List of members of the International Ice Hockey Federation

The current members of the IIHF. (Red indicates full members, blue indicates associate members, green indicates affiliate members and black indicates suspended members).

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) is the worldwide governing body for ice hockey and in-line hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and maintains the international ice hockey rulebook, processes international player transfers, dictates officiating guidelines and is responsible for the management of international ice hockey tournaments. The IIHF was created on May 15, 1908, under the name (in French) Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace (LHG).^[1] Belgium, France, Great Britain, Switzerland and Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) were the founding members. The IIHF was composed entirely of European teams until 1920, when Canada and the United States joined.

Under the IIHF, there are three levels for member organizations. The highest level, and the only one in which members can vote at IIHF Congresses, is IIHF Full Member. These nations have their own independent hockey association, and regularly participate in the various IIHF-sanctioned World Championships. IIHF Associate Members is the second level. These nations either do not have their own independent hockey association, or have one, but have limited participation in the World Championships. The third category, IIHF Affiliate Member, is for nations that only participate in the InLine Hockey World Championships.^[2]

As of 2015, there are 74 members: 54 full members, 18 associate members and 2 affiliate members. Turkmenistan, which joined on May 15, 2015, is the newest member. In 2015, 47 members participated in the Men's World Championships and 36 participated in the Women's World Championships.

Members

IIHF World Ranking information is accurate as of the 2014 Winter Olympics.
In the Teams column
Text in boldface indicates that that team participated in its corresponding event in 2012.
M	Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
M-U20	World Under-20 Championships
M-U18	World Under-18 Championships
W	World Women Championships
W-U18	World Women's Under-18 Championships
inline	InLine Hockey World Championship

