This article lists the performances of each of the 70 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the Ice Hockey World Championships, an annual international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), including the Olympic ice hockey tournament was also considered the World Championship for that year, and was held before the first Ice Hockey World Championship as an individual event in 1930. With the exception between 1940 and 1946, when no championships were held during World War II, nor were held during the Olympic years 1980, 1984, and 1988. In 2020, the IIHF announced that all World Championship tournaments have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions-related issues. [1] [2]
Sweden has appeared in 81 out of 86 tournaments to date, with Canada, having participated in 76, and Finland in 69. The United States has appeared in 74 top division tournaments and five in lower divisions. Although the U.S. was unsuccessful at the 1969 World Championship, finished in last place in Group A (now Top Division) after losing all ten games. This marks the first time in men's world's history, the United States was relegated to Group B (now Division I) until the 1970 World Championship, the U.S. bounce back and finished in first place in Group B (7th overall) after winning all seven games and was promoted back to Group A.
Canada is the current World Champion, defeating Germany in the gold medal game at the 2023 IIHF World Championship. Since the IIHF introduced a playoff system in 1992, Switzerland has appeared in two World Championship gold medal games, finished as the runners-up after losing to Sweden twice in 2013 and 2018. The United States is the only " Big Six" team to have never advanced past the World Championship semifinals and never appeared in every World Championship gold medal game.
A total of 62 national teams have participated for at least one IIHF World Championship through the 2023 event, and two debuted in 2023. Each successive IIHF World Championships has had at least one team appearing for the first time, in alphabetical order per year. Teams in parentheses are considered successor teams by the IIHF.
Notes:
Key:
Year | Debutants | Successor teams | ||
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Teams | Number | CT | ||
1920 † | Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, [b] France, Sweden, Switzerland, United States | 7 | 7 | |
1924 * | Great Britain | 1 | 8 | |
1928 * | Austria, Germany, [c] Hungary, Poland | 4 | 12 | |
1930 | Italy, Japan | 2 | 14 | |
1931 | Romania | 1 | 15 | |
1932 * | None | 0 | 15 | |
1933 | Latvia | 1 | 16 | |
1934 | None | 0 | 16 | |
1935 | Netherlands | 1 | 17 | |
1936 * | None | 0 | 17 | |
1937 | Norway | 1 | 18 | |
1938 | Lithuania | 1 | 19 | |
1939 | Finland, Yugoslavia [d] | 2 | 21 | |
1940 | No tournaments were held during World War II | |||
1941 | ||||
1942 | ||||
1943 | ||||
1944 | ||||
1945 | ||||
1946 | ||||
1947 | None | 0 | 21 | |
1948 * | ||||
1949 | Denmark | 1 | 22 | |
1950 | None | 0 | 22 | |
1951 | Yugoslavia (Group B) [d] | |||
1952 * | ||||
1953 | West Germany [c] | |||
1954 | Soviet Union [e] | 1 | 23 | |
1955 | None | 0 | 23 | |
1956 * | East Germany (Group B) [c] | 1 | 24 | |
1957 | None | 0 | 24 | |
1958 | ||||
1959 | ||||
1960 * | Australia | 1 | 25 | |
1961 | South Africa (Group C) | 1 | 26 | |
1962 | None | 0 | 26 | |
1963 | Bulgaria (Group C) | 1 | 27 | |
1964 * | None | 0 | 27 | |
1965 | ||||
1966 | ||||
1967 | ||||
1968 * | ||||
1969 | ||||
1970 | ||||
1971 | ||||
1972 | China (Group C) | 1 | 28 | |
1973 | None | 0 | 28 | |
1974 | North Korea (Group C) | 1 | 29 | |
1975 | None | 0 | 29 | |
1976 | ||||
1977 | Spain (Group C) | 1 | 30 | |
1978 | None | 0 | 30 | |
1979 | South Korea (Group C) | 1 | 31 | |
1980 | No tournaments were held during the 1980 Winter Olympic Games | |||
1981 | None | 0 | 31 | |
1982 | ||||
1983 | ||||
1984 | No tournaments were held during the 1984 Winter Olympic Games | |||
1985 | None | 0 | 31 | |
1986 | ||||
1987 | Hong Kong (Group D), New Zealand (Group D) | 2 [f] | 33 | |
1988 | No tournaments were held during the 1988 Winter Olympic Games | |||
1989 | None | 0 | 33 | |
1990 | ||||
1991 | Germany [c] | |||
1992 | Greece (Group C2), Israel (Group C2), Luxembourg (Group C2), Turkey (Group C2) | 4 | 37 | Russia [e] |
1993 | Belarus (Group C), Croatia (Group C), Estonia (Group C), Kazakhstan (Group C), Slovenia (Group C), Ukraine (Group C) | 6 | 43 | Czech Republic [b] |
1994 | Slovakia (Group C1) | 1 | 44 | |
1995 | None | 0 | 44 | FR Yugoslavia (Group C) [d] |
1996 | ||||
1997 | ||||
1998 | ||||
1999 | Iceland (Group D) | 1 | 45 | |
2000 | Mexico (Group D) | 1 | 46 | |
2001 | None | 0 | 46 | |
2002 | ||||
2003 | Serbia and Montenegro (Division II A) [d] | |||
2004 | Armenia (Division III), Ireland (Division III) | 2 | 48 | |
2005 | None | 0 | 48 | |
2006 | ||||
2007 | Mongolia (Division III) | 1 | 49 | Serbia (Division II A) [d] |
2008 | Bosnia & Herzegovina (Division III Q) | 1 | 50 | |
2009 | None | 0 | 50 | |
2010 | United Arab Emirates (Division III) | 1 | 51 | |
2011 | None | 0 | 51 | |
2012 | ||||
2013 | Georgia (Division III Q) | 1 | 52 | |
2014 | None | 0 | 52 | |
2015 | ||||
2016 | ||||
2017 | Chinese Taipei (Division III) [f] | 1 | 53 | |
2018 | Kuwait (Division III Q), Turkmenistan (Division III Q) | 2 | 55 | |
2019 | Kyrgyzstan (Division III Q), Thailand (Division III Q) | 2 | 57 | |
2020 | Tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2021 | All lower division tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2022 | Iran (Division IV), Malaysia (Division IV), Singapore (Division IV) | 3 | 60 | |
2023 | Indonesia (Division IV), Philippines (Division IV) | 2 | 62 | |
2024 | TBD | TBD | TBD | |
2025 | ||||
2026 | ||||
2027 | ||||
2028 | ||||
2029 | ||||
2030 |
With 62 national teams to have participated through the 2023 event, the IIHF World Championships is the third most participated men's world championship, behind the FIFA World Cup (80), and the FIBA Basketball World Cup (65), and ahead of the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship (60), the IHF World Men's Handball Championship (58), the Rugby World Cup (26), the Men's FIH Hockey World Cup (25), the World Baseball Classic (23), and the Cricket World Cup (20).
