2014 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

Qualification for the men's tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the 2012 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. The top nine teams in the world ranking received automatic berths into the Olympics, while all other teams had an opportunity to qualify for the remaining three spots in the Olympics. As with Canada in 2010, the IIHF made no mention of direct qualification for the host.

Qualified teams

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
2012 IIHF World Ranking, comprising the following events: 2009 World Championship 2010 Winter Olympic Games 2010 World Championship 2011 World Championship 2012 World Championship	6 April 2009 – 20 May 2012	Helsinki and Stockholm	9	Canada Czech Republic Finland Norway Russia Slovakia Sweden Switzerland United States
Final qualification tournament	7–10 February 2013	Bietigheim-Bissingen	1	Austria
Final qualification tournament	7–10 February 2013	Riga	1	Latvia
Final qualification tournament	7–10 February 2013	Vojens	1	Slovenia
TOTAL			12

^ Helsinki and Stockholm were sites for 2012 World Championship only, thus the site where qualification through the rankings is determined.

Direct qualification

To qualify directly, a nation had to be ranked in the top nine following the 2012 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. Using the IIHF World Ranking points system, the current year received full value, and each preceding year was worth 25% less. The following was a ranking based on points already accumulated toward Olympic qualification of all countries at the top level, or who are ranked amongst them.

	Qualified to Olympic Tournament
	Hosted final qualifying tournament
	Did not qualify directly to Olympics

World ranking	Team	WC 2012 (100%)	WC 2011 (75%)	WC 2010 (50%)	OLY 2010 (50%)	WC 2009 (25%)	Total
1	Russia	1200	825	580	520	300	3425
2	Finland	1100	900	520	560	265	3345
3	Czech Republic	1120	840	600	510	260	3330
4	Sweden	1040	870	560	530	280	3280
5	Canada	1060	795	510	600	290	3235
6	Slovakia	1160	705	450	550	235	3100
7	United States	1020	750	440	580	275	3065
8	Norway	1000	780	480	470	230	2960
9	Switzerland	920	720	530	500	240	2910
10	Germany	900	765	550	460	210	2885
11	Latvia	940	660	460	450	255	2765
12	Denmark	880	690	500	420	220	2710
13	Belarus	860	645	470	480	250	2705
14	France	960	675	430	370	225	2660
15	Austria	780	630	400	440	215	2465
16	Italy	840	585	420	400	195	2440
17	Kazakhstan	820	600	410	410	200	2440
18	Slovenia	800	615	390	380	190	2375

Olympic preliminary qualification

One round robin was played on 17–19, September 2012 in Zagreb, Croatia. The winner of the group advanced to the prequalification tournaments.

Group K

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Croatia	3	3	0	0	0	30	6	+24	9
Mexico	3	2	0	0	1	14	14	0	6
Serbia	3	1	0	0	2	12	12	0	3
Israel	3	0	0	0	3	5	29	−24	0

Team advanced to Olympic pre-qualification

All times are local (UTC+2).

17 September 2012 16:30

Serbia

7–1 (2–0, 2–0, 3–1)

Israel

Dom Sportova Attendance: 50

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	41	Shots	19

17 September 2012 20:15

Mexico

2–9 (1–4, 0–1, 1–4)

Croatia

Dom Sportova Attendance: 500

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	51

18 September 2012 16:30

Serbia

3–5 (1–1, 1–2, 1–2)

Mexico

Dom Sportova Attendance: 50

Game reference
	36 min	Penalties	4 min
	33	Shots	35

18 September 2012 20:15

Croatia

15–2 (5–0, 4–0, 6–2)

Israel

Dom Sportova Attendance: 150

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	18 min
	70	Shots	18

19 September 2012 16:30

Israel

2–7 (0–1, 0–5, 2–1)

Mexico

Dom Sportova Attendance: 50

Game reference
	39 min	Penalties	14 min
	24	Shots	38

19 September 2012 20:15

Croatia

6–2 (3–0, 2–2, 1–0)

Serbia

Dom Sportova Attendance: 1,500

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	55	Shots	28

Olympic pre-qualification

Three round robins were played from 8–11 November 2012. They were played in Budapest, Kiev and Nikko. 21st ranked Great Britain had the option to host group J, but passed on the right to the next highest-ranked nation. The winners of each group advanced to the final qualification tournaments.

Group G

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Netherlands	3	2	1	0	0	24	10	+14	8
Hungary	3	2	0	1	0	25	9	+16	7
Lithuania	3	1	0	0	2	6	15	−9	3
Croatia	3	0	0	0	3	3	24	−21	0

All times are local (UTC+1).