IIHF Full Members

Nation	Date joined	Organization	President	Teams	Men's Ranking	Women's Ranking	Ref.
Australia	February 11, 1938	Ice Hockey Australia	Don Rurak	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	34	27	[3]
Austria^[A]	March 18, 1912	Austrian Ice Hockey Association	Dieter Kalt	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	16	13	[4]
Azerbaijan	May 6, 1992	Ice Hockey Federation of the Republic of Azerbaijan	Vagif D. Mussayev	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[5]
Belarus	May 6, 1992	Belarus Ice Hockey Federation	Evgeny Vorsin	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	15	—	[6]
Belgium	December 8, 1908	Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation	Pascal Nuchelmans	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	36	31	[7]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	May 8, 2001	Bosnia and Herzegovina Ice Hockey Federation	Haris Muhic	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[8]
Bulgaria	July 25, 1960	Bulgarian Ice Hockey Federation	Krasimir Krastev	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	39	34	[9]
Canada	April 26, 1920	Hockey Canada	Renney, TomTom Renney	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	1	1	[10]
China	July 25, 1963	Chinese Ice Hockey Association	Wang Yitao	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	38	14	[11]
Chinese Taipei	September 1, 1983	Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey Federation	Pai Wen-Jun	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[12]
Croatia	May 6, 1992	Croatian Ice Hockey Federation	Nikola Švigir	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	30	25	[13]
Czech Republic	November 15, 1908^[B]	Czech Ice Hockey Association	Tomáš Král	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	5	8	[14]
Denmark	April 27, 1946	Danmarks Ishockey Union	Henrik Bach Nielsen	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	13	12	[15]
Estonia	February 17, 1935^[D]	Estonian Ice Hockey Association	Priit Vilba	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	28	—	[16]
Finland	February 10, 1928	Finnish Ice Hockey Association	Kalervo Kummola	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	3	4	[17]
France	October 20, 1908	French Ice Hockey Federation	Luc Tardif	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	12	16	[18]
Georgia	May 8, 2009	Georgian Ice Hockey Federation	Nugzar Paikidze	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	48	—	[19]
Germany^[C]	September 19, 1909	German Ice Hockey Federation	Uwe Harnos	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	11	7	[20]
Great Britain	November 19, 1908	Ice Hockey UK	Eamon Convery	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	20	19	[21]
Hong Kong	April 30, 1983	Hong Kong Ice Hockey Association	Siu Yin Yip	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[22]
Hungary	January 24, 1927	Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation	Ferenc Studniczky	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	19	21	[23]
Iceland	May 6, 1992	Ice Hockey Iceland	Vidar Gardarsson	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	35	30	[24]
India	April 27, 1989	Ice Hockey Association of India	K. L. Kumar	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[24]
Ireland	September 26, 1996	Irish Ice Hockey Association	William Fay	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	42	35	[25]
Israel	May 1, 1991	Ice Hockey Federation of Israel	Sergei Matin	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	33	—	[26]
Italy	January 24, 1924	Federation of Italian Ice Sports	Giancarlo Bolognini	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	18	20	[27]
Japan^[E]	January 26, 1930	Japan Ice Hockey Federation	Kenichi Chizuka	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	22	9	[28]
Kazakhstan	May 6, 1992	Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation	Askar Mamin	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	17	15	[29]
North Korea	August 8, 1963	Ice Hockey Association of the DPR Korea	Pak Song-Nam	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	45	29	[30]
South Korea	July 25, 1960	Korea Ice Hockey Association	Park Kap-Chul	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	23	24	[31]
Latvia	February 22, 1931^[D]	Latvian Ice Hockey Federation	Kirovs Lipmans	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	10	17	[32]
Lithuania	February 19, 1938^[D]	Lithuanian Ice Hockey Federation	Petras Nauseda	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	26	—	[33]
Luxembourg	March 23, 1912	Luxembourg Ice Hockey Federation	Rene Ludovicy	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	43	—	[34]
Mexico	April 30, 1985	Mexico Ice Hockey Federation	Joaquin de la Garma	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	32	—	[35]
Mongolia	May 15, 1999	Mongolian Ice Hockey Federation	Sumiya Ganjargal	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	46	—	[36]
Netherlands	January 20, 1935	Ice Hockey Association of The Netherlands	Joop Vullers	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	24	18	[37]
New Zealand	May 2, 1977	New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation	Grant Hay	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	37	28	[38]
Norway	January 20, 1935	Norwegian Ice Hockey Association	Ole-Jacob Libæk	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	9	11	[39]
Poland	January 11, 1926	Polish Ice Hockey Federation	Zdzislaw Ingielewicz	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	25	23	[40]
Romania	January 24, 1924	Romanian Ice Hockey Federation	Barna Tanczos	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	27	36	[41]
Russia	April 1, 1952^[F]	Ice Hockey Federation of Russia	Tretiak, VladislavVladislav Tretiak	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	4	5	[42]
Serbia	January 1, 1939^[G]	Serbian Ice Hockey Association	Nastas Andric	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	31	—	[43]
Slovakia	February 2, 1993	Slovak Ice Hockey Federation	Juraj Siroky	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	8	10	[44]
Slovenia	May 6, 1992	Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia	Matjaž Rakovec	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	14	22	[45]
South Africa	February 25, 1937	South African Ice Hockey Association	Jerry Stevens	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	41	32	[46]
Spain	March 10, 1923	Spanish Ice Sports Federation	Maria Teresa Samaranch	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	29	26	[47]
Sweden	March 23, 1912	Swedish Ice Hockey Association	Christer Englund	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	2	6	[48]
Switzerland	November 23, 1908	Swiss Ice Hockey Association	Philippe Gaydoul	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	7	3	[49]
Thailand	April 27, 1989	Ice Hockey Association of Thailand	Phisan Xupravatti	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[50]
Turkey	May 1, 1991	Turkish Ice Hockey Federation	Akin Kilavuz	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	40	33	[51]
Ukraine	May 6, 1992	Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine	Anatoliy Brezvin	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	21	—	[52]
United States	April 26, 1920	USA Hockey	DeGregorio, RonRon DeGregorio	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	6	2	[53]

