The IIHF Council has confirmed the referees and linesmen who will officiate during the 2018 Winter Games ©Getty Images

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Council has confirmed the referees and linesmen who will officiate at the 2018 Winter Olympic Games in Pyeongchang.

In total, 47 on-ice officials from 13 different countries have been named for the men's and women's tournaments.

The 12-team men’s tournament will be handled by 14 referees and 14 linesmen. 

The eight-team women’s tournament will be officiated by 10 referees and nine linesmen.

In numbers the list is led by the United States with seven on-ice officials followed by Finland and Sweden with six each. 

Canada, the Czech Republic and Switzerland will send five each to the Olympics.

Several of the on-ice officials have experience from Sochi 2014. 

Among the referees Antonin Jerabek and Konstantin Olenin have been part of the crew on Sochi 2014, while Nicole Hertrich and Aina Hove even bring in the experience of two Olympics and eight Women’s World Championships as they were also in Vancouver 2010. 

Four of the most experienced referees in Pyeongchang 2018. Konstantin Olenin, top-left, Aina Hove, top-right, Nicole Hertrich bottom-leftm and Antonin Jerabek, bottom-right all officiated at Sochi 2014 ©HHOF/IIHF
Four of the most experienced referees in Pyeongchang 2018. Konstantin Olenin, top-left, Aina Hove, top-right, Nicole Hertrich bottom-leftm and Antonin Jerabek, bottom-right all officiated at Sochi 2014 ©HHOF/IIHF

Also on the ice in Vancouver 2010 was Nikoleta Celarova, however, not as a referee but as a player for the Slovak women’s team.

For most of the referees and linesmen it will be the first Olympic Winter Games after several men’s and women’s World Championships under the belt.

In total the officials combine for 135 World Championship participations.

In total 14 referees have been named for the men's tournament, with an additional 14 linesmen.

The referees come from Austria, Slovakia, Sweden and the United States with two apiece coming from Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and Switzerland,

A further ten referees have been appointed for the women's ice hockey tournament, with nine linesmen.

The referees are made up of three from the United States, two from Slovakia and one apiece from Canada, Germany, Norway, Switzerland and Slovakia.