Team | Number of appearances | Debut | Most recent | Best result |
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Sweden | 81 | 1920 | 2023 | Champions (11 times) |
Canada | 76 | 1920 | 2023 | Champions (28 times) |
United States | 74 (5 in lower divisions) | 1920 | 2023 | Champions (1933, 1960) |
Finland | 69 | 1939 | 2023 | Champions (1995, 2011, 2019, 2022) |
Switzerland | 55 (25 in lower divisions) | 1920 | 2023 | Runners-up (1935, 2013, 2018) |
Norway | 38 (31 in lower divisions) | 1937 | 2023 | 4th place (1951) |
Austria | 34 (42 in lower divisions) | 1928 | 2023 | 3rd place (1931, 1947) |
France | 34 (34 in lower divisions) | 1920 | 2023 | 6th place (1920, 1924, 1928, 1930) |
Italy | 32 (37 in lower divisions) | 1930 | 2023 | 4th place (1953) |
Latvia | 31 (4 in lower divisions) | 1933 | 2023 | 3rd place (2023) |
Poland | 29 (45 in lower divisions) | 1928 | 2023 | 4th place (1931, 1932) |
Slovakia | 27 (2 in lower divisions) | 1994 | 2023 | Champions (2002) |
Denmark | 21 (34 in lower divisions) | 1949 | 2023 | 8th place (2010, 2016) |
Belarus | 20 (8 in lower divisions) | 1993 | 2021 | 6th place (2006) |
Great Britain | 18 (42 in lower divisions) | 1924 | 2023 | Champions (1936) |
Hungary | 13 (53 in lower divisions) | 1928 | 2023 | 5th place (1937) |
Belgium | 12 (45 in lower divisions) | 1920 | 2023 | 7th place (1920, 1924, 1950) |
Japan | 11 (46 in lower divisions) | 1930 | 2023 | 6th place (1930) |
Kazakhstan | 11 (19 in lower divisions) | 1993 | 2023 | 10th place (2021) |
Slovenia | 10 (19 in lower divisions) | 1993 | 2023 | 13th place (2002, 2005) |
Ukraine | 9 (20 in lower divisions) | 1993 | 2023 | 9th place (2002) |
Romania | 8 (56 in lower divisions) | 1931 | 2023 | 7th place (1947) |
Netherlands | 4 (56 in lower divisions) | 1935 | 2023 | 8th place (1950, 1981) |
Australia | 1 (37* in lower divisions) | 1960 | 2023 | 9th place (1960) |
South Korea | 1 (36 in lower divisions) | 1979 | 2023 | 16th place (2018) |
Lithuania | 1 (29 in lower divisions) | 1938 | 2023 | 10th place (1938) |
Bulgaria | 0 (51 in lower divisions) | 1963 | 2023 | 14th place (8th in Group B) (1970) |
China | 0 (44 in lower divisions) | 1972 | 2023 | 15th place (6th in Group B) (1982) |
Spain | 0 (39 in lower divisions) | 1977 | 2023 | 22nd place (5th in Group C) (1977) |
South Africa | 0 (30** in lower divisions) | 1961 | 2023 | 19th place (3rd in Group C) (1966) |
Israel | 0 (30 in lower divisions) | 1992 | 2023 | 28th place (6th in Division I A) (2006) |
Croatia | 0 (29 in lower divisions) | 1993 | 2023 | 24th place (4th in Division I A) (2001) |
Estonia | 0 (29 in lower divisions) | 1993 | 2023 | 19th place (3rd in Group B) (1998) |
New Zealand | 0 (27** in lower divisions) | 1987 | 2023 | 27th place (3rd in Group D) (1987) |
Turkey | 0 (27** in lower divisions) | 1992 | 2023 | 32nd place (6th in Group C2) (1992) |
North Korea | 0 (27 in lower divisions) | 1974 | 2019 | 21st place (5th in Group C) (1990) |
Iceland | 0 (23 in lower divisions) | 1999 | 2023 | 30th place (2nd in Division II A) (2014) |
Luxembourg | 0 (22 in lower divisions) | 1992 | 2023 | 31st place (5th in Group C2) (1992) |
Mexico | 0 (22 in lower divisions) | 2000 | 2023 | 35th place (4th in Division II B) (2008) |
Greece | 0 (12 in lower divisions) | 1992 | 2013 | 29th place (3rd in Group C2) (1992) |
Ireland | 0 (10 in lower divisions) | 2004 | 2013 | 40th place (6th in Division II B) (2008) |
Georgia | 0 (9 in lower divisions) | 2013 | 2023 | 30th place (2nd in Division II A) (2023) |
United Arab Emirates | 0 (9 in lower divisions) | 2010 | 2023 | 35th place (1st in Division II B) (2023) |
Hong Kong | 0 (8 in lower divisions) | 1987 | 2023 | 28th place (4th in Group D) (1987) |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | 0 (7 in lower divisions) | 2008 | 2023 | 44th place (3rd in Division III B) (2022) |
Mongolia | 0 (6 in lower divisions) | 2007 | 2023 | 45th place (5th in Division III) (2007) |
Armenia | 0 (5 in lower divisions) | 2004 | 2010 | 43rd place (3rd in Division III) (2006) |
Chinese Taipei | 0 (5*** in lower divisions) | 2017 | 2023 | 40th place (4th in Division III A) (2022) |
Kuwait | 0 (4 in lower divisions) | 2018 | 2023 | 49th place (5th in Division IV) (2022) |
Turkmenistan | 0 (4 in lower divisions) | 2018 | 2023 | 39th place (3rd in Division III A) (2022) |
Kyrgyzstan | 0 (3 in lower divisions) | 2019 | 2023 | 45th place (1st in Division IV) (2022) |
Thailand | 0 (3 in lower divisions) | 2019 | 2023 | 43rd place (2nd in Division III B) (2022) |
Iran | 0 (2 in lower divisions) | 2022 | 2023 | 46th place (2nd in Division IV) (2022) |
Malaysia | 0 (2 in lower divisions) | 2022 | 2023 | 48th place (4th in Division IV) (2022) |
Singapore | 0 (2 in lower divisions) | 2022 | 2023 | 47th place (3rd in Division IV) (2022) |
Indonesia | 0 (1 in lower divisions) | 2023 | 2023 | 55th place (4th in Division IV) (2023) |
Philippines | 0 (1 in lower divisions) | 2023 | 2023 | 52nd place (1st in Division IV) (2023) |
*Including participation in official qualifying competition for 1964 World Championships/Olympics. **Not including participation in unofficial Group E 1997 Men's World Championships. ***Not including unofficial participation in the Pool D at 1987 World Championships.
