship 1100 1060 1120 1040 1020 1120 3775 3750 5 5 Sweden Championship 1040 1100 960 1100 1060 1200 3675 3715 26 7 Czech Republic Championship 1120 960 1020 1060 1100 1020 3650 1 3580 17 6 Switzerland Championship 1060 1000 1040 1000 1000 1160 3590 1 3580 28 8 Slovakia Championship 1000 1120 1000 960 960 960 3590 3560 19 9 Germany Championship 1020 940 1100 1020 1040 920 3555 3555 410 10 Denmark Championship 960 1020 900 900 920 940 3335 3290 211 11 Latvia Championship 940 920 920 940 940 1000 3255 3265 112 12 Norway Championship 880 880 880 920 900 880 3105 3120 113 13 France Championship 900 860 840 800 840 900 3000 2945 214 14 Belarus Expelled 860 840 840 880 780 840 2965 2940 15 17 Austria Championship 920 800 780 780 820 860 2900 2 2790 116 15 Kazakhstan Championship 860 700 940 840 800 760 2885 1 2860 217 16 Italy Championship 840 740 820 860 860 780 2840 1 2830 118 18 Great Britain Championship 820 660 860 820 880 800 2755 2775 219 19 Slovenia Division I A 800 820 740 740 740 720 2730 2665 120 21 Hungary Division I A 780 780 720 720 720 740 2640 1 2585 21 20 South Korea Division I A 740 720 760 760 760 820 2600 1 2635 122 22 Poland Division I B 700 760 700 660 660 700 2480 2460 23 24 Lithuania Division I A 760 600 680 680 700 680 2385 1 2310 124 23 Romania Division I A 720 640 660 700 680 600 2375 1 2315 125 25 Japan Division I B 680 680 640 640 640 660 2320 2285 26 27 China Division II A 600 900 500 480 480 500 2235 1 2125 527 28 Ukraine Division I B 660 620 600 600 600 620 2180 1 2125 128 26 Estonia Division I B 640 580 620 620 620 640 2150 2 2135 29 29 Netherlands Division II A 580 560 580 560 580 560 2000 1990 130 30 Serbia Division I B 620 500 560 580 560 520 1970 1905 131 31 Croatia Division II A 560 540 540 540 540 580 1910 1900 132 32 Spain Division II A 540 520 520 500 500 440 1825 1775 133 34 Israel Division II A 520 420 460 460 440 400 1625 1 1545 34 33 Iceland Division II B 480 480 440 420 420 460 1605 1 1560 235 35 Mexico Division II B 400 360 400 360 360 360 1330 1300 236 36 Australia Division II A 560 480 520 520 540 1310 1265 337 37 Bulgaria Division II B 420 380 340 340 320 300 1305 1210 338 38 Turkey Division III A 340 460 300 300 300 280 1250 1205 439 40 Chinese Taipei Division III A 300 440 240 240 240 260 1100 1 1045 540 39 Belgium Division II B 440 420 440 460 480 1090 1 1100 341 43 Georgia Division II B 460 380 380 380 320 1030 2 935 542 42 New Zealand Division II B 440 360 400 400 420 1010 965 343 44 United Arab Emirates Division III A 360 320 200 220 200 160 990 1 825 344 41 Luxembourg Division III A 280 300 280 260 260 340 985 3 990 245 45 North Korea Division III A 360 320 320 340 380 845 825 446 47 Thailand Division III B 220 340 140 160 160 785 1 680 347 46 Hong Kong Division III B 220 280 180 180 180 220 770 1 740 248 48 Turkmenistan Division III A 320 260 280 280 200 725 660 449 50 Kyrgyzstan Division IV 160 400 100 100 100 710 1 625 250 49 Bosnia and Herzegovina Division III B 200 260 160 140 140 180 685 1 640 51 52 South Africa Division III B 240 220 200 220 240 560 1 540 652 51 Kuwait Division IV 80 240 120 120 120 140 500 1 545 53 53 Malaysia Division IV 100 80 80 200 140 54 54 Philippines Division IV 100 60 60 175 105 55 55 Singapore Division IV 120 40 150 40 56 Iran Division IV 140 140 newWomen s rankings EditSee also List of IIHF World Rankings The Women s 2022 ranking is based on the performance at the World Championships of 2022 2021 2020 and 2019 and at the 2022 Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament in Beijing China For the 2018 Winter Olympics Russia s Olympic Committee and many of its athletes were banned due to systemic illegal doping 5 The IIHF opposed an outright ban on all Russian players 6 and the ice hockey team from the Russian hockey federation played under the banner of the International Olympic Committee as Olympic Athletes from Russia along with other Russian athletes not banned for doping Most of the tournaments in 2020 were cancelled due to the COVID 19 pandemic As a result teams were awarded points based on their seeding for their respective tournaments The Championship division received points based on the 2019 World Ranking while Divisions IA IB and IIA received points based on the previous year s results Divisions IIB and III were completed and scored as scheduled The following table lists the ranking following the 2021 Women s Ice Hockey World Championships 9 and the calculations of the rankings following the 2022 Women s Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament and 2022 Women s Ice Hockey