الاتحاد السوفيتي
وتكوّن الاتحاد السوفيتي في البداية من اتحاد أربع جمهوريات سوفيتية إشتراكية سابقة إلا أنه بحلول عام 1956 كان الاتحاد السوفيتي قد أصبح كياناً ممثلا لخمس عشرة دولة اتحادية وهم:
الجمهوريات المستقلة بعد تفكيكه
بطولة العالم لهوكي الجليد
The Soviet Union dissolved in December 1991. Nine former soviet republics became part of the IIHF and began competing in international competitions, including Belarus, Kazakhstan, Latvia and Ukraine. Russia was named the successor to the Soviet Union. With this flood of new teams, the IIHF expanded the number of spots from eight to twelve. From 1963 to 1991, only four teams won a World Championship medal: the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia (failing to win a medal only three times), Sweden and Canada. The Soviets won a medal in every tournament they participated in (1954 to 1991). At the 1992 World Championships, Sweden won their second consecutive gold. Finland won the silver medal, the nation's first ever World Championship medal (the Finnish team had previously won a silver at the 1988 Winter Olympics).