South African Ice Hockey Federation

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.

South Africa
Association nameSouth African Ice Hockey Federation
IIHF CodeRSA
IIHF membership25 February 1937
PresidentHannes Botha
IIHF men's ranking41st
IIHF women's ranking33rd
www.saihf.com

National teams

2020 South Africa Participation
EventDivisionHost NationHost CityDateResult
Men'sDIV IIIB South AfricaCape Town20 - 26 April 2020
Men U20DIV III BulgariaSofia13 - 19 January 2020
Men U18DIV IIIB LuxembourgKockelscheuer29 March - 4 April 2020
Women'sDIV III BulgariaSofia4 - 10 December 2019Gold Medal

2020 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

Group B
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Australia 3 3 0 0 0 14 3 +11 9 Semifinals
2  Turkey 3 2 0 0 1 11 4 +7 6
3  South Africa 3 1 0 0 2 7 15 −8 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  Chinese Taipei 3 0 0 0 3 3 13 −10 0
Source: IIHF
Date Opponents Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
13 January 2020 Australia  1 – 6 Delport (Vivier, Venter) – 05:52 125
14 January 2020 Turkey  1 – 6 Vivier (van der Merwe) – 53:13 95
16 January 2020 Chinese Taipei  5–3 Schuurman (PP) – 29:06 / Venter (Vivier) – 34:24 / Meyer (Delport) – 49:38 / Vivier – 56:54 / Vivier (Meyer) (PP)(ENG) – 59:49 60
18 January 2019 New Zealand  1–2 Venter (PP) – 15:22 75
19 January 2020 Chinese Taipei  –

2020 IIHF Women's World Championship – Division III
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Africa 5 4 0 0 1 16 18 −2 12 Promotion to 2021 Division II B
2  Belgium (E) 5 3 0 0 2 22 13 +9 9
3  Romania (E) 5 2 1 1 1 22 15 +7 9
4  Bulgaria (E, H) 5 2 1 0 2 14 10 +4 8
5  Lithuania (E) 5 2 0 0 3 13 14 −1 6
6  Hong Kong (E) 5 0 0 1 4 4 21 −17 1
Updated to match(es) played on 10 December 2019. Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(E) Eliminated; (H) Host.
Date Opponents Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
04 December 2019 Romania  4–11 Schuurman – 06:38 / Rhode (Schuurman) – 45:50 / Jamieson (Van Doesburgh) – 47:41 / Rhode (Schuurman, Van Doesburgh) (SH) – 54:27 233
05 December 2019 Belgium  4–3 Schuurman (Rhode, Verwey) – 00:31 / Rhode (Van Doesburgh, Verwey) – 20:40 / Brits (Loubser, Verwey) – 53:25 / Schuurman (Rhode) – 56:27 231
07 December 2019 Hong Kong  2–1 Van Doesburgh (Brits) – 27:02 / Schuurman (Van Doesburgh) – 59:29 220
08 December 2019 Bulgaria  2–1 Herringer (Marais) – 51:42 / Keuler (Schuurman, Rhode) – 55:22 360
10 December 2019 Lithuania  4–2 Rhode – 04:48 / Keuler (Schuurman) – 23:55 / Marias (Schuurman, Doesburgh) – 30:43 / Rhode (Schuurman, Doesburgh) – 41:54

2019 South Africa Participation
EventDivisionHost NationHost CityDateResult
Men'sDIV III BulgariaSofia22 - 28 April 20196th Place
Men U20DIV III IcelandReykjavík14 - 20 January 20197th Place
Men U18DIV IIIB South AfricaCape Town9 - 12 April 2019Bronze Medal
Women'sDIV IIBQ South AfricaCape Town13 - 18 January 20193rd Place
Relegation to 2020 Division III Group B

2019 IIHF World Championship Division III
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Bulgaria (H, P) 5 5 0 0 0 39 7 +32 15 Promotion to 2020 Division II B
2  Turkey 5 3 0 0 2 21 17 +4 9
3  Turkmenistan 5 2 0 1 2 21 21 0 7
4  Luxembourg 5 2 0 0 3 15 20 −5 6
5  Chinese Taipei 5 1 1 0 3 23 35 −12 5
6  South Africa (R) 5 1 0 0 4 18 37 −19 3 Relegation to 2020 Division III B
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated.
Date Opponents Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
22 April 2019 Bulgaria  2–12 04:50 – Samaai, 29:28 – R. Venter 850
23 April 2019 Turkmenistan  2–7 39:53 – Marais, 48:50 – Giot 136
25 April 2019 Luxembourg  2–5 05:19 – Samaai, 57:17 – Marais 108
26 April 2019 Turkey  3–6 03:08 – Valadas, 12:42 – Kluyts, 30:16 – Giot 120
28 April 2019 Chinese Taipei  7–9 11:51, 18:03 – Carelse x2, 22:39, 41:51 – Schuurman x2, 24:03, 27:46 – Compton x2, 25:54 – Botha, 47:42 – Samaai, 59:43 – Marais 105

