[{"n": "Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/kazakhstan-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team, ranked 13th in 2025."}, {"n": "Kuwait men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/kuwait-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Kuwait's national team returned to IIHF play in 2009."}, {"n": "Kuwait men's national junior ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/kuwait-men-s-national-junior-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Kuwait's under-20 ice hockey team debuted in 2018."}, {"n": "Kyrgyzstan men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/kyrgyzstan-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Kyrgyzstan men's national ice hockey team, IIHF associate member since 2011."}, {"n": "Lebanon men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/lebanon-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Lebanon's national team, not a member of the IIHF."}, {"n": "Liechtenstein national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/liechtenstein-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Liechtenstein's national team has no ice rinks at home."}, {"n": "Lithuania men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/lithuania-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Lithuanian men's national ice hockey team, IIHF member since 1938."}, {"n": "Luxembourg men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/luxembourg-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Luxembourg's men's national team grabbed its first tournament crown in 2017."}, {"n": "Malaysia men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/malaysia-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Malaysia's men's ice hockey team, IIHF associate since 2006."}, {"n": "Mexico men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/mexico-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Mexico is the only Latin American team in IIHF tournaments."}, {"n": "Mongolia men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/mongolia-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Mongolia's national team returned to IIHF play in 2023 after a decade-long hiatus."}, {"n": "New Zealand men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/new-zealand-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "New Zealand's national ice hockey team, the Ice Blacks."}, {"n": "North Korea men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/north-korea-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "National men's ice hockey team of North Korea."}, {"n": "North Macedonia men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/north-macedonia-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "North Macedonia's men's ice hockey team, IIHF associate since 2001."}, {"n": "Norway men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/norway-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Norway earned its first ice hockey medal in 2026."}, {"n": "Oman men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/oman-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Oman's national ice hockey team, The Khanjars, competes in Asian regional tournaments."}, {"n": "Philippines men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/philippines-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Philippine men's ice hockey team, IIHF member since 2016."}, {"n": "Poland men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/poland-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Poland's national team, once ranked 6th, returned to top division in 2024."}, {"n": "Portugal men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/portugal-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Portuguese national ice hockey team, active since 2000."}, {"n": "Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/protectorate-of-bohemia-and-moravia-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Short-lived team of the German Protectorate, played six exhibition games in 1940."}, {"n": "Puerto Rico men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/puerto-rico-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Puerto Rico men's ice hockey team, IIHF associate member since 2022."}, {"n": "Qatar men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/qatar-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Qatar's national team, IIHF member since 2012, remains unranked globally."}, {"n": "Romania men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/romania-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Romania's men's ice hockey team last competed in the Olympics in 1980."}, {"n": "Russia men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/russia-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Russian men's national ice hockey team, Big Six member, suspended 2022."}, {"n": "Saint Pierre and Miquelon men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/saint-pierre-and-miquelon-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Ice hockey team of the French Atlantic archipelago."}, {"n": "Saudi Arabia men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/saudi-arabia-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Saudi Arabia's national team is not an IIHF member."}, {"n": "Serbia and Montenegro men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/serbia-and-montenegro-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "National ice hockey team of Serbia and Montenegro (1995–2006)."}, {"n": "Singapore men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/singapore-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Singapore men's ice hockey team, IIHF member since 1996."}, {"n": "Slovakia men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/slovakia-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Slovakia men's national ice hockey team, successor to Czechoslovakia, won Olympic bronze in 2022."}, {"n": "Slovenia men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/slovenia-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Slovenia's national ice hockey team, ranked 13th as of June 2026."}, {"n": "South Korea men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/south-korea-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "South Korea's national men's ice hockey team."}, {"n": "Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/soviet-union-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Dominant international hockey team from 1954 to 1991."}, {"n": "Spain men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/spain-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Spanish men's national ice hockey team, IIHF member since 1923."}, {"n": "Sweden men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/sweden-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Sweden's men's national ice hockey team, governed by the Swedish Ice Hockey Association."}, {"n": "Thailand men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/thailand-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Thailand's national men's ice hockey team, competing since 2019."}, {"n": "Tunisia men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/tunisia-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Tunisia's national ice hockey team, IIHF associate since 2021."}, {"n": "Turkey men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/turkey-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Turkey's national team, ranked 39th globally, never Olympic qualified."}, {"n": "Turkmenistan men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/turkmenistan-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Turkmenistan's national men's ice hockey team, debuting in 2018."}, {"n": "Ukraine men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/ukraine-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "Ukrainian men's ice hockey team, Olympic and World Championship competitor."}, {"n": "United Arab Emirates men's national ice hockey team", "u": "/e/international-and-olympic-ice-hockey/united-arab-emirates-men-s-national-ice-hockey-team/", "s": "First Arab nation to play in IIHF World Championship."}]