Spanish Ice Sports Federation

Real Federación Española de Deportes de Hielo
Official website

Sport	Ice sports
Category	Bobsleigh Curling Figure skating Ice hockey
Abbreviation	RFEDH, FedHielo
Headquarters	Carrer de Roger de Flor, 45 Barcelona, Spain
President	Frank González
Vice president(s)	Alberto Serrano
Director	Marta Olazagarre, figure skating Elena Álvarez, ice hockey Alberto Serrano, ice hockey Xavier Prat, curling
www.rfedh.es

The Royal Spanish Ice Sports Federation (Spanish: Real Federación Española de Deportes de Hielo), abbreviated as RFEDH or FedHielo, is the administrative body for ice sports in Spain. It is a member of the Spanish Olympic Committee (COE) and, in partnership with the Royal Spanish Winter Sports Federation (RFEDI), represents Spain in all international interactions regarding the Winter Olympics. The RFEDH is headquartered in Barcelona and its president is Frank González, a former ice hockey player and official.

The federation was called the Spanish Ice Sports Federation (Spanish: Federación Española de Deportes de Hielo) until S.M. King Felipe VI of Spain conferred the title of Real (Royal) on the federation on 27 July 2017.

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Disciplines

RFEDH oversees Spanish involvement in eight disciplines:

The RFEDH governs the qualification and organization of official sports activities and competitions of these disciplines at the state level, in addition to managing the preparation plans for high-level athletes in their respective specialties. It is also the responsibility of the RFEDH to organize or supervise the official international competitions of said specialties that are held in Spain.

Affiliations

The RFEDH is an affiliate member of the following international federations dedicated to the regulation of ice sports at competitive level:

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International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (FIBT)
International Luge Federation (FIL)
International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)
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International Skating Union (ISU)
World Curling Federation (WCF)

RFEDH is also a member of the Spanish Olympic Committee, as the governing body over Olympic sport disciplines in Spain.

National teams

RFEDH is responsible for the national teams in each of its disciplines, including managing preparations for top athletic competitions, both nationally and internationally, and generating interest and fostering participation in its designated sports to maintain the high level of talent available to the national teams over time.

Ice hockey

As of April 2020, the Spanish national program reported a total of 1,043 registered players (227 women, 135 men, and 681 juniors) to the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). The men's national program is ranked 31st on the IIHF World Ranking (2020) and comprises the men's national team, the men's national junior team, and the men's national under-18 team. The women's national program is ranked 25th on the IIHF World Ranking (2020) and comprises the women's national team and the women's national under-18 team.^[1]

Ice hockey

In addition to the five national teams, the RFEDH is also the organizing body of the top men's national league, the Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo (National League of Ice Hockey), and the top women's national league, the Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo Femenino (Women's National League of Ice Hockey). The Liga Nacional de Hockey was founded in 1972 and CHH Txuri Urdin IHT has been the league's most successful team, winning fifteen championships

References

^ "IIHF Member National Association Spain". IIHF. 24 April 2020. Retrieved 14 June 2020.

External links

Official website (in Spanish)
Spain at IIHF.com

v t e Ice hockey in Spain
National teams	Men's national team Women's national team Men's under-20 national team Men's under-18 national team Women's under-18 national team
Competitions	Copa del Rey de Hockey Hielo Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo Femenino
Other articles	Spanish Ice Sports Federation List of teams

v t e Sports governing bodies in Spain (ESP)
Summer Olympic Sports	Aquatics Diving Swimming Synchronized Swimming Water polo Archery Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Canoeing Cycling Equestrian Fencing Field hockey Football Golf Gymnastics Handball Judo Modern pentathlon Rugby 7's Rowing Sailing Shooting Practical Shooting Table tennis Taekwondo Tennis Triathlon Volleyball inc. Beach Volleyball Weightlifting Wrestling
Winter Olympic Sports	Biathlon Bobsleigh & Skeleton Curling Ice hockey Luge Skating Figure Speed Short track Skiing Alpine Cross Country Nordic Combined Freestyle Jumping Snowboarding
Other IOC Recognised Sports	Air sports Auto racing Bandy Baseball Billiard sports Boules Bowling Bridge Chess Cricket Dance sport Floorball Karate Korfball Lifesaving Motorcycle racing Mountaineering and Climbing Netball Orienteering Pelota Vasca Polo Powerboating Racquetball Roller sports Rugby Softball Sport climbing Squash Sumo Surfing Tug of war Underwater sports Water ski Wushu
Paralympic and Disability Sports	Paralympic Blind Cerebral Palsy Deaf Intellectual disabilities Physical disabilities
Others Sports	Rugby League Rugby Union
Spanish Olympic Committee Spanish Paralympic Committee