Team | Number of appearances | Debut | Most recent | Best result |
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Czech Republic (1993–) | 30 | 1993 | 2023 | Champions (6 times) |
Czechoslovakia (1920–1992) | 52 | 1920 | 1992 | Champions (6 times) |
Team | Number of appearances | Debut | Most recent | Best result |
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Germany (1928–1939), (1952 Winter Olympics), (1991–) | 40 (3 in lower divisions) | 1928 | 2023 | Runners-up (1930, 2003) |
United Team of Germany (1956–1964) | 3 | 1956 | 1964 | 6th place (1956, 1960) |
West Germany (1951–1990) | 24 (9* in lower divisions) | 1953 | 1990 | Runners-up (1953) |
East Germany (1951–1990) | 14 (16** in lower divisions) | 1956 | 1990 | 5th place (1957, 1965, 1966, 1970) |
*Including participation in 3 official qualifying competitions for World Championships/Olympics 1956, 1960, 1964 where United Team of Germany played. **Including participation in 2 official qualifying competitions for World Championships/Olympics 1960, 1964 where United Team of Germany played (1956 counted as usual as East Germany played in the Pool B at 1956 World Championships).
Team | Number of appearances | Debut | Most recent | Best result |
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ROC [g] (2021–) | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | 5th place (2021) |
Russia (1992–2019) | 28 | 1992 | 2019 | Champions (5 times) |
Soviet Union (1954–1991) | 34 | 1954 | 1991 | Champions (22 times) |
Team | Number of appearances | Debut | Most recent | Best result |
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Serbia (2007–) | 0 (15 in lower divisions) | 2007 | 2023 | 26th place (5th in Division I B) (2022) |
Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006) | 0 (4 in lower divisions) | 2003 | 2006 | 31st place (2nd in Division II Group A) (2003) |
FR Yugoslavia (1995–2002) | 0 (7 in lower divisions) | 1995 | 2002 | 28th place (8th in Group C) (1995) |
Yugoslavia (1939), (1951–1991) | 1 (30 in lower divisions) | 1939 | 1991 | 13th place (1939) |
Also Switzerland "B" team played at the 1953 Ice Hockey World Championships in the Pool B, West Germany "B" team played at the 1955 Ice Hockey World Championships in the Pool B, Czechoslovakia "B" team played at the 1959 Ice Hockey World Championships in the Pool B and Yugoslavia "B" team played at the 1966 Ice Hockey World Championships in the Pool C but its results were not official and not counted in the final tables.
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Countries in italics no longer compete at the World Championships. [4]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Canada | 28 | 16 | 9 | 53 |
2 | Russia [h] / Soviet Union | 27 | 10 | 10 | 47 |
3 | Czechia [i] / Czechoslovakia | 12 | 13 | 22 | 47 |
4 | Sweden | 11 | 19 | 17 | 47 |
5 | Finland | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16 |
6 | United States | 2 | 9 | 9 | 20 |
7 | Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
8 | Slovakia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
9 | Switzerland | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
10 | Germany / West Germany [j] | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
11 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
12 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (15 nations) | 86 | 86 | 86 | 258 |
This section is a list of droughts associated with the participation of men's national ice hockey teams in the IIHF World Championships, including final appearance and world champion droughts up to and including the 2023 IIHF World Championship. Those teams which have not participated in any World Championship are listed by the year that they entered the IIHF tournaments.
Note:
Does not include two teams that made the 2023 Final: Canada and Germany.
Team | Last appearance in the final | Subsequent semifinal losses | Drought |
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United States | Never (IIHF introduced a playoff system in 1992) | 12 (1994, 1996, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023) | 32 years |
Latvia | Never (IIHF introduced a playoff system in 1992) | 1 (2023) | 32 years |
Czech Republic | 2010 | 5 (2011, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2022) | 13 years |
Slovakia | 2012 | 0 | 11 years |
ROC [g] | 2015 | 3 (2016, 2017, 2019) | 8 years |
Sweden | 2018 | 0 | 5 years |
Switzerland | 2018 | 0 | 5 years |
Finland | 2022 | 0 | 1 year |
Active final drought is highlighted
Team | Prev. appearance in the final | Intervening semifinal losses | Next appearance in the final | Drought |
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United States | Never (IIHF introduced a playoff system in 1992) | 12 (1994, 1996, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023) | active | 32 years |
Latvia | Never (IIHF introduced a playoff system in 1992) | 1 (2023) | active | 32 years |
Germany | Never (IIHF introduced a playoff system in 1992) | 2 (2010, 2021) | 2023 | 31 years |
Switzerland | Never (IIHF introduced a playoff system in 1992) | 2 (1992, 1998) | 2013 | 21 years |
Czech Republic | 2010 | 5 (2011, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2022) | active | 13 years |
Slovakia | 2012 | 0 | active | 11 years |
ROC [g] | 1993 | 0 | 2002 | 8 years |
Canada | 2009 | 0 | 2015 | 5 years |
1997 | 0 | 2003 | ||
Sweden | 2018 | 0 | active | 5 years |
Finland | 2001 | 1 (2002) | 2006 | 4 years |
Does not include the most-recent World Champion: Finland.
