Nation Group (as of 2018) IIHF Ranking (as of May 2018) Member of IIHF since Member of division since Member of group since Ref. Belarus Group A 14 1992 2019 2019 [147] Hungary Group A 20 1927 2017 2017 [148] Kazakhstan Group A 18 1992 2017 2017 [149] Lithuania Group A 25 1938 2005 2019 [150] Slovenia Group A 15 1992 2018 2018 [151] South Korea Group A 16 1960 2019 2019 [152] Estonia Group B 26 1935 2015 2015 [153] Japan Group B 23 1930 2005 2017 [154] Netherlands Group B 28 1935 2019 2019 [155] Poland Group B 21 1926 2003 2019 [156] Romania Group B 29 1924 2018 2018 [157] Ukraine Group B 24 1992 2008 2018 [158]