Finland Head Coach Jukka Jalonen - IIHF

IIHF World Ranking
2011 Season
Men’s Final 2011 Ranking Women’s Final 2011 Ranking
Rank Country Points Change
1 Russia 3650 0
2 Finland 3630 2
3 Sweden 3630 0
4 Canada 3595 -2
5 Czech Republic 3570 0
6 United States 3340 0
7 Switzerland 3240 0
8 Germany 3190 1
9 Norway 3175 2
10 Slovakia 3130 -2
11 Belarus 3025 -1
12 Latvia 2985 0
13 Denmark 2965 0
14 France 2765 1
15 Austria 2730 -1
16 Kazakhstan 2615 1
17 Italy 2605 -1
18 Slovenia 2565 1
19 Ukraine 2495 -1
20 Hungary 2460 0
21 Great Britain 2250 2
22 Japan 2245 -1
23 Poland 2215 -1
24 Lithuania 2125 0
25 Netherlands 2080 0
26 Estonia 1940 1
27 Croatia 1890 -1
28 Romania 1800 0
29 Spain 1785 1
30 Serbia 1755 -1
31 Korea 1605 2
32 Bulgaria 1405 -1
33 Mexico 1385 -1
34 Australia 1350 0
35 Belgium 1180 1
36 Iceland 1125 2
37 Turkey 1110 -2
38 New Zealand 1065 2
39 China 1060 -2
40 Israel 885 -1
41 Ireland 785 0
42 South Africa 740 0
43 Luxembourg 650 1
44 Greece 640 1
45 DPR Korea 485 -2
46 Mongolia 315 0
47 United Arab Emirates 165 0
48 Bosnia and Herzegovina 50 0
note: The Men’s Final 2011 IIHF World Ranking
includes the 2011 IIHF World Championship as well as the
2010 Olympics and the 2010, 2009 and 2008 IIHF World
Championships.
Rank Country Points Change
1 United States 2970 1
2 Canada 2930 -1
3 Finland 2800 0
4 Sweden 2700 0
5 Russia 2670 1
6 Switzerland 2620 -1
7 Kazakhstan 2475 1
8 Slovakia 2470 2
9 China 2385 -2
10 Germany 2355 1
11 Japan 2320 -2
12 Norway 2280 0
13 Latvia 2170 2
14 Czech Republic 2155 -1
15 Austria 2130 1
16 France 2105 -2
17 Italy 1950 0
18 Great Britain 1940 0
19 Slovenia 1385 0
20 Croatia 1375 0
21 Denmark 1370 1
22 Netherlands 1265 1
23 Bulgaria 1000 1
24 Australia 880 1
25 Hungary 835 2
26 Belgium 780 0
27 New Zealand 740 3
28 Korea 730 0
29 Iceland 705 0
30 Romania 675 1
31 South Africa 645 1
32 DPR Korea 595 -11
33 Turkey 560 1
34 Poland 500 new
35 Spain 480 new
36 Ireland 420 new
37 Estonia 130 -4
Russia, USA Rule the Rankings
Russia remains first in the 2011 IIHF World Ranking, but Finland follows just 20 points
behind after winning the 2011 Worlds.
The Finns move up from fourth to second place. Sweden remains third with as many points
as Finland, but Finland is ahead because the result of the most recent tournament serves as
a tie-breaker in the World Ranking.
Olympic champion Canada drops down from second to fourth place after being ousted in
the World Championship quarter-finals two years in a row.
The United States confirmed its IIHF World Women’s Championship supremacy by winning
its third consecutive gold medal, while also overtaking Canada in the World Ranking
as the undisputed No. 1.
Finland reclaimed its position as the No. 3 power in women’s hockey by claiming the
country’s 12th bronze medal since 1990 (including Olympics and World Women’s Championship).
But this time it wasn’t achieved against its most frequent bronze medal game
partner, Sweden. The Finns faced stellar opposition from a surprising Russian team and
needed an overtime goal from veteran Karoliina Rantamäki to win the game 3-2.
A Tough Moment: A dejected Karl Johansson sits on the ice moments after his
Swedish team lost the 2011 U18 gold medal game in overtime to the USA.
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