International Ice Hockey Federation

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International Ice Hockey Federation
International Ice Hockey Federation logo
Founded May 15, 1908
Place of foundation 34 Rue de Provence
Paris France
FranceFrance 
president SwitzerlandSwitzerland René Fasel
Members 81
Association headquarters Brandschenkestrasse 50
Zurich Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwitzerland 
Official languages) English
French
German
Homepage www.iihf.com

The International Ice Hockey Federation ( English International Ice Hockey Federation , French Fédération internationale de hockey sur glace , IIHF ) is the international ice hockey federation . It was founded on May 15, 1908 in Paris as Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace (LIHG). On March 14, 1911, the association adopted the Canadian rules of the game, according to which a game lasts three times 20 minutes. The current name International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) was adopted in 1957. IIHF is based in Zurich , Switzerland. The current president of the IIHF is René Fasel .

The IIHF currently has 81 members, including 56 full members, 24 associated associations and one affiliated association. Members of the IIHF are the national ice hockey associations, i.e. the German Ice Hockey Federation for Germany, the Austrian Ice Hockey Association for Austria and the Swiss Ice Hockey Association for Switzerland .

The federation organizes world championships in men's and women's ice hockey , for juniors and inline hockey , European club competitions and other tournaments for national teams. After the world championships, the IIHF publishes world rankings for national teams for men and women.

organization

Villa Liberut , headquarters of the IIHF in Zurich

The highest organ of the IIHF since 1975 has been the Congress, which is composed of representatives from all member associations. Two regular congresses take place every year: the annual congress is held during the tournament of the top division of the men's world champions at the main venue, the semi-annual congress takes place in autumn. In addition, extraordinary congresses are convened at the request of one third of the member associations or the board.

The congress consists of the representatives of the member associations. Only full members are entitled to vote. Full members who have participated in three consecutive world championships have two votes, all others have one vote. He elects the board of directors, the so-called council, presided over by the president for a term of four (in exceptional cases five) years. The Congress also awards the tournaments of the World Championships, votes on changes to the statutes and reviews the activities of the Council.

The Council consists of the President, the first Vice President (from September 2021), three Vice Presidents for the regions Europe / Africa, Asia / Oceania and the Americas, and nine other members. The General Secretary of the IIHF belongs to the Council without voting rights. The last election of the council took place in Moscow in September 2016. The planned new election of the council in Saint Petersburg in September 2020 has been postponed for one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic .

President of the IIHF

René Fasel Günther Sabetzki John Francis Ahearne William Thayer Tutt John Francis Ahearne Robert LeBel John Francis Ahearne Walter A. Brown Fritz Kraatz George Hardy (Eishockeytrainer) Fritz Kraatz Paul Loicq Max Sillig Henri Van den Bulcke Louis Magnus
Current Council (2016-2021)
president SwitzerlandSwitzerland René Fasel (since 1994)
Vice President FinlandFinland Kalervo Kummola

(Europe / Africa, since 2003)

CanadaCanada Bob Nicholson

(Americas, since 2012)

Hong KongHong Kong Thomas Wu

(Asia / Oceania, since 2012)

Other members HungaryHungary Zsuszanna Kolbenheyer (since 2012) PolandPoland Marta Zawdzka (since 2016) DenmarkDenmark Henrik Bach Nielsen (since 2012)
FranceFrance Luc Tardif (since 2012) RussiaRussia Wladislaw Tretjak (since 2012) Czech RepublicCzech Republic Petr Bříza (since 2016)
United StatesUnited States Ron DeGregorio (since 2016) BelarusBelarus Sergej Gontcharov (since 2016) GermanyGermany Franz Reindl (since 2016)
Secretary General (without voting rights) GermanyGermany Horst Lichtner (since 2006)

President

* On February 25, 1914, Louis Magnus was re-elected President. He resigned the same day after the general assembly did not approve his program. Vice President Peter Patton (Great Britain) initiated an immediate election in which Henri Van den Bulcke was re-elected.

Members

IIHF members map.png
Red shows the full members,
blue the associated members and
green shows the affiliated association.

