List of members of the International Ice Hockey Federation

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) is the worldwide governing body for ice hockey and in-line 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 comprised 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 2010, there are 69 members: 51 full members, 15 associate members and 3 affiliate members. Morocco, which joined on May 22, 2010, is the newest member. In 2010, 48 members participated in the Men's World Championships, and 20 participated in the Women's World Championships.
== Members==
IIHF World Ranking information is accurate as of 2010. 	IIHF World Ranking information is accurate as of 2010.
In the Teams column 	In the Teams column
Text in boldface indicates that that team participated in its corresponding event in 2010.	Text in boldface indicates that that team participated in its corresponding event in 2010.
M 	Men's Ice Hockey World Championships
M-U20 	World Under-20 Championships
M-U18 	World Under-18 Championships
W 	World Women Championships
W-U18 	World Women's Under-18 Championships
inline 	InLine Hockey World Championship
=== IIHF Full Members===
Nation 	Date joined 	Organization 	President 	Teams 	Men's
Ranking	Women's
Ranking	
Australia 	February 11, 1938 	Ice Hockey Australia 	Don Rurak 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	34	25	
Austria 	March 18, 1912 	Austrian Ice Hockey Association 	Dieter Kalt 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	14	16	
Azerbaijan 	May 6, 1992 	Ice Hockey Federation of the Republic of Azerbaijan 	Vagif D. Mussayev 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	_ 	_ 	
Belarus 	May 6, 1992 	Belarus Ice Hockey Federation 	Evgeny Vorsin 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	10	_ 	
Belgium 	December 8, 1908 	Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation 	Pascal Nuchelmans 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	36	26	
Bosnia and Herzegovina	May 8, 2001 	Bosnia and Herzegovina Ice Hockey Federation 	Haris Muhic 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	48	_ 	
Bulgaria 	July 25, 1960 	Bulgarian Ice Hockey Federation 	Krasimir Krastev 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	31	24	
Canada 	April 26, 1920 	Hockey Canada 	Bob Nicholson 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	2 	1 	
China 	July 25, 1963 	Chinese Ice Hockey Association 	Wang Yitao 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	37	7 	
Chinese Taipei 	September 1, 1983 	Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey Federation 	Wen-Jun Pai 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	_ 	_ 	
Croatia 	May 6, 1992 	Croatian Ice Hockey Federation 	Nikola Švigir 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	26	20	
Czech Republic 	November 15, 1908[A]	Czech Ice Hockey Association 	Tomáš Král 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	5 	13	
Denmark 	April 27, 1946 	Danmarks Ishockey Union 	Henrik Bach Nielsen 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	13	22	
Estonia 	February 17, 1935[B]	Estonian Ice Hockey Association 	Priit Vilba 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	27	33	
Finland 	February 10, 1928 	Finnish Ice Hockey Association 	Kalervo Kummola 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	4 	3 	
France 	October 20, 1908 	French Ice Hockey Federation 	Luc Tardif 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	15	14	
Germany 	September 19, 1909 	German Ice Hockey Federation 	Uwe Harnos 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	9 	11	
Great Britain 	November 19, 1908 	Ice Hockey UK 	Eamon Convery 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	23	18	
Hong Kong 	April 30, 1983 	Hong Kong Ice Hockey Association 	Siu Yin Yip 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	_ 	_ 	
Hungary 	January 24, 1927 	Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation 	Ferenc Studniczky 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	20	27	
Iceland 	May 6, 1992 	Ice Hockey Iceland 	Vidar Gardarsson 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	38	29	
India 	April 27, 1989 	Ice Hockey Association of India 	K. L. Kumar 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	— 	— 	
Ireland 	September 26, 1996 	Irish Ice Hockey Association 	William Fay 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	41	— 	
Israel 	May 1, 1991 	Israel Ice Hockey Federation 	Sergei Matin 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	39	— 	
Italy 	January 24, 1924 	Federazione Italiana Sport del Ghiaccio 	Giancarlo Bolognini 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	16	17	
Japan 	January 26, 1930 	Japan Ice Hockey Federation 	Kenichi Chizuka 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	21	9 	
Kazakhstan 	May 6, 1992 	Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation 	Askar Mamin 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	17	8 	
Latvia 	February 22, 1931[B]	Latvian Ice Hockey Federation 	Kirovs Lipmans 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	12	15	
Lithuania 	February 19, 1938[B]	Lithuanian Ice Hockey Federation 	Petras Nauseda 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	24	— 	
Luxembourg 	March 23, 1912 	Luxembourg Ice Hockey Federation 	Rene Ludovicy 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	44	— 	
Mexico 	April 30, 1985 	Federacion Deportiva de Mexico de Hockey sobre Hielo	Joaquin de la Garma 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	32	— 	
Mongolia 	May 15, 1999 	Mongolian Ice Hockey Federation 	Sumiya Ganjargal 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	46	— 	
Netherlands 	January 20, 1935 	 Netherlands Ice Hockey Association 	Joop Vullers 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	25	23	
New Zealand 	May 2, 1977 	New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation 	Grant Hay 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	40	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	43	21	
Norway 	January 20, 1935 	Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation 	Ole-Jacob Libaek 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	11	12	
Poland 	January 11, 1926 	Polish Ice Hockey Federation 	Zdzislaw Ingielewicz 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	22	— 	
