Nation Group (as of 2018) IIHF Ranking (as of May 2018) Member of IIHF since Member of division since Ref. Austria Group A 17 1912 2018 [130] Canada Group B 1 1920 1951 [131] Czech Republic Group A 6 [A]1908[A] 1993 [132] Denmark Group B 12 1946 2003 [133] Finland Group B 5 1928 1951 [134] France Group A 13 1908 2008 [135] Germany Group B 8 1909 2007 [136] Great Britain Group A 22 1908 2019 [137] Italy Group A 19 1924 2019 [138] Latvia Group B 11 1931 1997 [139] Norway Group B 9 1935 2006 [140] Russia Group A 3 [B]1952[B] 1992 [141] Slovakia Group A 10 1993 1996 [142] Sweden Group A 2 1912 1951 [143] Switzerland Group A 7 1908 1998 [144] United States Group B 4 1920 1985 [145]