2022 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

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Qualification for the men's tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics was determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the 2019 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. The host along with the top eight teams in the world ranking received automatic berths into the Olympics, while all other teams have an opportunity to qualify for the remaining three spots in the Olympics.[1]

Qualified teams

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Hosts 17 May 2018[2] Flag of Denmark Copenhagen 1 Flag of China China
2019 IIHF World Rankinga 31 March 2016 – 26 May 2019 Flag of Slovakia Bratislava and Košiceb 8[1]  Canada
 Russia
 Finland
 Sweden
 Czech Republic
 United States
 Germany
 Switzerland
Final qualification tournaments 26–29 August 2021 Flag of Slovakia Bratislava 1  Slovakia
Flag of Latvia Riga 1  Latvia
Flag of Norway Oslo 1  Denmark
Total 12
Notes

a 2019 IIHF World Ranking were comprising the following events: 2016 World Championship, 2017 World Championship, 2018 Winter Olympic Games, 2018 World Championship and 2019 World Championship. b Bratislava and Košice were the sites for 2019 IIHF World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking were finalized with regards to the qualification slots.

Qualification seeding

To qualify directly, a nation had to be ranked in the top eight following the 2019 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.[1] Using the IIHF World Ranking points system, the current year received full value, and each preceding year was worth 25% less. The following is a ranking based on points that were accumulated toward Olympic qualification of all countries participating in 2019.

Points were earned based on overall finish in 2019:

Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ...
Points 1200 1160 1120 1100 1060 1040 1020 1000 960 940 920 900 880 860 840 820 800 780 760 740 ...
     Qualified directly to Olympic Tournament
     Entered qualifying in the final round
     Entered qualifying in the pre-qualification round 3
     Entered qualifying in the pre-qualification round 2
     Entered qualifying in the pre-qualification round 1
Qualifying seed Team WC 2019
(100%) 		WC 2018
(75%) 		OLY 2018
(75%) 		WC 2017
(50%) 		WC 2016
(25%) 		Total
1  Canada 1160 1100 1120 1160 1200 3705
2  Russia 1120 1040 1200 1120 1120 3640
3  Finland 1200 1060 1040 1100 1160 3615
4  Sweden 1060 1200 1060 1200 1040 3615
5  Czech Republic 1100 1020 1100 1020 1060 3465
6  United States 1020 1120 1020 1060 1100 3430
7  Germany 1040 920 1160 1000 1020 3355
8  Switzerland 1000 1160 940 1040 920 3325
9  Slovakia 960 960 920 860 960 3040
10  Latvia 940 1000 860 940 880 3025
11  Norway 900 880 1000 920 940 3005
12  Denmark 920 940 800 900 1000 2925
13  France 840 900 840 960 860 2840
14  Belarus 780 840 880 880 900 2735
15  Austria 820 860 780 800 740 2635
16  Italy 860 780 760 820 780 2620
17  South Korea 760 820 900 780 720 2620
18  Slovenia 740 720 960 840 800 2620
19  Kazakhstan 800 760 820 760 820 2570
20  Great Britain 880 800 660 680 660 2480
21  Hungary 720 740 700 720 840 2370
22  Poland 660 700 740 740 760 2300
23  Japan 640 660 720 660 700 2180
24  Lithuania 700 680 560 640 640 2110
25  Ukraine 600 620 680 700 680 2095
26  Estonia 620 640 600 620 600 2010
27  Romania 680 600 580 560 580 1990
28  Netherlands 580 560 640 580 560 1910
29  Croatia 540 580 620 600 620 1895
30  Serbia 560 520 540 520 500 1740
31  Spain 500 440 520 460 540 1585
Host  China 480 500 440 440 460 1520
32  Iceland 420 460 480 480 480 1485
33  Israel 440 400 460 400 400 1385
Template:Hs  Australia 520 540 – 540 440 1305
34  Mexico 360 360 500 360 420 1290
Template:Hs  Belgium 460 480 – 500 520 1200
35  Bulgaria 320 300 420 300 340 1095
Template:Hs  Georgia 380 320 400 280 0 1060
Template:Hs  New Zealand 400 420 – 420 380 1020
Template:Hs  North Korea 340 380 – 380 360 905
36  Turkey 300 280 – 340 320 760
37  Luxembourg 260 340 – 320 280 745
Template:Hs  South Africa 220 240 – 240 300 595
38  Chinese Taipei 240 260 – 220 – 545
39  Hong Kong 180 220 – 260 240 535
Template:Hs  Turkmenistan 280 200 – – – 430
40  United Arab Emirates 200 160 – 200 – 420
41  Bosnia and Herzegovina 140 180 – 0 260 340
42  Kuwait 120 140 – – – 225
43  Thailand 160 – – – – 160
44  Kyrgyzstan 100 – – – – 100
  • Teams with no seeding chose not to participate in Olympic qualifying.

