List of members of the International Ice Hockey Federation

upright=1.35|thumb|Map of the world with current members of the IIHF. Red indicates full members, blue indicates associate members, green indicates affiliate members and black indicates suspended members.

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) is the worldwide governing body for ice 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 15 May 1908, under the name (in French) Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace (LIHG). 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.

As of September 2024, the IIHF has 84 members. Bahrain and Kenya are the newest members, joining on 28 September 2024.

There are three levels of membership in the IIHF. The highest level, IIHF Full Members, are nations that have their own independent ice hockey association and regularly participate in IIHF World Championships. The second level, IIHF Associate Members, either do not have their own independent ice hockey association or have one, but do not meet their minimum participation standards in the IIHF World Championships. The third level, IIHF Affiliate Members, is for nations that only participate in the now-defunct Inline Hockey World Championships. The federation has 62 full members, (including two suspended members), 21 associate members and one affiliate member. Full Members can vote in IIHF Congresses, while Associate and Affiliate Members cannot.

In 2025, 58 IIHF members participate in the Men's World Championships and 45 participate in the Women's World Championships.

Members

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|colspan=2| IIHF World Ranking information is accurate as 26 May 2025.

!colspan=2| In the Teams column

|colspan=2| Text in boldface indicates that the team participated in its corresponding event in 2019.

|Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

!M-U20

|World Junior Championships

!M-U18

|World Under-18 Championships

|World Women's Championships

!W-U18

|World Women's Under-18 Championships

!Inline

|Inline Hockey World Championships (defunct)

Full members

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!Nation

!Date joined

!Organization

!President

!class="unsortable"| Teams

!class="unsortable"| Ref.

|Ice Hockey Federation of Armenia

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|Ice Hockey Australia

|align=center| 36

|align=center| 29

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|Austrian Ice Hockey Association

|align=center| 12

|align=center| 14

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|Ice Hockey Federation of the Republic of Azerbaijan

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| (suspended)

|Belarusian Ice Hockey Association

|align=center| 16

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|Royal Belgian Ice Hockey Federation

|align=center| 37

|align=center| 31

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|Bosnia and Herzegovina Ice Hockey Federation

|align=center| 49

|align=center| 44

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|Bulgarian Ice Hockey Federation

|align=center| 38

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|Hockey Canada

|align=center| 4

|align=center| 2

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|Chinese Ice Hockey Association

|align=center| 27

|align=center| 13

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|Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey Federation

|align=center| 40

|align=center| 26

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|Croatian Ice Hockey Federation

|align=center| 31

|align=center| 37

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|Czech Ice Hockey Association

|align=center| 6

|align=center| 4

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|Danish Ice Hockey Union

|align=center| 9

|align=center| 11

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|Estonian Ice Hockey Association

|align=center| 28

|align=center| 42

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|Finnish Ice Hockey Association

|align=center| 7

|align=center| 3

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|French Ice Hockey Federation

|align=center| 15

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|Georgian Ice Hockey National Federation

|align=center| 47

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|German Ice Hockey Federation

|align=center| 8

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|Ice Hockey UK

|align=center| 19

|align=center| 20

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|Hong Kong Ice Hockey Association

|align=center| 50

|align=center| 32

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|Hungarian Ice Hockey Federation

|align=center| 18

|align=center| 10

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|Ice Hockey Iceland

|align=center| 35

|align=center| 28

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|Ice Hockey Association of India

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|Islamic Republic of Iran Skating Federation

|align=center| 56

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|Irish Ice Hockey Association

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|Israel Ice Hockey Federation

|align=center| 33

|align=center| 43

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|Italian Ice Sports Federation

|align=center| 20

|align=center| 18

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|Japan Ice Hockey Federation

|align=center| 22

|align=center| 8

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|Kazakhstan Ice Hockey Federation

|align=center| 14

|align=center| 23

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|Kuwait Ice Hockey Association

|align=center| 55

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|Ice Hockey Federation of the Kyrgyz Republic

|align=center| 43

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|Latvian Ice Hockey Federation

|align=center| 11

|align=center| 24

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|Hockey Lietuva

|align=center| 26

|align=center| 34

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|Luxembourg Ice Hockey Federation

|align=center| 46

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|Malaysia Ice Hockey Federation

|align=center| 57

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|Mexico Ice Hockey Federation

|align=center| 45

|align=center| 27

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|Mongolian Hockey Federation

|align=center| 53

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|Netherlands Ice Hockey Association

|align=center| 30

|align=center| 17

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|New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation

|align=center| 39

|align=center| 33

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|Ice Hockey Association of the DPR Korea

|align=center| 54

|align=center| 40

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|Norwegian Ice Hockey Association

|align=center| 13

|align=center| 12

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|Federation of Ice Hockey League

|align=center| 52

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|Polish Ice Hockey Federation

