The Royal Spanish Ice Sports Federation (), abbreviated as RFEDH or FedHielo, is the administrative body for

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. It is a member of the

Spanish Olympic Committee The Spanish Olympic Committee ( es, Comité Olímpico Español, COE) is responsible body for Spain's participation in the Olympic Games. Members of the committee are 35 sports federations, which elect the Executive Council composed of the pres ...

(COE) and, in partnership with the Royal Spanish Winter Sports Federation (RFEDI), represents Spain in all international interactions regarding the

Winter Olympics The Winter Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'hiver) is a major international multi-sport event held once every four years for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games, the 1924 Winter Olympics, were h ...

. The RFEDH is headquartered in

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and its president is Frank González, a former

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...

player and official. The federation was called the Spanish Ice Sports Federation () until ''S.M.'' King

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conferred the title of ''Real'' (Royal) on the federation on 27 July 2017.

Disciplines

RFEDH oversees Spanish involvement in eight disciplines: *

Bobsleigh Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...

Curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns slidi ...

Figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are m ...

Ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...

* Luge * Skeleton *

Short track speed skating Short-track speed skating is a form of competitive ice speed skating. In competitions, multiple skaters (typically between four and six) skate on an oval ice track with a length of . The rink itself is long by wide, which is the same size as a ...

Speed skating Speed skating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in travelling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skatin ...

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: * /

International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation The International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF), originally known by the French name ''Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing'' (FIBT), is the international sports federation for bobsleigh and skeleton. It acts as a ...

(FIBT) *

International Luge Federation The International Luge Federation ( French: Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (FIL); German: Internationaler Rennrodelverband) is the main international federation for all luge sports. Founded by 13 nations at Davos, Switzerland in ...

(FIL) *

International Ice Hockey Federation The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF; french: Fédération internationale de hockey sur glace; german: Internationale Eishockey-Föderation) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 83 ...

(IIHF) * / /

International Skating Union The International Skating Union (ISU) is the international governing body for competitive ice skating disciplines, including figure skating, synchronized skating, speed skating, and short track speed skating. It was founded in Scheveningen, N ...

(ISU) *

World Curling Federation The World Curling Federation (WCF) is the world governing body for curling accreditation, with offices in Perth, Scotland. It was formed out of the International Curling Federation (ICF), when the push for Olympic Winter Sport status was made. ...

(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

(IIHF). The men's national program is ranked 31st on the

IIHF World Ranking The IIHF World Ranking is a ranking of the performance of the national ice hockey teams of member countries of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It is based on a formula giving points for each team's placings at IIHF-sanctioned tour ...

(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.

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 The National Ice Hockey League ( es, Liga Nacional de Hockey sobre Hielo) is the top men's ice hockey league in Spain. Its governing body is the Royal Spanish Ice Sports Federation. History Liga Nacional de Hockey Hielo was established in 1972 ...

(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

External links

Official website

at IIHF.com {{Member federations of the International Skating Union Ice hockey in Spain

Ice Hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...

Winter sports Winter sports or winter activities are competitive sports or non-competitive recreational activities which are played on snow or ice. Most are variations of skiing, ice skating and sledding. Traditionally, such games were only played in cold are ...

National governing bodies for ice skating Figure skating in Spain

International Skating Union Curling governing bodies

Disciplines

Affiliations

National teams

Ice hockey

Ice hockey

See also

References

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