2007 IIHF World Ranking
The IIHF World Ranking is a ranking of the national teams of member countries of the International Ice Hockey Federation.
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.
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.
Men's 2007 final ranking
| Rank | Team | Points | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sweden*** |
3740 | - |
| 2 |  Canada |
3670 | +1 |
| 3 |  Finland |
3640 | +1 |
| 4 |  Czech Republic |
3595 | -2 |
| 5 |  Russia |
3535 | - |
| 6 |  Slovakia |
3390 | - |
| 7 |  United States |
3375 | - |
| 8 |  Switzerland |
3250 | - |
| 9 |  Belarus |
3025 | +1 |
| 10 |  Latvia |
2995 | -1 |
| 11 |  Germany |
2925 | +1 |
| 12 |  Denmark |
2855 | +2 |
| 13 |  Italy |
2815 | +4 |
| 14 |  Norway |
2780 | +1 |
| 15 |  Ukraine |
2740 | -2 |
| 16 |  Kazakhstan |
2740 | -5 |
| 17 |  Austria |
2695 | -1 |
| 18 |  Slovenia |
2640 | - |
| 19 |  France |
2525 | - |
| 20 |  Poland |
2395 | - |
| 21 |  Hungary |
2320 | +1 |
| 22 |  Japan |
2305 | -1 |
| 23 |  Estonia |
2165 | +1 |
| 24 |  Netherlands |
2155 | -1 |
| 25 |  Lithuania |
2105 | - |
| 26 |  Romania |
1970 | - |
| 27 |  China |
1860 | +1 |
| 28 |  Croatia |
1850 | -1 |
| 29 |  Great Britain |
1605 | +2 |
| 30 |  Serbia |
1555 | -1 |
| 31 |  Bulgaria |
1500 | -1 |
| 32 |  South Korea |
1320 | - |
| 33 |  Australia |
1260 | +1 |
| 34 |  Israel |
1260 | -1 |
| 35 |  Belgium |
1200 | - |
| 36 |  Spain |
1090 | +1 |
| 37 |  Iceland |
920 | +3 |
| 38 |  Mexico |
915 | +1 |
| 39 |  New Zealand |
900 | -1 |
| 40 |  Turkey |
830 | +2 |
| 41 |  South Africa |
770 | - |
| 42 |  Luxembourg |
710 | +1 |
| 43 |  Ireland |
710 | +1 |
| 44 |  North Korea |
660 | -8 |
| 45 |  Armenia |
390 | - |
| 46 |  Mongolia |
260 | - |
Bold letters denote current world champion. Stars (***) denote current Olympic champion.
Women's 2007 ranking
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Canada***
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| 2 | Sweden
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| 3 | United States
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| 4 | Finland
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| 5 | Germany
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| 6 | Russia
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| 7 | Switzerland
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| 8 | China
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| 9 | Kazakhstan
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| 10 | Japan
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| 11 | Latvia
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| 12 | France
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| 13 | Czech Republic
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| 14 | Italy
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| 15 | Norway
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| 16 | Slovenia
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| 17 | Denmark
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| 18 | Slovakia
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| 19 | North Korea
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| 20 | Austria
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| 21 | Netherlands
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| 22 | Great Britain
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| 23 | Australia
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| 24 | Belgium
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| 25 | Hungary
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| 26 | South Korea
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| 27 | Romania
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| 28 | South Africa
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| 29 | New Zealand
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| 30 | Iceland
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| 31 | Croatia
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| 32 | Estonia
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| 33 | Turkey
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Bold letters denote current World Champion. Stars (***) denotes current Olympic champion.
See also
References
- ^ "IIHF World Ranking". IIHF. Retrieved 2008-05-08.
External links
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