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The IIHF World Ranking is a ranking of the national teams of member countries of the International Ice Hockey Federation.

The system was approved by the IIHF congress in September 2003.[1] According to IIHF President René Fasel, the system was designed to be simple to understand and "reflect the long-term quality of all national hockey programs and their commitment to international hockey."[2]

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Current calculation method

The world ranking is based on the final positions of the last four Ice Hockey World Championships and last Olympic ice hockey tournament. Since the women have no world championship in the year of the Olympics is based only on the last three world championships and the Olympic tournament. Points are assigned according to a teams final placement in the World Championship or the Olympic tournament. The world champion receives 1200 points and then a 20-point interval is used between teams. However a 40 point interval is used between gold and silver, silver and bronze, fourth and fifth and eighth and ninth. This is used as a bonus for the teams who reach the quarter-finals, the semi-finals, the final and for winning the gold medal.[3]

Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ...
Points 1200 1160 1120 1100 1060 1040 1020 1000 960 940 920 900 880 860 840 820 800 780 760 ...

Points awarded in the current year are valued at the full amount. Points award in the prior years decline linearly by 25% until the fifth year when they are dropped from the calculation.[3] For example if a country after 2012 had won the gold medal in the last four championships and the last Olympic tournament their score would be 3900:

Competition Valuation
coefficient		 Points
2012 IIHF World Championship 100% 1200
2011 IIHF World Championship 75% 900
2010 IIHF World Championship 50% 600
2010 Winter Olympics 50% 600
2009 IIHF World Championship 25% 300
2008 IIHF World Championship 0% 0

Effects

The ranking is used to determine the seeding of the teams for the next World Championship and to select the teams which can participate in Winter Olympics without playing in the qualifying round. For the 2010 Winter Olympics the first nine teams of the Men's World Ranking and the first six of the Women's World Ranking can participate without qualification. Qualification for the men's tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics was structured around the 2008 ranking. Twelve spots were made available for teams. The top nine teams in the World Ranking after the 2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships received automatic berths into the Ice Hockey event. Teams ranked 10th through 30th had an opportunity to qualify for the event.[4][5] The women's tournament uses a similar qualification format. The top six teams in the IIHF Women's World Ranking after the 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships received automatic berths into the ice hockey event. Lower ranked teams had an opportunity to qualify for the event. Teams ranked 13th and below were divided into two groups where they played in a first qualification round in September 2008. The two group winners from the round advanced to the second qualification round, where the teams ranked seventh through twelfth joined them.[6]

Men's rankings

Graph of the evolution of the top ten men's nations (2003-2012).

The Men's 2012 ranking is based on the performance at World Championship of 2012, 2011, 2010, and 2009, and at the 2010 Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament in Vancouver, Canada.[3] For all years the points received is the shown at their full value. The "Total" column is the countries score after the previous years have been depreciated by their respected value. A dash in a tournament column indicates that the country did not participate.

Eight nations have achieved a top ten ranking every year between 2003-2012, they are: Canada, Sweden, Russia, Czech Republic, Finland, the United States, Slovakia, and Switzerland. An additional four nations, Germany (7 years), Latvia (6 years), Belarus (5 years), and Norway (2 years) have been in the top ten at least once. Three countries have accomplished a first place ranking; Canada and Russia with four years each, and Sweden with two years. Only Sweden has achieved a top four ranking every year.