Pre-qualification Round 1

Eight teams began the qualification process in two tournaments. The winners of each tournament advanced to round 2 as qualifiers ten and eleven, where qualifier ten was the winner with the higher qualification seeding.

Group N

Games were played in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg from 8 to 10 November 2019.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kyrgyzstan 3 3 0 0 0 29 10 19 9 Pre-qualification Round 2
2  United Arab Emirates 3 2 0 0 1 15 16 −1 6
3  Luxembourg (H) 3 1 0 0 2 17 11 6 3
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 0 0 0 3 7 31 −24 0
8 November 2019
15:45 		United Arab Emirates  4–9
(2–1, 2–3, 0–5) 		 Kyrgyzstan Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 200
8 November 2019
19:15 		Bosnia and Herzegovina  1–10
(0–4, 0–5, 1–1) 		 Luxembourg Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 676
9 November 2019
15:45 		United Arab Emirates  6–3
(3–1, 2–1, 1–1) 		 Bosnia and Herzegovina Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 179
9 November 2019
19:15 		Luxembourg  3–5
(1–0, 0–4, 2–1) 		 Kyrgyzstan Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 734
10 November 2019
15:45 		Kyrgyzstan  15–3
(5–2, 2–0, 8–1) 		 Bosnia and Herzegovina Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 232
10 November 2019
19:15 		Luxembourg  4–5
(2–2, 2–2, 0–1) 		 United Arab Emirates Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 403

Group O

Due to unrest in Hong Kong this tournament was moved to Sanya, China, and was played from 7 to 10 November 2019.[3]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Chinese Taipei 3 3 0 0 0 20 8 12 9 Pre-qualification Round 2
2  Thailand 3 2 0 0 1 21 8 13 6
3  Hong Kong 3 1 0 0 2 19 14 5 3
4  Kuwait 3 0 0 0 3 1 31 −30 0
7 November 2019
13:00 		Chinese Taipei  5–3
(1–1, 0–0, 4–2) 		 Thailand TUS Ice and Snow Park, Sanya
Attendance: 301
7 November 2019
17:00 		Kuwait  0–12
(0–4, 0–3, 0–5) 		 Hong Kong TUS Ice and Snow Park, Sanya
Attendance: 250
8 November 2019
13:00 		Chinese Taipei  8–0
(0–0, 5–0, 3–0) 		 Kuwait TUS Ice and Snow Park, Sanya
Attendance: 230
8 November 2019
17:00 		Hong Kong  2–7
(0–3, 1–1, 1–3) 		 Thailand TUS Ice and Snow Park, Sanya
Attendance: 255
10 November 2019
13:00 		Thailand  11–1
(2–0, 4–0, 5–1) 		 Kuwait TUS Ice and Snow Park, Sanya
Attendance: 318
10 November 2019
17:00 		Hong Kong  5–7
(1–2, 2–2, 2–3) 		 Chinese Taipei TUS Ice and Snow Park, Sanya
Attendance: 333

Pre-qualification Round 2

Twelve countries played in three tournaments to determine qualifiers for the next round. Each tournament winner was ranked by their qualification seeding and entered the next round as qualifier seven, eight, or nine.

