List of members of the International Ice Hockey Federation

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

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) is the worldwide governing body for ice hockey and inline 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 2016, there are 77 members: 54 full members, 21 associate members and 2 affiliate members. Indonesia, Nepal, and the Philippines are the newest members, all of whom joined on May 19, 2016. In 2015, there are 47 participated in the Men's World Championships, 36 participated in the Women's World Championships and 16 participated in the Inline Hockey World Championships.

Members

IIHF World Ranking information is accurate as of 2016.
In the Teams column
Text in boldface indicates that the team participated in its corresponding event in 2016.
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 Championships
inline	Inline Hockey World Championships

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	36	28	[3]
Austria^[A]	March 18, 1912	Austrian Ice Hockey Association	Dieter Kalt	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	17	11	[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	9	—	[6]
Belgium	December 8, 1908	Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation	Pascal Nuchelmans	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	32	36	[7]
Bosnia and Herzegovina	May 8, 2001	Bosnia and Herzegovina Ice Hockey Federation	Haris Muhić	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	46	—	[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	2	[10]
China	July 25, 1963	Chinese Ice Hockey Association	Wang Yitao	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	37	16	[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	26	25	[13]
Czech Republic	November 15, 1908^[B]	Czech Ice Hockey Association	Tomáš Král	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	6	9	[14]
Denmark	April 27, 1946	Danish Ice Hockey Union	Henrik Bach Nielsen	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	13	10	[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	3	[17]
France	October 20, 1908	French Ice Hockey Federation	Luc Tardif	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	14	12	[18]
Georgia	May 8, 2009	Georgian Ice Hockey Federation	Nugzar Paikidze	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	44	—	[19]
Germany^[C]	September 19, 1909	German Ice Hockey Federation	Uwe Harnos	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	10	8	[20]
Great Britain	November 19, 1908	Ice Hockey UK	Eamon Convery	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	24	21	[21]
Hong Kong	April 30, 1983	Hong Kong Ice Hockey Association	Siu Yin Yip	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	45	35	[22]
Hungary	January 24, 1927	Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation	Ferenc Studniczky	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	19	17	[23]
Iceland	May 6, 1992	Ice Hockey Iceland	Vidar Garðarsson	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	—	—	[25]
Ireland	September 26, 1996	Irish Ice Hockey Association	William Fay	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	48	38	[26]
Israel	May 1, 1991	Ice Hockey Federation of Israel	Sergei Matin	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	34	—	[27]
Italy	January 24, 1924	Federation of Italian Ice Sports	Giancarlo Bolognini	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	18	20	[28]
Japan^[E]	January 26, 1930	Japan Ice Hockey Federation	Kenichi Chizuka	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	21	7	[29]
Kazakhstan	May 6, 1992	Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation	Askar Mamin	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	16	18	[30]
North Korea	August 8, 1963	Ice Hockey Association of the DPR Korea	Pak Song-Nam	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	40	26	[31]
South Korea	July 25, 1960	Korea Ice Hockey Association	Park Kap-Chul	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	23	23	[32]
Latvia	February 22, 1931^[D]	Latvian Ice Hockey Federation	Lipmans, KirovsKirovs Lipmans	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	12	15	[33]
Lithuania	February 19, 1938^[D]	Lithuanian Ice Hockey Federation	Petras Nauseda	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	25	—	[34]
Luxembourg	March 23, 1912	Luxembourg Ice Hockey Federation	Rene Ludovicy	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	43	—	[35]
Mexico	April 30, 1985	Mexico Ice Hockey Federation	Joaquin de la Garma	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	33	32	[36]
Mongolia	May 15, 1999	Mongolian Ice Hockey Federation	Sumiya Ganjargal	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	50	—	[37]
Netherlands	January 20, 1935	Netherlands Ice Hockey Association	Joop Vullers	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	27	19	[38]
New Zealand	May 2, 1977	New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation	Grant Hay	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	38	29	[39]
Norway	January 20, 1935	Norwegian Ice Hockey Association	Ole-Jacob Libæk	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	11	13	[40]
Poland	January 11, 1926	Polish Ice Hockey Federation	Zdzisław Ingielewicz	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	20	22	[41]
Qatar	May 18, 2012	Qatar Ice Hockey Federation	Khalil Al-Jabir	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[42]
Romania	January 24, 1924	Romanian Ice Hockey Federation	Barna Tanczos	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	29	37	[43]
Russia	April 1, 1952^[F]	Ice Hockey Federation of Russia	Tretiak, VladislavVladislav Tretiak	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	2	4	[44]
Serbia	January 1, 1939^[G]	Serbian Ice Hockey Association	Nastas Andrić	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	31	—	[45]
Slovakia	February 2, 1993	Slovak Ice Hockey Federation	Juraj Siroky	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	8	14	[46]
Slovenia	May 6, 1992	Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia	Matjaž Rakovec	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	15	24	[47]
South Africa	February 25, 1937	South African Ice Hockey Association	Jerry Stevens	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	42	33	[48]
Spain	March 10, 1923	Spanish Ice Sports Federation	Maria Teresa Samaranch	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	30	27	[49]
Sweden	March 23, 1912	Swedish Ice Hockey Association	Christer Englund	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	5	5	[50]
Switzerland	November 23, 1908	Swiss Ice Hockey Federation	Philippe Gaydoul	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	7	6	[51]
Thailand	April 27, 1989	Ice Hockey Association of Thailand	Phisan Xupravatti	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[52]
Turkey	May 1, 1991	Turkish Ice Hockey Federation	Akin Kilavuz	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	41	31	[53]
Ukraine	May 6, 1992	Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine	Anatoliy Brezvin	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	22	—	[54]
United Arab Emirates	May 10, 2001	UAE Ice Hockey Association	Ahmed Mubarak Al-Mazrouei	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	47	—	[55]
United States	April 26, 1920	USA Hockey	DeGregorio, RonRon DeGregorio	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	4	1	[56]