Team | Last Champion | Subsequent Final losses | Drought |
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Switzerland | Never (debut in 1920) | 2 (2013, 2018) | 104 years |
Great Britain | 1936 | Never | 87 years |
United States | 1960 | Never | 63 years |
Slovakia | 2002 | 1 (2012) | 21 years |
Czech Republic | 2010 | 0 | 13 years |
ROC [g] | 2014 | 1 (2015) | 9 years |
Sweden | 2018 | 0 | 5 years |
Canada | 2021 | 1 (2022) | 1 year |
Active champion drought is highlighted
Team | Prev. champion | Intervening final losses | Next champion | Drought |
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Switzerland | Never (debut in 1920) | 2 (2013, 2018) | active | 104 years |
Great Britain | 1936 | Never | active | 87 years |
United States | 1960 | Never | active | 63 years |
Canada | 1961 | Never | 1994 | 32 years |
Sweden | 1962 | Never | 1987 | 24 years |
Slovakia | 2002 | 1 (2012) | active | 21 years |
Finland | 1995 | 4 (1998, 1999, 2001, 2007) | 2011 | 15 years |
ROC [g] | 1993 | 1 (2002) | 2008 | 14 years |
Czech Republic | 2010 | 0 | active | 13 years |
Does not include teams that have not made their first appearance. Does not include droughts when all lower division tournaments were cancelled for two years (2020–2021) due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Team | Last appearance | WC Missed |
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Armenia [k] | 2010 ( Division III B) | 12 |
Greece [l] | 2013 ( Division III) | 9 |
Ireland [m] | 2013 ( Division III) | 9 |
North Korea [n] | 2019 ( Division II B) | 3 |
Belarus | 2021 | 2 |
ROC [g] | 2021 | 2 |
Only includes droughts begun after a team's first appearance and until the team ceased to exist. Updated to include participation for the 2023 World Championships.
Active appearance drought is highlighted
22 out of 83 current IIHF members have not entered in any World Championship tournaments.
Nation | IIHF Member since | Notes |
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Algeria* | 2019 | Participated in the Arab Cup in 2008 and the IIHF Development Cup in 2022. |
Andorra* | 1995 | Hosted the 1997 IIHF World Championship Group D tournament in Canillo. Participated in the IIHF Development Cup since 2017. |
Argentina* | 1998 | Participated in the now-defunct Pan American Tournament from 2014 to 2017, the Amerigol LATAM Cup since 2018 and the IIHF Development Cup in 2023. |
Azerbaijan | 1992 | There is no national team and Azerbaijan has not registered at least one player, nor entered in any IIHF tournaments due to lack of ice rinks and ice hockey activities in the country. |
Brazil* | 1984 | Participated in the now-defunct Pan American Tournament from 2014 to 2017 and the Amerigol LATAM Cup since 2018. |
Chile** | 1999 | Participated in the now-defunct Pan American Tournament in 2017. Currently an IIHF affiliate member and therefore only to participate in the now-defunct IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. Their last appearance was 2015. Due to the cancellation of the 2019 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, the IIHF can no longer govern inline hockey. [8] |
Colombia* | 2019 | Participated in the now-defunct Pan American Tournament from 2014 to 2017, the Amerigol LATAM Cup since 2018 and the IIHF Development Cup since 2022. |
India | 1989 | Only participated in the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia from 2009 to 2018. India has not been active since 2018. |
Jamaica* | 2012 | Jamaica became the first Caribbean nation to join the IIHF on 18 May 2012. [9] Participated in the Amerigol LATAM Cup in 2019. |
Lebanon* | 2019 | Played four exhibition games against other national teams in 2017. Participated in the Arab Cup in 2023. |
Liechtenstein* | 2001 | Played two exhibition games, lost twice to Luxembourg in 2003 and 2007. Participated in the IIHF Development Cup since 2022. |
Macau* | 2005 | Participated in the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia from 2008 to 2019 and the Asian Winter Games in 2007 and 2017. |
Moldova* | 2008 | There is no national team and Moldova has not registered at least one player. |
Morocco* | 2010 | Participated in the Arab Cup in 2008 and the IIHF Development Cup in 2017. |
Nepal* | 2016 | Unknown |
North Macedonia* | 2001 | Played two exhibition games against Bosnia & Herzegovina over the weekend. They won the first game 8–7 and lost the second game 7–6 in overtime a day later. [10] Participated in the IIHF Development Cup in 2018. |
Oman* | 2014 | Participated in the GCC Gulf Championship from 2010 to 2016, the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia from 2015 to 2019 and the Arab Cup in 2023. |
Portugal* | 1999 | Participated in the IIHF Development Cup since 2017. |
Puerto Rico* | 2022 | Participated in the Amerigol LATAM Cup since 2019. |
Qatar* | 2012 | Participated in the GCC Gulf Championship in 2014 and 2016, the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia Division I in 2016 and the Asian Winter Games in 2017. Qatar has not been active since 2017. |
Tunisia* | 2021 | Participated in the Arab Cup in 2023. |
Uzbekistan* | 2019 | Represented the Uzbek SSR at the Winter Spartakiad from 1978 to 1986. Uzbekistan has not been active since the USSR being dissolved in 1991 and therefore has not played an official game against other national team so far. |
* – IIHF associate member, ** – IIHF affiliate member
This article lists the performances of each of the 70 national teams which have made at least one appearance in the Ice Hockey World Championships, an annual international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), including the Olympic ice hockey tournament was also considered the World Championship for that year, and was held before the first Ice Hockey World Championship as an individual event in 1930. With the exception between 1940 and 1946, when no championships were held during World War II, nor were held during the Olympic years 1980, 1984, and 1988. In 2020, the IIHF announced that all World Championship tournaments have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and travel restrictions-related issues. [1] [2]
Sweden has appeared in 81 out of 86 tournaments to date, with Canada, having participated in 76, and Finland in 69. The United States has appeared in 74 top division tournaments and five in lower divisions. Although the U.S. was unsuccessful at the 1969 World Championship, finished in last place in Group A (now Top Division) after losing all ten games. This marks the first time in men's world's history, the United States was relegated to Group B (now Division I) until the 1970 World Championship, the U.S. bounce back and finished in first place in Group B (7th overall) after winning all seven games and was promoted back to Group A.
