Ice Hockey Federation of Russia explained

The Ice Hockey Federation of Russia (Russian: Федерация Хоккея России,^[1] Federatsiya Khokkeya Rossii) is the governing body overseeing ice hockey in Russia.^[2] ^[3] In 2019, Russia had 110,624 ice hockey players registered with its ice hockey federation.^[4] After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) suspended Russia from all levels of competition.^[5]

History

In February 1911, the All-Russian Hockey Union joined the IIHF, then called the "Ligue Internationale de Hockey sur Glace", representing the Russian Empire.^[6] It was expelled the same year and subsequently dissolved itself, due to the mistaken belief the federation had joined a bandy league.^[7] In 1952, the Soviet Union joined the IIHF under the Soviet Union Ice Hockey Federation.^[8] ^[9]

The Ice Hockey Federation of Russia was founded on 12 November 1991, during the existence of the Soviet Union and the Russian SFSR, as the "Ice Hockey Federation of the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic / Ice Hockey Federation of Russia" (Russian: Федерация Хоккея Российской Советской Федеративной Социалистической Республики / Russian: Федерация хоккея России). On 19 January 1992, after the Soviet Union was dissolved and Russia took over the international rights and obligations of the Soviet Union, the federation became the official successor of the Soviet Union Ice Hockey Federation and its successes and its full membership in the IIHF.

After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the IIHF suspended Russia from all levels of competition.^[10]

National teams

Men

Women

Leagues

Active

Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) – highest men's hockey league in Europe and Asia (since 2008)
Women's Hockey League (ZhHL) – top–tier women's hockey league in Russia and China (since 1995; reorganized in 2015)
Supreme Hockey League (VHL) – second highest men's league (since 2010)
Supreme Hockey League Championship (VHL-B) – third highest men's league (since 2011)
Asia League Ice Hockey (ALIH) – fourth highest men's league (since 2003)
Junior Hockey League (MHL) – men's junior league (since 2009)
National Junior Hockey League (NMHL) – men's junior league (since 2011)

Defunct

International Hockey League – former highest men's league (1992–1996)
Russian Superleague – former highest men's league, succeeding the International Hockey League (1996–2008)
Russian Hockey Second League – fourth highest men's league

Notable leadership

Yury Karandin, president of the Siberia–Far East branch of the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia since 1991
Yuri Korolev, vice-president of the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia from 1992 to 2001, and secretary general from 2001 to 2003
Andrey Starovoytov, general secretary of the Soviet Union Ice Hockey Federation from 1969 to 1986
Vladislav Tretiak, president of the Ice Hockey Federation of Russia since 2006

External links

Notes and References

https://fhr.ru/ Официальный сайт Федерации Хоккея России
Book: Schultze, Sydney. Culture and Customs of Russia. 1 January 2000. Greenwood Publishing Group. 9780313311017. Google Books.
Book: The Business & Politics of Sports Second Edition. TBE Press I. 9781883210069. Google Books.
Web site: IIHF Member National Association Russia. 4 July 2019.
Web site: The War in Ukraine Shakes Up NHL and Hockey Worldwide. Sarah. Lord. CNET.
Web site: 1908-1913. International Ice Hockey Federation. May 13, 2009.
Web site: Строительство "красной машины". Часть 1. The Construction of the "Red Machine". Part 1. ru. Russian Hockey Federation. 14 May 2017. 6 February 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140206072700/http://fhr.ru/history/history_milestones/history/card/?id_4=7127.
Web site: Russian hockey started 75 years ago . IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation . 1946-12-22 . 2024-08-15.
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Web site: The War in Ukraine Shakes Up NHL and Hockey Worldwide. Sarah. Lord. CNET.