Group K

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Romania (H) 3 3 0 0 0 43 3 40 9 Pre-qualification Round 3
2  Iceland 3 2 0 0 1 15 14 1 6
3  Israel 3 0 1 0 2 5 24 −19 2
4  Kyrgyzstan 3 0 0 1 2 10 32 −22 1
12 December 2019
15:00 		Iceland  9–4
(2–0, 2–2, 5–2) 		 Kyrgyzstan Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 100
12 December 2019
19:00 		Israel  0–15
(0–1, 0–4, 0–10) 		 Romania Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 300
13 December 2019
15:00 		Iceland  5–0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0) 		 Israel Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 50
13 December 2019
19:00 		Romania  18–2
(3–0, 7–1, 8–1) 		 Kyrgyzstan Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 601
15 December 2019
15:00 		Kyrgyzstan  4–5 OT
(3–1, 1–1, 0–2)
(OT: 0–1) 		 Israel Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 50
15 December 2019
19:00 		Romania  10–1
(4–0, 4–0, 2–1) 		 Iceland Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 1,200

Group L

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 0 36 5 31 9 Pre-qualification Round 3
2  Spain (H) 3 2 0 0 1 29 6 23 6
3  Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 0 2 8 26 −18 3
4  Mexico 3 0 0 0 3 3 39 −36 0
13 December 2019
16:00 		Mexico  1–17
(1–6, 0–5, 0–6) 		 Netherlands Palau de Gel, Barcelona
Attendance: 103
13 December 2019
20:00 		Spain  11–0
(3–0, 4–0, 4–0) 		 Chinese Taipei Palau de Gel, Barcelona
Attendance: 348
14 December 2019
16:00 		Netherlands  14–1
(4–1, 7–0, 3–0) 		 Chinese Taipei Palau de Gel, Barcelona
Attendance: 433
14 December 2019
20:00 		Spain  15–1
(4–1, 4–0, 7–0) 		 Mexico Palau de Gel, Barcelona
Attendance: 612
15 December 2019
16:00 		Chinese Taipei  7–1
(3–0, 3–0, 1–1) 		 Mexico Palau de Gel, Barcelona
Attendance: 210
8 January 2020
12:00 		Netherlands  5–3
(1–1, 2–2, 2–0) 		 Spain Palau de Gel, Barcelona
Attendance: 274

Note: The Netherlands-Spain game was originally supposed to be played on 15 December 2019 but was stopped after a scoreless first period because of problems with the ice surface.[4][5]

Group M

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia (H) 3 3 0 0 0 24 4 20 9 Pre-qualification Round 3
2  Serbia 3 2 0 0 1 16 5 11 6
3  Turkey 3 1 0 0 2 9 19 −10 3
4  Bulgaria 3 0 0 0 3 2 23 −21 0
13 December 2019
15:00 		Serbia  8–3
(6–0, 1–3, 1–0) 		 Turkey Ledena dvorana Zibel, Sisak
Attendance: 106
13 December 2019
19:00 		Bulgaria  1–12
(0–3, 0–2, 1–7) 		 Croatia Ledena dvorana Zibel, Sisak
Attendance: 289
14 December 2019
15:00 		Serbia  7–0
(1–0, 4–0, 2–0) 		 Bulgaria Ledena dvorana Zibel, Sisak
Attendance: 80
14 December 2019
19:00 		Croatia  10–2
(2–1, 4–0, 4–1) 		 Turkey Ledena dvorana Zibel, Sisak
Attendance: 380
15 December 2019
15:00 		Turkey  4–1
(1–0, 3–1, 0–0) 		 Bulgaria Ledena dvorana Zibel, Sisak
Attendance: 50
15 December 2019
19:00 		Croatia  2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0) 		 Serbia Ledena dvorana Zibel, Sisak
Attendance: 989

