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Winter Olympic Games Milano Cortina 2026 Team Sizes


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LAST UPDATE  (Tuesday 27 January 2026)

:USA United States of America - 232 (17 Alpine Skiing - 8 Biathlon - 14 Bobsleigh - 16 Cross-Country Skiing - 11 Curling - 16 Figure Skating - 32 Freestyle Skiing - 48 Ice Hockey - 11 Luge - 2 Nordic Combined - 8 Short-Track - 4 Skeleton - 6 Ski Jumping - 2 Ski Mountaineering - 24 Snowboarding - 13 Speed Skating)

:CAN Canada -  207 (13 Alpine Skiing - 8 Biathlon - 14 Bobsleigh - 12 Cross-Country Skiing - 11 Curling - 12 Figure Skating - 32 Freestyle Skiing - 48 Ice Hockey - 6 Luge - 10 Short-Track - 3 Skeleton - 4 Ski Jumping - 19 Snowboarding - 15 Speed Skating)

:ITA Italy - 194 (21 Alpine Skiing - 10 Biathlon - 8 Bobsleigh - 13 Cross-Country Skiing - 10 Curling - 9 Figure Skating - 10 Freestyle Skiing - 48 Ice Hockey - 11 Luge - 2 Nordic Combined - 10 Short-Track - 4 Skeleton - 7 Ski Jumping - 3 Ski Mountaineering - 17 Snowboarding - 10 Speed Skating)

:GER Germany - 184 (9 Alpine Skiing - 11 Biathlon - 18 Bobsleigh - 12 Cross-Country Skiing - 5 Curling - 6 Figure Skating - 11 Freestyle Skiing - 48 Ice Hockey - 12 Luge - 3 Nordic Combined - 6 Skeleton - 8 Ski Jumping - 3 Ski Mountaineering - 19 Snowboarding - 13 Speed Skating)

:SUI Switzerland - 173 (22 Alpine Skiing - 10 Biathlon - 17 Bobsleigh - 12 Cross-Country Skiing - 11 Curling - 3 Figure Skating - 20 Freestyle Skiing - 48 Ice Hockey - 1 Luge - 1 Skeleton - 4 Ski Jumping - 4 Ski Mountaineering - 17 Snowboarding - 3 Speed Skating)

:FRA France - 159 (16 Alpine Skiing - 12 Biathlon - 6 Bobsleigh - 15 Cross-Country Skiing - 9 Figure Skating - 18 Freestyle Skiing - 48 Ice Hockey - 3 Nordic Combined - 6 Short-Track - 1 Skeleton - 5 Ski Jumping - 4 Ski Mountaineering - 10 Snowboarding - 6 Speed Skating)

:CHN China - 124 (2 Alpine Skiing - 3 Biathlon - 12 Bobsleigh - 6 Cross-Country Skiing - 10 Curling - 6 Figure Skating - 23 Freestyle Skiing - 6 Luge - 2 Nordic Combined - 10 Short-Track - 5 Skeleton - 5 Ski Jumping - 2 Ski Mountaineering - 17 Snowboarding - 15 Speed Skating)

:JPN Japan - 120 (2 Alpine Skiing - 4 Cross-Country Skiing - 5 Curling - 12 Figure Skating - 20 Freestyle Skiing - 23 Ice Hockey - 1 Luge - 3 Nordic Combined - 9 Short-Track - 1 Skeleton - 7 Ski Jumping - 19 Snowboarding - 14 Speed Skating)

:AUT Austria - 115 (22 Alpine Skiing - 9 Biathlon - 12 Bobsleigh - 8 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Figure Skating - 13 Freestyle Skiing - 11 Luge - 3 Nordic Combined - 1 Short-Track - 3 Skeleton - 8 Ski Jumping - 2 Ski Mountaineering - 16 Snowboarding - 6 Speed Skating)

:CZE Czechia - 114 (6 Alpine Skiing - 10 Biathlon - 12 Cross-Country Skiing - 7 Curling - 4 Figure Skating - 6 Freestyle Skiing - 48 Ice Hockey - 1 Luge - 2 Nordic Combined - 1 Short-Track - 1 Skeleton - 4 Ski Jumping - 9 Snowboarding - 3 Speed Skating)

:SWE Sweden - 111 (7 Alpine Skiing - 12 Biathlon - 16 Cross-Country Skiing - 11 Curling - 3 Figure Skating - 11 Freestyle Skiing - 48 Ice Hockey - 2 Luge - 1 Ski Jumping)

