2006 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

Qualification for the men's tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics was determined through the IIHF World Ranking following the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. The top eight teams in the World Ranking received automatic berths into the Olympics, Italy received a berth as the host, while all other teams had an opportunity to qualify for the remaining three spots in the Olympics through qualifying tournaments.

Qualified teams

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
2004 IIHF World Ranking, comprising the following events: 2001 World Championship 2002 Winter Olympic Games 2002 World Championship 2003 World Championship 2004 World Championship	26 March 2001– 9 May 2004	Prague and Ostrava^	8	Canada Sweden Slovakia Czech Republic Finland United States Russia Germany
Final qualification tournament	February 10–13, 2005	Kloten	1	Switzerland
Final qualification tournament	February 10–13, 2005	Riga	1	Latvia
Final qualification tournament	February 10–13, 2005	Klagenfurt	1	Kazakhstan
Host			1	Italy
TOTAL			12

^Prague and Ostrava are the sites for 2012 World Championship only, thus the site where qualification through the rankings is determined.

Olympic pre-qualification tournaments

Three round robins were played from November 11–14, 2004. The hosts were the nations ranked 18th, 20th, and 21st following the 2004 World Championship, 19th place being the Italian team who already qualified as hosts. The winners of each group advanced to the final qualification tournaments.

Group D

Played in Briançon, France.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
France	3	3	0	0	30	0	+30	6			8-0	7-0	15-0
Romania	3	2	1	0	10	12	-2	4		0-8		4-3	6-1
Estonia	3	1	2	0	14	12	+2	2		0-7	3-4		11-1
Bulgaria	3	0	3	0	2	32	-30	0		0-15	1-6	1-11

Group E

Played in Nowy Targ Poland.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Poland	3	3	0	0	18	1	+17	6			5-0	6-1	7-0
Netherlands	3	2	1	0	13	9	+4	4		0-5		3-1	10-3
Lithuania	3	1	2	0	8	13	-5	2		1-6	1-3		6-4
Croatia	3	0	3	0	7	23	-16	0		0-7	3-10	4-6

Group F

Played in Stavanger Norway.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Norway	3	2	0	1	40	5	+35	5			3-3	16-2	21-0
Hungary	3	2	0	1	20	6	+14	5		3-3		4-3	13-0
China	3	1	2	0	8	22	-14	2		2-16	3-4		3-2
Serbia and Montenegro	3	0	3	0	2	37	-35	0		0-21	0-13	2-3

• Great Britain (ranked 25th), and South Korea (ranked 30th), did not participate. Nations ranked 26th through 29th moved up one spot each with Croatia (31st) and Bulgaria (32nd) filling the final two spots.

Final Qualification Tournaments

Three round robins were played from February 10–13, 2005. The hosts were Nations ranked 9th, 10th, and 11th following the 2004 World Championship. The three group winners qualified for the Olympic tournament.

Group A

Played in Kloten Switzerland.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Switzerland	3	3	0	0	12	4	+8	6			3-1	4-2	5-1
Norway	3	2	1	0	9	6	+3	4		1-3		4-0	4-3
Denmark	3	1	2	0	7	10	-3	2		2-4	0-4		5-2
Japan	3	0	3	0	6	14	-8	0		1-5	3-4	2-5

Group B

Played in Riga Latvia.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Latvia	3	3	0	0	10	6	+4	6			5-4	2-1	3-1
Belarus	3	2	1	0	14	9	+5	4		4-5		7-2	3-2
Slovenia	3	1	2	0	7	12	-5	2		1-2	2-7		4-3
Poland	3	0	3	0	6	10	-4	0		1-3	2-3	3-4

Group C

Played in Klagenfurt Austria.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Kazakhstan	3	2	1	0	3	5	-2	4			0-4	1-0	2-1
Austria	3	1	1	1	8	5	+3	3		4-0		1-1	3-4
France	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	3		0-1	1-1		4-3
Ukraine	3	1	2	0	8	9	-1	2		1-2	4-3	3-4

External links

• Results at Passion Hockey.com
• Qualifier Results at IIHF.com
• World Ice Hockey Championships 2003
• World Ice Hockey Championships 2004
• World Ice Hockey Championships 2001
• World Ice Hockey Championships 2002
• Official 2002 Olympic results

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