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{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
 | tourney_name = Winter Olympics<br>Ice Hockey
 | year = 1992
 | other_titles =
 | image = 1992 Olympics.png
 | size = 200px
 | caption =
 | country = France
 | dates = 8–23 February
 | num_teams = 12
 | venues = [[Méribel Ice Palace]]
 | cities = <!--only 1 arena, no # needed here-->
 | winners = 
 | count = 
 | second = Canada
 | third = Czechoslovakia
 | fourth = USA
 | games = 46
 | goals = 316
 | attendance = 
 | scoring_leader = {{flagicon|Canada}} Joe Juneau <small>15 points</small> 
 | mvp =
 | prevseason = [[Ice hockey at the 1988 Winter Olympics|1988 Olympics]]
 | nextseason = [[Ice hockey at the 1994 Winter Olympics|1994 Olympics]]
}}

The men's '''ice hockey''' tournament at the '''1992 Winter Olympics''' in [[Albertville]], [[France]], was the 16th [[Ice hockey at the Olympic Games|Olympic Championship]].  The games were played at the [[Méribel Ice Palace]] in [[Méribel]], about 45&nbsp;km from host city Albertville. The competition, held from 8 to 23 February, was won by the Unified Team in its only appearance.  The team was composed of some newly emerged nations from the former [[Soviet national ice hockey team|Soviet Union]], which had dissolved just weeks before the Games began.  The silver medal win by [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]] extended its all-time Olympic ice hockey lead to 11 medals (extended to 15 medals, for the men's team, as of the [[2014 Winter Olympics]]).

==Qualification==
The Olympic tournament was to be contested by twelve nations. The top eleven nations from the 1991 World Championships (eight from pool A, top three from pool B) qualified directly, while the twelfth ranked nation had to play off against the winner of that year's pool C.

*April 14, 1991, Denmark
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|{{Flagicon|DEN}} '''Denmark'''||align="center" | '''4:6'''||{{Flagicon|POL}} Poland
|}
*April 16, 1991, Poland
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|{{Flagicon|POL}} '''Poland'''||align="center" | '''9:5'''||{{Flagicon|DEN}} Denmark
|}
'''Poland''' qualified in final tournament

==Preliminaries==
===Group A===
Top four teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.
{| border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="120"|Team
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pld
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|W
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|L
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|T
!bgcolor="#efefef" with="20"|GF
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GA
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pts
|- align=center bgcolor="lime"
|align=left|{{flagicon|USA}} [[United States]]
|5||4||0||1||18||7||'''9'''
|- align=center bgcolor="lime"
|align=left|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sweden]]
|5||3||0||2||22||11||'''8'''
|- align=center bgcolor="lime"
|align=left|{{flagicon|FIN}} [[Finland]]
|5||3||1||1||22||11||'''7'''
|- align=center bgcolor="lime"
|align=left|{{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany]]
|5||2||3||0||11||12||'''4'''
|- align=center
|align=left|{{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy]]
|5||1||4||0||18||24||'''2'''
|- align=center
|align=left|{{flagicon|POL}} [[Poland]]
|5||0||5||0||4||30||'''0'''
|}
<br />
*February 9
{| bgcolor="#f9f9f9" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; background: #f9f9f9;"
|'''{{flagicon|SWE}}'''||align="center" | '''7:2'''||{{flagicon|POL}}
|-
|'''{{flagicon|FIN}}'''||align="center" | '''5:1'''||{{flagicon|GER}}
|-
|'''{{flagicon|USA}}'''||align="center" | '''6:3'''||{{flagicon|ITA}}
|}
*February 11
{| bgcolor="#f9f9f9" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; background: #f9f9f9;"
|'''{{flagicon|FIN}}'''||align="center" | '''9:1'''||{{flagicon|POL}}
|-
|'''{{flagicon|USA}}'''||align="center" | '''2:0'''||{{flagicon|GER}}
|-
|'''{{flagicon|SWE}}'''||align="center" | '''7:3'''||{{flagicon|ITA}}
|}
*February 13
{| bgcolor="#f9f9f9" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; background: #f9f9f9;"
|'''{{flagicon|ITA}}'''||align="center" | '''7:1'''||{{flagicon|POL}}
|-
|'''{{flagicon|USA}}'''||align="center" | '''4:1'''||{{flagicon|FIN}}
|-
|'''{{flagicon|SWE}}'''||align="center" | '''3:1'''||{{flagicon|GER}}
|}
*February 15
{| bgcolor="#f9f9f9" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; background: #f9f9f9;"
|'''{{flagicon|GER}}'''||align="center" | '''5:2'''||{{flagicon|ITA}}
|-
|{{flagicon|FIN}}||align="center" | '''2:2'''||{{flagicon|SWE}}
|-
|'''{{flagicon|USA}}'''||align="center" | '''3:0'''||{{flagicon|POL}}
|}
*February 17
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|'''{{flagicon|GER}}'''||align="center" | '''4:0'''||{{flagicon|POL}}
|-
|'''{{flagicon|FIN}}'''||align="center" | '''5:3'''||{{flagicon|ITA}}
|-
|{{flagicon|USA}}||align="center" | '''3:3'''||{{flagicon|SWE}}
|}