Rank
 Team World Championship
division (as of 2012)		 WC 2012
(100%)		 WC 2011
(75%)		 WC 2010
(50%)		 OLY 2010
(50%)		 WC 2009
(25%)		 Total Change
+/−
1  Russia Championship 1200 1100 1160 1040 1200 3425 –
2  Finland Championship 1100 1200 1040 1120 1060 3345 –
3  Czech Republic Championship 1120 1120 1200 1020 1040 3330 +2
4  Sweden Championship 1040 1160 1120 1060 1120 3280 –1
5  Canada Championship 1060 1060 1020 1200 1160 3255 –1
6  Slovakia Championship 1160 940 900 1100 940 3100 +4
7  United States Championship 1020 1000 880 1160 1100 3065 –1
8  Norway Championship 1000 1040 960 940 920 2960 +1
9  Switzerland Championship 920 960 1060 1000 960 2910 –2
10  Germany Championship 900 1020 1100 920 840 2885 –2
11  Latvia Championship 940 880 920 900 1020 2765 +1
12  Denmark Championship 880 920 1000 840 880 2710 +1
13  Belarus Championship 860 860 940 960 1000 2705 –2
14  France Championship 960 900 860 740 900 2660 –
15  Austria Championship 780 840 800 880 860 2465 –
16  Italy Division IA 840 780 840 800 780 2440 +1
17  Kazakhstan Division IA 820 800 820 820 800 2440 –1
18  Slovenia Championship 800 820 780 760 760 2375 –
19  Hungary Division IA 760 760 740 720 820 2265 +1
20  Ukraine Division IB 700 720 760 860 740 2235 –1
21  Great Britain Division IA 720 740 680 640 700 2110 –
22  Japan Division IA 740 580 720 780 720 2105 –
23  Poland Division IB 660 680 700 660 680 2020 –
24  Netherlands Division IB 640 660 660 600 640 1925 +1
25  Lithuania Division IB 600 640 620 700 660 1905 –1
26  Estonia Division IB 560 600 560 680 520 1760 –
27  Romania Division IB 620 560 520 560 580 1725 +1
28  South Korea Division IA 680 700 640 – 560 1665 +3
29  Spain Division IIA 540 620 540 540 480 1665 –
30  Croatia Division IIA 520 520 580 620 620 1665 –3
31  Serbia Division IIA 480 480 600 580 540 1565 –1
32  Australia Division IIA 580 540 500 – 600 1385 +2
33  Bulgaria Division IIB 400 380 440 520 420 1270 –1
34  Mexico Division IIB 380 400 400 500 400 1230 –1
35  Iceland Division IIA 500 460 460 – 440 1185 +1
36  Belgium Division IIA 440 440 480 – 500 1135 –1
37  New Zealand Division IIB 460 500 420 – 320 1125 +1
38  China Division IIB 420 420 380 – 460 1040 +1
39  Turkey Division IIB 320 280 340 480 300 1015 –2
40  Israel Division IIB 360 320 360 – 380 875 –
41  South Africa Division III 340 300 260 – 340 780 +1
42  Ireland Division III 260 340 320 – 240 735 –1
43  Luxembourg Division III 280 260 240 – 280 665 –
44  Greece Division III 240 240 280 – 260 625 –
45  North Korea Division III 300 – 300 – 360 540 –
46  Mongolia Division III 220 – 200 – 220 375 –
47  United Arab Emirates – – – 220 – – 110 –
48  Bosnia and Herzegovina – – – – – – – –
49  Armenia – – – – – – – –