Pre-qualification Round 3

Group G

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovenia (H) 3 3 0 0 0 25 4 21 9 Final qualification
2  Japan 3 2 0 0 1 15 6 9 6
3  Lithuania 3 1 0 0 2 5 17 −12 3
4  Croatia 3 0 0 0 3 1 19 −18 0
6 February 2020
15:30 		Japan  9–0
(4–0, 2–0, 3–0) 		 Croatia Podmežakla Hall, Jesenice
Attendance: 100
6 February 2020
19:00 		Lithuania  2–12
(0–4, 1–3, 1–5) 		 Slovenia Podmežakla Hall, Jesenice
Attendance: 500
7 February 2020
15:30 		Japan  4–0
(4–0, 0–0, 0–0) 		 Lithuania Podmežakla Hall, Jesenice
Attendance: 150
7 February 2020
19:00 		Slovenia  7–0
(1–0, 4–0, 2–0) 		 Croatia Podmežakla Hall, Jesenice
Attendance: 900
9 February 2020
15:30 		Croatia  1–3
(0–2, 0–0, 1–1) 		 Lithuania Podmežakla Hall, Jesenice
Attendance: 150
9 February 2020
19:00 		Slovenia  6–2
(0–1, 1–0, 5–1) 		 Japan Podmežakla Hall, Jesenice
Attendance: 1,700

Group H

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Poland 3 3 0 0 0 17 3 14 9 Final qualification
2  Kazakhstan (H) 3 2 0 0 1 17 5 12 6
3  Ukraine 3 1 0 0 2 5 14 −9 3
4  Netherlands 3 0 0 0 3 1 18 −17 0
6 February 2020
15:00 		Poland  8–0
(3–0, 4–0, 1–0) 		 Netherlands Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 228
6 February 2020
19:30 		Ukraine  1–8
(1–5, 0–2, 0–1) 		 Kazakhstan Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 3,584
7 February 2020
15:00 		Poland  6–1
(1–1, 2–0, 3–0) 		 Ukraine Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 242
7 February 2020
19:30 		Kazakhstan  7–1
(3–0, 1–1, 3–0) 		 Netherlands Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 2,975
9 February 2020
13:00 		Netherlands  0–3
(0–1, 0–2, 0–0) 		 Ukraine Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 372
9 February 2020
17:00 		Kazakhstan  2–3
(0–1, 2–1, 0–1) 		 Poland Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 5,622

Group J

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Hungary 3 2 1 0 0 11 4 7 8 Final qualification
2  Great Britain (H) 3 2 0 0 1 12 8 4 6
3  Romania 3 1 0 1 1 12 10 2 4
4  Estonia 3 0 0 0 3 5 18 −13 0
6 February 2020
15:30 		Hungary  4–1
(1–0, 2–1, 1–0) 		 Estonia Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 861
6 February 2020
19:30 		Great Britain  4–3
(2–1, 2–1, 0–1) 		 Romania Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 2,788
8 February 2020
14:00 		Hungary  3–2 OT
(1–1, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT: 1–0) 		 Romania Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 1,998
8 February 2020
18:00 		Estonia  1–7
(0–0, 1–4, 0–3) 		 Great Britain Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 4,465
9 February 2020
14:00 		Romania  7–3
(2–2, 2–0, 3–1) 		 Estonia Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 1,561
9 February 2020
18:00 		Great Britain  1–4
(0–0, 0–2, 1–2) 		 Hungary Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 4,544

Final qualification

The tournaments were scheduled to take place from 27 to 30 August 2020, but were moved to 26 to 29 August 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6][7]