v t e National members of the International Ice Hockey Federation
Full members	Australia Austria Azerbaijan ~~Belarus~~† Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canada China Chinese Taipei Croatia Czechia Denmark Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Great Britain Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Iran Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malaysia Mexico Mongolia Netherlands New Zealand North Korea Norway Philippines Poland Romania ~~Russia~~† Serbia Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Korea Spain Sweden Switzerland Thailand Turkey Turkmenistan Ukraine United Arab Emirates United States
Associate members	Algeria Andorra Argentina Armenia Brazil Colombia Greece Indonesia Jamaica Lebanon Liechtenstein Macau Morocco Nepal North Macedonia Oman Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Tunisia Uzbekistan
Affiliate members	Chile
Former members	Czechoslovakia East Germany Moldova Namibia Soviet Union Yugoslavia
† Russia and Belarus were suspended by the IIHF due to their invasion of Ukraine.

v t e National members of the World Curling Federation
Disciplines Curling Doubles curling
Americas	BRA CAN DOM GUY MEX USA VIR
Europe	AND AUT BLR BEL BGR HRV CZE DNK ENG EST FIN FRA GEO DEU GRC HUN ISL IRL ISR ITA KOS LVA LIE LTU LUX NLD NOR POL PRT ROU RUS SCO SRB SVK SVN ESP SWE CHE TUR UKR WEL
Pacific-Asia	AFG AUS CHN TPE HKG IND JPN KAZ KWT KGZ MGL NZL NGR QAT KSA KOR
Pinnacle Events Olympics World Championships

Member federations of the International Skating Union

Figure skating (including synchronized skating)
Speed skating (including short-track speed skating)

European
members
(59)

Nations (57)

Andorra (Figure)
Armenia (Figure)
Austria (Figure)
Austria (Speed)
Azerbaijan (Figure)
Belarus
Belgium (Figure)
Belgium (Speed)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Croatia
Cyprus (Figure)
Czech Republic (Figure)
Czech Republic (Speed)
Denmark
Estonia
Finland (Figure)
Finland (Speed)
France
Georgia (Figure)
Germany (Figure)
Germany (Speed)
Great Britain
Greece (Figure)
Hungary
Iceland (Figure)
Republic of Ireland
Israel
Italy
Latvia
Liechtenstein (Figure)
Lithuania (Figure)
Lithuania (Speed)
Luxembourg (Figure)
Luxembourg (Speed)
North Macedonia (Figure)
Moldova (Figure)
Monaco (Figure)
Netherlands
Norway
Poland (Figure)
Poland (Speed)
Portugal (Figure)
Romania
Russia (Figure)
Russia (Speed)
Serbia
Slovakia (Figure)
Slovakia (Speed)
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden (Figure)
Sweden (Speed)
Switzerland
Turkey
Ukraine (Figure)
Ukraine (Speed)

Clubs (2)

Internationaler Schlittschuh-Club Davos
Stockholms Allmänna Skridskoklubb

Four
continents
members
(42)

Africa (4)	Egypt (Figure) Morocco (Figure) South Africa (Figure) South Africa (Speed)
Americas (12)	Argentina (Figure) Argentina (Speed) Brazil (Figure) Canada (Figure) Canada (Speed) Chile (Figure) Colombia (Speed) Ecuador (Figure) Mexico (Figure) Peru (Figure) United States (Figure) United States (Speed)
Asia (22)	Cambodia (Figure) China (Figure) China (Speed) Chinese Taipei Hong Kong India Indonesia Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan (Figure) North Korea South Korea Malaysia Mongolia Philippines Qatar (Speed) Singapore Thailand Turkmenistan (Figure) United Arab Emirates (Figure) Uzbekistan Vietnam
Oceania (4)	Australia (Figure) Australia (Speed) New Zealand (Figure) New Zealand (Speed)

Pinnacle events
- Figure skating: Olympics, Worlds
- Synchronized skating: Worlds
- Speed skating: Olympics, Worlds
- Short track speed skating: Olympics, Worlds

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Disciplines

Affiliations

National teams

Ice hockey

Ice hockey

See also

References

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