2003–2011

Key
 P  Points
 R  Rank
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Team P R P R P R P R P R P R P R P R P R
 Armenia — — 240 45 420 45 580 45 390 45 200 48 70 48 0 49 0 49
 Australia 1080 36 1125 35 1195 34 1215 34 1260 33 1300 33 1385 31 1350 34 1350 34
 Austria 2970 12 2755 11 2430 13 2930 16 2695 17 2445 16 2285 16 2935 14 2730 15
 Belarus 2955 13 2590 13 2430 12 3230 10 3025 9 2845 9 2660 8 3360 10 3025 11
 Belgium 1240 33 1345 33 1255 32 1200 35 1200 35 1230 34 1255 33 1240 36 1180 35
 Bosnia and Herzegovina — — — — — — — — — — 200 47 150 47 100 48 50 48
 Bulgaria 1550 30 1375 32 1235 33 1715 30 1500 31 1305 32 1160 35 1560 31 1405 32
 Canada 3685 1 3485 1 3220 1 3890 3 3670 2 3410 1 3160 2 3980 2 3595 4
 China 1805 28 1630 28 1515 28 1970 28 1860 27 1650 28 1410 29 1120 37 1060 39
 Croatia 1545 31 1425 31 1390 30 2000 27 1850 28 1790 26 1675 26 2125 26 1890 27
 Czech Republic 3560 3 3225 4 3065 3 3985 2 3595 4 3265 5 2915 6 3785 5 3570 5
 Denmark 2665 14 2575 14 2400 14 3005 14 2855 12 2660 13 2445 13 3185 13 2965 13
 Estonia 2135 24 1995 24 1860 24 2325 24 2165 23 1930 25 1635 27 2100 27 1940 26
 Finland 3525 4 3195 5 2865 7 3830 4 3640 3 3385 4 3050 4 3805 4 3630 2
 France 2575 18 2400 18 2150 17 2720 19 2525 19 2410 18 2325 14 2900 15 2765 14
 Germany 3240 8 2990 8 2580 10 3110 12 2925 11 2740 10 2460 12 3360 9 3190 8
 Great Britain 2230 23 1990 25 1780 25 1580 31 1605 29 1645 29 1695 25 2350 23 2250 21
 Greece — — — — — — — — — — 240 46 440 46 595 45 640 44
 Hungary 2255 22 2060 22 1920 22 2430 22 2320 21 2220 20 2130 20 2655 20 2460 20
 Iceland 930 38 875 39 875 39 840 40 920 37 965 38 1030 37 1095 38 1125 36
 Ireland — — 260 44 455 44 585 44 710 43 775 40 720 42 750 41 785 41
 Israel 1110 35 1035 36 1140 35 1275 33 1260 34 1190 35 1070 36 970 39 885 40
 Italy 2585 17 2315 19 2100 19 2915 17 2815 13 2580 14 2290 15 2860 16 2605 17
 Japan 2605 15 2440 15 2090 20 2540 21 2305 22 2120 22 1965 21 2575 21 2245 22
 Kazakhstan 2480 21 2410 17 2335 15 3115 11 2740 16 2405 19 2165 18 2790 17 2615 16
 North Korea 680 41 950 37 1105 36 1105 36 660 44 645 44 705 43 730 43 485 45
 South Korea 1420 32 1455 30 1360 31 1320 32 1320 32 1365 31 1395 30 1485 33 1605 31
 Latvia 3060 10 2900 10 2675 9 3310 9 2995 10 2740 11 2610 10 3265 12 2985 12
 Lithuania 1885 27 1720 27 1620 27 2270 25 2105 25 1970 23 1810 23 2300 24 2125 24
 Luxembourg 635 42 755 42 785 42 705 43 710 42 695 43 700 44 665 44 650 43
 Mexico 820 39 770 41 775 43 845 39 915 38 1010 37 1025 38 1520 32 1385 33
 Mongolia — — — — — — — — 260 46 415 45 515 45 540 46 315 46
 Netherlands 2135 25 2015 23 1885 23 2360 23 2155 24 1935 24 1755 24 2210 25 2080 25
 New Zealand 800 40 870 40 910 38 925 38 900 39 890 39 850 39 925 40 1065 38
 Norway 2535 20 2265 21 2105 18 2935 15 2780 14 2735 12 2545 11 3305 11 3175 9
 Poland 2550 19 2295 20 2085 21 2580 20 2395 20 2175 21 1940 22 2405 22 2215 23
 Romania 1965 26 1845 26 1685 26 2135 26 1970 26 1770 27 1605 28 1945 28 1800 28
 Russia 3480 6 3105 7 2905 5 3725 5 3535 5 3400 2 3200 1 3980 1 3650 1
 Serbia 1685 29 1565 29 1420 29 1745 29 1555 30 1425 30 1365 32 1935 29 1755 30
 Slovakia 3480 5 3235 3 2965 4 3685 6 3390 6 2955 8 2635 9 3405 8 3130 10
 Slovenia 2595 16 2420 16 2295 16 2870 18 2640 18 2460 15 2190 17 2730 19 2565 18
 South Africa 990 37 930 38 845 40 830 41 770 41 755 42 790 40 735 42 740 42
 Spain 1230 34 1170 34 1090 37 1040 37 1090 36 1120 36 1165 34 1790 30 1785 29
 Sweden 3610 2 3400 2 3095 2 4095 1 3740 1 3400 3 3095 3 3845 3 3630 3
 Switzerland 3135 9 2920 9 2715 8 3500 8 3250 8 3020 7 2725 7 3540 7 3240 7
 Turkey 625 43 690 43 795 41 775 42 830 40 765 41 750 41 1265 35 1110 37
 Ukraine 3010 11 2720 12 2490 11 3005 13 2740 15 2435 17 2135 19 2760 18 2495 19
 United Arab Emirates — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 220 47 165 47
 United States 3330 7 3145 6 2865 6 3580 7 3375 7 3105 6 2915 5 3650 6 3340 6

Women's rankings

The Women's 2012 ranking is based on the performance at the World Championships of 2012, 2011 and 2009 and at the 2010 Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament in Vancouver, Canada.[3] For all years the points received is the shown at their full value. The "Total" column is the countries score after the previous years have been depreciated by their respected value. A dash in a tournament column indicates that the country did not participate.

