Ice Hockey Federation Of Russia

Surprisingly it didn t take root on russian soil straight away but only at the end of 1940s originally the russians preferred hockey with a ball.

Ice hockey federation of russia. Phone 7 495 647 71 11. Since 1 july 1959 the organization has become known as the ussr hockey federation which has united the leadership of hockey with the ball and hockey with the puck. They are currently rated number one in the iihf world ranking. The team has been competing internationally since 1993 and follows a long tradition of soviet teams mostly composed of russian players.

The ice hockey world championships are an annual international men s ice hockey tournament organized by the international ice hockey federation iihf. 4 24 april 2020 highest iihf. The ice hockey federation of russia russian. 4 first in 2013 lowest iihf.

Team colors iihf code. At first the all union hockey section was organizing the championships. The russian men s national ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of russia and are controlled by the ice hockey federation of russia. Ice hockey federation of russia.

The ussr ice hockey championship began to be played out in 1946. The soviet union won nearly every world championship and olympic tournament between 1954 and 1991 and never failed to medal in any international ice hockey. 1 moscow 115280 russia. The federation was founded on november 12 1991 as quot ice hockey federation of the russian soviet federated socialist republic ice hockey federation of russia quot.

It is the national sport victory in which has always supported the prestige of the state. On 17 october 1967 the. The ice hockey federation of russia russian. Ice hockey ice hockey in russia is more than just ice hockey.

Vladislav tretiak the president of the russian ice hockey federation shared his emotions ahead of the upcoming 2020 2021 campaign. Ice hockey federation of russia avtozavodskaya ul d. 1 april 1994 biggest win. Switzerland 2 1 russia brampton canada.

Email email protected links. федерация хоккея россии is the governing body overseeing ice hockey in russia. 6 first in 2005 first international. федерация хоккея россии federatsiya khokkeya rossii is the governing body overseeing ice hockey in russia.

In 2019 russia had 110 624 ice hockey players registered with its ice hockey federation. In 1992 the iihf recognized the ice hockey federation of russia as the successor to the soviet union hockey federation. The russian hockey federation was added to the ligue internationale de hockey sur glace lihg as the iihf was known then on 12 february 1911 as the seventh member.