Hockey World Championship match – quarter-finals: Czech Republic – USA, May 25, 2023, Tampere. Players of the Czech Republic after a lost match.
Tampere (Finland) – After the eighth place at the World Championships in Tampere and Riga, the Czech ice hockey players dropped from sixth to eighth position in the rankings of the international federation IIHF with a gain of 3650 points. Gold Canada took the lead with 3750 points, followed by Finland (3680). The United States of America (3,540) and silver Germany (3,435) follow. In addition to the Germans, the Czechs also leapfrogged the newly sixth Swiss (3375) and ahead of them in seventh place remains Russia, which was excluded from the World Cup due to war aggression in Ukraine.
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Photo gallery: Ice Hockey World Cup 2023
The IIHF ranking ranks countries according to their success over the past four years, taking into account placings at the World Championships and the Olympic Games. The allocated points from the three previous championships are reduced by 25 percent every year.
The deployment to the World Cup and Olympic Games is determined according to the ranking. According to him, for next year's World Championships in Ostrava and Prague, Group A would consist of Canada, Germany, Sweden, Slovakia, Latvia, France, Kazakhstan and Poland. Group B would include Finland, USA, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Denmark, Norway, Austria and Great Britain. But they will definitely be determined by the organizer, who has the right to replace one team in the group.
IIHF ranking after the World Championships in Tampere and Riga:
1. Canada 3750 points, 2. Finland 3680, 3. USA 3540, 4. Germany 3435, 5. Sweden 3400, 6. Switzerland 3375, 7. Russia 3350, 8. Czech Republic 3335, 9. Slovakia 3290, 10. Latvia 3210, 11. Denmark 3100, 12. Norway 2870, 13. France 2840, 14. Kazakhstan 2770, 15. Austria 2735, 16. Belarus 2735, 17. Slovenia 2590, 18. Italy 25 70 , 19. Hungary 2550, 20. Great Britain 2545, 21. Korea 2405, 22. Poland 2390, 23. Romania 2245, 24. Lithuania 2230, 25. Japan 2180, 26. China 2135, 27. Ukraine 2070, 28. Estonia 2000, 29. Netherlands 1885, 30. Serbia 1845, 31. Croatia 1750, 32. Spain 1740, 33. Israel 1530, 34. Iceland 1505, 35. Australia 1290, 36. Bulgaria 1255, 37. Mexico 1200, 38. Turkey 1185, 39. Georgia 1170, 40. United Arab Emirates 1105, 41. Belgium 1070, 42. Taiwan 1055, 43. New Zealand 990, 44. Luxembourg 880, 45. Thailand 790, 46. Turkmenistan 740, 47. Kyrgyzstan 695, 48. Hong Kong 770, 49. Bosnia and Herzegovina 685, 50. South Korea 620, 51. DPRK 510, 52. Kuwait 370, 53. Singapore 250, 54. Malaysia 200, 55. Iran 225, 56. Philippines 200, 57 .Mongolia 60, 58. Indonesia 20.
This year's World Cup ranking:
Elite group:
1. Canada 1200, 2. Germany 1160, 3. Latvia 1120, 4. USA 1100, 5. Switzerland 1060, 6. Sweden 1040, 7. Finland 1020, 8. Czech Republic 1000, 9. Slovakia 960, 10. Denmark 940, 11. Kazakhstan 920, 12. France 900, 13. Norway 880, 14. Austria 860, 15. Hungary 840, 16. Slovenia 820. (Excluded Russia and Belarus 820).< /p>
Division I – Group A:
17. Great Britain 800, 18. Poland 780, 19. Italy 760, 20. Korea 740, 21. Romania 720, 22. Lithuania 700.
Division I – Group B:
23 . Japan 680, 24. Ukraine 660, 25. China 640, 26. Estonia 620, 27. Netherlands 600, 28. Serbia 580.
Division II – Group A:
29. Spain 560, 30. Georgia 540, 31. Croatia 520, 32. Australia 500, 33. Israel 480, 34. Iceland 460.
Division II – Group B:
35. United Arab Emirates 440, 36. Belgium 420, 37. Bulgaria 400, 38. New Zealand 380, 39. Turkey 360, 40. Mexico 340.
Division III – Group A:
41. Taiwan 320, 42. Turkmenistan 300, 43. JAR 280, 44. Thailand 260, 45. Luxembourg 240, 46. DPRK 0.
Division III – Group B:
47. Kyrgyzstan 200, 48. Bosnia and Herzegovina 180, 49. Hong Kong 160, 50. Singapore 140, 51. Iran 120, 52. Malaysia 10.
Division IV:
53. Philippines 80, 54. Mongolia 60, 55. Kuwait 40, 56. Indonesia 20.
