2008 IIHF World Ranking

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

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[edit] Ranking system

The ranking is based on the standings of the last Winter Olympics and the last four IIHF World Championships. The world champion/Olympic gold medal winner is awarded 1200 points. In general there is a 20 point interval between two ranks, for example the team finishing on position 14 receives 860 points and the team on position 15 receives 840 points. There is a 40-point interval between position 1 and 2, 2 and 3, 4 and 5 and 8 and 9.[1]

The results of more recent tournaments have a higher weight in the ranking. The last World Championship has 100% value, the tournament before 75% and so on. The Olympic tournament has the same value as the World Championship the same year. If several teams are equal on points, the position of most recent World Championship will decide the ranking of those teams.

The ranking has been criticized because it puts too much emphasis on the World Championship rather than the Olympics, and completely ignores the NHL-run World Cup. This can be particularly misleading because in the World Championship, many of the world's elite players are tied up in the NHL playoffs, unlike the World Cup (although, this tournament has not been held in the current ranking period) and (as of 2006) the Olympics.

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. The first ranking was released in 2003, based on the results of 2002 Olympics and World Championships from 2000 to 2003.

[edit] Men's 2008 final ranking

The Men's 2008 IIHF World Ranking is based on the performance at World Championship of 2008, 2007, 2006 and the 2005 and at the 2006 Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament in Turin, Italy.

Rank Team Points Change
1  Canada 3410 +1
2  Russia 3400 +3
3  Sweden*** 3400 -2
4  Finland 3385 -1
5  Czech Republic 3265 -1
6  United States 3105 +1
7  Switzerland 3020 +1
8  Slovakia 2955 -2
9  Belarus 2845 -
10  Germany 2740 +1
11  Latvia 2740 -1
12  Norway 2735 +2
13  Denmark 2660 -1
14  Italy 2580 -1
15  Slovenia 2460 +3
16  Austria 2445 +1
17  Ukraine 2435 -2
18  France 2410 +1
19  Kazakhstan 2405 -3
20  Hungary 2220 +1
21  Poland 2175 -1
22  Japan 2120 -
23  Lithuania 1970 +2
24  Netherlands 1935 -
25  Estonia 1930 -2
26  Croatia 1790 +2
27  Romania 1770 -1
28  China 1650 -1
29  Great Britain 1645 -
30  Serbia 1425 -
31  South Korea 1365 +1
32  Bulgaria 1305 -1
33  Australia 1300 -
34  Belgium 1230 +1
35  Israel 1190 -1
36  Spain 1120 -
37  Mexico 1010 +1
38  Iceland 965 -1
39  New Zealand 890 -
40  Ireland 775 +3
41  Turkey 765 -1
42  South Africa 755 -1
43  Luxembourg 695 -1
44  North Korea 645 -
45  Mongolia 415 +1
46  Greece 240 new
47  Bosnia and Herzegovina 200 new
48  Armenia 200 -3

Bold letters denote current world champion. Stars (***) denote current Olympic champion.

[edit] Women's 2008 ranking

Rank Team Points Change
1  Canada*** 2950 -
2  United States 2930 -
3  Finland 2770 +1
4  Sweden 2760 -1
5  Switzerland 2645 +2
6  Russia 2575 -
7  Germany 2525 -2
8  China 2510 -
9  Japan 2420 +1
10  Kazakhstan 2410 -1
11  France 2220 +1
12  Czech Republic 2205 +1
13  Latvia 2195 -2
14  Norway 2150 +1
15  Italy 2065 -1
16  Slovenia 1810 -
17  Slovakia 1735 +1
18  Denmark 1650 -1
19  Austria 1580 +1
20  North Korea 1560 -1
21  Netherlands 1480 -
22  Australia 1405 +1
23  Great Britain 1385 -1
24  Belgium 1305 -
25  Hungary 1265 -
26  South Korea 1215 -
27  New Zealand 1110 +2
28  South Africa 1105 -
29  Romania 1100 -2
30  Croatia 1095 +1
31  Iceland 1090 -1
32  Estonia 910 -
33  Turkey 840 -
34  Bulgaria 780 -

Bold letters denote current World Champion. Stars (***) denotes current Olympic champion.

[edit] See also

Preceded by
2007 IIHF World Ranking		 IIHF World Ranking
2008		 Succeeded by
2009 IIHF World Ranking

[edit] References

  1. ^ "IIHF World Ranking". IIHF. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-ranking.html. Retrieved on 2008-05-08. 

[edit] External links

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