The IIHF Ice Arena Guide gives extensive information about building and maintaining an ice arena, business plans and dimensions needed for ice hockey and other ice sports. The publication is aimed at any place and any country in the world from nations that just started developing ice sports to the bigger IIHF member national associations.

By focusing on these two main areas, the IIHF Ice Arena Guide effectively addresses the diverse needs of both existing and new ice rinks, helping our MNA’s and stakeholders to navigate challenges, adopt best practices, and thrive in a continuously evolving landscape.

Get your official merchandise for the 2025 IIHF WM at our online shop. The IIHF Development Hub provides Member National Associations, Clubs and other stakeholders with supportive resources to organize and operate development and educational programs. Anti-Doping, competition manipulation, abuse & harassment, ethics, reporting.

1. BUILD ICE RINK ANYWHERE 1.1 INTRODUCTION AND IIHF PROTOTYPE RINK The International Ice Hockey Federation will, in this guide, show that it is possible to construct an ice rink anywhere in the world. The target groups are ice sport clubs and leisure organizations who wanted to take their ice hockey development programs to a higher level.

The game of ice hockey shall be played on a white ice surface known as a RINK. Maximum size: 61 m long by 30 m wide. Minimum size: 56 m long by 26 m wide. The corners shall be rounded in the arc of a circle with a radius of 7 to 8.5 m. For IIHF championships the size will be 60 to 61 m long by 29 to 30 m wide. shall be white in colour.

An ice hockey rink is an ice rink that is specifically designed for ice hockey, a competitive team sport. Alternatively it is used for other sports such as broomball , ringette , rinkball , and rink bandy .

2023年3月29日 · areas of focus: Functions and Resources. From a reader perspective it should be understood that sustainable ice rink technologies consist of long-term solutions that lead to optimum function in.

2024年9月26日 · The second updated edition of the IIHF Ice Arena Guide is accessible here. Building on the success of the first edition, the new guide has been meticulously revised to address the evolving landscape of ice hockey facilities over the past years.

The IIHF approach to developing the game globally is to support the Member National Associations (MNA) with the development of ice hockey in their nations. The IIHF Development Hub provides MNAs, Clubs and other stakeholders with supportive resources to organize and operate development and educational programs.

2024年12月1日 · International Ice Hockey Federation Rink Dimensions. The IIHF’s standardized hockey rinks can be considerably larger than that of the NHL. The recommended rink dimensions for top-level competition should measure 60 × 25-30 meters (196.85 × 82.02-98.43 feet), creating a playing area of roughly 1,500-1,800 square meters (16,145.64-19,375.95 ...