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The Namibia Ice and InLine Hockey Association (NIIHA) is the governing body of
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History

The NIIHA was founded and joined the
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on 31 May 1998. It was an affiliate member of the IIHF until 19 May 2017, they withdrew from an IIHF membership and are no longer an IIHF member due to lack of standard ice rinks and ice hockey activities in the country. According to the congress, the IIHF decided to keep
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as an affiliate member, but there are no new members at this congress. Namibia still maintain to play just inline hockey and as a member of the
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(now
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).


Statistics

*416 players total *86 male players *225 junior players *105 female players *35 referees *5 inline rinks but no ice rinks exist *No longer an IIHF member


See also

* Namibia national inline hockey team * Namibia women's national inline hockey team


References

Inline hockey in Namibia
Inline hockey Roller inline hockey, or inline hockey is a variant of hockey played on a hard, smooth surface, with players using inline skates to move and ice hockey sticks to shoot a hard, plastic puck into their opponent's goal to score points. The spo ...
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