2010 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

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 Championships 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 (32nd ranked Bulgaria, 36th ranked Spain, 37th ranked Mexico, and 41st ranked Turkey) played off for a spot in the first round. Teams then ranked 19th through 30th (except China who declined) 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.

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	Quebec City and Halifax^	9	Belarus Canada Czech Republic Finland Russia Slovakia Sweden Switzerland United States
Final qualification tournament	5–8 February 2009	Hanover	1	Germany
Final qualification tournament	5–8 February 2009	Riga	1	Latvia
Final qualification tournament	5–8 February 2009	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

9 October 2008 15:30

Mexico

2–6 (1–2, 0–3, 1–1)

Bulgaria

Genclik Spor il Mudurlugu Ice Arena, Ankara Attendance: 50

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9 October 2008 19:00

Spain

14–1 (2–1, 6–0, 6–0)

Turkey

Genclik Spor il Mudurlugu Ice Arena, Ankara Attendance: 465

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10 October 2008 15:30

Spain

4–5 (3–2, 1–2, 0–1)

Mexico

Genclik Spor il Mudurlugu Ice Arena, Ankara Attendance: 125

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10 October 2008 19:00

Bulgaria

8–0 (2–0, 3–0, 3–0)

Turkey

Genclik Spor il Mudurlugu Ice Arena, Ankara Attendance: 350

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11 October 2008 14:30

Bulgaria

2–6 (0–1, 1–4, 1–1)

Spain

Genclik Spor il Mudurlugu Ice Arena, Ankara Attendance: 146

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11 October 2008 18:00

Turkey

2–9 (0–3, 1–2, 1–4)

Mexico

Genclik Spor il Mudurlugu Ice Arena, Ankara Attendance: 256

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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

6 November 2008 16:00

Kazakhstan

17–0 (7–0, 6–0, 4–0)

Spain

Kreenholm Ice Hall, Narva Attendance: 432

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6 November 2008 20:00

Netherlands

4–6 (2–1, 1–1, 1–4)

Estonia

Kreenholm Ice Hall, Narva Attendance: 560

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7 November 2008 16:00

Netherlands

4–1 (0–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Spain

Kreenholm Ice Hall, Narva Attendance: 155

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7 November 2008 20:00

Estonia

0–7 (0–4, 0–2, 0–1)

Kazakhstan

Kreenholm Ice Hall, Narva Attendance: 1,200

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9 November 2008 16:00

Kazakhstan

7–2 (2–1, 3–1, 2–0)

Netherlands

Kreenholm Ice Hall, Narva Attendance: 206

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9 November 2008 20:00

Spain

1–8 (0–2, 1–3, 0–3)

Estonia

Kreenholm Ice Hall, Narva Attendance: 635

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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

7 November 2008 14:30

Lithuania

4–2 (0–2, 3–0, 1–0)

Croatia

Budapest Arena, Budapest Attendance: 400

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7 November 2008 18:00

Hungary

9–1 (4–0, 1–1, 4–0)

Serbia

Budapest Arena, Budapest Attendance: 6,500

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8 November 2008 14:00

Lithuania

7–2 (0–1, 4–1, 3–0)

Serbia

Budapest Arena, Budapest Attendance: 1,500

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8 November 2008 17:30

Croatia

1–6 (0–2, 0–3, 1–1)

Hungary

Budapest Arena, Budapest Attendance: 7,898

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9 November 2008 14:00

Serbia

1–5 (0–1, 1–3, 0–1)

Croatia

Budapest Arena, Budapest Attendance: 1,683

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9 November 2008 17:30

Hungary

5–2 (3–1, 0–0, 2–1)

Lithuania

Budapest Arena, Budapest Attendance: 8,520

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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

6 November 2008 15:30

Japan

7–0 (3–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Romania

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6 November 2008 19:30

Poland

3–2 (SO) (1–1, 1–0, 0–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Great Britain

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7 November 2008 15:45

Japan

2–1 (1–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Great Britain

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7 November 2008 19:15

Romania

1–9 (1–3, 0–3, 0–3)

Poland

Sanok Arena, Sanok Attendance: 2,400

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9 November 2008 14:30

Great Britain

11–1 (4–0, 3–1, 4–0)

Romania

Sanok Arena, Sanok Attendance: 800

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9 November 2008 18:15

Poland

1–3 (0–3, 1–0, 0–0)

Japan

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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

5 February 2009 16:00

Slovenia

3-4 (OT) (0–0, 3–2, 0–1, 0–1)

Austria

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5 February 2009 19:30

Germany

7–1 (3–1, 3–0, 1–0)

Japan

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7 February 2009 12:00

Slovenia

4–5 (SO) (2–1, 2–1, 0–2, 0–0, 0–1)

Japan

TUI Arena, Hanover

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7 February 2009 15:30

Austria

1–2 (0–0, 1–2, 0–0)

Germany

TUI Arena, Hanover

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8 February 2009 13:30

Japan

2–5 (0–1, 1–3, 1–1)

Austria

TUI Arena, Hanover

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8 February 2009 17:00

Germany

2–1 (1–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Slovenia

TUI Arena, Hanover

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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

5 February 2009 16:00

Italy

2–3 (0–1, 0–0, 2–2)

Ukraine

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5 February 2009 20:00

Latvia

7–3 (1–1, 3–2, 3–0)

Hungary

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6 February 2009 15:00

Italy

4–1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Hungary

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6 February 2009 19:00

Ukraine

2–4 (1–0, 0–2, 1–2)

Latvia

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8 February 2009 13:00

Hungary

3–4 (SO) (0–0, 2–0, 1–3, 0–0, 0–1)

Ukraine

Arena Riga, Riga

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8 February 2009 17:00

Latvia

4–1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Italy

Arena Riga, Riga

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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

5 February 2009 15:00

Denmark

1–2 (OT) (1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

France

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5 February 2009 19:00

Norway

2–1 (0–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Kazakhstan

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7 February 2009 13:00

Denmark

3–2 (1–1, 1–0, 1–1)

Kazakhstan

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7 February 2009 17:00

France

2–3 (0–1, 1–2, 1–0)

Norway

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8 February 2009 13:00

Kazakhstan

8–2 (2–0, 3–1, 3–1)

France

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8 February 2009 17:00

Norway

5–3 (1–2, 2–0, 2–1)

Denmark

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See also

• IIHF World Ranking

External links

• Qualification results

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