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

International Ice Hockey Federation

The International Ice Hockey Federation is the worldwide governing body for ice hockey and in-line hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 70 members...

.

The system was approved by the IIHF congress in September 2003. According to IIHF President René Fasel

René Fasel

René Fasel DMD is a Swiss dentist and ice hockey official. He started his ice hockey career as a player for HC Fribourg-Gottéron, in 1960, and became a referee in 1972 and president of Switzerland's ice hockey federation in 1985. In 1994 he was elected president of the International Ice Hockey...

, 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."

Current calculation method

The world ranking is based on the final positions of the last four Ice Hockey World Championships

Ice Hockey World Championships

The Ice Hockey World Championships are an annual ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation . First officially held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, it is the sport's highest profile annual international tournament. The IIHF was created in 1908 while the European...

and last Olympic ice hockey tournament

Ice hockey at the Olympic Games

Ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1920. The men's tournament was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics and was transferred permanently to the Winter Olympic Games programme in 1924. The women's tournament was first held at the 1998 Winter Olympics...

. 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.

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. For example if a country after 2011 had won the gold medal in the last four championships and the last Olympic tournament their score would be 3900:

Competition	Valuation coefficient	Points
2011 IIHF World Championship	100%	1200
2010 IIHF World Championship	75%	900
2010 Winter Olympics	75%	900
2009 IIHF World Championship	50%	600
2008 IIHF World Championship	25%	300
2007 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

2010 Winter Olympics

The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

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

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

2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

The 2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 72nd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 48 countries will participate in four levels of competition. The competition will also serve as qualifications for the 2009 competition...

received automatic berths into the Ice Hockey event. Teams ranked 10th through 30th had an opportunity to qualify for the event. 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

2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

The 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships were held from April 4 to April 13, 2008, in Harbin, People's Republic of China.It was the 11th event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation ....

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.

Men's rankings

The Men's 2011 ranking is based on the performance at World Championship

Ice Hockey World Championships

of 2011

2011 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

The 2011 IIHF World Championship was the 75th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It took place between the 29 April and the 15 May 2011 in Slovakia. The games were played in the Orange Arena in Bratislava, and the Steel Aréna in Košice...

, 2010

2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

The 2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 74th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 48 countries participated in four levels of competition...

, 2009

2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

The 2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 73rd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 46 countries participated in four levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2010 competition...

and 2008

2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships

, and at the 2010 Olympic

2010 Winter Olympics

Ice Hockey Tournament

Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at Canada Hockey Place, home of the National Hockey League's Vancouver Canucks, and at UBC Winter Sports Centre, home of the Canadian Interuniversity Sport's UBC Thunderbirds. Twelve teams competed in the men's event and eight teams competed in the...

in Vancouver

Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, Canada. 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 2003-2011, they are: Canada, Sweden, Russia, Czech Republic, Finland, the United States, Slovakia, and Switzerland. An additional four nations, Latvia (6 years), Germany (6 years), Belarus (5 years), and Norway (1 year) have been in the top ten at least once. Three countries have accomplished a first place ranking; Canada with four years, Russia with three years, and Sweden with two years.

Rank	WC 2011 2011 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships The 2011 IIHF World Championship was the 75th IIHF World Championship, an annual international ice hockey tournament. It took place between the 29 April and the 15 May 2011 in Slovakia. The games were played in the Orange Arena in Bratislava, and the Steel Aréna in Košice... (100%)	WC 2010 2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships The 2010 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 74th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 48 countries participated in four levels of competition... (75%)	OLY 2010 (75%)	WC 2009 2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships The 2009 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 73rd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 46 countries participated in four levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for the 2010 competition... (50%)	WC 2008 2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships The 2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships was the 72nd such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation. Teams representing 48 countries will participate in four levels of competition. The competition will also serve as qualifications for the 2009 competition... (25%)	Total
1	1100	1160	1040	1200	1200	3650
2	1200	1040	1120	1060	1120	3630
3	1160	1120	1060	1120	1100	3630
4	1060	1020	1200	1160	1160	3595
5	1120	1200	1020	1040	1060	3570
6	1000		1160	1100	1040	3340
7		1060	1000		1020	3240
8	1020	1100				3190
9	1040				1000	3175
10			1100			3130
11				1000		3025
12				1020		2985
13		1000				2965
14						2765
15						2730
16						2615
17						2605
18						2565
19						2495
20						2460
21						2250
22						2245
23						2215
24						2125
25						2080
26						1940
27						1890
28						1800
29						1785
30						1755
31						1605
32						1405
33						1385
34						1350
35						1180
36						1125
37						1110
38						1065
39						1060
40					}
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48