:FIN Finland - 103 (6 Alpine Skiing - 10 Biathlon - 16 Cross-Country Skiing - 3 Figure Skating - 8 Freestyle Skiing - 48 Ice Hockey - 3 Nordic Combined - 7 Ski Jumping - 2 Snowboarding)

:NOR Norway - 80 (15 Alpine Skiing - 11 Biathlon - 16 Cross-Country Skiing - 7 Curling - 5 Freestyle Skiing - 3 Nordic Combined - 7 Ski Jumping - 3 Ski Mountaineering - 3 Snowboarding - 10 Speed Skating)

:KOR South Korea - 71 (3 Alpine Skiing - 2 Biathlon - 10 Bobsleigh - 3 Cross-Country Skiing - 7 Curling - 6 Figure Skating - 7 Freestyle Skiing - 1 Luge - 10 Short-Track - 3 Skeleton - 11 Snowboarding - 8 Speed Skating)

:LAT Latvia - 67 (3 Alpine Skiing - 8 Biathlon - 8 Bobsleigh - 7 Cross-Country Skiing - 2 Figure Skating - 25 Ice Hockey - 10 Luge - 2 Short-Track - 2 Skeleton)

:POL Poland - 59 (3 Alpine Skiing - 8 Biathlon - 2 Bobsleigh - 7 Cross-Country Skiing - 6 Figure Skating - 6 Luge - 2 Nordic Combined - 5 Short-Track - 5 Ski Jumping - 2 Ski Mountaineering - 4 Snowboarding - 9 Speed Skating)

:AUS Australia - 53 (3 Alpine Skiing - 1 Biathlon - 4 Bobsleigh - 7 Cross-Country Skiing - 15 Freestyle Skiing - 1 Luge - 1 Short-Track - 1 Skeleton - 2 Ski Mountaineering - 14 Snowboarding)

:GBR Great Britain - 53 (3 Alpine Skiing - 2 Biathlon - 6 Bobsleigh - 4 Cross-Country Skiing - 10 Curling - 8 Figure Skating - 8 Freestyle Skiing - 1 Short-Track - 5 Skeleton - 5 Snowboarding - 1 Speed Skating)

:SVK Slovakia - 53 (4 Alpine Skiing - 6 Biathlon - 2 Bobsleigh - 3 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Figure Skating - 1 Freestyle Skiing - 25 Ice Hockey - 5 Luge - 1 Short-Track - 2 Ski Jumping - 3 Ski Mountaineering)

:UKR Ukraine - 46 (2 Alpine Skiing - 10 Biathlon - 6 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Figure Skating - 9 Freestyle Skiing - 10 Luge - 1 Nordic Combined - 2 Short-Track - 1 Skeleton - 2 Ski Jumping - 1 Snowboarding)

:DEN Denmark - 39 (2 Alpine Skiing - 3 Biathlon - 1 Bobsleigh - 5 Curling - 25 Ice Hockey - 2 Skeleton - 1 Speed Skating)

:NED Netherlands - 38 (4 Bobsleigh - 2 Figure Skating - 10 Short-Track - 1 Skeleton - 4 Snowboarding - 18 Speed Skating)

:SLO Slovenia - 37 (8 Alpine Skiing - 9 Biathlon - 7 Cross-Country Skiing - 2 Nordic Combined - 7 Ski Jumping - 4 Snowboarding)

:KAZ Kazakhstan - 36 (2 Alpine Skiing - 4 Biathlon - 7 Cross-Country Skiing - 2 Figure Skating - 9 Freestyle Skiing - 1 Nordic Combined - 4 Short-Track - 2 Ski Jumping - 5 Speed Skating)

:EST Estonia - 32 (2 Alpine Skiing - 8 Biathlon - 8 Cross-Country Skiing - 2 Curling - 2 Figure Skating - 3 Freestyle Skiing - 2 Nordic Combined - 1 Skeleton - 2 Ski Jumping - 1 Snowboarding - 1 Speed Skating)

:BEL Belgium - 30 (3 Alpine Skiing - 8 Biathlon - 2 Figure Skating - 10 Freestyle Skiing - 6 Short-Track - 1 Skeleton - 1 Ski Mountaineering - 2 Snowboarding - 6 Speed Skating)

:ROU Romania - 29 (2 Alpine Skiing - 6 Biathlon - 4 Bobsleigh - 3 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Figure Skating - 7 Luge - 4 Ski Jumping - 2 Snowboarding)

:BUL Bulgaria - 20 (3 Alpine Skiing - 8 Biathlon - 3 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Figure Skating - 1 Ski Jumping - 2 Ski Mountaineering - 4 Snowboarding)

