2018 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

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The men's tournament in ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held in Gangneung, South Korea between 14 and 25 February 2018.[1] Twelve countries qualified for the tournament; eight of them did so automatically by virtue of their ranking by the International Ice Hockey Federation, one, South Korea, automatically qualified as hosts, while the three others took part in a qualification tournament.[2]

After five consecutive Olympic tournaments in which the National Hockey League (the world's premier professional league) allowed its players to participate in the Olympics and adjusted its schedule to accommodate the tournament, the NHL announced in 2017 that it would prohibit any player under NHL contract, including those not actually playing for an NHL team, from participating in the Olympics.[3] The NHL secured the cooperation of the International Ice Hockey Federation and the IOC ensuring that nations would not be allowed to ask NHL players to participate.[4]

Unlike the NHL, the vast majority of European leagues accommodated an Olympic break, headlined by Russia-based KHL's 33-day break,[5] Sweden-based Swedish Hockey League's 14-day break,[6] Switzerland-based National League's 25-day break,[7] German-based Eishockey Liga's 26-day break,[8] Czech Republic-based Extraliga's 18-day break, and Slovakia-based Tipsport liga's 14-day break.[9] Conversely, Finland-based SM-liiga did not accommodate a break, but allowed its top players to leave the clubs and participate in the Olympic Games.[10]

The Russian national team, competing under the name of the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR), won the gold medal, defeating the German national team with a score of 4–3 in overtime in the final. For Germany, winning the silver medal was the greatest achievement in the history of German ice hockey and the first medal win since the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, when West Germany won the bronze medal.

Defending champion Canada secured third place and bronze, defeating Czech Republic 6–4 in the bronze medal game.

Qualification

Main article: 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

Canada, Russia, Sweden, Finland, United States, Czech Republic, Switzerland, and Slovakia qualified as the top eight teams in the IIHF World Ranking in 2015.

South Korea qualified as host team. To field a competitive team, the South Korean government agreed to grant one American and six Canadian hockey players that were playing in Korean leagues dual citizenship to make them eligible for the national team.[11] The remaining three teams qualified from qualification tournaments.

Match officials

14 referees and 14 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[12]

Referees
  • Flag of Canada Oliver Gouin
  • Flag of Canada Brett Iverson
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Jan Hribik
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Antonín Jeřábek
  • Flag of Finland Aleksi Rantala
  • Flag of Finland Anssi Salonen
  • Flag of Russia Roman Gofman
  • Flag of Russia Konstantin Olenin
  • Flag of Switzerland Daniel Stricker
  • Flag of Switzerland Tobias Wehrli
  • Flag of Slovakia Jozef Kubuš
  • Flag of Sweden Linus Öhlund
  • Flag of United States Mark Lemelin
  • Flag of United States Timothy Mayer
Linesmen
  • Flag of Canada Nathan Vanoosten
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Vít Lederer
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Miroslav Lhotský
  • Flag of Finland Hannu Sormunen
  • Flag of Finland Sakari Suominen
  • Flag of Germany Lukas Kohlmüller
  • Flag of Russia Gleb Lazarev
  • Flag of Russia Alexander Otmakhov
  • Flag of Switzerland Nicolas Fluri
  • Flag of Switzerland Roman Kaderli
  • Flag of Sweden Jimmy Dahmen
  • Flag of Sweden Henrik Pihlblad
  • Flag of United States Fraser McIntyre
  • Flag of United States Judson Ritter

Preliminary round

Tiebreak criteria

In each group, teams will be ranked according to the following criteria:

  1. Number of points (three points for a regulation-time win, two points for an overtime or shootout win, one point for an overtime or shootout defeat, no points for a regulation-time defeat);
  2. In case two teams are tied on points, the result of their head-to-head match will determine the ranking;
  3. In case three or four teams are tied on points, the following criteria will apply (if, after applying a criterion, only two teams remain tied, the result of their head-to-head match will determine their ranking):
    1. Points obtained in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
    2. Goal differential in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
    3. Number of goals scored in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
    4. If three teams remain tied, result of head-to-head matches between each of the teams concerned and the remaining team in the group (points, goal difference, goals scored);
    5. Place in 2017 IIHF World Ranking.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic 3 2 1 0 0 9 4 5 8 Quarterfinals
2  Canada 3 2 0 1 0 11 4 7 7
3  Switzerland 3 1 0 0 2 10 9 1 3 Qualification playoffs
4  South Korea (H) 3 0 0 0 3 1 14 −13 0
2/15/2018
21:10 		Czech Republic  2–1
(2–1, 0–0, 0–0) 		 South Korea Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 6,025
2/15/2018
21:10 		Switzerland  1–5
(0–2, 0–2, 1–1) 		 Canada Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 2,802
2/17/2018
12:10 		Canada  2–3 GWS
(2–1, 0–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1) 		 Czech Republic Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 6,731
2/17/2018
16:40 		South Korea  0–8
(0–1, 0–2, 0–5) 		 Switzerland Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 6,568
2/18/2018
16:40 		Czech Republic  4–1
(1–1, 0–0, 3–0) 		 Switzerland Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 6,137
2/18/2018
21:10 		Canada  4–0
(1–0, 1–0, 2–0) 		 South Korea Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 6,038

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Flag of International Olympic Committee Olympic Athletes from Russia 3 2 0 0 1 14 5 9 6 Quarterfinals
2  Slovenia 3 0 2 0 1 8 12 −4 4 Qualification playoffs
3  United States 3 1 0 1 1 4 8 −4 4
4  Slovakia 3 1 0 1 1 6 7 −1 4
2/14/2018
21:10 		Slovakia  3–2
(2–2, 0–0, 1–0) 		Flag of International Olympic Committee Olympic Athletes from Russia Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 4,025
2/14/2018
21:10 		United States  2–3 OT
(1–0, 1–0, 0–2)
(OT 0–1) 		 Slovenia Kwandong Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 3,348
2/16/2018
12:10 		United States  2–1
(1–1, 0–0, 1–0) 		 Slovakia Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 5,652
2/16/2018
16:40 		Olympic Athletes from Russia Flag of International Olympic Committee 8–2
(2–0, 4–1, 2–1) 		 Slovenia Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 6,018
2/17/2018
21:10 		Olympic Athletes from Russia Flag of International Olympic Committee 4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0) 		 United States Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 6,473
2/17/2018
21:10 		Slovenia  3–2 GWS
(0–0, 2–1, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0) 		 Slovakia Kwandong Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 4,085

Group C

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 3 3 0 0 0 8 1 7 9 Quarterfinals
2  Finland 3 2 0 0 1 11 6 5 6 Qualification playoffs
3  Germany 3 0 1 0 2 4 7 −3 2
4  Norway 3 0 0 1 2 2 11 −9 1
2/15/2018
12:10 		Finland  5–2
(2–1, 2–0, 1–1) 		 Germany Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 3,695
2/15/2018
16:40 		Norway  0–4
(0–2, 0–0, 0–2) 		 Sweden Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 3,961
2/16/2018
21:10 		Finland  5–1
(1–1, 1–0, 3–0) 		 Norway Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 4,180
2/16/2018
21:10 		Sweden  1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0) 		 Germany Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 3,077
2/18/2018
12:10 		Germany  2–1 GWS
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0) 		 Norway Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 5,534
2/18/2018
21:10 		Sweden  3–1
(1–0, 0–1, 2–0) 		 Finland Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 3,861

Ranking after preliminary round

Following the completion of the preliminary round, all teams will be ranked 1D through 12D. To determine this ranking, the following criteria will be used in the order presented:[13]

  1. higher position in the group
  2. higher number of points
  3. better goal difference
  4. higher number of goals scored for
  5. better 2017 IIHF World Ranking.
Team advanced to Quarterfinals
Team play in Qualification playoffs
Rank Team Group Pos GP Pts GD GF IIHF Rank
1D  Sweden C 1 3 9 +7 8 3
2D  Czech Republic A 1 3 8 +5 9 6
3D Flag of International Olympic Committee Olympic Athletes from Russia B 1 3 6 +9 14 2
4D  Canada A 2 3 7 +7 11 1
5D  Finland C 2 3 6 +5 11 4
6D  Slovenia B 2 3 4 −4 8 15
7D  United States B 3 3 4 −4 4 5
8D  Switzerland A 3 3 3 +1 10 7
9D  Germany C 3 3 2 −3 4 8
10D  Slovakia B 4 3 4 −1 6 11
11D  Norway C 4 3 1 −9 2 9
12D  South Korea A 4 3 0 −13 1 21

Playoff round

Qualification playoffs

The four highest-ranked teams (1D–4D) received byes and were deemed the home team in the quarterfinals as they were seeded to advance, with the remaining eight teams (5D–12D) playing qualification playoff games as follows. The losers of the qualification playoff games received a final ranking of 9 through 12 based on their preliminary round ranking.