===Group B===
Top four teams (shaded ones) advanced to the medal round.
{| border=1 cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="120"|Team
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pld
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|W
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|L
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|T
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GF
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GA
!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pts
|- align=center bgcolor="lime"
|align=left|{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Canada]]
|5||4||1||0||28||9||'''8'''
|- align=center bgcolor="lime"
|align=left|Unified Team
|5||4||1||0||32||10||'''8'''
|- align=center bgcolor="lime"
|align=left|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Czech Republic]]
|5||4||1||0||25||15||'''8'''
|- align=center bgcolor="lime"
|align=left|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[France]]
|5||2||3||0||14||22||'''4'''
|- align=center
|align=left|{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Switzerland]]
|5||1||4||0||13||25||'''2'''
|- align=center
|align=left|{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Norway]]
|5||0||5||0||7||38||'''0'''
|}
<br />
*February 8
{| bgcolor="#f9f9f9" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; background: #f9f9f9;"
|{{flagicon|FRA}}||align="center" | '''2:3'''||'''{{flagicon|CAN}}'''
|-
|'''{{flagicon|CZE}}'''||align="center" | '''10:1'''||{{flagicon|NOR}}
|-
|'''Unified Team'''||align="center" | '''8:1'''||{{flagicon|SUI}}
|}
*February 10
{| bgcolor="#f9f9f9" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; background: #f9f9f9;"
|{{flagicon|FRA}}||align="center" | '''4:6'''||'''{{flagicon|CZE}}'''
|-
|'''Unified Team'''||align="center" | '''8:1'''||{{flagicon|NOR}}
|-
|'''{{flagicon|CAN}}'''||align="center" | '''6:1'''||{{flagicon|SUI}}
|}
*February 12
{| bgcolor="#f9f9f9" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; background: #f9f9f9;"
|'''{{flagicon|CZE}}'''||align="center" | '''4:3'''||Unified Team
|-
|'''{{flagicon|CAN}}'''||align="center" | '''10:0'''||{{flagicon|NOR}}
|-
|'''{{flagicon|FRA}}'''||align="center" | '''4:3'''||{{flagicon|SUI}}
|}
*February 14
{| bgcolor="#f9f9f9" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; background: #f9f9f9;"
|{{flagicon|FRA}}||align="center" | '''0:8'''||'''Unified Team'''
|-
|'''{{flagicon|SUI}}'''||align="center" | '''6:3'''||{{flagicon|NOR}}
|-
|'''{{flagicon|CAN}}'''||align="center" | '''5:1'''||{{flagicon|CZE}}
|}
*February 16
{| bgcolor="#f9f9f9" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; background: #f9f9f9;"
|'''{{flagicon|FRA}}'''||align="center" | '''4:2'''||{{flagicon|NOR}}
|-
|'''{{flagicon|CZE}}'''||align="center" | '''4:2'''||{{flagicon|SUI}}
|-
|'''Unified Team'''||align="center" | '''5:4'''||{{flagicon|CAN}}
|}
<br />
==Consolation Round 9th-12th Places==
*February 18
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|'''{{flagicon|NOR}}'''||align="center" | '''5:3'''||{{flagicon|ITA}}
|-
|'''{{flagicon|SUI}}'''||align="center" | '''7:2'''||{{flagicon|POL}}
|}