:AIN Individual Neutral Athlètes - 20 (3 Alpine Skiing - 3 Cross-Country Skiing - 3 Figure Skating - 3 Freestyle Skiing - 2 Luge - 2 Short-Track - 1 Ski Mountaineering - 3 Speed Skating)

:ESP Spain - 20 (2 Alpine Skiing - 3 Cross-Country Skiing - 5 Figure Skating - 4 Ski Mountaineering - 4 Snowboarding - 2 Speed Skating)

:LTU Lithuania - 17 (2 Alpine Skiing - 8 Biathlon - 18 Bobsleigh - 4 Cross-Country Skiing - 3 Figure Skating)

:NZL New Zealand - 17 (1 Alpine Skiing - 10 Freestyle Skiing - 6 Snowboarding)

:HUN Hungary - 15 (2 Alpine Skiing - 4 Cross-Country Skiing - 2 Figure Skating - 6 Short-Track - 1 Speed Skating)

:BRA Brazil - 14 (4 Alpine Skiing - 4 Bobsleigh - 3 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Skeleton - 2 Snowboarding)

:CRO Croatia - 14 (6 Alpine Skiing - 3 Biathlon - 3 Cross-Country Skiing - 2 Short-Track)

:ISR Israel - 09 (2 Alpine Skiing - 4 Bobsleigh - 1 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Figure Skating - 1 Skeleton)

:ARG Argentina - 08 (3 Alpine Skiing - 4 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Luge)

:TPE Chinese Taipei - 08 (2 Alpine Skiing - 2 Bobsleigh - 2 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Figure Skating - 1 Speed Skating)

:GEO Georgia - 08 (2 Alpine Skiing - 6 Figure Skating)

:TUR Turkey - 08 (2 Alpine Skiing - 2 Cross-Country Skiing - 2 Short-Track - 2 Ski Jumping)

:AND Andorra - 07 (5 Alpine Skiing - 2 Cross-Country Skiing)

:LIE Liechtenstein - 07 (2 Alpine Skiing - 2 Cross-Country Skiing) 

:JAM Jamaica - 06 (1 Alpine Skiing - 5 Bobsleigh)

:TTO Trinidad and Tobago - 06 (2 Alpine Skiing - 4 Bobsleigh)

:ARM Armenia - 05 (1 Alpine Skiing - 2 Cross-Country Skiing - 2 Figure Skating)

:BIH Bosnia and Herzegovina - 05 (3 Alpine Skiing - 2 Cross-Country Skiing)

:GRE Greece - 05 (2 Alpine Skiing - 3 Cross-Country Skiing)

:MEX Mexico  - 05 (2 Alpine Skiing - 2 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Figure Skating)

:MDA Moldova - 05 (3 Biathlon - 2 Cross-Country Skiing)

:RSA South Africa - 05 (2 Alpine Skiing - 1 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Freestyle Skiing - 1 Skeleton)

:ALB Albania - 04 (4 Alpine Skiing)

:CHI Chile - 04 (2 Alpine Skiing - 1 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Freestyle Skiing)

:HKG Hong Kong, China - 04 (2 Alpine Skiing - 2 Short-Track)

:ISL Iceland - 04 (2 Alpine Skiing - 2 Cross-Country Skiing)

:IRI Iran - 04 (2 Alpine Skiing - 2 Cross-Country Skiing)

:IRL Ireland - 04 (2 Alpine Skiing - 1 Cross-Country Skiing - 1 Freestyle Skiing)

:MKD North Macedonia - 04 (2 Alpine Skiing - 2 Cross-Country Skiing)

:MGL Mongolia - 03 (1 Alpine Skiing - 2 Cross-Country Skiing)

:POR Portugal - 03 (2 Alpine Skiing - 1 Cross-Country Skiing)

:SRB Serbia - 03 (1 Alpine Skiing - 2 Cross-Country Skiing)

:THA Thailand - 03 (1 Alpine Skiing - 2 Cross-Country Skiing)

:AZE Azerbaijan - 02 (2 Alpine Skiing - 1 Figure Skating)

:CYP Cyprus - 02 (2 Alpine Skiing)

:HAI Haiti - 02 (1 Alpine Skiing - 1 Cross-Country Skiing)

:IND India - 02 (1 Alpine Skiing - 1 Cross-Country Skiing)

:KOS Kosovo - 02 (2 Alpine Skiing)

:KGZ Kyrgyzstan - 02 (1 Alpine Skiing - 1 Cross-Country Skiing)

:LBN Lebanon - 02 (1 Alpine Skiing - 1 Cross-Country Skiing)

:LUX Luxembourg - 02 (2 Alpine Skiing)

:MAD Madagascar - 02 (2 Alpine Skiing)

