With the end of the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship the May edition of the 2022 IIHF Men’s World Ranking has become known. Finland defended the top spot in the ranking.

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The top-five remain in the same order as after the Olympics. Finland is followed by Canada, Russia, the United States and Sweden.

Bronze medallist Czechia overtook Switzerland for sixth place. Slovakia, Germany and Denmark complete the top-10 in the same order as three months ago followed by Latvia, Norway, France and Belarus.

Austria made the biggest move in the top-20 gaining two spots for 15th place at the expense of Kazakhstan and Italy. Great Britain, Slovenia and Hungary complete the top-20.

The ranking now includes a record number of 56 countries that have competed in the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship program in recent years.

The World Ranking takes into consideration the results of the World Championships and Olympics of the past four years. Teams that could not participate this year received points in accordance with the 2022 IIHF Sport Regulations.

The next IIHF Women’s World Ranking will be published after the conclusion of the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship.

Tentative groups for 2023

With the World Ranking the tentative groups for the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Tampere (Finland) and Riga (Latvia) have become known. More information about the next year’s Worlds including the game schedule and ticket information will become known during the upcoming months. The tournament will be played from 12 to 28 May 2023.
 

Group A	Group B
Finland	Canada
Sweden	USA
Czechia	Switzerland
Germany	Slovakia
Denmark	Latvia
France	Norway
Austria	Kazakhstan
Hungary	Slovenia

2022 IIHF Men's World Ranking

Rank	Country	Points	Movement
1	Finland	4130	0
2	Canada	3990	0
3	Russia	3935	0
4	USA	3775	0
5	Sweden	3675	0
6	Czechia	3650	1
7	Switzerland	3590	-1
8	Slovakia	3590	0
9	Germany	3555	0
10	Denmark	3335	0
11	Latvia	3255	0
12	Norway	3105	0
13	France	3000	0
14	Belarus	2965	0
15	Austria	2900	2
16	Kazakhstan	2885	-1
17	Italy	2840	-1
18	Great Britain	2755	0
19	Slovenia	2730	0
20	Hungary	2640	1
21	Korea	2600	-1
22	Poland	2480	0
23	Lithuania	2385	1
24	Romania	2375	-1
25	Japan	2320	0
26	China	2235	1
27	Ukraine	2180	1
28	Estonia	2150	-2
29	Netherlands	2000	0
30	Serbia	1970	0
31	Croatia	1910	0
32	Spain	1825	0
33	Israel	1625	1
34	Iceland	1605	-1
35	Mexico	1330	0
36	Australia	1310	0
37	Bulgaria	1305	0
38	Turkey	1250	0
39	Chinese Taipei	1100	1
40	Belgium	1090	-1
41	Georgia	1030	2
42	New Zealand	1010	0
43	United Arab Emirates	990	1
44	Luxembourg	985	-3
45	DPR Korea	845	0
46	Thailand	785	1
47	Hong Kong, China	770	-1
48	Turkmenistan	725	0
49	Kyrgyzstan	710	1
50	Bosnia & Herzegovina	685	-1
51	South Africa	560	1
52	Kuwait	500	-1
53	Malaysia	200	0
54	Philippines	175	0
55	Singapore	150	0
56	Iran	140	NEW