2003–2010

Key
P	Points
R	Rank

P-2003	R-2003	P-2004	R-2004	P-2005	R-2005	P-2006	R-2006	P-2007	R-2007	P-2008	R-2008	P-2009	R-2009	P-2010	R-2010
			45		45		45		45		48		48	0	49
1080	36	1125	35	1195	34	1215	34	1260	33	1300	33	1385	31	1350	34
2970	12	2755	11	2430	13	2930	16	2695	17	2445	16	2285	16	2935	14
2955	13	2590	13	2430	12	3230	10	3025		2845		2660	8	3360	10
1240	33	1345	33	1255	32	1200	35	1200	35	1230	34	1255	33	1240	36
											47	150	47		48
1550	30	1375	32	1235	33	1715	30	1500	31	1305	32	1160	35	1560	31
3685		3485		3220		3890		3670		3410		3160	2	3980
1805	28	1630	28	1515	28	1970	28	1860	27	1650	28	1410	29	1120	37
1545	31	1425	31	1390	30	2000	27	1850	28	1790	26	1675	26	2125	26
3560		3225		3065		3985		3595		3265		2915	6	3785
2665	14	2575	14	2400	14	3005	14	2855	12	2660	13	2445	13	3185	13
2135	24	1995	24	1860	24	2325	24	2165	23	1930	25	1635	27	2100	27
3525		3195		2865		3830		3640		3385		3050	4	3805
2575	18	2400	18	2150	17	2720	19	2525	19	2410	18	2325	14	2900	15
3240		2990		2580	10	3110	12	2925	11	2740	10	2460	12	3360
2230	23	1990	25	1780	25	1580	31	1605	29	1645	29	1695	25	2350	23
											46	440	46		45
2255	22	2060	22	1920	22	2430	22	2320	21	2220	20	2130	20	2655	20
	38		39		39		40		37		38	1030	37	1095	38
			44		44		44		43		40	720	42		41
1110	35	1035	36	1140	35	1275	33	1260	34	1190	35	1070	36		39
2585	17	2315	19	2100	19	2915	17	2815	13	2580	14	2290	15	2860	16
2605	15	2440	15	2090	20	2540	21	2305	22	2120	22	1965	21	2575	21
2480	21	2410	17	2335	15	3115	11	2740	16	2405	19	2165	18	2790	17
	41		37	1105	36	1105	36		44		44	705	43		43
1420	32	1455	30	1360	31	1320	32	1320	32	1365	31	1395	30	1485	33
3060	10	2900	10	2675		3310		2995	10	2740	11	2610	10	3265	12
1885	27	1720	27	1620	27	2270	25	2105	25	1970	23	1810	23	2300	24
	42		42		42		43		42		43	700	44		44
	39		41		43		39		38	1010	37	1025	38	1520	32
									46		45	515	45		46
2135	25	2015	23	1885	23	2360	23	2155	24	1935	24	1755	24	2210	25
	40		40		38		38		39		39	850	39		40
2535	20	2265	21	2105	18	2935	15	2780	14	2735	12	2545	11	3305	11
2550	19	2295	20	2085	21	2580	20	2395	20	2175	21	1940	22	2405	22
1965	26	1845	26	1685	26	2135	26	1970	26	1770	27	1605	28	1945	28
3480		3105		2905		3725		3535		3400				3980
1685	29	1565	29	1420	29	1745	29	1555	30	1425	30	1365	32	1935	29
3480		3235		2965		3685		3390		2955		2635	9	3405
2595	16	2420	16	2295	16	2870	18	2640	18	2460	15	2190	17	2730	19
	37		38		40		41		41		42	790	40		42
1230	34	1170	34	1090	37	1040	37	1090	36	1120	36	1165	34	1790	30
3610		3400		3095		4095		3740		3400		3095	3	3845
3135		2920		2715		3500		3250		3020		2725	7	3540
	43		43		41		42		40		41	750	41	1265	35
3010	11	2720	12	2490	11	3005	13	2740	15	2435	17	2135	19	2760	18
															47
3330		3145		2865		3580		3375		3105		2915	5	3650

Women's rankings

The Women's 2011 ranking is based on the performance at the World Championships

Ice Hockey World Championships

of 2011

2011 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

-Group B:-Relegation series:Best of three.All times local - Final round :-Quarterfinals:-Semifinals:-5th place playoff:-Bronze medal game:-Gold medal game:-Scoring leaders:...

