Nation IIHF Ranking (as of May 2018) Member of IIHF since Member of division since Ref. Bulgaria 38 1960 2017 [172] Chinese Taipei 46 1983 2017 [173] Hong Kong 45 1983 2014 [174] Luxembourg 42 1912 2019 [175] South Africa 44 1937 2016 [176] Turkey 43 1991 2018 [177]