World Rankings

NOTES

*1961-1976 World Championship and 1972 Olympic matches that feature countries that use full time athletes and those that don't playing each other will not be counted

*1961-present World Championship and 1976-1994 Olympic matches featuring Canada and United States are not counted due to these countries sending poor representation

*1976-1986 Olympic, Thayer Tutt Trophy, and Asian Games matches featuring countries that do not use full time athletes will not be counted

COMMENTARY

*due to the regimental structure of scheduling by the governing body of the sport there will be inaccuracies (usually small, in some cases large) in ratings from year to year based on divisional results, however, they will normally fix themselves by the following year

PRIMARY COMPETITIONS

Asian Winter Games

Canada Cup

European Championships

Olympics

Summit Series

Thayer Tutt Trophy

World Championships

World Cup

ORIGINAL NATIONS

1910: Belgium | Britain United Ireland | Canada | Germany | Switzerland

1911: Czechia (incl. Bohemia)

1912: Austria

1920: Czechoslovakia | France | Sweden | United States

1924: Britain Northern Ireland | Italy | Spain

1926: Poland

1927: Hungary

1930: Japan

1931: Romania

1932: Latvia

1935: Netherlands

1937: Norway

1938: Lithuania

1939: Finland | Yugoslavia

1949: Denmark

1954: Soviet Union

1955: East Germany

1960: Australia

1961: South Africa

1963: Bulgaria

DEFUNCT NATIONS

Britain United Ireland

East Germany

Soviet Union (incl. Soviet Commonwealth)

Czechoslovakia

Yugoslavia (incl. Serbia Montenegro)

INAUGURAL COMPETITIONS

1910-1932 European Ice Hockey Championship

1920-1971 World Ice Hockey Championship