World Championships Scores in italics represent minimum possible scores for unfinished tournaments 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 depreciated percentages are shown in the column headings first for the current total then for the new total The Total columns are the sums of the current tournament points and the depreciated values for past tournaments The columns indicate the increase or decrease in ranking since the last tournament A dash in a tournament column indicates that the country did not participate 2022Rank OLY2022Rank Team WC division as of 2022 WC2022 100 OLY2022 100 100 WC2021 100 75 WC2020 75 50 WC2019 50 25 WC2018 25 0 2022Total OLY2022Total 1 1 Canada Championship 1200 1200 1200 1160 1120 1160 4160 4120 12 2 United States Championship 1160 1160 1160 1200 1200 1200 4090 4120 13 3 Finland Championship 1040 1120 1120 1120 1160 1120 3850 3940 4 4 Switzerland Championship 1100 1100 1100 1060 1060 1060 3820 3790 15 5 Russia Expelled 1100 1060 1060 1100 1100 1100 3780 3770 16 7 Czech Republic Championship 1120 1020 1020 1020 1040 1000 3675 1 3575 7 6 Japan Championship 1060 1040 1040 1040 1000 1040 3650 1 3620 8 8 Sweden Championship 1020 1000 960 920 960 1020 3440 3385 19 11 Hungary Championship 1000 920 960 940 920 920 3340 2 3275 110 9 Germany Championship 960 860 1000 1000 1020 980 3325 1 3365 111 10 Denmark Championship 940 940 940 960 900 900 3290 1 3275 112 12 France Division I A 920 880 920 900 940 960 3175 3185 13 14 Norway Division I A 900 840 880 880 880 880 3060 1 3040 114 13 Austria Division I A 860 900 860 860 860 940 3050 1 3070 115 15 Slovakia Division I A 880 820 840 840 840 860 2960 2925 16 17 China Division I B 820 960 740 740 740 760 2890 1 2815 317 16 Italy Division I B 780 800 820 800 820 840 2800 1 2840 18 19 Netherlands Division I A 840 740 780 820 800 720 2775 1 2715 119 18 South Korea Division I B 740 780 800 780 780 820 2705 1 2760 120 20 Poland Division I B 800 760 760 760 760 740 2700 2655 121 21 Kazakhstan Division I B 760 660 720 720 720 780 2500 2475 22 22 Slovenia Division I B 720 680 680 700 680 640 2430 2385 123 23 Great Britain Division II A 700 720 660 660 660 700 2410 2380 124 24 Spain Division II A 660 700 640 640 640 600 2320 2290 125 25 Mexico Division II A 620 640 620 620 620 620 2190 2190 126 26 Chinese Taipei Division II A 640 620 540 580 560 580 2095 2020 427 27 Iceland Division II B 580 600 520 540 520 560 1970 1925 428 28 Turkey Division II B 540 580 580 500 500 520 1930 1915 29 29 Latvia Division II A 680 700 680 700 800 1720 1760 730 30 Hong Kong Division III A 360 560 460 340 380 420 1530 1570 431 31 North Korea Division II A 620 600 600 600 680 1520 1520 432 32 Bulgaria Division III A 420 540 360 380 360 400 1510 1465 733 33 Australia Division II B 560 560 560 580 660 1405 1435 434 36 Lithuania Division III A 440 520 340 360 1395 2 1130 435 34 New Zealand Division II B 540 500 520 540 540 1310 1 1295 236 35 Croatia Division II B 500 480 480 480 480 1220 1 1200 237 38 South Africa Division II B 520 420 440 400 440 1155 1 1060 238 40 Ukraine Division III A 460 380 460 440 1085 2 945 239 39 Belgium Division III A 460 400 420 420 460 1075 1040 240 37 Romania Division III A 420 440 400 460 500 1065 3 1095 241 41 Estonia Division III B 340 320 580 320 42 42 Bosnia and Herzegovina Division III B 300 300 525 300 43 Serbia Division III B 320 320 new44 Israel Division III B 280 280 newSee also EditList of IIHF World RankingsReferences Edit a b IIHF World Ranking iihf com IIHF Retrieved 20 October 2021 Hockey Canada 30 September 2003 IIHF Introduces World Ranking and Ranks Canada First in Men s and Women s Hockey Retrieved 27 May 2019 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 7 Retrieved 27 May 2019 Olympic Winter Games International Ice Hockey Federation Retrieved 27 May 2019 a b Ruiz Rebecca R Panja Tariq 5 December 2017 Russia Banned From Winter Olympics by I O C The New York Times a b Clinton Jared 29 November 2017 IIHF says complete ban of Russian Olympians would put health of hockey at risk The Hockey News IIHF Groups for 2022 iihf com IIHF Retrieved 7 June 2021 Finland Stays 1 in World Ranking iihf com IIHF Retrieved 30 May 2022 a b IIHF World Ranking IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation Retrieved 2 March 2022 External links EditWorld Ranking for the current year at IIHF com World Rankings from 2007 to 2018 at IIHF com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title IIHF World Ranking amp oldid 1124739100 2003 2008, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