^ 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.^[57]
^ 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.
^ 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.^[58]
^ 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.^[59][60][61]
^ E. Japan was expelled from the IIHF on April 27, 1946, then re-admitted on March 10, 1951.^[62]
^ F. The IIHF recognizes the Soviet Union, which joined in 1952, as the predecessor to Russia, which officially became a member in 1992.
^ G. The IIHF recognizes Yugoslavia, which joined in 1939, as the predecessor to Serbia, which officially became a member on September 28, 2006.
^ H. Armenia was suspended by the IIHF on April 2010, for use of ineligible players on their national team that participated in the 2010 IIHF World Championship Division III Group B in Yerevan, Armenia.^[63]

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	—	—	[64]
Armenia^[H]	September 22, 1999	Ice Hockey Federation of Armenia	Samvel Zakharyan	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[65]
Argentina	May 31, 1998	Argentine Association of Ice and In-Line Hockey	Hector Iannicelli	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[66]
Brazil	June 26, 1984	Brazilian Ice Sports Federation	Emilio Strapasson	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[67]
Greece	April 29, 1987	Hellenic Ice Sports Federation	Christos Chatziathanassiou	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	49	—	[68]
Indonesia	May 19, 2016	Federasi Hoki Es Indonesia	Joko Widodo	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[69]
Jamaica	May 18, 2012	Jamaican Olympic Ice Hockey Federation	Edmond L. Phillipps Jr.	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[70]
Kuwait	May 8, 2009	Kuwait Ice Hockey Association	Fahad Hamad Al-Ajmi	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[71]
Kyrgyzstan	May 14, 2011	Ice Hockey Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic	Anvar Omorkanov	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[72]
Liechtenstein	October 4, 2001	Liechtenstein Ice Hockey Federation	Michael Zanghellini	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[73]
Macau	May 12, 2005	Macau Ice Sports Federation	Andrew Chan Chak Mo	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[74]
Macedonia	October 4, 2001	Macedonian Ice Hockey Federation	Nikola Tasev	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[75]
Malaysia	September 28, 2006	Malaysia Ice Hockey Federation	Dato Lee Hwa Beng	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[76]
Moldova	May 21, 2008	National Ice Hockey Federation of Moldova	Andrei Gargalic	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[77]
Morocco	May 22, 2010	Royal Moroccan Ice Hockey Federation	Khalid Mrini	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[78]
Nepal	May 19, 2016	Nepal Ice Hockey Association	Lok Bahadur Shahi	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[79]
Oman	May 24, 2014	Oman Ice Sports Committee	Anad Al-Balushi	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[80]
Philippines	May 19, 2016	Federation of Hockey League in the Philippines	Christopher G. Sy	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[81]
Portugal	May 13, 1999	Federation of Portuguese Ice Sports	José Pinheiro de Almeida	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[82]
Singapore	May 2, 1996	Singapore Ice Hockey Association	James Kodrowski	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[83]
Turkmenistan	May 15, 2015	National Center of Turkmenistan for Winter Sports	Sergei Vakhitov	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	—	—	[84]