Canada is the current World Champion, defeating Germany in the gold medal game at the 2023 IIHF World Championship. Since the IIHF introduced a playoff system in 1992, Switzerland has appeared in two World Championship gold medal games, finished as the runners-up after losing to Sweden twice in 2013 and 2018. The United States is the only " Big Six" team to have never advanced past the World Championship semifinals and never appeared in every World Championship gold medal game.
A total of 62 national teams have participated for at least one IIHF World Championship through the 2023 event, and two debuted in 2023. Each successive IIHF World Championships has had at least one team appearing for the first time, in alphabetical order per year. Teams in parentheses are considered successor teams by the IIHF.
Notes:
Key:
Year | Debutants | Successor teams | ||
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Teams | Number | CT | ||
1920 † | Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, [b] France, Sweden, Switzerland, United States | 7 | 7 | |
1924 * | Great Britain | 1 | 8 | |
1928 * | Austria, Germany, [c] Hungary, Poland | 4 | 12 | |
1930 | Italy, Japan | 2 | 14 | |
1931 | Romania | 1 | 15 | |
1932 * | None | 0 | 15 | |
1933 | Latvia | 1 | 16 | |
1934 | None | 0 | 16 | |
1935 | Netherlands | 1 | 17 | |
1936 * | None | 0 | 17 | |
1937 | Norway | 1 | 18 | |
1938 | Lithuania | 1 | 19 | |
1939 | Finland, Yugoslavia [d] | 2 | 21 | |
1940 | No tournaments were held during World War II | |||
1941 | ||||
1942 | ||||
1943 | ||||
1944 | ||||
1945 | ||||
1946 | ||||
1947 | None | 0 | 21 | |
1948 * | ||||
1949 | Denmark | 1 | 22 | |
1950 | None | 0 | 22 | |
1951 | Yugoslavia (Group B) [d] | |||
1952 * | ||||
1953 | West Germany [c] | |||
1954 | Soviet Union [e] | 1 | 23 | |
1955 | None | 0 | 23 | |
1956 * | East Germany (Group B) [c] | 1 | 24 | |
1957 | None | 0 | 24 | |
1958 | ||||
1959 | ||||
1960 * | Australia | 1 | 25 | |
1961 | South Africa (Group C) | 1 | 26 | |
1962 | None | 0 | 26 | |
1963 | Bulgaria (Group C) | 1 | 27 | |
1964 * | None | 0 | 27 | |
1965 | ||||
1966 | ||||
1967 | ||||
1968 * | ||||
1969 | ||||
1970 | ||||
1971 | ||||
1972 | China (Group C) | 1 | 28 | |
1973 | None | 0 | 28 | |
1974 | North Korea (Group C) | 1 | 29 | |
1975 | None | 0 | 29 | |
1976 | ||||
1977 | Spain (Group C) | 1 | 30 | |
1978 | None | 0 | 30 | |
1979 | South Korea (Group C) | 1 | 31 | |
1980 | No tournaments were held during the 1980 Winter Olympic Games | |||
1981 | None | 0 | 31 | |
1982 | ||||
1983 | ||||
1984 | No tournaments were held during the 1984 Winter Olympic Games | |||
1985 | None | 0 | 31 | |
1986 | ||||
1987 | Hong Kong (Group D), New Zealand (Group D) | 2 [f] | 33 | |
1988 | No tournaments were held during the 1988 Winter Olympic Games | |||
1989 | None | 0 | 33 | |
1990 | ||||
1991 | Germany [c] | |||
1992 | Greece (Group C2), Israel (Group C2), Luxembourg (Group C2), Turkey (Group C2) | 4 | 37 | Russia [e] |
1993 | Belarus (Group C), Croatia (Group C), Estonia (Group C), Kazakhstan (Group C), Slovenia (Group C), Ukraine (Group C) | 6 | 43 | Czech Republic [b] |
1994 | Slovakia (Group C1) | 1 | 44 | |
1995 | None | 0 | 44 | FR Yugoslavia (Group C) [d] |
1996 | ||||
1997 | ||||
1998 | ||||
1999 | Iceland (Group D) | 1 | 45 | |
2000 | Mexico (Group D) | 1 | 46 | |
2001 | None | 0 | 46 | |
2002 | ||||
2003 | Serbia and Montenegro (Division II A) [d] | |||
2004 | Armenia (Division III), Ireland (Division III) | 2 | 48 | |
2005 | None | 0 | 48 | |
2006 | ||||
2007 | Mongolia (Division III) | 1 | 49 | Serbia (Division II A) [d] |
2008 | Bosnia & Herzegovina (Division III Q) | 1 | 50 | |
2009 | None | 0 | 50 | |
2010 | United Arab Emirates (Division III) | 1 | 51 | |
2011 | None | 0 | 51 | |
2012 | ||||
2013 | Georgia (Division III Q) | 1 | 52 | |
2014 | None | 0 | 52 | |
2015 | ||||
2016 | ||||
2017 | Chinese Taipei (Division III) [f] | 1 | 53 | |
2018 | Kuwait (Division III Q), Turkmenistan (Division III Q) | 2 | 55 | |
2019 | Kyrgyzstan (Division III Q), Thailand (Division III Q) | 2 | 57 | |
2020 | Tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2021 | All lower division tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2022 | Iran (Division IV), Malaysia (Division IV), Singapore (Division IV) | 3 | 60 | |
2023 | Indonesia (Division IV), Philippines (Division IV) | 2 | 62 | |
2024 | TBD | TBD | TBD | |
2025 | ||||
2026 | ||||
2027 | ||||
2028 | ||||
2029 | ||||
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With 62 national teams to have participated through the 2023 event, the IIHF World Championships is the third most participated men's world championship, behind the FIFA World Cup (80), and the FIBA Basketball World Cup (65), and ahead of the FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship (60), the IHF World Men's Handball Championship (58), the Rugby World Cup (26), the Men's FIH Hockey World Cup (25), the World Baseball Classic (23), and the Cricket World Cup (20).