|align=center| 21

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|Romanian Ice Hockey Federation

|align=center| 23

|align=center| 39

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| (suspended)

|Ice Hockey Federation of Russia

|align=center| 1

|align=center| 6

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|Serbian Ice Hockey Association

|align=center| 32

|align=center| 41

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|Singapore Ice Hockey Association

|align=center| 51

|align=center| 46

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|Slovak Ice Hockey Federation

|align=center| 10

|align=center| 16

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|Ice Hockey Federation of Slovenia

|align=center| 17

|align=center| 22

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|South African Ice Hockey Federation

|align=center| 48

|align=center| 36

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|Korea Ice Hockey Association

|align=center| 25

|align=center| 19

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|Royal Spanish Ice Sports Federation

|align=center| 29

|align=center| 25

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|Swedish Ice Hockey Association

|align=center| 5

|align=center| 7

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|Swiss Ice Hockey Federation

|align=center| 3

|align=center| 5

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|Ice Hockey Association of Thailand

|align=center| 42

|align=center| 45

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|Turkish Ice Hockey Federation

|align=center| 41

|align=center| 30

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|Turkmenistan Ice Hockey Federation

|align=center| 44

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|Ice Hockey Federation of Ukraine

|align=center| 24

|align=center| 35

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|UAE Ice Sports Federation

|align=center| 34

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|USA Hockey

|align=center| 2

|align=center| 1

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|Uzbekistan Ice Hockey Federation

|align=center| 59

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A. Armenia was suspended by the IIHF in 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. The suspension was lifted in 2015.

B. 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 27 April 1946.

C. Russia and Belarus were suspended indefinitely by the IIHF on 28 February 2022 from competing in the IIHF World Championship because of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and Belarusian support.

D. The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association withdrew from the LIHG on 13 April 1944, then rejoined on 22 March 1947, as part of the merger with the International Ice Hockey Association.

G. Germany was expelled in 1920, then re-admitted on January 11, 1926. It was again expelled on 27 April 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 3 October 1990.

H. Japan was expelled from the IIHF on 27 April 1946, then re-admitted on 10 March 1951.

I. Kuwait had originally joined the IIHF in 1985, but was expelled in 1992 due to a lack of ice hockey activity.

J. The IIHF recognizes the Soviet Union, which joined in 1952, as the predecessor to Russia, which officially became a member in 1992.

K. The IIHF recognizes Yugoslavia, which joined in 1939, as the predecessor to Serbia, which officially became a member on 28 September 2006.

L. On 22 March 1947, the LIHG chose to recognize the Amateur Hockey Association of the United States instead of the Amateur Athletic Union as the governing body of ice hockey in the United States, as part of the merger with the International Ice Hockey Association.

Associate and affiliate members

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!Nation

!Date joined

!Organization

!President

!class="unsortable"| Teams

!class="unsortable"| Ref.

|Hockey Algeria

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|Andorran Federation of Ice Sports

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|Argentine Association of Ice and In-Line Hockey

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|Bahrain Hockey Committee

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|Brazilian Ice Sports Federation

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| (affiliate member)

|Chilean Ice and Inline Hockey Federation

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|Colombian Ice Hockey Federation

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|Hellenic Winter Sports Federation

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|Indonesia Ice Hockey Federation

|align=center| 58

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|Jamaican Olympic Ice Hockey Federation

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|Kenya Federation of Ice Sports

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|Lebanese Ice Hockey Federation

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|Liechtenstein Ice Hockey Federation

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|Macau Ice Sports Federation

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|Royal Moroccan Ice Hockey Federation

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|Nepal Ice Hockey Association

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|Macedonian Ice Hockey Federation

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|Oman Ice Sports Committee

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|Portuguese Winter Sports Federation

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|Puerto Rico Ice Hockey Association

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|Qatar Winter Sports Committee

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|Tunisian Ice Hockey Association

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Former members

{| class="wikitable sortable"

!Member

!Date joined IIHF

!Date left IIHF

!Organization

!class="unsortable"| Reason

|Czech Hockey Union

|Membership rights transferred to Czechoslovakia.

|National Ice Hockey Federation of the Republic of Moldova

|Membership ended following a prolonged lack of ice hockey activity.

|Namibia Ice and InLine Hockey Association

|Withdrew from affiliate membership due to a lack of ice hockey activity. Maintains an inline hockey national team and is a member of World Skate.

|February 1933

|Oxford Canadians Ice Hockey Club

|Membership ended after Canada joined in 1920.

|Soviet Union Ice Hockey Federation

|Membership rights transferred to Russia.

|Ice Hockey Federation of Yugoslavia

|Membership rights transferred to Serbia (initially Serbia and Montenegro) after the breakup of Yugoslavia.

References

Bibliography

External links

Official website of the International Ice Hockey Federation