^ A. Austria was expelled from the IIHF in 1920, then re-admitted on January 24, 1924. It was again expelled in 1939 and re-admitted on April 27, 1946.^[54]
^ B. The IIHF recognizes Bohemia, which joined in 1908, and Czechoslovakia as the predecessors to the Czech Republic, which officially became a member in 1993.^[14]
^ C. Germany was expelled in 1920, then re-admitted on January 11, 1926. It was again expelled on April 27, 1946. West Germany and East Germany were admitted into the IIHF in 1951 and 1954, respectively. Following their reunification, Germany was re-admitted into the IIHF on October 3, 1990.^[55]
^ D. In 1940, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were annexed by the Soviet Union. Their membership expired on April 27, 1946. The three nations were re-admitted into the IIHF on May 6, 1992.^[56][57][58]
^ E. Japan was expelled from the IIHF on April 27, 1946, then re-admitted on March 10, 1951.^[59]
^ F. The IIHF recognizes the Soviet Union, which joined in 1952, as the predecessor to Russia, which officially became a member in 1992.^[42]
^ G. The IIHF recognizes Yugoslavia, which joined in 1939, as the predecessor to Serbia, which officially became a member on September 28, 2006.^[43]

IIHF Associate Members

Nation	Date joined	Organization	President	Teams	Men's Ranking	Women's Ranking	Ref.
Andorra	May 4, 1995	Andorran Federation of Ice Sports	Imma Ribes Sagues	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[60]
Armenia	September 22, 1999	Ice Hockey Federation of Armenia	Samvel Zakharyan	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[61]
Argentina	May 31, 1998	Argentine Association of Ice and In-Line Hockey	Hector Iannicelli	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[62]
Brazil	June 26, 1984	Brazilian Ice Sports Federation	Emilio Strapasson	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[63]
Greece	April 29, 1987	Hellenic Ice Sports Federation	Christos Chatziathanassiou	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	44	—	[64]
Jamaica	May 18, 2012	Jamaican Olympic Ice Hockey Federation	Edmond L. Phillipps Jr.	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[65]
Kuwait	May 8, 2009	Kuwait Ice Hockey Association	Fahad Hamad Al Ajmi	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[66]
Kyrgyzstan	May 14, 2011	Ice Hockey Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic	Anvar Omorkanov	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[67]
Liechtenstein	October 4, 2001	Liechtenstein Ice Hockey Federation	Michael Zanghellini	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[68]
Macau	May 12, 2005	Macau Ice Sports Federation	Andrew Chan Chak Mo	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[69]
Macedonia	October 4, 2001	Macedonian Ice Hockey Federation	Nikola Tasev	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[70]
Malaysia	September 28, 2006	Malaysia Ice Hockey Federation	Dato Lee Hwa Beng	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[71]
Moldova	May 21, 2008	National Ice Hockey Federation of Moldova	Andrei Gargalic	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[72]
Morocco	May 22, 2010	Royal Moroccan Ice Hockey Federation	Khalid, MriniMrini Khalid	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[73]
Oman	May 24, 2014	Oman Ice Sports Committee	Al-Balushi, AnadAnad Al-Balushi	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[74]
Portugal	May 13, 1999	Federation of Portuguese Ice Sports	José Pinheiro de Almeida	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[75]
Qatar	May 18, 2012	Qatar Ice Hockey Federation	Khalil Al-Jabir	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[76]
Singapore	May 2, 1996	Singapore Ice Hockey Association	James Kodrowski	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[77]
Turkmenistan	May 15, 2015	National Ice Hockey Federation of Turkmenistan	Sergei Vakhitov	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline		—	[78]
United Arab Emirates	May 10, 2001	UAE Ice Hockey Association	Ahmed Mubarak Al Mazrouei	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	47	—	[79]

