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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 results of more recent tournaments have a higher weight in the ranking. 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. The first ranking was released in 2003, based on the results of 2002 Olympics and World Championships from 2000 to 2003. Mens 2006 final ranking Change is from 2005 Womens 2006 ranking Key: ranking - team - change from 2005 See also | ||||||||
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