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unusual facts about IIHF



2005 IIHF Women's World Championship

The Division II IIHF World Women's Championships was held March 13–20, 2005 in Asiago, Italy

2010 IIHF World Championship Division III

The IIHF announced on February 5, 2010 that the Division III Group A championship would be moved from Athens, Greece to Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg after the Hellenic Ice Sports Federation announced they would not able to host the tournament after problems with government funding.

2014 IIHF World U18 Championships

The 2014 IIHF U18 World Championship will be the 16th IIHF World U18 Championship, and will be hosted in Lappeenranta and Imatra, Finland.

China women's national ice hockey team

:12 April 1994: 1994 IIHF Women's World Championship in Lake Placid, United States.

European Champions Cup

IIHF European Champions Cup, an annual ice hockey tournament, featuring the champions of national IIHF competitions

Fritz von Thurn und Taxis

In honor of his years of reporting on the Ice Hockey World Championships, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) awarded Thurn und Taxis with an IIHF gold medal.

Ice Hockey European Championship 1924

The Ice Hockey European Championship 1924 was the ninth edition of the ice hockey tournament for European countries associated to the International Ice Hockey Federation .

Ilya Solaryov

In September 2013, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) handed Solaryov a two-year ban following a positive test for Salbutamol.

Jillian Saulnier

Two of her teammates with the Stoney Creek Junior Sabres, Laura Fortino and Jessica Wong would play together at the 2009 IIHF World Women’s Under-18 Championships in Germany and win a silver medal.

Kazakhstan men's national junior ice hockey team

In 2007, Kazakhstan was finally promoted by edging Norway 3–2 in an IIHF U20 Division I tournament in Torre Pellice, Italy.

NHL 98

NHL 98 took the NHL series ahead by introducing full national teams, although EA could not get the Nagano Olympic Tournament license due to lack of IIHF license, which Gremlin Interactive acquired.

Turkey men's national under-18 ice hockey team

Berk Akın (GK), Best Goalkeeper - 2013 IIHF World U18 Championships-Division III Group B

Fatih Faner (D), Best Player selected by team coach - 2013 IIHF World U18 Championships-Division III Group B

Warners Bay, New South Wales

The Hunter Ice Skating Stadium is located in Warners Bay, and will host the IIHF 2008 Division II World Championships in April.


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