IIHF Affiliate Members

Nation	Date joined	Organization	President	Teams	Ref.
Chile	September 22, 1999	National Association of Hockey on Ice and Inline	Nicolas Gomez Bermeosolo	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	[80]
Namibia	May 31, 1998	Namibia Ice and InLine Hockey Association	Holger Mentzel	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	[81]

Former IIHF Members

Nation	Date joined IIHF	Date left IIHF	Reason
Bohemia	November 15, 1908[82]	1920[83]	Membership rights transferred to the newly established Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia	1920[83]	December 31, 1992[84]	Membership rights transferred to the Czech Republic
East Germany	June 9, 1954[55]	October 3, 1990[55]	Reunification of East and West Germany
West Germany	March 10, 1951[55]	October 3, 1990[55]	Reunification of East and West Germany, membership transferred to Germany
Soviet Union	April 1, 1952[42]	May 6, 1992[85]	Membership rights transferred to Russia
Yugoslavia	January 1, 1939[43]	December 31, 1992[84]	Membership rights transferred to Serbia after split of Yugoslavia

Notes

1. "It all started in Paris, 1908". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 1 March 2009.
2. "Members". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
3. "Australia". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
4. "Austria". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
5. "Azerbaijan". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
6. "Belarus". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
7. "Belgium". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
8. "Bosnia & Herzegovina". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
9. "Bulgaria". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
10. "Canada". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
11. "China". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
12. "Chinese Taipei". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
13. "Croatia". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
14. "Czech Republic". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
15. "Denmark". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
16. "Estonia". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
17. "Finland". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
18. "France". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
19. "Georgia". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
20. "Germany". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
21. "Great Britain". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
22. "Hong Kong". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
23. "Hungary". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
24. "Iceland". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
25. "Ireland". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
26. "Israel". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
27. "Italy". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
28. "Japan". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
29. "Kazakhstan". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
30. "DPR Korea". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
31. "Korea". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
32. "Latvia". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
33. "Lithuania". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
34. "Luxembourg". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
35. "Mexico". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
36. "Mongolia". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
37. "Netherlands". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
38. "New Zealand". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
39. "Norway". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
40. "Poland". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
41. "Romania". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
42. "Russia". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
43. "Serbia". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
44. "Slovakia". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
45. "Slovenia". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
46. "South Africa". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
47. "Spain". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
48. "Sweden". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
49. "Switzerland". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
50. "Thailand". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
51. "Turkey". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
52. "Ukraine". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
53. "United States". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
54. Podnieks 2010, pp. 53–54
55. Podnieks 2010, pp. 67–69
56. Podnieks 2010, p. 70
57. Podnieks 2010, p. 89
58. Podnieks 2010, p. 94
59. Podnieks 2010, pp. 92–93
60. "Andorra". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
61. "Armenia". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
62. "Argentina". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
63. "Brazil". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
64. "Greece". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
65. "Jamaica". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
66. "Kuwait". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
67. "Kyrgyzstan". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 14, 2011.
68. "Liechtenstein". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
69. "Macau". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
70. "Macedonia". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
71. "Malaysia". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
72. "IIHF Congress begins in Montreal". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 21, 2008.
73. "Morocco". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
74. "Oman". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
75. "Portugal". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
76. "Qatar". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 21, 2012.
77. "Singapore". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
78. "Turkmenistan". International Ice Hockey Federation. May 15, 2015. Retrieved May 15, 2015.
79. "United Arab Emirates". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
80. "Chile". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
81. "Namibia". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
82. "1908-1913". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
83. "1914-1933". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
84. "1990-today". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
85. Szemberg, Szymon; Podnieks, Andrew (2008). "Story #42: Breakup of old Europe creates a new hockey world". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.

References

• Podnieks, Andrew, ed. (2010). IIHF Media Guide & Record Book 2011. Nordmark, Birger (contributing editor). Toronto: Moydart Press. ISBN 978-0-9867964-0-1.

External links

• Official website of the International Ice Hockey Federation