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Annual Report Annual Report July 2012 - June 2013 July 2012- June 2013 Congratulations 2012/2013 Champions IIHF World Championship Sweden IIHF World Championship Division I Group A Kazakhstan IIHF World Championship Division I Group B Ukraine IIHF World Championship Division II Group A Croatia IIHF World Championship Division II Group B Israel IIHF World Championship Division III South Africa IIHF World Junior Championship USA IIHF World U20 Championship Division I Group A Norway IIHF World U20 Championship Division I Group B Poland IIHF World U20 Championship Division II Group A Japan IIHF World U20 Championship Division II Group B Estonia IIHF World U20 Championship Division III China IIHF World U18 Championship Canada IIHF World U18 Championship Division I Group A Denmark IIHF World U18 Championship Division I Group B Kazakhstan IIHF World U18 Championship Division II Group A Hungary IIHF World U18 Championship Division II Group B Netherlands IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group A China IIHF World U18 Championship Division III Group B Israel IIHF World Women’s Championship USA IIHF World Women’s Championship Division I Group A Japan IIHF World Women’s Championship Division I Group B France IIHF World Women’s Championship Division II Group A Hungary IIHF World Women’s Championship Division II Group B Korea IIHF World Women U18 Championship Canada IIHF World Women U18 Championship Division I Japan IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship USA IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship Division I Great Britain Continental Cup Donbass Donetsk European Women’s Champion’s Cup Tornado Moscow Region Challenge Cup of Asia Chinese Taipei U20 Challenge Cup of Asia Japan INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY FEDERATION Annual Report July 2012–June 2013 Semi-Annual Congress 1 Cascais, Portugal September 19 - 21, 2013 Publisher: International Ice Hockey Federation Horst Lichtner, General Secretary Supervising Editor: Szymon Szemberg Editor and layout: Adam Steiss Contributors: Martin Merk Darren Boyko, Jörg Polzer Production Editor: Romain Golay, Reproscan Group AG Photos: Hockey Hall of Fame and IIHF Images on Ice www.imagesonice.net Print: Reproscan Group AG, Ottenbach/ZH Copyright: International Ice Hockey Federation Any corrections or changes please send note to [email protected] Cover photo: The 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship trophy is raised by Sweden. Back Photo: A USA player draped in his country’s flag after winning gold at the 2013 U20 World Championship. Photos: Andre Ringuette / HHOF-IIHF Images. Under the Dome: Sweden and Canada stand with the fans at Globe Arena for the national anthem ahead of the World Championship quarter-final. Photo by Andre Ringuette / HHOF-IIHF Images Silver Swiss: Switzerland captured its first World Championship silver medal since 1935. 11 players scored five or more points as the team made a tournament run for the ages. Photo by Andre Ringuette / HHOF-IIHF Images Gotcha: Canada’s Jayna Hefford scores on Switzerland’s Sophie Anthamatten at the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey Women’s World Championship. Photo by Andre Ringuette / HHOF-IIHF Images. Pure Joy: The party begins in Ufa for 2013 World Junior Champions the United States. Photo: Andre Ringuette / HHOF-IIHF Images INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY FEDERATION 10 The Mental Game: Germany’s André Rankel gets into focus at the 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. Photo: Richard Wolowicz / HHOF-IIHF Images INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY FEDERATION Table of Contents Report of the President ...................................................................................................... 12 Report of the General Secretary ......................................................................................... 16 IIHF Council ........................................................................................................................ 20 IIHF Member Associations ................................................................................................. 22 IIHF Survey of Players ......................................................................................................... 25 IIHF National Team 2012/2013 Jersey Program ................................................................. 26 IIHF Office .......................................................................................................................... 30 11 World Championship & Olympic Results Timeline 1920-2013 ........................................... 32 IIHF Committee Members .................................................................................................. 34 Financial Report ................................................................................................................. 35 Infront Report .................................................................................................................... 36 IIHF Semi-Annual Congress: Tokyo, Japan ......................................................................... 40 IIHF General Congress: Tokyo, Japan ................................................................................. 46 IIHF Annual Congress: Stockholm, Sweden ........................................................................ 52 IIHF Sport Development Report .......................................................................................... 62 IIHF Committee Reports ..................................................................................................... 70 Referee & Linesmen Assignments ...................................................................................... 80 IIHF World Ranking ............................................................................................................ 84 2013 IIHF Hall of Fame Induction ....................................................................................... 92 IIHF Hall of Fame Inductee List .......................................................................................... 96 2013 IIHF World Championships ........................................................................................ 98 2013 IIHF Inline Hockey World Championship ................................................................. 126 IIHF Continental Cup ........................................................................................................ 127 European Womens Champion’s Cup ................................................................................ 128 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia............................................................................................... 129 2014 Olympic Winter Games Qualification ...................................................................... 130 IIHF Calendar of Events .................................................................................................... 135 2013/2014 IIHF Championship Program .......................................................................... 138 IIHF Supplier Pool ............................................................................................................. 140 IIHF Partners .................................................................................................................... 141 www.IIHF.com ................................................................................................................. 142 Hockey Hall of Fame ........................................................................................................ 144 Parting Shot .................................................................................................................... 148 INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY FEDERATION Report of the President 2 012/2013 will go down in our federation’s history That the World Championships remains as a success- as the season when the IIHF, for the first time and ful template for generating a healthy profit for hockey in an organized manner, integrated athletes into our development was demonstrated by the Finnish part organization. One might say that this is long overdue, of the co-hosted 2012-2013 IIHF World Champion- and I agree, but there were practical and political rea- ships. Not only did the Finnish Ice Hockey Association sons why this didn’t happen before. and its organizing committee report an impressive re- 12 turn, but FIHA announced publically how the funds It was the new composition of the IIHF’s commit- will be distributed over the course of the next decade tee structure that paved the way for active athlete for the benefit of Finnish hockey development. involvement. After the 2012 General Congress in To- kyo (the federation’s 135th congress by the way) two It is therefore a concern that the Swedish half of the new committees were introduced to our program; two-year joint venture reported a loss for exactly the the Player Safety Consulting Group and the Athletes same product over the course of two years. It is the Committee. Goaltending icon Vladislav Tretiak is the first time in the history of the IIHF World Champion- chairman of the latter committee and other members ships that an organizer came out with red figures. It are Philippe Bozon, Sean Burke, Sergei Fyodorov, is our duty to carefully analyze what happened and Saku Koivu, Angela Ruggiero and Jaroslav Spacek, all why, and document how there can be such a dis- accomplished Olympians and multiple World Cham- crepancy between two organizers presented with the pionship participants. same opportunities. The Player Safety Group includes Mathieu Schneider For the remainder of the four-year mandate period, and Mattias Norström, U.S.