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	[85]
Namibia	May 31, 1998	Namibia Ice and InLine Hockey Association	Holger Mentzel	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	[86]

Former IIHF Members

Nation	Date joined IIHF	Date left IIHF	Reason
Bohemia	November 15, 1908[87]	1920[88]	Membership rights transferred to the newly established Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia	1920[88]	December 31, 1992[89]	Membership rights transferred to the Czech Republic
East Germany	June 9, 1954[58]	October 3, 1990[58]	Reunification of East and West Germany
West Germany	March 10, 1951[58]	October 3, 1990[58]	Reunification of East and West Germany, membership transferred to Germany
Soviet Union	April 1, 1952	May 6, 1992[90]	Membership rights transferred to Russia
Yugoslavia	January 1, 1939	December 31, 1992[89]	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. 2016-07-20.
3. "Australia". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
4. "Austria". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
5. "Azerbaijan". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
6. "Belarus". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
7. "Belgium". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
8. "Bosnia & Herzegovina". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
9. "Bulgaria". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
10. "Canada". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
11. "China". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
12. "Chinese Taipei". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
13. "Croatia". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
14. "Czech Republic". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
15. "Denmark". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
16. "Estonia". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
17. "Finland". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
18. "France". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
19. "Georgia". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
20. "Germany". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
21. "Great Britain". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
22. "Hong Kong". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
23. "Hungary". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
24. "Iceland". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
25. "India". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
26. "Ireland". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
27. "Israel". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
28. "Italy". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
29. "Japan". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
30. "Kazakhstan". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
31. "DPR Korea". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
32. "Korea". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
33. "Latvia". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
34. "Lithuania". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
35. "Luxembourg". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
36. "Mexico". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
37. "Mongolia". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
38. "Netherlands". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
39. "New Zealand". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
40. "Norway". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
41. "Poland". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
42. "Qatar". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
43. "Romania". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
44. "Russia". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
45. "Serbia". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
46. "Slovakia". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
47. "Slovenia". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
48. "South Africa". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
49. "Spain". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
50. "Sweden". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
51. "Switzerland". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
52. "Thailand". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
53. "Turkey". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
54. "Ukraine". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
55. "United Arab Emirates". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
56. "United States". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
57. Podnieks 2010, pp. 53–54
58. Podnieks 2010, pp. 67–69
59. Podnieks 2010, p. 70
60. Podnieks 2010, p. 89
61. Podnieks 2010, p. 94
62. Podnieks 2010, pp. 92–93
63. "Welcome Morocco". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2010-05-22.
64. "Andorra". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
65. "Armenia". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
66. "Argentina". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
67. "Brazil". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
68. "Greece". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
69. "Indonesia". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
70. "Jamaica". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
71. "Kuwait". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
72. "Kyrgyzstan". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
73. "Liechtenstein". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
74. "Macau". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
75. "FYR Macedonia". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
76. "Malaysia". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
77. "Moldova". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
78. "Morocco". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
79. "Nepal". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
80. "Oman". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
81. "Philippines". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
82. "Portugal". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
83. "Singapore". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
84. "Turkmenistan". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
85. "Chile". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
86. "Namibia". International Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-07-20.
87. "1908-1913". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
88. "1914-1933". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
89. "1990-today". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved May 13, 2009.
90. 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