2/20/2018
12:10 		United States  5–1
(0–0, 3–1, 2–0) 		 Slovakia Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 6,391
2/20/2018
16:40 		Slovenia  1–2 OT
(1–0, 0–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–1) 		 Norway Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 6,312
2/20/2018
21:10 		Finland  5–2
(1–0, 2–2, 2–0) 		 South Korea Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 5,409
2/20/2018
21:10 		Switzerland  1–2 OT
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–1) 		 Germany Kwandong Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 2,878

Quarterfinals

Following the quarterfinal games, the winning teams were re-ranked F1 through F4, with the winner of 1D vs. E4 re-ranked as F1, the winner of 2D vs. E3 re-ranked as F2, the winner of 3D vs. E2 re-ranked as F3, and the winner of 4D vs. E1 re-ranked as F4. The losers of the quarterfinal round games received a final ranking of 5 through 8 based on their preliminary round ranking.

2/21/2018
12:10 		Czech Republic  3–2 GWS
(1–1, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0) 		 United States Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 2,948
2/21/2018
16:40 		Olympic Athletes from Russia Flag of International Olympic Committee 6–1
(3–0, 2–1, 1–0) 		 Norway Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 3,553
2/21/2018
21:10 		Canada  1–0
(0–0, 0–0, 1–0) 		 Finland Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 2,265
2/21/2018
21:10 		Sweden  3–4 OT
(0–2, 0–0, 3–1)
(OT 0–1) 		 Germany Kwandong Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 2,092

Semifinals

2/23/2018
16:40 		Czech Republic  0–3
(0–0, 0–2, 0–1) 		Flag of International Olympic Committee Olympic Athletes from Russia Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 4,330
2/23/2018
21:10 		Canada  3–4
(0–1, 1–3, 2–0) 		 Germany Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 4,057

Bronze medal game

2/24/2018
21:10 		Czech Republic  4–6
(1–3, 0–0, 3–3) 		 Canada 1 Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang
Attendance: 4,807

Gold medal game

2/25/2018
13:10 		1 Olympic Athletes from Russia Flag of International Olympic Committee 4–3 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 2–2)
(OT 1–0) 		 Germany 1 Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung
Attendance: 5,075


References

  1. ↑ "Pyeongchang 2018 Russia 🇷🇺 schedule". Pyeongchang2018.com. https://www.pyeongchang2018.com/en/schedule. 
  2. ↑ "Canada tops World Ranking". iihfworlds2015.com. 17 May 2015. http://www.iihfworlds2015.com/en/news/world-ranking/. 
  3. ↑ "NHL will not participate in 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Games". Rogers Media. http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/nhl-will-not-participate-2018-pyeongchang-olympic-games/. 
  4. ↑ Whyno, Stephen. "Capitals' Ovechkin says Olympic decision out of his hands", Associated Press, 15 September 2017. 
  5. ↑ "KHL 2017/2018 Scores - Hockey Russia Live". https://www.icehockey24.com/russia/khl/. 
  6. ↑ "Ice Hockey 24: SHL 2017/2018 Fixtures". https://www.icehockey24.com/sweden/shl/fixtures/. 
  7. ↑ "National League 2017/2018 Scores - Hockey Switzerland Live". https://www.icehockey24.com/switzerland/national-league/. 
  8. ↑ "DEL 2017/2018 Scores - Hockey Live". https://www.icehockey24.com/germany/del/. 
  9. ↑ "Ice Hockey 24: Tipsport Liga 2017/2018 Fixtures". https://www.icehockey24.com/slovakia/tipsport-liga/fixtures/. 
  10. ↑ "Ice Hockey 24: Liiga 2017/2018 Fixtures". https://www.icehockey24.com/finland/liiga/fixtures/. 
  11. ↑ Kwak, Donnie (7 February 2018). "The American Immigrant: What is Colorado-born Mike Testwuide doing playing for South Korea’s hockey team in Pyeongchang?" The Ringer.
  12. ↑ "Information". http://pyeongchang2018.iihf.hockey/men/information/#on-ice-officials. 
  13. ↑ "Tournament Format". IIHF.com. http://pyeongchang2018.iihf.hockey/men/information/. 

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