===11th Place Match===
*February 20
{| bgcolor="#f9f9f9" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; background: #f9f9f9;"
|'''{{flagicon|POL}}'''||align="center" | '''4:1'''||{{flagicon|ITA}}
|}


===9th Place Match===
*February 20
{| bgcolor="#f9f9f9" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; background: #f9f9f9;"
|'''{{flagicon|NOR}} [[Norway]]'''||align="center" | '''5:2'''||{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Switzerland]]
|}
<br />

==Consolation Round 5th-8th Places==
*February 20
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|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[France]]||align="center" | '''4:5'''||'''{{flagicon|GER}}''' [[Germany]]]
|-
|'''{{flagicon|SWE}}'''||align="center" | '''3:2'''||{{flagicon|FIN}}
|}


===7th Place Match===
*February 22
{| bgcolor="#f9f9f9" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; background: #f9f9f9;"
|{{flagicon|FRA}} [[France]]||align="center" | '''1:4'''||'''{{flagicon|FIN}}''' [[Finland]]
|}


===5th Place Match===
*February 22
{| bgcolor="#f9f9f9" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; background: #f9f9f9;"
|'''{{flagicon|SWE}}''' [[Sweden]]||align="center" | '''4:3'''||{{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany]]
|}
<br />

==Medal Round==
===Quarter-finals===
*February 18
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|'''{{flagicon|CAN}}'''||align="center" | '''4:3'''||{{flagicon|GER}}
|-
|'''{{flagicon|CZE}}'''||align="center" | '''3:1'''||{{flagicon|SWE}}
|-
|{{flagicon|FRA}}||align="center" | '''1:4'''||'''{{flagicon|USA}}'''
|-
|'''Unified Team'''||align="center" | '''6:1'''||{{flagicon|FIN}}
|}


===Semi-finals===
*February 21
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|'''{{flagicon|CAN}}'''||align="center" | '''4:2'''||{{flagicon|CZE}}
|-
|'''Unified Team'''||align="center" | '''5:2'''||{{flagicon|USA}}
|}


===Bronze Medal Game===
*February 22
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|'''{{flagicon|CZE}}''' [[Czech Republic]]||align="center" | '''6:1'''||{{flagicon|USA}} [[United States]]
|}


===Gold Medal Game===
*February 22
{| bgcolor="#f9f9f9" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: gray solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse; background: #f9f9f9;"
|'''Unified Team'''||align="center" | '''3:1'''||{{flagicon|CAN}} [[Canada]]]
|}
<br /><br />

==Final Rankings==
# [[Unified Team]]
# {{flagicon|CAN}} [[Canada]]
# {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Czech Republic]]
# {{flagicon|USA}} [[United States]]
# {{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sweden]]
# {{flagicon|GER}} [[Germany]]
# {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Finland]]
# {{flagicon|FRA}} [[France]]
# {{flagicon|NOR}} [[Norway]]
# {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Switzerland]]
# {{flagicon|POL}} [[Poland]]
# {{flagicon|ITA}} [[Italy]]
# {{flagicon|DEN}} [[Denmark]]

==Unified Medal controversy==
Russian goaltender Nikolai Khabibulin was the third on the depth chart and never played when the Unified Team won gold in Albertville, France. Instead of giving the gold to someone who didn't play, coach Viktor Tikhonov kept it. Only players are given Olympic medals; coaches and management are not. The medal was finally returned to him in a private medal ceremony during the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah.

==Team Photos==

<gallery widths="220" captionalign="left">
1992Canada.jpg|[[Canada]]
</gallery>

==References==
{{reflist}}
*[http://www.hockeyarchives.info/JO1992.htm Jeux Olympiques 1992]

{{Olympic Games}}
{{Wikipedia}}
[[Category:Ice hockey at the Olympic Games|1992]]
[[Category:1992 in ice hockey|Olympics]]