Rank
 Team World Championship
division (as of 2011)		 WC 2012
(100%)		 WC 2011
(75%)		 OLY 2010
(50%)		 WC 2009
(25%)		 Total Change
+/−
1  Canada Championship 1200 1160 1200 1160 2960 +1
2  United States Championship 1160 1200 1160 1200 2940 –1
3  Finland Championship 1100 1120 1120 1120 2780 –
4  Switzerland Championship 1120 1040 1060 1020 2685 +2
5  Sweden Championship 1060 1060 1100 1100 2680 –1
6  Russia Championship 1040 1100 1040 1060 2650 –1
7  Slovakia Championship 1000 1020 1000 940 2500 +1
8  Germany Championship 1020 960 920 920 2430 +2
9  Kazakhstan Division I A 860 1000 960 1040 2350 –2
10  Norway Division I A 940 940 900 900 2320 +2
11  Japan Division I A 920 8601 940 1000 2285 –
12  Czech Republic Division I A 960 840 880 860 2245 +2
13  China Division I B 820 880 1020 980 2235 –4
14  Latvia Division I A 880 920 840 820 2195 –1
15  Austria Division I A 900 900 780 880 2185 –
16  France Division I B 800 820 860 840 2055 –
17  Great Britain Division I B 760 760 820 780 1955 +1
18  Italy Division I B 740 780 800 760 1915 –1
19  Denmark Division I B 840 800 – 740 1625 +2
20  Slovenia Division II A 640 660 740 – 1505 –1
21  Netherlands Division I B 780 720 – 720 1480 +1
22  Croatia Division II A 620 640 760 – 1480 –2
23  Hungary Division II A 700 680 – – 1210 +2
24  Australia Division II A 680 700 – – 1205 –
25  New Zealand Division II A 660 600 – – 1110 +2
26  South Korea Division II B 560 580 – – 995 +2
27  Belgium Division II B 520 620 – – 985 –1
28  Poland Division II B 600 500 – – 975 +6
29  Iceland Division II B 540 560 – – 960 –
30  Spain Division II B 580 480 – – 940 +5
31  North Korea Division II A 720 0 – 800 920 +1
32  South Africa Division II B 500 520 – – 890 –1
33  Bulgaria Division II B Qual2 – 460 720 – 705 –10
34  Romania – – 540 – – 405 –4
35  Turkey Division II B Qual2 – 440 – – 330 –2
36  Ireland Division II B Qual2 – 420 – – 315 –
37  Estonia – – – – – 0 –

1Japan withdrew from 2011 competition due to "force majeure," and was thus granted the points of last place in their division.
2Bulgaria, Turkey, and Ireland along with South Africa, Spain, and possibly Mexico were scheduled for a qualifying round, but as some nations dropped out, Spain and South Africa were automatically promoted to Division II Group B.[7]

