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.