Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

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Qualification for the men's tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Qualification

Twelve teams qualified for the ice hockey event. The top nine teams in the IIHF World Ranking after the 2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championship received automatic berths into the ice hockey event. All remaining member federations could attempt to qualify for the remaining three spots in the Olympics. The four lowest entrants played off for a spot in the first round. Teams then ranked 19th through 30th played in a first qualification round in November 2008, where the top three teams from the round advanced to the second qualification round. Teams ranked 10th through 18th joined the three top teams from the first qualifying round to play in a second qualification round. The top three teams from the second qualifying round advanced to the Olympic ice hockey tournament.[1]

Qualified teams

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
2008 IIHF World Ranking,
comprising the following events:
2005 World Championship
2006 Winter Olympic Games
2006 World Championship
2007 World Championship
2008 World Championship
30 April 2005 –
18 May 2008
CanadaQuebec City and
CanadaHalifax^
9  Belarus
 Canada
 Czech Republic
 Finland
 Russia
 Slovakia
 Sweden
  Switzerland
 United States
Final qualification tournament 5–8 February 2009 Germany Hanover 1  Germany
Final qualification tournament 5–8 February 2009 Latvia Riga 1  Latvia
Final qualification tournament 5–8 February 2009 Norway Oslo 1  Norway
TOTAL 12

^ Quebec City and Halifax are site for 2008 World Championship only, thus the site where qualification through the rankings is determined.

Note: Canada, Czech Republic, Finland and Sweden had been mathematically determined to qualify for the 2010 Olympics before the start of the 2008 World Championship. Belarus, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland and the United States qualified for the 2010 Olympics by their performance in the 2008 World Championship.

Qualification tournament

Pre-qualification

     Team advanced to the Olympic pre-qualification

Group A

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Spain 3 2 0 0 1 24 8 +16 6
 Bulgaria 3 2 0 0 1 16 8 +8 6
 Mexico 3 2 0 0 1 16 12 +4 6
 Turkey 3 0 0 0 3 3 31 −28 0

All times are local (UTC+2).

9 October 2008
15:30
Mexico  2–6
(1–2, 0–3, 1–1)
 Bulgaria Genclik Spor il Mudurlugu Ice Arena, Ankara
Attendance: 50
9 October 2008
19:00
Spain  14–1
(2–1, 6–0, 6–0)
 Turkey Genclik Spor il Mudurlugu Ice Arena, Ankara
Attendance: 465
10 October 2008
15:30
Spain  4–5
(3–2, 1–2, 0–1)
 Mexico Genclik Spor il Mudurlugu Ice Arena, Ankara
Attendance: 125
10 October 2008
19:00
Bulgaria  8–0
(2–0, 3–0, 3–0)
 Turkey Genclik Spor il Mudurlugu Ice Arena, Ankara
Attendance: 350
11 October 2008
14:30
Bulgaria  2–6
(0–1, 1–4, 1–1)
 Spain Genclik Spor il Mudurlugu Ice Arena, Ankara
Attendance: 146
11 October 2008
18:00
Turkey  2–9
(0–3, 1–2, 1–4)
 Mexico Genclik Spor il Mudurlugu Ice Arena, Ankara
Attendance: 256

Olympic pre-qualification

     Team advanced to the Final Olympic qualification

Group B

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Kazakhstan 3 3 0 0 0 31 2 +29 9
 Estonia 3 2 0 0 1 14 12 +2 6
 Netherlands 3 1 0 0 2 10 14 −4 3
 Spain 3 0 0 0 3 2 29 −27 0

All times are local (UTC+2).

6 November 2008
16:00
Kazakhstan  17–0
(7–0, 6–0, 4–0)
 Spain Kreenholm Ice Hall, Narva
Attendance: 432
6 November 2008
20:00
Netherlands  4–6
(2–1, 1–1, 1–4)
 Estonia Kreenholm Ice Hall, Narva
Attendance: 560
7 November 2008
16:00
Netherlands  4–1
(0–1, 2–0, 2–0)
 Spain Kreenholm Ice Hall, Narva
Attendance: 155
7 November 2008
20:00
Estonia  0–7
(0–4, 0–2, 0–1)
 Kazakhstan Kreenholm Ice Hall, Narva
Attendance: 1,200
9 November 2008
16:00
Kazakhstan  7–2
(2–1, 3–1, 2–0)
 Netherlands Kreenholm Ice Hall, Narva
Attendance: 206
9 November 2008
20:00
Spain  1–8
(0–2, 1–3, 0–3)
 Estonia Kreenholm Ice Hall, Narva
Attendance: 635

Group C

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Hungary 3 3 0 0 0 20 4 +16 9
 Lithuania 3 2 0 0 1 13 9 +4 6
 Croatia 3 1 0 0 2 8 11 −3 3
 Serbia 3 0 0 0 3 4 21 −17 0

All times are local (UTC+1).

