IIHF World Ranking - Women's Rankings

Women's Rankings

The Women's 2012 ranking is based on the performance at the World Championships of 2012, 2011 and 2009 and at the 2010 Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament in Vancouver, Canada. For all years the points received is the shown at their full value. The "Total" column is the countries score after the previous years have been depreciated by their respected value. A dash in a tournament column indicates that the country did not participate.

Rank
 Team World Championship
division (as of 2011)		 WC 2012
(100%)		 WC 2011
(75%)		 OLY 2010
(50%)		 WC 2009
(25%)		 Total Change
+/−
1 Canada 1 !Championship 1200 1160 1200 1160 2960 4 !+1
2 United States 1 !Championship 1160 1200 1160 1200 2940 2 !–1
3 Finland 1 !Championship 1100 1120 1120 1120 2780 3 !–
4 Switzerland 1 !Championship 1120 1040 1060 1020 2685 5 !+2
5 Sweden 1 !Championship 1060 1060 1100 1100 2680 2 !–1
6 Russia 1 !Championship 1040 1100 1040 1060 2650 2 !–1
7 Slovakia 1 !Championship 1000 1020 1000 0940 !940 2500 4 !+1
8 Germany 1 !Championship 1020 0960 !960 0920 !920 0920 !920 2430 5 !+2
9 Kazakhstan 2 !Division I A 0860 !860 1000 0960 !960 1040 2350 1 !–2
10 Norway 2 !Division I A 0940 !940 0940 !940 0900 !900 0900 !900 2320 5 !+2
11 Japan 2 !Division I A 0920 !920 0860 !8601 0940 !940 1000 2285 3 !–
12 Czech Republic 2 !Division I A 0960 !960 0840 !840 0880 !880 0860 !860 2245 5 !+2
13 China 3 !Division I B 0820 !820 0880 !880 1020 0980 !980 2235 0 !–4
14 Latvia 2 !Division I A 0880 !880 0920 !920 0840 !840 0820 !820 2195 2 !–1
15 Austria 2 !Division I A 0900 !900 0900 !900 0780 !780 0880 !880 2185 3 !–
16 France 3 !Division I B 0800 !800 0820 !820 0860 !860 0840 !840 2055 3 !–
17 Great Britain 3 !Division I B 0760 !760 0760 !760 0820 !820 0780 !780 1955 4 !+1
18 Italy 3 !Division I B 0740 !740 0780 !780 0800 !800 0760 !760 1915 2 !–1
19 Denmark 3 !Division I B 0840 !840 0800 !800 0 !– 0740 !740 1625 5 !+2
20 Slovenia 4 !Division II A 0640 !640 0660 !660 0740 !740 0 !– 1505 2 !–1
21 Netherlands 3 !Division I B 0780 !780 0720 !720 0 !– 0720 !720 1480 4 !+1
22 Croatia 4 !Division II A 0620 !620 0640 !640 0760 !760 0 !– 1480 1 !–2
23 Hungary 4 !Division II A 0700 !700 0680 !680 0 !– 0 !– 1210 5 !+2
24 Australia 4 !Division II A 0680 !680 0700 !700 0 !– 0 !– 1205 3 !–
25 New Zealand 4 !Division II A 0660 !660 0600 !600 0 !– 0 !– 1110 5 !+2
26 South Korea 5 !Division II B 0560 !560 0580 !580 0 !– 0 !– 995 5 !+2
27 Belgium 5 !Division II B 0520 !520 0620 !620 0 !– 0 !– 985 2 !–1
28 Poland 5 !Division II B 0600 !600 0500 !500 0 !– 0 !– 975 9 !+6
29 Iceland 5 !Division II B 0540 !540 0560 !560 0 !– 0 !– 960 3 !–
30 Spain 5 !Division II B 0580 !580 0480 !480 0 !– 0 !– 940 8 !+5
31 North Korea 4 !Division II A 0720 !720 0 0 !– 0800 !800 920 4 !+1
32 South Africa 5 !Division II B 0500 !500 0520 !520 0 !– 0 !– 890 2 !–1
33 Bulgaria 6 !Division II B Qual2 0 !– 0460 !460 0720 !720 0 !– 705 0 !–10
34 Romania 7 !– 0 !– 0540 !540 0 !– 0 !– 405 0 !–4
35 Turkey 6 !Division II B Qual2 0 !– 0440 !440 0 !– 0 !– 330 1 !–2
36 Ireland 6 !Division II B Qual2 0 !– 0420 !420 0 !– 0 !– 315 3 !–
37 Estonia 7 !– 0 !– 0 !– 0 !– 0 !– 0 3 !–

1Japan withdrew from 2011 competition due to "force majeure," and was thus granted the points of last place in their division.
2Bulgaria, Turkey, and Ireland along with South Africa, Spain, and possibly Mexico were scheduled for a qualifying round, but as some nations dropped out, Spain and South Africa were automatically promoted to Division II Group B.

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