Ice Hockey World Cup Australia

Iihf schedule and results 2019 iihf ice hockey world championship division ii group a.

Ice hockey world cup australia. All the latest hockey news results tournament information and videos right here. Australia men s national team made their international debut at 1960 olympic games in squaw valley united states. The world cup of hockey is an international ice hockey tournament. The women and junior teams made their debuts in 2000 1983.

You are on aihl 2020 ice hockey australia page live hockey scores at ice hockey 24 offer hockey live scores and results providing also goal scorers ice hockey period results goal alerts and other hockey live score information from australia aihl 2020 and many other ice hockey competitions. The world cup has occurred thrice before on an irregular basis with the united states winning in 1996 and canada. Australia s hockeyworld hockeyworld is australia s longest serving retail hockey outlet. Welcome to the home of hockey on bt sport.

Ice hockey australia iha has introduced a new numerical naming standard for its national championships and development camps replacing the out dated terms atom peewee bantam midget. Ice hockey in australia is governed by ice hockey australia. The new terminology for the age based competition will now be in the following format. The australian ice hockey federation currently trading as ice hockey australia iha is the official national governing body of ice hockey in australia and is a member of the international ice hockey federation it was first established in 1908 making it one of the oldest national ice hockey associations in the world.

First officially held at the 1920 summer olympics it is the sport s highest profile annual international tournament the iihf was created in 1908 while the european championships the precursor to the world championships were first held in 1910. Started by australian and olympic players the smith brothers trevor and terry in december of 1987 and later joined by younger brother roger smith hockeyworld has always served as a specialist hockey retailer throughout adelaide and australia. It shall also help develop hockey in asia and help rank the asian teams in view of the seeding for the asian winter games. Inaugurated in 1996 it is the successor to the canada cup which was held every 3 to 5 years from 1976 to 1991 and was the first international hockey championship to allow nations to field their top players.

The iihf ice hockey challenge cup of asia gives asian countries that are not in the world championship program or that play in the lowest division a chance to compete.