2002 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

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Fourteen nations would qualify for the Olympic tournament, eight to the preliminary round, and six to the first round. The IIHF used the standings of the 1999 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships to determine qualification. First, the top six nations from Pool A would go directly to the first round. The preliminary round was made up of the nations ranked seventh and eighth, along with six others from a series of qualification tournaments. The nations ranked nine through twelve went straight to the final qualification round, with all other participants playing through pre-qualification tournaments.[1]

Regional Qualification

Two Regional qualifiers were used to thin the field for Pre-Qualification to sixteen nations.

Far East

Played September 3–5, 1999 in Aomori, Japan.

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Japan Flag of China Flag of South Korea
 Japan 2 2 0 0 14 0 4 5 - 0 9 - 0
 China 2 1 1 0 4 7 2 0 - 5 4 - 2
 South Korea 2 0 2 0 2 13 0 0 - 9 2 - 4
European

Played December 11–12, 1999 in Sofia Bulgaria. Croatia should have played as well, but the proper application was accidentally not sent to the IIHF.[2]

Olympic Pre-Qualification

Four tournaments were played February 10–13, 2000, with the winner of each advancing to the final qualification round.

Group 1

Played in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Germany Flag of Italy Flag of Slovenia Flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
 Germany 3 3 0 0 21 3 6 2 - 1 5 - 2 14 - 0
 Italy 3 2 1 0 21 2 4 1 - 2 7 - 0 13 - 0
 Slovenia 3 1 2 0 13 12 2 2 - 5 0 - 7 11 - 0
 Yugoslavia 3 0 3 0 0 38 0 0 - 14 0 - 13 0 - 11
Group 2

Played in Tallinn, Estonia

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Ukraine Flag of Kazakhstan Flag of Estonia Flag of Lithuania
 Ukraine 3 2 1 0 11 6 4 3 - 5 5 - 0 3 - 1
 Kazakhstan 3 2 1 0 20 9 4 5 - 3 2 - 4 13 - 2
 Estonia 3 2 1 0 13 9 4 0 - 5 4 - 2 9 - 2
 Lithuania 3 0 3 0 5 25 0 1 - 3 2 - 13 2 - 9
Group 3

Played in Gdańsk, Poland

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of France Flag of Poland Flag of the United Kingdom Flag of Romania
 France 3 3 0 0 19 7 6 5 - 2 5 - 4 9 - 1
 Poland 3 2 1 0 17 9 4 2 - 5 4 - 2 11 - 2
 Great Britain 3 1 2 0 10 9 2 4 - 5 2 - 4 4 - 0
 Romania 3 0 3 0 3 24 0 1 - 9 2 - 11 0 - 4
Group 4

Played in Copenhagen, Denmark

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Denmark Flag of Japan Flag of Netherlands Flag of Hungary
 Denmark 3 3 0 0 16 7 6 7 - 3 3 - 1 6 - 3
 Japan 3 2 1 0 15 11 4 3 - 7 5 - 3 7 - 1
 Netherlands 3 1 2 0 9 9 2 1 - 3 3 - 5 5 - 1
 Hungary 3 0 3 0 5 18 0 3 - 6 1 - 7 1 - 5

Final Olympic Qualification

Two tournaments were played February 8–11, 2001, with 6 of the remaining 8 nations qualifying for the Olympics.

Group A

Played in Oslo, Norway

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Germany Flag of Belarus Flag of Ukraine Flag of Norway
 Germany 3 2 0 1 10 6 5 1 - 1 3 - 1 6 - 4
 Belarus 3 1 0 2 10 6 4 1 - 1 2 - 2 7 - 3
 Ukraine 3 1 1 1 8 6 3 1 - 3 2 - 2 5 - 1
 Norway 3 0 3 0 8 18 0 4 - 6 3 - 7 1 - 5
Group B

Played in Klagenfurt, Austria

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Latvia Flag of France Flag of Austria Flag of Denmark
 Latvia 3 2 0 1 9 6 5 1 - 1 4 - 3 4 - 2
 France 3 1 0 2 6 5 4 1 - 1 3 - 3 2 - 1
 Austria 3 1 1 1 12 9 3 3 - 4 3 - 3 6 - 2
 Denmark 3 0 3 0 5 12 0 2 - 4 1 - 2 2 - 6

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