Group D

The tournament was held at the Ondrej Nepela Arena in Bratislava, Slovakia.[8]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovakia (H) 3 3 0 0 0 9 3 6 9 2022 Winter Olympics
2  Belarus 3 1 0 0 2 6 5 1 3
3  Austria 3 1 0 0 2 7 8 −1 3
4  Poland 3 1 0 0 2 3 9 −6 3
26 August 2021
15:15 		Belarus  0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1) 		 Poland Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 150
26 August 2021
19:15 		Austria  1–2
(0–1, 0–1, 1–0) 		 Slovakia Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 4,241
27 August 2021
15:15 		Belarus  5–2
(0–2, 5–0, 0–0) 		 Austria Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 148
27 August 2021
19:15 		Slovakia  5–1
(1–0, 3–1, 1–0) 		 Poland Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 3,685
29 August 2021
13:30 		Poland  1–4
(1–2, 0–1, 0–1) 		 Austria Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 182
29 August 2021
17:30 		Slovakia  2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0) 		 Belarus Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 7,105

Group E

The tournament was played at the Arēna Rīga in Riga, Latvia.[8]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Latvia (H) 3 3 0 0 0 17 1 16 9 2022 Winter Olympics
2  France 3 2 0 0 1 8 5 3 6
3  Hungary 3 1 0 0 2 5 15 −10 3
4  Italy 3 0 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
26 August 2021
15:30 		France  5–3
(0–2, 3–0, 2–1) 		 Hungary Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 200
26 August 2021
19:30 		Italy  0–6
(0–2, 0–2, 0–2) 		 Latvia Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 4,100
27 August 2021
16:00 		France  2–0
(0–0, 2–0, 0–0) 		 Italy Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 197
27 August 2021
20:00 		Latvia  9–0
(1–0, 0–0, 8–0) 		 Hungary Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 3,250
29 August 2021
13:00 		Hungary  2–1
(0–0, 1–0, 1–1) 		 Italy Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 460
29 August 2021
17:00 		Latvia  2–1
(1–0, 0–0, 1–1) 		 France Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 7,954

Group F

The tournament was played at the Jordal Amfi in Oslo, Norway.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 3 3 0 0 0 17 4 13 9 2022 Winter Olympics
2  Norway (H) 3 2 0 0 1 11 7 4 6
3  Slovenia 3 1 0 0 2 11 12 −1 3
4  South Korea 3 0 0 0 3 3 19 −16 0
26 August 2021
15:00 		Denmark  4–3
(3–0, 1–1, 0–2) 		 Slovenia Jordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 174
26 August 2021
19:00 		South Korea  1–4
(1–2, 0–1, 0–1) 		 Norway Jordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 1,483
27 August 2021
17:00 		Denmark  11–1
(1–1, 7–0, 3–0) 		 South Korea Jordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 207
27 August 2021
21:00 		Norway  7–4
(3–2, 3–0, 1–2) 		 Slovenia Jordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 2,490
29 August 2021
12:00 		Slovenia  4–1
(0–1, 3–0, 1–0) 		 South Korea Jordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 97
29 August 2021
16:00 		Norway  0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1) 		 Denmark Jordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 2,500

Graphical summary

2022 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Olympic Winter Games". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/static/5478/olympic. Retrieved 26 May 2019. 
  2. ↑ "China set for Olympic ice hockey", IIHF, 17 May 2018. Retrieved on 26 May 2019. 
  3. ↑ "Olympic Qualification group moved to Hainan", IIHF, 14 October 2019. Retrieved on 10 November 2019. 
  4. ↑ "Group L showdown abandoned". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/ogqp1l/news/16740/group-l-showdown-postponed. Retrieved 15 December 2019. 
  5. ↑ "Netherlands-Spain on 8 January". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/ogqp1l/news/16778/netherlands-spain-on-8-january. Retrieved 19 December 2019. 
  6. ↑ "Olympic qualifiers moved", IIHF, 6 May 2020. Retrieved on 6 May 2020. 
  7. ↑ "Dates for Olympic Qualification", IIHF, 10 March 2021. Retrieved on 10 March 2021. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Olympic Qualification in Bratislava", IIHF, 6 March 2020. Retrieved on 6 March 2020. 
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