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This is a list of IIHF World Rankings from its inception in 2003. 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 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 ...
The tournament will feature twelve countries, eight qualifying through the IIHF World Ranking, the host Italy, and three through qualifying tournaments.The format remains the same as the previous three Olympics; three groups of four compete in three games to determine seeding, each play every other team in their group, followed by four rounds of elimination games.
IIHF World Ranking information is accurate as of 28 August 2023. In the Teams column Text in boldface indicates that the team participated in its corresponding event in 2019. M Men's Ice Hockey World Championships: M-U20 World Junior Championships: M-U18 World Under-18 Championships: W World Women's Championships: W-U18 World Women's Under-18 ...
It has been superseded by HC Kunlun Red Star who compete in the multi-national Kontinental Hockey League. China has men's, women's and junior national teams. Andong Song was the first Chinese player drafted by the New York Islanders in the 6th round (172nd overall) in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. [46] Chinese Taipei
Qualification for the men's ice hockey tournament at the 2026 Winter Olympics was determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the 2023 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships. A total of 12 men's hockey teams qualified. [1] The hosts (Italy) along with the top eight teams in the world ranking received automatic berths into the Olympics, while ...
The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held in Beijing, China between 3 and 17 February 2022. [1] Ten countries qualified for the tournament; six of them did so automatically by virtue of their ranking by the International Ice Hockey Federation, one, China, automatically qualified as hosts, while the three others took part in a qualification tournament.
Last updated after the 2023 World Para Ice Hockey Championships (As of 4 June 2023) Ice hockey Para ice hockey Number of Olympic Games World Championships Paralympic Games World Championships; Rk. Nation Men Women Men Women Mixed Mixed Total 1 Canada: 6: 0: 0: 6 1 United States: 6: 0: 0: 6 3 Sweden: 4: 1: 1: 6 4 Russia: 1: 2: 2: 5 5 Finland: 2 ...