National Team Eligibility

[Swipes]

Hi guys,

Just a quick question. Does anyone know how the eligibility for playing for national teams works?

E.g. Say player A is a national of country X and country Y, but would like to represent country Z (for whatever reason). Assuming he obtained citizenship of country Z, but played for country X (or Y) first would that make him ineligible to play for Z?

Sorry about the X/Y/Z stuff.

Click to read more...

 

[OttawaRoughRiderFan*]

Hi guys,

Just a quick question. Does anyone know how the eligibility for playing for national teams works?

E.g. Say player A is a national of country X and country Y, but would like to represent country Z (for whatever reason). Assuming he obtained citizenship of country Z, but played for country X (or Y) first would that make him ineligible to play for Z?

Sorry about the X/Y/Z stuff.

I am not sure. I have not taken algebra in 20+ years.

 

[cagney]

The player would have to play four consecutive seasons in country Z without playing in an IIHF event again for country X or Y over that time period. From the IIHF website...

Change of national eligibility (The ‘four-year’ case)

A player, who has previously participated in IIHF competition, can switch national eligibility (but only once in a player's life) if:

- He is a citizen of the new country of his choice

- He has participated for at least four consecutive years in the national competitions of his new country, during which period he has neither transferred to another country nor played ice hockey within any other country and has not played for his previous country in an IIHF competition during this four year period.

- He has an international transfer card (ITC) that shows the transfer to the national competition of his new country and which was approved and dated at least four years before the start of the IIHF competition in which he wishes to participate.

 

[Swipes]

The player would have to play four consecutive seasons in country Z without playing in an IIHF event again for country X or Y over that time period. From the IIHF website...

Thanks a lot for the information!