Team | Number of appearances | Debut | Most recent | Best result |
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Sweden | 81 | 1920 | 2023 | Champions (11 times) |
Canada | 76 | 1920 | 2023 | Champions (28 times) |
United States | 74 (5 in lower divisions) | 1920 | 2023 | Champions (1933, 1960) |
Finland | 69 | 1939 | 2023 | Champions (1995, 2011, 2019, 2022) |
Switzerland | 55 (25 in lower divisions) | 1920 | 2023 | Runners-up (1935, 2013, 2018) |
Norway | 38 (31 in lower divisions) | 1937 | 2023 | 4th place (1951) |
Austria | 34 (42 in lower divisions) | 1928 | 2023 | 3rd place (1931, 1947) |
France | 34 (34 in lower divisions) | 1920 | 2023 | 6th place (1920, 1924, 1928, 1930) |
Italy | 32 (37 in lower divisions) | 1930 | 2023 | 4th place (1953) |
Latvia | 31 (4 in lower divisions) | 1933 | 2023 | 3rd place (2023) |
Poland | 29 (45 in lower divisions) | 1928 | 2023 | 4th place (1931, 1932) |
Slovakia | 27 (2 in lower divisions) | 1994 | 2023 | Champions (2002) |
Denmark | 21 (34 in lower divisions) | 1949 | 2023 | 8th place (2010, 2016) |
Belarus | 20 (8 in lower divisions) | 1993 | 2021 | 6th place (2006) |
Great Britain | 18 (42 in lower divisions) | 1924 | 2023 | Champions (1936) |
Hungary | 13 (53 in lower divisions) | 1928 | 2023 | 5th place (1937) |
Belgium | 12 (45 in lower divisions) | 1920 | 2023 | 7th place (1920, 1924, 1950) |
Japan | 11 (46 in lower divisions) | 1930 | 2023 | 6th place (1930) |
Kazakhstan | 11 (19 in lower divisions) | 1993 | 2023 | 10th place (2021) |
Slovenia | 10 (19 in lower divisions) | 1993 | 2023 | 13th place (2002, 2005) |
Ukraine | 9 (20 in lower divisions) | 1993 | 2023 | 9th place (2002) |
Romania | 8 (56 in lower divisions) | 1931 | 2023 | 7th place (1947) |
Netherlands | 4 (56 in lower divisions) | 1935 | 2023 | 8th place (1950, 1981) |
Australia | 1 (37* in lower divisions) | 1960 | 2023 | 9th place (1960) |
South Korea | 1 (36 in lower divisions) | 1979 | 2023 | 16th place (2018) |
Lithuania | 1 (29 in lower divisions) | 1938 | 2023 | 10th place (1938) |
Bulgaria | 0 (51 in lower divisions) | 1963 | 2023 | 14th place (8th in Group B) (1970) |
China | 0 (44 in lower divisions) | 1972 | 2023 | 15th place (6th in Group B) (1982) |
Spain | 0 (39 in lower divisions) | 1977 | 2023 | 22nd place (5th in Group C) (1977) |
South Africa | 0 (30** in lower divisions) | 1961 | 2023 | 19th place (3rd in Group C) (1966) |
Israel | 0 (30 in lower divisions) | 1992 | 2023 | 28th place (6th in Division I A) (2006) |
Croatia | 0 (29 in lower divisions) | 1993 | 2023 | 24th place (4th in Division I A) (2001) |
Estonia | 0 (29 in lower divisions) | 1993 | 2023 | 19th place (3rd in Group B) (1998) |
New Zealand | 0 (27** in lower divisions) | 1987 | 2023 | 27th place (3rd in Group D) (1987) |
Turkey | 0 (27** in lower divisions) | 1992 | 2023 | 32nd place (6th in Group C2) (1992) |
North Korea | 0 (27 in lower divisions) | 1974 | 2019 | 21st place (5th in Group C) (1990) |
Iceland | 0 (23 in lower divisions) | 1999 | 2023 | 30th place (2nd in Division II A) (2014) |
Luxembourg | 0 (22 in lower divisions) | 1992 | 2023 | 31st place (5th in Group C2) (1992) |
Mexico | 0 (22 in lower divisions) | 2000 | 2023 | 35th place (4th in Division II B) (2008) |
Greece | 0 (12 in lower divisions) | 1992 | 2013 | 29th place (3rd in Group C2) (1992) |
Ireland | 0 (10 in lower divisions) | 2004 | 2013 | 40th place (6th in Division II B) (2008) |
Georgia | 0 (9 in lower divisions) | 2013 | 2023 | 30th place (2nd in Division II A) (2023) |
United Arab Emirates | 0 (9 in lower divisions) | 2010 | 2023 | 35th place (1st in Division II B) (2023) |
Hong Kong | 0 (8 in lower divisions) | 1987 | 2023 | 28th place (4th in Group D) (1987) |
Bosnia & Herzegovina | 0 (7 in lower divisions) | 2008 | 2023 | 44th place (3rd in Division III B) (2022) |
Mongolia | 0 (6 in lower divisions) | 2007 | 2023 | 45th place (5th in Division III) (2007) |
Armenia | 0 (5 in lower divisions) | 2004 | 2010 | 43rd place (3rd in Division III) (2006) |
Chinese Taipei | 0 (5*** in lower divisions) | 2017 | 2023 | 40th place (4th in Division III A) (2022) |
Kuwait | 0 (4 in lower divisions) | 2018 | 2023 | 49th place (5th in Division IV) (2022) |
Turkmenistan | 0 (4 in lower divisions) | 2018 | 2023 | 39th place (3rd in Division III A) (2022) |
Kyrgyzstan | 0 (3 in lower divisions) | 2019 | 2023 | 45th place (1st in Division IV) (2022) |
Thailand | 0 (3 in lower divisions) | 2019 | 2023 | 43rd place (2nd in Division III B) (2022) |
Iran | 0 (2 in lower divisions) | 2022 | 2023 | 46th place (2nd in Division IV) (2022) |
Malaysia | 0 (2 in lower divisions) | 2022 | 2023 | 48th place (4th in Division IV) (2022) |
Singapore | 0 (2 in lower divisions) | 2022 | 2023 | 47th place (3rd in Division IV) (2022) |
Indonesia | 0 (1 in lower divisions) | 2023 | 2023 | 55th place (4th in Division IV) (2023) |
Philippines | 0 (1 in lower divisions) | 2023 | 2023 | 52nd place (1st in Division IV) (2023) |
*Including participation in official qualifying competition for 1964 World Championships/Olympics. **Not including participation in unofficial Group E 1997 Men's World Championships. ***Not including unofficial participation in the Pool D at 1987 World Championships.