:MNE Montenegro - 02 (1 Alpine Skiing - 1 Cross-Country Skiing)

:MAR Morocco - 02 (1 Alpine Skiing - 1 Cross-Country Skiing)

:PHI Philippines - 02 (2 Alpine Skiing)

:KSA Saudi Arabia - 02 (1 Alpine Skiing - 1 Cross-Country Skiing)

:UAE United Arab Emirates - 02 (2 Alpine Skiing)

:UZB Uzbekistan - 02 (1 Alpine Skiing - 1 Short-Track)

:BEN Benin - 01 (1 Alpine Skiing)

:BOL Bolivia - 01 (1 Cross-Country Skiing)

:COL Colombia - 01 (1 Cross-Country Skiing)

:ECU Ecuador - 01 (1 Cross-Country Skiing)

:ERI Eritrea - 01 (1 Alpine Skiing)

:GBS Guinea-Bissau - 01 (1 Alpine Skiing)

:KEN Kenya - 01 (1 Alpine Skiing)

:MAS Malaysia - 01 (1 Alpine Skiing)

:MLT Malta - 01 (1 Cross-Country Skiing)

:MON Monaco - 01 (1 Alpine Skiing)

:NGR Nigeria - 01 (1 Cross-Country Skiing)

:PAK Pakistan - 01 (1 Alpine Skiing)

:PUR Puerto-Rico - 01 (1 Skeleton)

:SMR San Marino - 01 (1 Alpine Skiing)

:SGP Singapore - 01 (1 Alpine Skiing)

:URU Uruguay - 01 (1 Alpine Skiing)

:VEN Venezuela - 01 (1 Cross-Country Skiing)

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Ice Hockey Men's - World Ranking 2020/2023

 

:IOC 3 March 2020 - 28 May 2023 :IOC

 

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ICE HOCKEY AT THE SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 - MEN'S TOURNAMENT

  • :ITA Italy (25 Quotas - Host Country -)
  • :CAN Canada (25 Quotas)
  • :CZE Czech Republic (25 Quotas)
  • :FIN Finland (25 Quotas)
  • :GER Germany (25 Quotas)
  • :RUS Russia (25 Quotas)
  • :SWE Sweden (25 Quotas)
  • :SUI Switzerland (25 Quotas)
  • :USA United-States (25 Quotas)
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Ice Hockey Women's - World Ranking 2021/2024

 

:IOC - 20 August 2021 - 14 April 2024 :IOC

 

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ICE HOCKEY AT THE SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 - WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT

  • :CAN Canada (25 Quotas)
  • :CZE Czech Republic (25 Quotas)
  • :FIN Finland (25 Quotas)
  • :ITA Italy (25 Quotas - Host Country -)
  • :SUI Switzerland (25 Quotas)
  • :USA United-States (25 Quotas)
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Ice Hockey Men's - Final Qualification Tournament 1

 

:SVK Bratislava (SLOVAKIA) - 29 August 2024 - 1 September 2024 :SVK

 

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ICE HOCKEY AT THE SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 - MEN'S TOURNAMENT

  • :SVK Slovakia (25 Quotas)
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Ice Hockey Men's - Final Qualification Tournament 2

 

:LAT Riga (LATVIA) - 29 August 2024 - 1 September 2024 :LAT

 

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ICE HOCKEY AT THE SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 - MEN'S TOURNAMENT

  • :FRA France (25 Quotas)
  • :LAT Latvia (25 Quotas)
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Ice Hockey Men's - Final Qualification Tournament 3

 

:DEN Aalborg (DENMARK) - 29 August 2024 - 1 September 2024 :DEN

 

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ICE HOCKEY AT THE SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 - MEN'S TOURNAMENT

  • :DEN Denmark (25 Quotas)
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Ice Hockey Women's - Final Qualification Tournament 1

 

:JPN Tomakomai (Japan) - 6 February 2025 - 9 February 2025 :JPN

 

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ICE HOCKEY AT THE SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 - WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT

  • :FRA France (23 Quotas)
  • :JPN Japan (23 Quotas)
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Ice Hockey Women's - Final Qualification Tournament 2

 

:SWE Gavle (Sweden) - 6 February 2025 - 9 February 2025 :SWE

 

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ICE HOCKEY AT THE SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 - WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT

  • :SWE Sweden (23 Quotas)
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Ice Hockey Women's - Final Qualification Tournament 3

 

:GER Bremerhaven (Germany) - 6 February 2025 - 9 February 2025 :GER

 

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ICE HOCKEY AT THE SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMES PARIS 2024 - WOMEN'S TOURNAMENT

  • :GER Germany (23 Quotas)
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