IIHF World Ranking
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The IIHF World Ranking is the official system used by the International Ice Hockey Federation to rate and seed national ice hockey teams based on their performance in recent international tournaments.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| IIHF World Ranking canonical | 6 |
| IIHF world ranking | 2 |
| IIHF Men’s World Ranking | 1 |
| IIHF Women's World Ranking | 1 |
| IIHF Women’s World Ranking | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T108987 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: IIHF World Ranking Context triple: [Slovakia men's national ice hockey team, fifaLikeRankingType, IIHF World Ranking]
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A.
IIHF World Championship
The IIHF World Championship is an annual international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation that features top national teams from around the world competing for the world title.
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B.
International Ice Hockey Federation
The International Ice Hockey Federation is the global governing body for international ice hockey, responsible for organizing major tournaments like the Ice Hockey World Championships and overseeing the sport’s rules and development worldwide.
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C.
IIHF Hall of Fame
The IIHF Hall of Fame is an international institution that recognizes and commemorates players, builders, and officials who have made outstanding contributions to the sport of ice hockey worldwide.
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D.
IIHF Hall of Fame 2016
The IIHF Hall of Fame 2016 class is a group of internationally recognized ice hockey figures honored by the International Ice Hockey Federation for their outstanding contributions to the sport.
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E.
2002 IIHF World Championship final
The 2002 IIHF World Championship final was the decisive gold-medal ice hockey game in which Slovakia captured its first world title, highlighted by Peter Bondra’s late winning goal.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: IIHF World Ranking Target entity description: The IIHF World Ranking is the official system used by the International Ice Hockey Federation to rate and seed national ice hockey teams based on their performance in recent international tournaments.
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A.
IIHF World Championship
The IIHF World Championship is an annual international ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation that features top national teams from around the world competing for the world title.
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B.
International Ice Hockey Federation
The International Ice Hockey Federation is the global governing body for international ice hockey, responsible for organizing major tournaments like the Ice Hockey World Championships and overseeing the sport’s rules and development worldwide.
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C.
IIHF Hall of Fame
The IIHF Hall of Fame is an international institution that recognizes and commemorates players, builders, and officials who have made outstanding contributions to the sport of ice hockey worldwide.
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D.
IIHF Hall of Fame 2016
The IIHF Hall of Fame 2016 class is a group of internationally recognized ice hockey figures honored by the International Ice Hockey Federation for their outstanding contributions to the sport.
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E.
2002 IIHF World Championship final
The 2002 IIHF World Championship final was the decisive gold-medal ice hockey game in which Slovakia captured its first world title, highlighted by Peter Bondra’s late winning goal.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ice hockey ranking
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ranking system ⓘ sports ranking ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
men's national ice hockey teams
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national ice hockey teams ⓘ women's national ice hockey teams ⓘ |
| basedOn |
performance in recent IIHF tournaments
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results in IIHF World Championships ⓘ results in Olympic ice hockey tournaments ⓘ |
| category |
international ice hockey
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sports statistics ⓘ |
| dataType | tabular ranking list ⓘ |
| governingBody | International Ice Hockey Federation ⓘ |
| governingBodyAbbreviation |
IIHF
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linked to:
International Ice Hockey Federation
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| hasFeature |
annual update
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separate men's ranking ⓘ separate women's ranking ⓘ |
| hasSeparateTableFor |
men
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women ⓘ |
| includes |
member national association name
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ranking points ⓘ ranking position ⓘ |
| influences |
group composition in IIHF tournaments
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qualification paths for major tournaments ⓘ |
| maintainedBy |
IIHF Council
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IIHF Sport Department ⓘ |
| officialLanguage |
English
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French ⓘ |
| publishedOn | IIHF official website ⓘ |
| region | worldwide ⓘ |
| scope |
international
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senior national teams ⓘ |
| sport | ice hockey ⓘ |
| startYear | 2003 ⓘ |
| timeSpanOfResults | several previous seasons ⓘ |
| updated | annually after IIHF World Championship ⓘ |
| usedAs |
basis for promotion and relegation seeding
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qualification criterion for Olympic participation ⓘ |
| usedBy |
IIHF World Championship organizers
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linked to:
International Ice Hockey Federation
Olympic ice hockey tournament organizers ⓘ national ice hockey associations ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Olympic Games seeding
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World Championship seeding ⓘ seeding ⓘ tournament seeding ⓘ |
| uses |
points system
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weighted results over multiple years ⓘ |
| weights | recent tournaments more heavily ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: IIHF World Ranking Description of subject: The IIHF World Ranking is the official system used by the International Ice Hockey Federation to rate and seed national ice hockey teams based on their performance in recent international tournaments.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: IIHF World Ranking
linked to: IIHF World Ranking
Olympic women's ice hockey qualification tournaments
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selectionCriteria
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IIHF Women's World Ranking
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linked to: IIHF World Ranking
linked to: IIHF World Ranking
subject linked to:
Group A
linked to: IIHF World Ranking