South African Ice Hockey Federation

South Africa
Association name	South African Ice Hockey Federation
IIHF Code	RSA
IIHF membership	25 February 1937
President	Jason Cerff
IIHF men's ranking	41st
IIHF women's ranking	33rd
	www.saihf.com

The South African Ice Hockey Federation (SAIHF) (Afrikaans: Suid-Afrikaanse Yshokkie Federasie) is the governing body that oversees ice hockey in South Africa.^[1]^[2] It was the first African nation to join the International Ice Hockey Federation.

National teams


Event	Division	Host Nation	Host City	Date
Men's	DIV IIIA	Turkey	Istanbul	21 – 27 April 2025
Women's	DIV IIIA	Serbia		2 – 8 March 2025
Men U20	DIV IIIB	Thailand	Bangkok	10 – 16 December 2024
Men U18	DIV IIIB	Thailand	Bangkok	28 Feb – 6 March 2025
Women's U18	DIV IIB	Turkey	Istanbul	18 – 24 January 2025


Event	Division	Host Nation	Host City	Date	Result
Men's	DIV IIIA	Kyrgyzstan	Bishkek	10 – 16 March 2024	5th Place
Women's	DIV IIB	Turkey	Istanbul	1 – 7 April 2024	6th Place (Relegation to DIV IIIA)
Men U20	DIV IIIB	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	25 - 30 January 2024	Bronze Medal
Men U18	DIV IIIB	South Africa	Cape Town	4 – 7 March 2024	4th Place
Women's U18	DIV IIB	Bulgaria	Sofia	8 – 14 January 2024	6th Place


Event	Division	Host Nation	Host City	Date	Result
Men's	DIV IIIA	South Africa	Cape Town	17 – 23 April 2023	Bronze Medal
Women's	DIV IIB	South Africa	Cape Town	20 –26 February 2023	4th Place
Men U20	DIV III	Turkey	Istanbul	26 January 2022 – 2 February 2023	8th Place
Men U18	DIV IIIB	South Africa	Cape Town	13 – 16 March 2023	4th Place


Event	Division	Host Nation	Host City	Date	Result
Men's	DIV IIIB	South Africa	Cape Town	13–18 March 2022	Gold Medal (Promoted to 2023 Division IIIA)
Men U20	DIV III	Mexico	Queretaro	22–30 July 2022	8th Place
Men U18	DIV IIIB	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sarajevo	17–22 April 2022	Bronze Medal
Women's	DIV III	Croatia	Zagreb	17–22 May 2022	4th Place


Event	Division	Host Nation	Host City	Result
Men's	DIV IIIB	South Africa	Cape Town	Cancelled
Men U20	DIV III	Mexico	Mexico City	Cancelled
Men U18	DIV IIIB	Luxembourg	Kockelscheuer	Cancelled
Women's	DIV III	Croatia	Zagreb	Cancelled


Event	Division	Host Nation	Host City	Date	Result
Men's	DIV IIIB	South Africa	Cape Town	20–26 April 2020	Cancelled
Men U20	DIV III	Bulgaria	Sofia	13–19 January 2020	8th Place
Men U18	DIV IIIB	Luxembourg	Kockelscheuer	29 March - 4 April 2020	Cancelled
Women's	DIV III	Bulgaria	Sofia	4–10 December 2019	Gold Medal


Event	Division	Host Nation	Host City	Date	Result
Men's	DIV III	Bulgaria	Sofia	22–28 April 2019	6th Place (Relegation to 2020 Division III Group B)
Men U20	DIV III	Iceland	Reykjavík	14–20 January 2019	7th Place
Men U18	DIV IIIB	South Africa	Cape Town	9–12 April 2019	Bronze Medal
Women's	DIV IIBQ	South Africa	Cape Town	13–18 January 2019	3rd Place


Event	Division	Host Nation	Host City	Date	Result
Men's	DIV III	South Africa	Cape Town	16 – 22 April 2017	5th Place
Men U20	DIV IIIQ	South Africa	Cape Town	26 – 28 January 2018	1st Place (Promoted to the 2019 U20 World Championship Division III)
Men U18	DIV IIIB	New Zealand	Queenstown	26 – 28 April 2018	Bronze Medal
Women's	DIV IIBQ	Bulgaria	Sofia	4 – 9 December 2017	3rd Place


Event	Division	Host Nation	Date	Result
Men's	Div. III	Bulgaria	10–16 April 2017	5th Place
Men U20	Div. III	New Zealand	16–22 January 2017	8th Place
Men U18	Div IIIB	Mexico	18–20 March 2017	Bronze Medal
Women's	Div IIIBQ	Chinese Taipei	12–17 December 2016	3rd Place

^ "Passing the torch in South Africa". Letsplayhockey.com. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
^ "Ice hockey makes a return". Independent Online. South Africa. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2016.

v t e Ice hockey in South Africa
Leagues	Cape Town Premier League Cape Town U20 League Cape Town U16 League Cape Town U14 League Cape Town U12 League Gauteng Premier League Gauteng First Division Gauteng Premier U20 League Gauteng U18 League Gauteng U16 League Gauteng U14 League Ladies League
National teams	Men's Woman's Under 20 Under 18
Men's World Championships	2017 2018
Women's World Championships	2017 2018
Men's U20 World Championships	2017 2018
Men's U18 World Championships	2017 2018
Governing bodies	Western Province Ice Hockey Association Gauteng Ice Hockey Association Kwazulu Natal Ice Hockey Association Eastern Province Ice Hockey Association

v t e National members of the International Ice Hockey Federation
Full members	Australia Austria Azerbaijan ~~Belarus~~† Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canada China Chinese Taipei Croatia Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Iran Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Mexico Mongolia Netherlands New Zealand North Korea Norway Philippines Poland Romania ~~Russia~~† Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan Ukraine United Arab Emirates United States
Associate members	Algeria Andorra Argentina Armenia Bahrain Brazil Colombia Greece Indonesia Jamaica Kenya Lebanon Liechtenstein Macau Morocco Nepal North Macedonia Oman Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Tunisia Uzbekistan
Affiliate members	Chile
Former members	Bohemia Czechoslovakia East Germany Moldova Namibia Oxford Canadians Russian Empire Soviet Union West Germany Yugoslavia
† Russia and Belarus were suspended by the IIHF due to their invasion of Ukraine.

v t e Sports governing bodies in South Africa (RSA)
Summer Olympic sports	Aquatics Diving swimming synchronized swimming water polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Men Women Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rowing Rugby sevens Sailing Shooting Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. beach volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh & skeleton Curling Skating figure speed short track Ice hockey Luge Skiing alpine cross-country Nordic combined freestyle jumping Snowboarding
Other IOC recognised sports	Air sports Parachuting Hang-gliding and paragliding Auto racing Bandy Baseball Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Cue sports Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sport Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water ski Wushu
Others sports	Australian rules football Bowls Horse racing Mind sports Rugby league Soaring
Miscellaneous	South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee South African Deaf Sports Federation University Sports South Africa
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