The IIHF currently has 81 members. Of these, 56 full members, 24 organizations are associate members ( associate members ) and an association is connected ( Affiliate Member ).

Full members ( IIHF Full Members ) are nations that have their own, independent ice hockey association (separate from the winter sports association) and that take part in the IIHF championship program every year.

Associate members ( IIHF Associate Members ) are members who do not have an independent national ice hockey association or who do not regularly take part in the IIHF championships. The associated members have no voting rights in the IIHF General Assembly.

Affiliated members ( IIHF Affiliate Members ) only take part in the inline hockey competitions of the IIHF. You have no voting rights in the IIHF General Assembly. Currently only Chile is an Affiliate Member.

Founding members

Representatives from Belgium, England, Switzerland and the host France took part in the establishment of the Ligue internationale de hockey sur glace . Representatives of Germany and Russia were also invited, but they did not appear at the founding meeting. Germany joined the LIHG as the sixth member a year later, and Russia became the seventh member in 1911. The Association of Bohemia had already joined in the course of 1908 and is therefore sometimes referred to as the fifth founding member of the IIHF.

Not until 1920 did Canada and the USA join associations outside Europe of the LIHG. In 1930 Japan joined the first Asian association, in 1937 South Africa became the first African association. Australia followed in 1950 and Brazil in 1984 as the first association in South America.

Competitions

The IIHF is or was the host of various ice hockey tournaments:

National tournaments

Club tournaments

Former competitions

criticism

In the course of the protests in Belarus in 2020 , the International Ice Hockey Federation received considerable criticism for sticking to its plans to hold the men's ice hockey world championship in Minsk in 2021 . The Belarusian ruler Aljaksandr Lukashenka is accused of serious crimes against humanity . The president of the Belarusian ice hockey federation Dzmitryi Baskau is accused of being involved in the killing of the protester Raman Bandarenka , which is why he has been banned from entering Latvia , and investigations have been started by the Belarusian Sport Solidarity Foundation (BSSF). The President of IIHF Fasel said that there were financial reasons against moving the World Cup: “We have a contract with the Belarusian ice hockey association. It is our duty to host the Ice Hockey World Championship. There would also be consequences if this is not stopped now ».

Trivia

In 2008 the International and the Swiss Association celebrated their 100th anniversary. For the milestone birthday, Swiss Post issued a special stamp worth one franc in honor of the two associations. The IIHF itself had a temporary artificial ice rink (28 by 14 meters) built on the lawn in front of its headquarters. In addition to various anniversary events, the runway was also open to the public from December 2007 to November 2008.

Web links

Commons : International Ice Hockey Federation  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Nicola Berger, Daniel Germann: The resigning IIHF President René Fasel says: "Everyone wants influence, everyone wants power, everyone wants money". In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . January 3, 2020, accessed April 11, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b iihf.com
  3. ↑ zh.chregister.ch
  4. ^ "Review - That was going on in sport", Sport-Bild from March 13, 1996, p. 61
  5. ↑ nationalteamsoficehockey.com
  6. ↑ iihf.com
  7. ↑ a b IIHF Statutes and Bylaws 2021 - 2024. IIHF, accessed on January 20, 2021 (English).
  8. ↑ a b IIHF President Rene Fasel's term extended as Congress postponed. June 22, 2020, accessed January 19, 2021 .
  9. ^ IIHF - IIHF Council. Retrieved January 19, 2021 .
  10. ↑ iihf.com
  11. ↑ iihf.com
  12. ↑ a b IIHF boss after meeting Lukashenko in need of explanation. Retrieved January 14, 2021 .
  13. ↑ “People in My Entourage Beat Bandarenka”: Lukashenka Delivered Murderers Trying to Provide Alibi for Them
  14. ↑ Pro-govt athlete, official get Latvia's travel ban. They may be involved in the murder of Raman Bandarenka . Belsat . Retrieved December 29, 2020.
  15. ↑ IIHF boss in need of explanation after meeting Lukashenko. Retrieved January 14, 2021 .
  16. ↑ swissmint.ch, image of the commemorative stamp and coin ( memento of May 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) (p. 5, PDF, 688 kB)