Team | Number of appearances | Debut | Most recent | Best result |
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Czech Republic (1993–) | 30 | 1993 | 2023 | Champions (6 times) |
Czechoslovakia (1920–1992) | 52 | 1920 | 1992 | Champions (6 times) |
Team | Number of appearances | Debut | Most recent | Best result |
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Germany (1928–1939), (1952 Winter Olympics), (1991–) | 40 (3 in lower divisions) | 1928 | 2023 | Runners-up (1930, 2003) |
United Team of Germany (1956–1964) | 3 | 1956 | 1964 | 6th place (1956, 1960) |
West Germany (1951–1990) | 24 (9* in lower divisions) | 1953 | 1990 | Runners-up (1953) |
East Germany (1951–1990) | 14 (16** in lower divisions) | 1956 | 1990 | 5th place (1957, 1965, 1966, 1970) |
*Including participation in 3 official qualifying competitions for World Championships/Olympics 1956, 1960, 1964 where United Team of Germany played. **Including participation in 2 official qualifying competitions for World Championships/Olympics 1960, 1964 where United Team of Germany played (1956 counted as usual as East Germany played in the Pool B at 1956 World Championships).
Team | Number of appearances | Debut | Most recent | Best result |
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ROC [g] (2021–) | 1 | 2021 | 2021 | 5th place (2021) |
Russia (1992–2019) | 28 | 1992 | 2019 | Champions (5 times) |
Soviet Union (1954–1991) | 34 | 1954 | 1991 | Champions (22 times) |
Team | Number of appearances | Debut | Most recent | Best result |
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Serbia (2007–) | 0 (15 in lower divisions) | 2007 | 2023 | 26th place (5th in Division I B) (2022) |
Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006) | 0 (4 in lower divisions) | 2003 | 2006 | 31st place (2nd in Division II Group A) (2003) |
FR Yugoslavia (1995–2002) | 0 (7 in lower divisions) | 1995 | 2002 | 28th place (8th in Group C) (1995) |
Yugoslavia (1939), (1951–1991) | 1 (30 in lower divisions) | 1939 | 1991 | 13th place (1939) |
Also Switzerland "B" team played at the 1953 Ice Hockey World Championships in the Pool B, West Germany "B" team played at the 1955 Ice Hockey World Championships in the Pool B, Czechoslovakia "B" team played at the 1959 Ice Hockey World Championships in the Pool B and Yugoslavia "B" team played at the 1966 Ice Hockey World Championships in the Pool C but its results were not official and not counted in the final tables.
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Countries in italics no longer compete at the World Championships. [4]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Canada | 28 | 16 | 9 | 53 |
2 | Russia [h] / Soviet Union | 27 | 10 | 10 | 47 |
3 | Czechia [i] / Czechoslovakia | 12 | 13 | 22 | 47 |
4 | Sweden | 11 | 19 | 17 | 47 |
5 | Finland | 4 | 9 | 3 | 16 |
6 | United States | 2 | 9 | 9 | 20 |
7 | Great Britain | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
8 | Slovakia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
9 | Switzerland | 0 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
10 | Germany / West Germany [j] | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
11 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
12 | Latvia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (15 nations) | 86 | 86 | 86 | 258 |
This section is a list of droughts associated with the participation of men's national ice hockey teams in the IIHF World Championships, including final appearance and world champion droughts up to and including the 2023 IIHF World Championship. Those teams which have not participated in any World Championship are listed by the year that they entered the IIHF tournaments.
Note:
Does not include two teams that made the 2023 Final: Canada and Germany.
Team | Last appearance in the final | Subsequent semifinal losses | Drought |
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United States | Never (IIHF introduced a playoff system in 1992) | 12 (1994, 1996, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023) | 32 years |
Latvia | Never (IIHF introduced a playoff system in 1992) | 1 (2023) | 32 years |
Czech Republic | 2010 | 5 (2011, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2022) | 13 years |
Slovakia | 2012 | 0 | 11 years |
ROC [g] | 2015 | 3 (2016, 2017, 2019) | 8 years |
Sweden | 2018 | 0 | 5 years |
Switzerland | 2018 | 0 | 5 years |
Finland | 2022 | 0 | 1 year |
Active final drought is highlighted
Team | Prev. appearance in the final | Intervening semifinal losses | Next appearance in the final | Drought |
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United States | Never (IIHF introduced a playoff system in 1992) | 12 (1994, 1996, 2001, 2004, 2009, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022, 2023) | active | 32 years |
Latvia | Never (IIHF introduced a playoff system in 1992) | 1 (2023) | active | 32 years |
Germany | Never (IIHF introduced a playoff system in 1992) | 2 (2010, 2021) | 2023 | 31 years |
Switzerland | Never (IIHF introduced a playoff system in 1992) | 2 (1992, 1998) | 2013 | 21 years |
Czech Republic | 2010 | 5 (2011, 2012, 2014, 2019, 2022) | active | 13 years |
Slovakia | 2012 | 0 | active | 11 years |
ROC [g] | 1993 | 0 | 2002 | 8 years |
Canada | 2009 | 0 | 2015 | 5 years |
1997 | 0 | 2003 | ||
Sweden | 2018 | 0 | active | 5 years |
Finland | 2001 | 1 (2002) | 2006 | 4 years |
Does not include the most-recent World Champion: Finland.
