Template:The Face Off/International competitions
An Ice Hockey Wiki article.
Major International competitions in ice hockey are sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). This federation has 64 members and takes care of organizing the ice hockey events during the Olympic Games, the World Championships and several other competitions such as the European Champions Cup, the European Women's Champions Cup, the Continental Cup, the Champions Hockey League and the Victoria Cup. Its main aim is to help foster the development of the game worldwide; it also is the governing body of all the member nations' National Federations.
Several other major competitions are not ruled by the IIHF. Among them are the World Cup, the Canada Cup, the Deutschland Cup, the Spengler Cup and the Tournoi international de hockey pee-wee de Québec.
| IIHF National teams | |
 Armenia -  Australia -  Austria -  Belgium -  Belarus -  Bulgaria
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 Canada -  China -  Croatia -  Czech Republic -  Denmark -  Estonia
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 Finland -  France -  Germany -  Greece -  Great Britain -  Hungary
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 Ireland -  Iceland -  Israel -  Italy -  Japan -  Kazakhstan
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 Latvia -  Lithuania -  Luxembourg -  Mexico -  Mongolia -  North Korea
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 Norway -  New Zealand -  The Netherlands -  Poland -  Romania -  Russia
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 Serbia -  Slovakia -  Slovenia -  Spain -  South Africa -  South Korea
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 Sweden -  Switzerland -  Turkey -  Ukraine -  United Arab Emirates -  United-States
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Defunct teams:  Bohemia - Czechoslovakia -  East Germany -  U.S.S.R. - West Germany -  Yugoslavia
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| Teams that do not participate in IIHF competitions: | |
 Andorra -  Argentina -  Azerbaijan -  Bosnia and Herzegovina -  Brazil -  Chinese Taipei
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 Georgia -  Hong Kong -  Kuwait -  India -  Liechtenstein -  Macau
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 FYR Macedonia -  Malaysia -  Moldova -  Namibia -  Portugal -  Singapore -  Thailand
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Teams of non-IIHF member nations:  Algeria -  Morocco
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