2003–2011

Key
 P  Points
 R  Rank
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011
Team P R P R P R P R P R P R P R P R P R
 Australia 530 22 1270 21 1375 22 850 23 1205 23 1405 22 890 23 535 25 880 24
 Austria — — 700 26 1285 25 920 21 1315 20 1580 19 1875 17 2040 16 2130 15
 Belgium 535 21 1175 22 1335 23 830 24 1160 24 1305 24 810 24 485 26 780 26
 Bulgaria — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 720 24 1000 23
 Canada 1800 1 3000 1 2960 1 2970 1 2980 1 2950 1 2930 2 2950 1 2930 2
 China 1545 7 2565 7 2575 7 2485 7 2520 8 2510 8 2485 7 2515 7 2385 9
 Croatia — — — — — — — — 580 31 1095 30 785 25 1235 20 1375 20
 Czech Republic 670 11 1590 11 1840 11 2010 12 2195 13 2205 12 2180 12 2190 13 2155 14
 Denmark 635 16 1455 16 1700 14 1070 17 1485 17 1650 18 1760 19 1165 22 1370 21
 Estonia — — — — — — — — 520 32 910 32 650 32 390 33 130 37
 Finland 1655 3 2775 3 2765 3 2760 4 2755 4 2770 3 2785 3 2795 3 2800 3
 France 660 12 1540 13 1780 12 1995 14 2230 12 2220 11 2170 13 2155 14 2105 16
 Germany 1565 6 2605 6 2625 5 2635 5 2585 5 2525 7 2420 10 2350 11 2355 10
 Great Britain 560 20 1280 20 1425 20 885 22 1210 22 1385 23 1645 20 1925 18 1940 18
 Hungary 505 24 1165 23 1320 24 825 25 1135 25 1265 25 785 26 470 27 835 25
 Iceland — — — — 540 30 405 30 770 30 1090 31 685 29 415 29 705 29
 Ireland — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 420 36
 Italy 585 18 1385 17 1610 17 2015 11 2160 14 2065 15 1980 16 1950 17 1950 17
 Japan 1425 10 2405 10 2380 10 2350 10 2345 10 2420 9 2465 9 2435 9 2320 11
 Kazakhstan 1490 8 2430 9 2475 8 2445 9 2445 9 2410 10 2475 8 2455 8 2475 7
 North Korea 650 13 1490 15 1635 16 1005 18 1380 19 1560 20 1775 18 1185 21 595 32
 South Korea — — 600 27 1050 27 750 26 1070 26 1215 26 760 27 455 28 730 28
 Latvia 645 15 1545 12 1750 13 1995 13 2250 11 2195 13 2135 14 2105 15 2170 13
 Netherlands 570 19 1330 19 1505 19 935 20 1300 21 1480 21 1645 21 1095 23 1265 22
 New Zealand — — — — 580 29 435 29 830 29 1110 27 690 28 415 30 740 27
 Norway 650 14 1510 14 1695 15 1900 15 2145 15 2150 14 2195 11 2225 12 2280 12
 Poland — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 500 34
 Romania 320 25 940 25 1185 26 730 27 995 27 1100 29 685 30 410 31 675 30
 Russia 1620 5 2680 5 2605 6 2585 6 2565 6 2575 6 2610 6 2610 6 2670 5
 Slovakia 595 17 1375 18 1585 18 990 19 1415 18 1735 17 2040 15 2370 10 2470 8
 Slovenia 310 26 990 24 1385 21 1700 16 1865 16 1810 16 1075 22 1260 19 1385 19
 South Africa 505 23 505 28 790 28 465 28 910 28 1105 28 675 31 400 32 645 31
 Spain — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 480 35
 Sweden 1625 4 2725 4 2760 4 2830 3 2825 3 2760 4 2745 4 2735 4 2700 4
 Switzerland 1435 9 2435 8 2430 9 2480 8 2555 7 2645 5 2630 5 2640 5 2620 6
 Turkey — — — — — — — — 480 33 840 33 600 33 360 34 560 33
 United States 1740 2 2900 2 2940 2 2890 2 2890 2 2930 2 2960 1 2950 2 2970 1

References

General
Specific
  1. ^ The Associated Press (2003-09-20). "Canadiens lose Koivu, Michaud to injury in 4-3 loss to Senators". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2003/hockey/nhl/09/20/saturday_roundup.ap/. Retrieved 2009-05-12. 
  2. ^ Edvinsson, Jan-Ake, ed. (November 2003). "News release–Hockey fans are the best in the world" (PDF). Ice Times (International Ice Hockey Federation) 7 (5): p. 7. http://www.iihf.com/fileadmin/user_upload/PDF/The_IIHF/IIHF_Vol7No5.pdf. Retrieved 2009-05-12. 
  3. ^ a b c d "World Ranking". International Ice Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2010-06-11. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-ranking.html. Retrieved 2010-06-11. 
  4. ^ "Men's tournament programme & schedules". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/olympics/olympics-men.html. Retrieved 2009-05-12. 
  5. ^ "Germany, Norway round out 2010 Olympic men's hockey". TSN. 2009-02-08. http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=266366. Retrieved 2009-05-12. 
  6. ^ "Women's Tournament Program". International Ice Hockey Federation. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/olympics/olympics-women/tournament-program.html. Retrieved 2009-05-12. 
  7. ^ Proposed 2012 Calender

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