Romania 	January 24, 1924 	Romanian Ice Hockey Federation 	Barna Tanczos 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	28	31	
Russia 	January 1, 1952[C] 	Ice Hockey Federation of Russia 	Vladislav Tretiak 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	1 	6 	
Serbia 	January 1, 1939[D] 	Serbian Ice Hockey Association 	Nastas Andric 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	29	— 	
Slovakia 	February 2, 1993 	Slovak Ice Hockey Federation 	Juraj Siroky 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	8 	10	
Slovenia 	May 6, 1992 	Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia 	Ernest Aljancic, Jr. 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	19	19	
South Africa 	February 25, 1937 	South African Ice Hockey Association 	Shane Marsh 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	42	32	
South Korea 	July 25, 1960 	Korea Ice Hockey Association 	Kap Chul Park 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	33	28	
Spain 	March 10, 1923 	Spanish Ice Sports Federation 	Maria Teresa Samaranch	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	30	99	
Sweden 	March 23, 1912 	Swedish Ice Hockey Association 	Christer Englund 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	3 	4 	
Switzerland 	November 23, 1908 	Swiss Ice Hockey Association 	Philippe Gaydoul 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	7 	5 	
Thailand 	April 27, 1989 	Ice Hockey Association of Thailand 	Phisan Xupravatti 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	— 	— 	
Turkey 	May 1, 1991 	Turkish Ice Hockey Federation 	Akin Kilavuz 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	35	34	
Ukraine 	May 6, 1992 	Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine 	Anatoliy Brezvin 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	18	— 	
United States 	1920 	USA Hockey 	Ron DeGregorio 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	6 	2 	
^ A. The IIHF recognizes Bohemia, which joined in 1908, and Czechoslovakia as the predecessors to the Czech Republic, which officially became a member in 1993.[14]
^ B. In 1940, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania were annexed by the Soviet Union. The three nations re-joined the IIHF on May 1, 1991.[53]
^ C. The IIHF recognizes the Soviet Union, which joined in 1952, as the predecessor to Russia, which officially became a member in 1992.[40]
^ D. The IIHF recognizes Yugoslavia, which joined in 1939, as the predecessor to Serbia, which officially became a member in 2007.[41]
=== IIHF Associate Members===
Nation 	Date joined 	Organization 	President 	Teams 	Men's
Ranking	Women's
Ranking	 	
Andorra 	May 4 1995 	Andorran Federation of Ice Sports 	Imma Ribes Sagues 	M M-U20 M-U18 W W-U18 Inline 	_ 	—	—	
Brazil 	June 26, 1984 	Brazilian Ice Sports Federation 	Eric Maleson 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	— 	—	 	
Georgia 	May 8, 2009 	Georgian Ice Hockey Federation 	Nugzar Paikidze 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	— 	—	 	
Greece 	April 29, 1987 	Hellenic Ice Sports Federation 	Christos Chatziathanassiou	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	45	—	 	
Kuwait 	May 8, 2009 	Kuwait Ice Hockey Association 	Fahad Hamad Al Ajmi 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	— 	—	 	
Liechtenstein 	October 4, 2001 	Liechtenstein Ice Hockey Federation 	Michael Zanghellini 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	— 	—	 	
Macau 	May 12, 2005 	Macau Ice Sports Federation 	Andrew Chan Chak Mo 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	— 	—	 	
Macedonia 	October 4, 2001 	Macedonian Ice Hockey Federation 	Nikola Tasev 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	— 	—	 	
Malaysia 	September 28, 2006	Malaysia Ice Hockey Association 	Dato Lee Hwa Beng 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	— 	—	 	
Moldova 	May 21, 2008 	National Ice Hockey Federation of Moldova	Andrei Gargalic 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	— 	—	 	
Morocco 	May 22, 2010 	Moroccan Ice Hockey Association 	Mrini Khalid 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	— 	—	 	
Portugal 	May 13, 1999 	Federation of Portuguese Ice Sports 	José Pinheiro de Almeida 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	— 	—	 	
Singapore 	May 2, 1996 	Skating Federation of Singapore 	James Kodrowski 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	— 	—	 	
United Arab Emirates	May 10, 2001 	UAE Ice Hockey Association 	Ahmed Mubarak Al Mazrouei 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	47	—	 	
===Suspended members===
Associate member Armenia was suspended indefinitely in May 2010 because the Armenian men's team is suspected of using several ineligible at the 2010 World Championship Division III tournament.
Nation 	Date joined 	Organization 	President 	Teams 	Men's
Ranking	Women's
Ranking	
Armenia	September 22, 1999	Ice Hockey Federation of Armenia	Hayk Jaghatspanyan	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	49	—	
=== IIHF Affiliate Members===
Nation 	Date joined 	Organization 	President 	Teams 	
Argentina	May 31, 1998	Argentine Association of Ice and In-Line Hockey 	Hector Iannicelli 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	
Chile 	2000 	National Association of Hockey on Ice and Inline	Nicolas Gomez Bermeosolo	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	
Namibia 	May 31, 1998	Namibia Ice and InLine Hockey Association 	Holger Mentzel 	M · M-U20 · M-U18 · W · W-U18 · inline	
=== Former IIHF Members===
Nation 	Date joined IIHF 	Date left IIHF 	Reason
Bohemia 	November 15, 1908	1920 	Membership rights transferred to the newly established Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia	1920 	December 31, 1992	Membership rights transferred to the Czech Republic
East Germany 	1956 	1990 	Reunification of East and West Germany
West Germany 	1956 	1990 	Reunification of East and West Germany, membership transferred to Germany
Soviet Union 	January 1, 1952 	May 6, 1992 	Membership rights transferred to Russia
Yugoslavia 	January 1, 1939 	December 31, 1992	Membership rights transferred to Serbia after split of Yugoslavia
Serbia and Montenegro
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