2019 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division III

Group B
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China 3 3 0 0 0 32 3 +29 9 Semifinals
2  Bulgaria 3 2 0 0 1 20 7 +13 6
3  South Africa 3 1 0 0 2 3 24 −21 3 5–8th place semifinals
4  New Zealand 3 0 0 0 3 1 22 −21 0
Source: IIHF
Date Opponents Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
14 January 2019 Bulgaria  1 – 10 23:09 - D. Schuurman 53
15 January 2019 China  1 – 14 51:07 - D. Schuurman 45
17 January 2019 New Zealand  1 – 0 49:32 - D. Schuurman 42
19 January 2019 Chinese Taipei  1 – 7 39:38 - L. Meyer 42
20 January 2019 New Zealand  5 – 3 02:50 - D. Phakathi, 10:59,12:15 - D. Schuurman (x2), 50:20 - B. Delport, 55:03 - L. Meyer 43

Bracket
  5–8th place semifinals     5th place game
                 
  3A  Iceland 11  
  4B  New Zealand 1    
      3A  Iceland 5
      4A  Chinese Taipei 3
  3B  South Africa 1    
  4A  Chinese Taipei 7   7th place game
 
3B  South Africa 5
  4B  New Zealand 3

Final ranking
Promoted to 2020 IIHF U20 Division II B
RankTeam
 China
 Australia
 Turkey
4 Bulgaria
5 Iceland
6 Chinese Taipei
7 South Africa
8 New Zealand

2019 World U18 Ice Hockey Championships – Division III Group B
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Chinese Taipei 3 3 0 0 0 22 5 +17 9 Promotion to Division III A
2  Hong Kong 3 2 0 0 1 11 15 −4 6
3  South Africa (H) 3 0 1 0 2 13 15 −2 2
4  Luxembourg 3 0 0 1 2 8 19 −11 1
Source: IIHF
(H) Host.
Date Opponents Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
9 April 2019 Chinese Taipei  2 – 4 12:50,54:28 - R. Venter (x2) 250
10 April 2019 Hong Kong  5 – 6 25:14, 50:02 – L. Meyer (x2), 25:44 – R. Venter, 49:38 – S. Kluyts, 57:42 – B. Delport 166
12 April 2019 Luxembourg  5 – 6 GWS 14:28 – S.Kluyts, 15:57,43:47, 59:35 – L.Meyer (x3), 24:57 – B.Delport, GWS 65:00 – D.Kamish 139

2019 IIHF Women's World Championship – Division II Group B Qualification
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ukraine (P) 4 4 0 0 0 17 5 +12 12 Promotion to 2020 Division II B
2  Belgium 4 3 0 0 1 24 7 +17 9
3  South Africa (H) 4 2 0 0 2 21 17 +4 6
4  Hong Kong 4 0 1 0 3 11 29 −18 2
5  Bulgaria 4 0 0 1 3 11 26 −15 1
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (P) Promoted.
Date Opponents Result
F–A		 Scorers Attendance
13 January 2019 Ukraine  1 – 3 19:18 – van Doesburgh 400
15 January 2019 Hong Kong  10 – 1 03:28, 31:05, 51:02 – van Doesburgh (x3), 04:12, 14:00, 35:40, 41:33, 49:32 – Rhode (x5), 05:41 – Keuler, 34:44 – Brankin 200
17 January 2019 Bulgaria  8 – 4 01:52, 59:08 – Verwey (x2), 03:27 – van Doesburgh, 19:24 – Schuurman, 36:00, 59:42 – Rhode (x2), 49:35 – Keuler, 53:28 – Gruber 200
18 January 2019 Belgium  2 – 9 31:58 – Schuurman, 43:27 – van Doesburgh 400

2018 South Africa Participation
EventDivisionHost NationHost CityDateResult
Men'sDIV III South AfricaCape Town16 – 22 April 20175th Place
Men U20DIV IIIQ South AfricaCape Town26 – 28 January 20181st Place (Promoted to the 2019 U20 World Championship Division III)
Men U18DIV IIIB New ZealandQueenstown26 – 28 April 2018Bronze Medal
Women'sDIV IIBQ BulgariaSofia4 – 9 December 20173rd Place

2017 South Africa Results
EventDivisionHost NationDateResult
Men'sDiv. III Bulgaria10–16 April 20175th Place
Men U20Div. III New Zealand16–22 January 20178th Place
Men U18Div IIIB Mexico18–20 March 2017Bronze Medal
Women'sDiv IIIBQ Chinese Taipei12–17 December 20163rd Place

Provincial associations

Leagues
  • Cape Town Premier League
  • Cape Town U/20 League
  • Cape Town PeeWee League
  • Gauteng Premier League
  • Gauteng First Division
  • Gauteng Premier U20 League
  • Gauteng U18 League
  • Gauteng U16 League
  • Gauteng U14 League
  • Ladies League

National competitions
  • South African Ladies Interprovivial Ice Hockey Championships

See also

References
  1. "Passing the torch in South Africa". Letsplayhockey.com. 14 April 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  2. "Ice hockey makes a return". Iol.co.za. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
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