IIHF Development Cup

The IIHF Development Cup is an annual international ice hockey tournament sanctioned by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It is designed for national teams that do not compete in the IIHF World Championships.^[1] Since countries are required to have an Olympic-size ice rink and a domestic league to play in the World Championships, the Development Cup is the highest-level international tournament available to many IIHF members.^[2]

IIHF Development Cup

Sport	Ice hockey
Founded	2017
Most recent champion(s)	Men's –  Puerto Rico (1st title) Women's –  Colombia (2nd title)

The first edition was held in Canillo, Andorra in 2017 with Morocco winning the title.^[3][4] In 2022, the first Women's Development Cup was held in Kuwait City, Kuwait and was won by Colombia.^[5][6]

Men's

Results

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Host city	Host country
2017[7]	Morocco (1)	Ireland (1)	Portugal (1)	Canillo	Andorra
2018[8]	North Macedonia (1)	Portugal (1)	Ireland (1)	Füssen	Germany
2019	Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020
2022[9]	Colombia (1)	Liechtenstein (1)	Ireland (2)	Füssen	Germany
2023[10]	Liechtenstein (1)	Argentina (1)	Colombia (1)	Bratislava	Slovakia
2024[11]	Ireland (1)	Portugal (2)	Colombia (2)	Bratislava	Slovakia
2025[12][13]	Puerto Rico (1)	Liechtenstein (2)	Portugal (2)	Canillo	Andorra

Medal table

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Liechtenstein	1	2	0	3
2	Ireland	1	1	2	4
3	Colombia	1	0	2	3
4	Morocco	1	0	0	1
	North Macedonia	1	0	0	1
	Puerto Rico	1	0	0	1
7	Portugal	0	2	2	4
8	Argentina	0	1	0	1
Totals (8 countries)		6	6	6	18

Participating nations

Portugal has participated in each Development Cup since 2017, coached by Jim Aldred.^[14]

Nation[7][8][9][1]	2017	2018	2022	2023	2024	2025	Total
Algeria	–	–	4	–	–	–	1
Andorra	4	4	5	–	–	6	4
Argentina	–	–	–	2	4	–	2
Brazil	–	–	–	–	6	5	2
Colombia	–	–	1	3	3	–	3
Greece	–	–	–	–	5	4	2
Ireland	2	3	3	4	1	–	5
Liechtenstein	–	–	2	1	–	2	3
Morocco	1	–	–	–	–	–	1
North Macedonia	–	1	–	–	–	–	1
Portugal	3	2	6	5	2	3	6
Puerto Rico	–	–	–	–	–	1	1

Women's

Results

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Host city	Host country
2022[5]	Colombia (1)	Kuwait (1)	Luxembourg (1)	Kuwait City	Kuwait
2023[15]	Colombia (2)	Argentina (1)	Iran (1)	Krynica-Zdrój	Poland

Medal table

Rank	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Colombia	2	0	0	2
2	Kuwait	0	1	0	1
3	Argentina	0	1	0	1
4	Luxembourg	0	0	1	1
5	Iran	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 countries)		2	2	2	6

Participating nations

Nation[5][16]	2022	2023	Total
Andorra	6	-	1
Argentina	-	2	1
Colombia	1	1	2
Iran	-	3	1
Ireland	5	4	2
Kuwait	3	-	1
Luxembourg	2	-	1
United Arab Emirates	4	-	1

See also

• IIHF Asia and Oceania Championship