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World Ranking
World Ranking
The 2018 IIHF Men's World Ranking takes into account the placings at the World Championships between 2015 and 2018 as well as the 2018 Olympic Winter Games.
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2018 IIHF Men's World Ranking
| 1 | Canada | 3990 |
| 2 | Sweden | 3945 |
| 3 | Russia | 3930 |
| 4 | USA | 3765 |
| 5 | Finland | 3765 |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 3690 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 3590 |
| 8 | Germany | 3575 |
| 9 | Norway | 3270 |
| 10 | Slovakia | 3245 |
| 11 | Latvia | 3225 |
| 12 | Denmark | 3130 |
| 13 | France | 3115 |
| 14 | Belarus | 3085 |
| 15 | Slovenia | 2915 |
| 16 | Korea | 2835 |
| 17 | Austria | 2820 |
| 18 | Kazakhstan | 2760 |
| 19 | Italy | 2725 |
| 20 | Hungary | 2595 |
| 21 | Poland | 2565 |
| 22 | Great Britain | 2465 |
| 23 | Japan | 2410 |
| 24 | Ukraine | 2340 |
| 25 | Lithuania | 2200 |
| 26 | Estonia | 2155 |
| 27 | Croatia | 2115 |
| 28 | Netherlands | 2060 |
| 29 | Romania | 2030 |
| 30 | Serbia | 1830 |
| 31 | Spain | 1700 |
| 32 | Iceland | 1660 |
| 33 | China | 1610 |
| 34 | Israel | 1450 |
| 35 | Mexico | 1440 |
| 36 | Australia | 1280 |
| 37 | Belgium | 1250 |
| 38 | Bulgaria | 1210 |
| 39 | New Zealand | 1030 |
| 40 | Georgia | 990 |
| 41 | DPR Korea | 925 |
| 42 | Luxembourg | 790 |
| 43 | Turkey | 770 |
| 44 | South Africa | 655 |
| 45 | Hong Kong | 600 |
| 46 | Chinese Taipei | 425 |
| 47 | United Arab Emirates | 365 |
| 48 | Bosnia & Herzegovina | 360 |
| 49 | Turkmenistan | 200 |
| 50 | Kuwait | 140 |