IIHF

The IIHF, the International Ice Hockey Federation, is the world governing body for ice hockey, founded in Paris in 1908 and based in Zurich. The IIHF has 84 member associations and runs the world championship programme at every level, including the men’s Worlds in May, the Women’s Worlds and the World Juniors. The IIHF also governs the Olympic tournaments together with the IOC.

Founded	15 May 1908, Paris
Headquarters	Zurich, Switzerland
President	Luc Tardif, elected 2021
Members	84 associations, 61 of them with voting rights
Runs	Men’s and Women’s Worlds, World Juniors, U18s, the world ranking
Also	The Olympic tournaments, with the IOC
Hall of fame	The IIHF Hall of Fame, housed in Toronto

NHL fans confused about Olympic hockey rules

Fans are not happy with this!

Dominik Hasek calls out the IIHF after decision on Russia

Claims he will 'never approve of such behavior”

The IIHF is using referee cameras during the World Championship, and viral video from the tournament has fans falling in love with it

How is this not in the NHL!?

Connor McDavid scores ridiculous OT goal for Team Canada

Connor McDavid is the best hockey player in the world. Even though he isn’t participating in the NHL playoffs, he’s still doing highlight reel stuff for Team Canada at the World Hockey Championships. Under a ...