New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation

New Zealand

Association name	New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation
IIHF Code	NZL
IIHF membership	May 2, 1977
President	Grant Hay
IIHF men's ranking	40th
IIHF women's ranking	25th
http://www.nzicehockey.co.nz/

The New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation (NZIHF) is the governing body of ice hockey in New Zealand.^[1]^[2]

Member Associations

The NZIHF organises both the New Zealand National Ice Hockey Championships and the New Zealand Ice Hockey League.

The NZIHF also competes internationally in various grades of the IIHF World Ice Hockey Championship.

National Members of the International Ice Hockey Federation

Full members	Australia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canada China Chinese Taipei Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan North Korea South Korea Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Mexico Mongolia Netherlands Norway New Zealand Poland Qatar Romania Russia Serbia Slovakia Slovenia South Africa Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine United Arab Emirates United States

Associate members	Andorra Argentina Armenia Brazil Greece Indonesia Jamaica Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Liechtenstein Macau Macedonia Malaysia Moldova Morocco Nepal Oman Philippines Portugal Singapore Turkmenistan

Affiliate members	Chile Namibia

Former members	Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union Yugoslavia

Sports governing bodies in New Zealand (NZL)

Summer Olympic Sports	Archery Athletics Badminton Cycling Field hockey Football Judo Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Swimming Taekwondo Tennis

Winter Olympic Sports	Ice Hockey

Other IOC Recognised Sports	Baseball Chess Cricket Gliding Lifesaving Netball Orienteering Squash

Paralympics and Disabled Sports

Others Sports	Australian League Football American Football Gaelic Games Rugby Union Rugby League Professional boxing in New Zealand Fish and Game New Zealand

Sport New Zealand New Zealand Olympic Committee Paralympics New Zealand

Ice hockey in New Zealand

Leagues	New Zealand Ice Hockey League‎ Botany Swarm Canterbury Red Devils Dunedin Thunder Southern Stampede West Auckland Admirals

National teams	Men's Women's Men's under-20 Men's under-18 Women's under-18

Other articles	New Zealand Ice Hockey Federation Trans-Tasman Champions League

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