Current Calculation Method
The world ranking is based on the final positions of the last four Ice Hockey World Championships and last Olympic ice hockey tournament. Since the women have no World Championship in the year of the Olympics, the women's world ranking is based only on the last three World Championships and the Olympic tournament. Points are assigned according to a team's final placement in the World Championship or the Olympic tournament. The world champion receives 1200 points and then a 20-point interval is used between teams. However, a 40-point interval is used between gold and silver, silver and bronze, fourth and fifth, and eighth and ninth. This is used as a bonus for the teams who reach the quarter-finals, the semi-finals, the final and for winning the gold medal.
| Place | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | ... |
| Points | 1200 | 1160 | 1120 | 1100 | 1060 | 1040 | 1020 | 1000 | 960 | 940 | 920 | 900 | 880 | 860 | 840 | 820 | 800 | 780 | 760 | ... |
Points awarded in the current year are valued at the full amount. Points award in the prior years decline linearly by 25% until the fifth year when they are dropped from the calculation. For example if a country after 2012 had won the gold medal in the last four championships and the last Olympic tournament their score would be 3900:
| Competition | Valuation coefficient |
Points |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 IIHF World Championship | 100% | 1200 |
| 2011 IIHF World Championship | 75% | 900 |
| 2010 IIHF World Championship | 50% | 600 |
| 2010 Winter Olympics | 50% | 600 |
| 2009 IIHF World Championship | 25% | 300 |
| 2008 IIHF World Championship | 0% | 0 |
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