IIHF World Ranking

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The IIHF World Ranking is the official system used by the International Ice Hockey Federation to rate and seed national ice hockey teams based on their performance in recent international tournaments.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf ice hockey ranking
ranking system
sports ranking
appliesTo men's national ice hockey teams
national ice hockey teams
women's national ice hockey teams
basedOn performance in recent IIHF tournaments
results in IIHF World Championships
results in Olympic ice hockey tournaments
category international ice hockey
sports statistics
dataType tabular ranking list
governingBody International Ice Hockey Federation
governingBodyAbbreviation IIHF
hasFeature annual update
separate men's ranking
separate women's ranking
hasSeparateTableFor men
women
includes member national association name
ranking points
ranking position
influences group composition in IIHF tournaments
qualification paths for major tournaments
maintainedBy IIHF Council
IIHF Sport Department
officialLanguage English
French
publishedOn IIHF official website
region worldwide
scope international
senior national teams
sport ice hockey
startYear 2003
timeSpanOfResults several previous seasons
updated annually after IIHF World Championship
usedAs basis for promotion and relegation seeding
qualification criterion for Olympic participation
usedBy IIHF World Championship organizers
Olympic ice hockey tournament organizers
national ice hockey associations
usedFor Olympic Games seeding
World Championship seeding
seeding
tournament seeding
uses points system
weighted results over multiple years
weights recent tournaments more heavily


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