, 2009

2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

-Group B:All times are local .-Group C:All times are local .-Group D :All times are local . and advance to the final...

and 2008

2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

and at the 2010 Olympic

2010 Winter Olympics

Ice Hockey Tournament

Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics

in Vancouver

Vancouver

Rank	WC 2011 2011 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships -Group B:-Relegation series:Best of three.All times local - Final round :-Quarterfinals:-Semifinals:-5th place playoff:-Bronze medal game:-Gold medal game:-Scoring leaders:... (100%)	OLY 2010 (75%)	WC 2009 2009 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships -Group B:All times are local .-Group C:All times are local .-Group D :All times are local . and advance to the final... (50%)	WC 2008 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships The 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships were held from April 4 to April 13, 2008, in Harbin, People's Republic of China.It was the 11th event, and was run by the International Ice Hockey Federation .... (25%)	Total	Change +/−
1	1200	1160	1200	1200	2970
2	1160	1200	1160	1160	2930
3	1120	1120	1120	1120	2800
4	1060	1100	1100	1060	2700
5	1100	1040	1060	1040	2670
6	1040	1060	1020	1100	2620
7	1000		1040		2475
8	1020	1000			2470
9		1020		1000	2385
10					2355
11	¹		1000	1020	2320
12					2280
13					2170
14					2155
15					2130
16					2105
17					1950
18					1940
19					1385
20					1235
21					1370
22					1265
23					1000
24					880
25					835
26					780
27					740
28					730
29					705
30					675
31					645
32	0				595
33					360
34					500	new
35					480	new
36					420	new
37					130

¹Japan withdrew from 2011 competition

2011 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships

-Group B:-Relegation series:Best of three.All times local - Final round :-Quarterfinals:-Semifinals:-5th place playoff:-Bronze medal game:-Gold medal game:-Scoring leaders:...

due to "force majeure," and was thus granted the points of last place in their division.

2003–2010

P-2003	R-2003	P-2004	R-2004	P-2005	R-2005	P-2006	R-2006	P-2007	R-2007	P-2008	R-2008	P-2009	R-2009	P-2010	R-2010
	22	1270	21	1375	22		23	1205	23	1405	22	890	23		25
			26	1285	25		21	1315	20	1580	19	1875	17	2040	16
	21	1175	22	1335	23		24	1160	24	1305	24	810	24		26
															24
1800		3000		2960		2970		2980		2950		2930	2	2950
1545		2565		2575		2485		2520		2510		2485	7	2515
									31	1095	30	785	25	1235	20
	11	1590	11	1840	11	2010	12	2195	13	2205	12	2180	12	2190	13
	16	1455	16	1700	14	1070	17	1485	17	1650	18	1760	19	1165	22
									32		32	650	32		33
1655		2775		2765		2760		2755		2770		2785	3	2795
	12	1540	13	1780	12	1995	14	2230	12	2220	11	2170	13	2155	14
1565		2605		2625		2635		2585		2525		2420	10	2350	11
	20	1280	20	1425	20		22	1210	22	1385	23	1645	20	1925	18
	24	1165	23	1320	24		25	1135	25	1265	25	785	26		27
					30		30		30	1090	31	685	29		29
	18	1385	17	1610	17	2015	11	2160	14	2065	15	1980	16	1950	17
1425	10	2405	10	2380	10	2350	10	2345	10	2420		2465	9	2435
1490		2430		2475		2445		2445		2410	10	2475	8	2455
	13	1490	15	1635	16	1005	18	1380	19	1560	20	1775	18	1185	21
			27	1050	27		26	1070	26	1215	26		27		28
	15	1545	12	1750	13	1995	13	2250	11	2195	13	2135	14	2105	15
	19	1330	19	1505	19		20	1300	21	1480	21	1645	21	1095	23
					29		29		29	1110	27	690	28		30
	14	1510	14	1695	15	1900	15	2145	15	2150	14	2195	11	2225	12
	25		25	1185	26		27		27	1100	29	685	30		31
1620		2680		2605		2585		2565		2575		2610	6	2610
	17	1375	18	1585	18		19	1415	18	1735	17	2040	15	2370	10
	26		24	1385	21	1700	16	1865	16	1810	16	1075	22	1260	19
	23		28		28		28		28	1105	28	675	31		32
1625		2725		2760		2830		2825		2760		2745	4	2735
1435		2435		2430		2480		2555		2645		2630	5	2640
									33		33	600	33		34
1740		2900		2940		2890		2890		2930		2960		2950

External links

World Ranking at IIHF.com

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