Ice Hockey Federation of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Azerbaijan

Association name	Ice Hockey Federation of the Republic of Azerbaijan
IIHF membership	May 6, 1992
President	Vagif D. Mussayev (General Secretary: Mr Valery Laryukov)

The Ice Hockey Federation of the Republic of Azerbaijan is the Azeri national ice hockey federation. ^[1]

History

The Ice Hockey Federation of the Republic of Azerbaijan was founded in 1991 as a part of the Soviet Ice Hockey Federation. After the Soviet Union had disintegrated, the Federation joined the International Ice Hockey Federation on May 6, 1992. There is no organized national hockey league in Azerbaijan, and the country has not played in any IIHF tournaments.

References

↑ "Breakup of old Europe creates a new hockey world" (web). IIHF. May 6, 1992. Retrieved November 9, 2010.

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 North Korea South Korea Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Mexico Mongolia Netherlands Norway New Zealand Poland Qatar Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Arab Emirates United States

Associate members	Andorra Argentina Armenia Brazil Greece Indonesia Jamaica Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Liechtenstein Macau Macedonia Malaysia Moldova Morocco Nepal Oman Philippines Portugal Singapore Turkmenistan

Affiliate members	Chile Namibia

Former members	Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union Yugoslavia

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