Netherlands Ice Hockey Association

Netherlands

Association name	Nederlandse IJshockey Bond
IIHF membership	January 20, 1935
President	Ruud Vreeman
IIHF men's ranking	24
IIHF women's ranking	21
http://www.nijb.nl/

The Nederlandse IJshockey Bond ("NIJB", English: Netherlands Ice Hockey Association) is the official governing body of ice hockey in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1933 as a three team league with The Hague, Amsterdam and Tilburg. It joined the International Ice Hockey Federation in 1935. In 1946, it created the Eredivisie.

It is now the governing body for four divisions: The North Sea Cup (formerly known as the Eredivisie, or "Premier league"-- professional); the Eerste Divisie ("first division"-- amateur); and the 2nd and 3rd divisions (recreational). It also governs the Dutch national men's ice hockey team, the Dutch national women's ice hockey team, the Dutch national men's junior ice hockey team and the Dutch national men's under 18 ice hockey team.

The professional tournaments that it organizes are currently the Bekercompetitie, a pre-season cup tournament held in the autumn among the top professional Dutch teams, and the North Sea Cup, a regular season that includes the 6 Eredivisie teams and three teams from Belgium. North Sea Cup standings determine ranking for the playoffs for Dutch national championships. It also organizes the playoffs which determine the Dutch National Champions of ice hockey.

External links

Netherlands at IIHF.com

National Members of the International Ice Hockey Federation

Full members	Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canada China Chinese Taipei Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Korea DPR Korea Republic Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Mexico Mongolia Netherlands Norway New Zealand Poland Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine United States

Associate members	Andorra Argentina Armenia Brazil Greece Jamaica Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Liechtenstein Macau Macedonia Malaysia Moldova Morocco Oman Portugal Qatar Singapore Turkmenistan United Arab Emirates

Affiliate members	Chile Namibia

Non-IIHF members	Algeria Bahrain Basque Country Catalonia Colombia Egypt England Nepal Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saudi Arabia Scotland Tunisia Uzbekistan

Sports governing bodies in the Netherlands (NED)

Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling

Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh Curling Skating Figure Speed Short Track Ice hockey Luge Skeleton Skiing Alpine Cross Country Nordic Combined Freestyle Jumping Snowboarding

Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water ski Wushu

Paralympic Sports

Others Sports	American Football Lacrosse Quidditch Rugby Union Rugby League

Dutch Olympic Committee

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Netherlands Ice Hockey Association

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