2006 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament
The men's tournament in ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Turin, Italy, from 15 to 26 February. Twelve teams competed, with Sweden winning the gold medal, Finland winning silver, and the Czech Republic winning bronze. It was the third Olympic tournament to feature National Hockey League players and the tenth best-on-best hockey tournament in history. Chris Chelios set a standard for longest time between his first Olympic ice hockey tournament and his last—he had competed twenty-two years earlier at the 1984 Olympics.[1] The old record was set by Swiss hockey player Bibi Torriani who had played twenty years after his debut (1928 and 1948).
The format was changed from the 1998 and 2002 tournaments, to a format similar to the 1992 and 1994 tournaments. The number of teams was reduced from 14 to 12. The 12 teams were split into two groups in the preliminary stage, which followed a round-robin format. Each team played the other teams in their group once. The top four teams from each group advanced to the quarter-finals.
The tournament is also notable for the lacklustre performance of the defending champion Canada, which lost two group stage games (including a shock defeat to Switzerland) before being eliminated by Russia in the quarter-finals. As of 2016, this is the only Olympic ice hockey tournament of the 21st century (men's or women's) to not be won by the Canadian team.
Final rankings
The full final rankings for the tournament were:
Sweden
Finland
Czech Republic
Russia
Slovakia
Switzerland
Canada
United States
Kazakhstan
Germany
Italy
Latvia
In a celebration of the gold in Stockholm on 27 February, the Swedish team was seen in front of advertisements for sponsors of the Swedish Ice Hockey Federation, not the ones of the Swedish Olympic Committee. This could have led to Sweden's disqualification, but the Finnish opponents in the final game chose not to report the incident to the IOC.[2]
Qualification
Twelve places were allotted for the men's ice hockey tournament. The first eight were awarded to the top eight teams in the International Ice Hockey Federation ranking following the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. Those teams were:
The teams that automatically qualified include the same "Super Six" teams that were automatically qualified for the final group stage in the two previous tournaments, plus Slovakia and Germany which (IIHF rankings notwithstanding) are often regarded as the seventh and eighth best teams. The ninth place was given to the host nation, Italy. The final three places were allotted through qualification tournaments in which Kazakhstan, Latvia, and Switzerland won places.
Qualification tournaments
The winners of Groups D, E and F advanced to Groups C, B, and A respectively. The winners of Groups A, B, and C qualified for the Olympics.
Group D (Briançon, France, 11–14 November 2004)
Group E (Nowy Targ, Poland, 11–14 November 2004)
Poland-x (3–0)
Netherlands (2–1)
Lithuania (1–2)
Croatia (0–3)
Group F (Stavanger, Norway, 11–14 November 2004)
Norway-x (2–0–1)
Hungary (2–0–1)
China (1–2)
Serbia and Montenegro (0–3)
Group A (Kloten, Switzerland, 10–13 February 2005)
- Switzerland-x (3–0)
- Norway (2–1)
Denmark (1–2)
Japan (0–3)
Group B (Riga, Latvia, 10–13 February 2005)
Group C (Klagenfurt, Austria, 10–13 February 2005)
- Kazakhstan-x (2–1)
Austria (1–1-1)
France (1–1-1)
Ukraine (1–2)
First round
Twelve participating teams were placed in two groups. After playing a round-robin, the top four teams in each group advanced to the Medal Round while the last two teams competed in the Consolation Round for the 9th to 12th places.
| Team advanced to the Final Round | |
| Team sent to compete in the Consolation Round |
Group A
- Table
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 10 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 |
| Canada | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 6 |
| Czech Republic | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 12 | 4 |
| Germany | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 2 |
| Italy | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 23 | 2 |
- Results
| Team | FIN
|
SUI
|
CAN
|
CZE
|
GER
|
ITA
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FIN |
5–0 | 2–0 | 4–2 | 2–0 | 6–0 | |
| SUI |
0–5 | 2–0 | 3–2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | |
| CAN |
0–2 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 5–1 | 7–2 | |
| CZE |
2–4 | 2–3 | 2–3 | 4–1 | 4–1 | |
| GER |
0–2 | 2–2 | 1–5 | 1–4 | 3–3 | |
| ITA |
0–6 | 3–3 | 2–7 | 1–4 | 3–3 |
Group B
- Table
| Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Slovakia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 10 |
| Russia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 8 |
| Sweden | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 12 | 6 |
| United States | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 3 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 16 | 2 |
| Latvia | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 29 | 1 |
- Results
| Team | SVK
|
RUS
|
SWE
|
USA
|
KAZ
|
LAT
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SVK |
5–3 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 6–3 | |
| RUS |
3–5 | 5–0 | 5–4 | 1–0 | 9–2 | |
| SWE |
0–3 | 0–5 | 2–1 | 7–2 | 6–1 | |
| USA |
1–2 | 4–5 | 1–2 | 4–1 | 3–3 | |
| KAZ |
1–2 | 0–1 | 2–7 | 1–4 | 5–2 | |
| LAT |
3–6 | 2–9 | 1–6 | 3–3 | 2–5 |
Final round
| Quarter finals | Semi finals | Final | ||||||||||||
| 22 February 2006 | 24 February 2006 | 26 February 2006 | ||||||||||||
| A |      
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4th | Czech Republic
|
3 | ||||||||||
| B |      
|
1st | Slovakia
|
1 | ||||||||||
| Czech Republic
|
3 | |||||||||||||
| Sweden
|
7 | |||||||||||||
| B |
|
3rd | Sweden
|
6 | ||||||||||
| A |
|
2nd | Switzerland
|
2 | ||||||||||
| Sweden
|
3 | |||||||||||||
| Finland
|
2 | |||||||||||||
| A |
|
3rd | Canada
|
0 | ||||||||||
| B |
|
2nd | Russia
|
2 | ||||||||||
| Russia
|
0 | |||||||||||||
| Finland
|
4 | |||||||||||||
| B |
|
4th | United States
|
3 | Bronze medal match | |||||||||
| Czech Republic
|
3 | |||||||||||||
| A |
|
1st | Finland
|
4 | ||||||||||
| Russia
|
0 | |||||||||||||
References
- ↑ (2008) IIHF Top 100 Hockey Stories of All Time. Bolton, Ontario, Canada: Fenn Publishing, 120. ISBN 978-1-55168-358-4.
- ↑ Tanentsapf, David (3 March 2006). "Miljonkrav från SOK efter festen" (in Swedish). Sportbladet. http://www.aftonbladet.se/vss/sport/story/0,2789,786790,00.html.
External links
- "Turin 2006". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Olympic-Games/All-Past-Olympic-Games/Winter/Turin-2006/.
- "Men's ice hockey". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/en/content/Sports/All-Sports/Ice-Hockey/All-Ice-hockey-events/ice-hockey-Men/.
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