7 November 2008
14:30
Lithuania  4–2
(0–2, 3–0, 1–0)
 Croatia Budapest Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 400
7 November 2008
18:00
Hungary  9–1
(4–0, 1–1, 4–0)
 Serbia Budapest Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 6,500
8 November 2008
14:00
Lithuania  7–2
(0–1, 4–1, 3–0)
 Serbia Budapest Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,500
8 November 2008
17:30
Croatia  1–6
(0–2, 0–3, 1–1)
 Hungary Budapest Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 7,898
9 November 2008
14:00
Serbia  1–5
(0–1, 1–3, 0–1)
 Croatia Budapest Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 1,683
9 November 2008
17:30
Hungary  5–2
(3–1, 0–0, 2–1)
 Lithuania Budapest Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 8,520

Group D

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Japan 3 3 0 0 0 12 2 +10 9
 Poland 3 1 1 0 1 13 6 +7 5
 Great Britain 3 1 0 1 1 14 6 +8 4
 Romania 3 0 0 0 3 2 27 −25 0

All times are local (UTC+1).

6 November 2008
15:30
Japan  7–0
(3–0, 3–0, 1–0)
 Romania Sanok Arena, Sanok
Attendance: 600
6 November 2008
19:30
Poland  3–2 (SO)
(1–1, 1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 1–0)
 Great Britain Sanok Arena, Sanok
Attendance: 2,500
7 November 2008
15:45
Japan  2–1
(1–1, 1–0, 0–0)
 Great Britain Sanok Arena, Sanok
Attendance: 300
7 November 2008
19:15
Romania  1–9
(1–3, 0–3, 0–3)
 Poland Sanok Arena, Sanok
Attendance: 2,400
9 November 2008
14:30
Great Britain  11–1
(4–0, 3–1, 4–0)
 Romania Sanok Arena, Sanok
Attendance: 800
9 November 2008
18:15
Poland  1–3
(0–3, 1–0, 0–0)
 Japan Sanok Arena, Sanok
Attendance: 4,000

Final Olympic qualification

     Team qualifies for the 2010 Winter Olympics

Group E

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Germany 3 3 0 0 0 11 3 +8 9
 Austria 3 1 1 0 1 10 7 +3 5
 Japan 3 0 1 0 2 8 16 −8 2
 Slovenia 3 0 0 2 1 8 11 −3 2

All times are local (UTC+1).

5 February 2009
16:00
Slovenia  3–4 (OT)
(0–0, 3–2, 0–1, 0–1)
 Austria TUI Arena, Hanover
Attendance: 1,016
5 February 2009
19:30
Germany  7–1
(3–1, 3–0, 1–0)
 Japan TUI Arena, Hanover
Attendance: 4,318
7 February 2009
12:00
Slovenia  4–5 (SO)
(2–1, 2–1, 0–2, 0–0, 0–1)
 Japan TUI Arena, Hanover
7 February 2009
15:30
Austria  1–2
(0–0, 1–2, 0–0)
 Germany TUI Arena, Hanover
8 February 2009
13:30
Japan  2–5
(0–1, 1–3, 1–1)
 Austria TUI Arena, Hanover
8 February 2009
17:00
Germany  2–1
(1–0, 1–0, 0–1)
 Slovenia TUI Arena, Hanover

Group F

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Latvia 3 3 0 0 0 15 6 +9 9
 Ukraine 3 1 1 0 1 9 9 0 5
 Italy 3 1 0 0 2 7 8 −1 3
 Hungary 3 0 0 1 2 7 15 −8 1

All times are local (UTC+1).

5 February 2009
16:00
Italy  2–3
(0–1, 0–0, 2–2)
 Ukraine Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 1,100
5 February 2009
20:00
Latvia  7–3
(1–1, 3–2, 3–0)
 Hungary Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 4,900
6 February 2009
15:00
Italy  4–1
(2–0, 1–0, 1–1)
 Hungary Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 900
6 February 2009
19:00
Ukraine  2–4
(1–0, 0–2, 1–2)
 Latvia Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 8,250
8 February 2009
13:00
Hungary  3–4 (SO)
(0–0, 2–0, 1–3, 0–0, 0–1)
 Ukraine Arena Riga, Riga
8 February 2009
17:00
Latvia  4–1
(2–0, 1–0, 1–1)
 Italy Arena Riga, Riga

Group G

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Norway 3 3 0 0 0 10 6 +4 9
 Denmark 3 1 0 1 1 7 9 −2 4
 Kazakhstan 3 1 0 0 2 11 7 +4 3
 France 3 0 1 0 2 6 12 −6 2

All times are local (UTC+1).

5 February 2009
15:00
Denmark  1–2 (OT)
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 0–1)
 France Jordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 325
5 February 2009
19:00
Norway  2–1
(0–0, 2–1, 0–0)
 Kazakhstan Jordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 2,069
7 February 2009
13:00
Denmark  3–2
(1–1, 1–0, 1–1)
 Kazakhstan Jordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 455
7 February 2009
17:00
France  2–3
(0–1, 1–2, 1–0)
 Norway Jordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 2,313
8 February 2009
13:00
Kazakhstan  8–2
(2–0, 3–1, 3–1)
 France Jordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 314
8 February 2009
17:00
Norway  5–3
(1–2, 2–0, 2–1)
 Denmark Jordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 3,014

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