Team | Last Champion | Subsequent Final losses | Drought |
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Switzerland | Never (debut in 1920) | 2 (2013, 2018) | 104 years |
Great Britain | 1936 | Never | 87 years |
United States | 1960 | Never | 63 years |
Slovakia | 2002 | 1 (2012) | 21 years |
Czech Republic | 2010 | 0 | 13 years |
ROC [g] | 2014 | 1 (2015) | 9 years |
Sweden | 2018 | 0 | 5 years |
Canada | 2021 | 1 (2022) | 1 year |
Active champion drought is highlighted
Team | Prev. champion | Intervening final losses | Next champion | Drought |
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Switzerland | Never (debut in 1920) | 2 (2013, 2018) | active | 104 years |
Great Britain | 1936 | Never | active | 87 years |
United States | 1960 | Never | active | 63 years |
Canada | 1961 | Never | 1994 | 32 years |
Sweden | 1962 | Never | 1987 | 24 years |
Slovakia | 2002 | 1 (2012) | active | 21 years |
Finland | 1995 | 4 (1998, 1999, 2001, 2007) | 2011 | 15 years |
ROC [g] | 1993 | 1 (2002) | 2008 | 14 years |
Czech Republic | 2010 | 0 | active | 13 years |
Does not include teams that have not made their first appearance. Does not include droughts when all lower division tournaments were cancelled for two years (2020–2021) due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Team | Last appearance | WC Missed |
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Armenia [k] | 2010 ( Division III B) | 12 |
Greece [l] | 2013 ( Division III) | 9 |
Ireland [m] | 2013 ( Division III) | 9 |
North Korea [n] | 2019 ( Division II B) | 3 |
Belarus | 2021 | 2 |
ROC [g] | 2021 | 2 |
Only includes droughts begun after a team's first appearance and until the team ceased to exist. Updated to include participation for the 2023 World Championships.
Active appearance drought is highlighted
22 out of 83 current IIHF members have not entered in any World Championship tournaments.
Nation | IIHF Member since | Notes |
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Algeria* | 2019 | Participated in the Arab Cup in 2008 and the IIHF Development Cup in 2022. |
Andorra* | 1995 | Hosted the 1997 IIHF World Championship Group D tournament in Canillo. Participated in the IIHF Development Cup since 2017. |
Argentina* | 1998 | Participated in the now-defunct Pan American Tournament from 2014 to 2017, the Amerigol LATAM Cup since 2018 and the IIHF Development Cup in 2023. |
Azerbaijan | 1992 | There is no national team and Azerbaijan has not registered at least one player, nor entered in any IIHF tournaments due to lack of ice rinks and ice hockey activities in the country. |
Brazil* | 1984 | Participated in the now-defunct Pan American Tournament from 2014 to 2017 and the Amerigol LATAM Cup since 2018. |
Chile** | 1999 | Participated in the now-defunct Pan American Tournament in 2017. Currently an IIHF affiliate member and therefore only to participate in the now-defunct IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship. Their last appearance was 2015. Due to the cancellation of the 2019 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship, the IIHF can no longer govern inline hockey. [8] |
Colombia* | 2019 | Participated in the now-defunct Pan American Tournament from 2014 to 2017, the Amerigol LATAM Cup since 2018 and the IIHF Development Cup since 2022. |
India | 1989 | Only participated in the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia from 2009 to 2018. India has not been active since 2018. |
Jamaica* | 2012 | Jamaica became the first Caribbean nation to join the IIHF on 18 May 2012. [9] Participated in the Amerigol LATAM Cup in 2019. |
Lebanon* | 2019 | Played four exhibition games against other national teams in 2017. Participated in the Arab Cup in 2023. |
Liechtenstein* | 2001 | Played two exhibition games, lost twice to Luxembourg in 2003 and 2007. Participated in the IIHF Development Cup since 2022. |
Macau* | 2005 | Participated in the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia from 2008 to 2019 and the Asian Winter Games in 2007 and 2017. |
Moldova* | 2008 | There is no national team and Moldova has not registered at least one player. |
Morocco* | 2010 | Participated in the Arab Cup in 2008 and the IIHF Development Cup in 2017. |
Nepal* | 2016 | Unknown |
North Macedonia* | 2001 | Played two exhibition games against Bosnia & Herzegovina over the weekend. They won the first game 8–7 and lost the second game 7–6 in overtime a day later. [10] Participated in the IIHF Development Cup in 2018. |
Oman* | 2014 | Participated in the GCC Gulf Championship from 2010 to 2016, the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia from 2015 to 2019 and the Arab Cup in 2023. |
Portugal* | 1999 | Participated in the IIHF Development Cup since 2017. |
Puerto Rico* | 2022 | Participated in the Amerigol LATAM Cup since 2019. |
Qatar* | 2012 | Participated in the GCC Gulf Championship in 2014 and 2016, the IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia Division I in 2016 and the Asian Winter Games in 2017. Qatar has not been active since 2017. |
Tunisia* | 2021 | Participated in the Arab Cup in 2023. |
Uzbekistan* | 2019 | Represented the Uzbek SSR at the Winter Spartakiad from 1978 to 1986. Uzbekistan has not been active since the USSR being dissolved in 1991 and therefore has not played an official game against other national team so far. |
* – IIHF associate member, ** – IIHF affiliate member