Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Tournament
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Qualification
men  women
Rosters
men  women

Qualification for the men's tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics will be determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the 2015 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. The host along with the top eight teams in the world ranking receive automatic berths into the Olympics, while all other teams have an opportunity to qualify for the remaining three spots in the Olympics.[1] This will be the fourth time world rankings are used but the first time that the championships three years prior will be used as the final determination.


Qualified teams

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host 19 September 2014[2] 1  South Korea
2015 IIHF World Ranking,
comprising the following events:
2012 World Championship
2013 World Championship
2014 Winter Olympic Games
2014 World Championship
2015 World Championship		 2 April 2012 –
17 May 2015		 Czech Republic Prague and Ostrava^ 8[1]  Finland
 Sweden
Final qualification tournament 1–4 September 2016 1
Final qualification tournament 1–4 September 2016 1
Final qualification tournament 1–4 September 2016 1
TOTAL 12

^ Prague and Ostrava are the sites for 2015 World Championship only, thus the site where qualification through the rankings is determined.

Qualification seeding

To qualify directly, a nation has to be ranked in the top eight following the 2015 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.[1] Using the IIHF World Ranking points system, the current year will receive full value, and each preceding year was worth 25% less. Teams that wish to compete must apply in April 2015. The following is a ranking based on points already accumulated toward Olympic qualification of all countries participating in 2015.

Points are earned based on overall finish in 2015:

Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ...
Points 1200 1160 1120 1100 1060 1040 1020 1000 960 940 920 900 880 860 840 820 800 780 760 740 ...
     Qualifies directly to Olympic Tournament
     Enters qualifying in the final round
     Enters qualifying in the pre-qualification round
     Enters qualifying in the preliminary round
Qualifying seed Team WC 2015 WC 2014 OLY 2014 WC 2013 WC 2012 Total
1  Sweden 820 840 870 600 260 3390
2  Finland 820 870 840 550 275 3355
3  Russia 820 900 795 520 300 3335
4  Canada 820 795 900 530 265 3310
5  United States 820 780 825 560 255 3240
6  Czech Republic 820 825 780 510 280 3215
7   Switzerland 820 705 720 580 230 3055
8  Slovakia 820 720 690 500 290 3020
9  Latvia 820 690 750 460 235 2955
10  Norway 820 675 675 470 250 2890
11  Belarus 820 765 645 430 215 2875
12  France 820 750 600 440 240 2850
13  Germany 820 645 430 420 225 2800
14  Slovenia 820 600 765 410 200 2795
15  Denmark 820 660 585 450 220 2735
16  Austria 820 585 705 420 195 2725
17  Kazakhstan 800 615 660 400 205 2680
18  Italy 720 630 615 390 210 2565
19  Hungary 780 540 525 380 190 2415
20  Japan 740 570 480 370 185 2345
21  Ukraine 700 555 540 340 175 2310
22  Poland 760 510 510 330 165 2275
Host  South Korea 680 525 495 360 170 2230
23  Great Britain 660 465 570 350 180 2225
24  Netherlands 580 450 555 320 160 2065
25  Lithuania 640 480 465 300 150 2035
26  Croatia 620 495 405 280 130 1930
27  Romania 560 435 435 310 155 1895
28  Estonia 600 420 420 290 140 1870
29  Serbia 520 390 375 240 120 1645
30  Spain 500 330 450 230 135 1645
31  Mexico 400 315 390 200 95 1400
32  Israel 360 345 360 220 90 1375
33  Belgium 540 360 0 270 110 1280
34  Iceland 480 405 0 260 125 1270
35  Australia 460 375 0 250 145 1230
36  New Zealand 420 300 0 210 115 1045
37  China 440 285 0 190 105 1020
38  Bulgaria 380 240 0 170 100 890
39  South Africa 340 270 0 160 85 855
40  Turkey 300 255 0 180 80 815
41  North Korea 320 225 0 150 75 770
42  Luxembourg 280 210 0 140 70 700
43  United Arab Emirates 220 180 0 110 0 510
44  Georgia 240 165 0 90 0 495
45  Hong Kong 260 195 0 0 0 455
46  Bosnia and Herzegovina 200 0 0 0 0 200

Olympic preliminary qualification

This round will be played on 5–8, November 2015. The winner of each group advances to the prequalification tournaments as qualifiers seven, eight, and nine, ranked according their seeding. The number of tournaments, and their formation, will depend on how many nations register to compete. The groups K, L, and M, are as spelled out by the IIHF, allowing for up to 38 entrants for qualification (33 is the previous high).

Group K

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Romania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Israel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Belgium 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Bulgaria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group L

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Estonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Iceland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group M

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Serbia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 New Zealand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Olympic pre-qualification

Three round robins will be played 11–14 February 2016. The teams seeded 18th, 19th, and 20th reserve the right to host these tournaments. The winners of each advance to the final qualification tournaments as qualifiers four, five, and six, ranked according to their seeding.

Group G

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Netherlands 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
qualifier 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group H

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Hungary 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
qualifier 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group J

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
 Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
qualifier 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Final Olympic qualification

Three round robins will be played from 1–4 September 2016. The teams seeded 9th, 10th, and 11th reserve the right to host these tournaments. The top two seeded group winners qualify for the Olympic tournament Group C, and the third seeded group winner qualifies for Group B.

Group D

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
9th seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14th seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15th seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
qualifier 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group E

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
10th seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13th seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16th seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
qualifier 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group F

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
11th seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12th seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Kazakhstan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
qualifier 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "2018 Olympic Winter Games". IIHF.com. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Korea headed to the Olympics". IIHF.com. Retrieved 19 March 2015.

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