9 November 2012 15:30

Netherlands

8–2 (3–0, 3–0, 2–2)

Croatia

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 460

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	23 min
	44	Shots	19

9 November 2012 19:00

Lithuania

1–5 (0–2, 1–3, 0–0)

Hungary

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 4,350

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	21	Shots	43

10 November 2012 14:00

Netherlands

9–2 (1–1, 6–1, 2–0)

Lithuania

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 500

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	20 min
	46	Shots	17

10 November 2012 17:30

Hungary

13–0 (6–0, 3–0, 4–0)

Croatia

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 6,215

Game reference
	0 min	Penalties	10 min
	68	Shots	10

11 November 2012 14:00

Croatia

1–3 (1–2, 0–0, 0–1)

Lithuania

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 560

Game reference
	38 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	52

11 November 2012 17:30

Hungary

6–7 SO (1–3, 3–1, 2–2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Netherlands

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 6,125

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	35	Shots	30

Group H

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Ukraine	3	3	0	0	0	22	1	+21	9
Poland	3	2	0	0	1	14	5	+9	6
Spain	3	1	0	0	2	5	16	−11	3
Estonia	3	0	0	0	3	4	23	−19	0

All times are local (UTC+2).

8 November 2012 16:00

Poland

8–0 (1–0, 3–0, 4–0)

Estonia

Palace of Sports Attendance: 1,011

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	63	Shots	9

8 November 2012 20:00

Ukraine

7–0 (2–0, 5–0, 0–0)

Spain

Palace of Sports Attendance: 5,217

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	69	Shots	11

9 November 2012 16:00

Poland

5–0 (1–0, 0–0, 4–0)

Spain

Palace of Sports Attendance: 521

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	61	Shots	22

9 November 2012 20:00

Estonia

0–10 (0–4, 0–4, 0–2)

Ukraine

Palace of Sports Attendance: 5,521

Game reference
	24 min	Penalties	4 min
	12	Shots	85

11 November 2012 16:00

Spain

5–4 (2–0, 1–1, 2–3)

Estonia

Palace of Sports Attendance: 658

Game reference
	20 min	Penalties	14 min
	37	Shots	35

11 November 2012 20:00

Ukraine

5–1 (1–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Poland

Palace of Sports Attendance: 6,026

Game reference
	33 min	Penalties	18 min
	38	Shots	23

Group J

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Great Britain	3	2	0	1	0	9	6	+3	7
South Korea	3	1	1	1	0	9	7	+2	6
Japan	3	1	1	0	1	6	4	+2	5
Romania	3	0	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

All times are local (UTC+9).

9 November 2012 14:00

Great Britain

4–5 SO (3–1, 1–2, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

South Korea

Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena Attendance: 592

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	41	Shots	28

9 November 2012 18:00

Japan

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Romania

Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena Attendance: 956

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	57	Shots	22

10 November 2012 14:00

Romania

0–3 (0–2, 0–0, 0–1)

Great Britain

Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena Attendance: 1,143

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	17	Shots	47

10 November 2012 18:00

Japan

3–2 OT (1–0, 1–1, 0–1) (OT: 1–0)

South Korea

Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena Attendance: 1,762

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	20

11 November 2012 14:00

South Korea

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Romania

Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena Attendance: 1,075

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	32	Shots	34

11 November 2012 18:00

Great Britain

2–1 (2–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Japan

Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena Attendance: 1,738

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	35	Shots	22

Final qualification tournaments

Three round robins were played from 7–10 February 2013. They were played in Bietigheim-Bissingen, Riga, and Vojens. The three group winners qualified for the Olympic tournament.

Group D

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Austria	3	2	0	1	0	11	6	+5	7
Germany	3	1	1	1	0	9	5	+4	6
Italy	3	1	1	0	1	8	5	+3	5
Netherlands	3	0	0	0	3	3	15	−12	0

All times are local (UTC+1).

7 February 2013 16:00

Austria

3–2 (2–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Italy

Eisarena Ellental Attendance: 3,100

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	38

7 February 2013 19:30

Germany

5–1 (2–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Netherlands

Eisarena Ellental Attendance: 3,780

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	57	Shots	10

8 February 2013 16:00

Austria

6–1 (5–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Netherlands

Eisarena Ellental Attendance: 4,150

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	38	Shots	15

8 February 2013 19:30

Italy

2–1 OT (1–1, 0–0, 0–0) (OT 1–0)

Germany

Eisarena Ellental Attendance: 4,517

Game reference
				Andreas Malmqvist
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	37

10 February 2013 11:45

Netherlands

1–4 (0–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Italy

Eisarena Ellental Attendance: 4,517

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	40

10 February 2013 15:15

Germany

3–2 OT (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) (OT 1–0)

Austria

Eisarena Ellental Attendance: 4,517

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	16 min
	38	Shots	19

Group E

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Latvia	3	2	0	1	0	11	7	+4	7
Kazakhstan	3	2	0	0	1	11	5	+6	6
France	3	1	1	0	1	9	7	+2	5
Great Britain	3	0	0	0	3	4	16	−12	0

All times are local (UTC+2).

7 February 2013 15:30

France

2–3 (0–2, 1–1, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Arena Riga Attendance: 852

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	38	Shots	19

7 February 2013 19:30

Latvia

6–2 (2–1, 1–0, 3–1)

Great Britain

Arena Riga Attendance: 5,058

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	28 min
	39	Shots	15

8 February 2013 15:30

France

4–2 (1–0, 2–0, 1–2)

Great Britain

Arena Riga Attendance: 922

Game reference
	22 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	18

8 February 2013 19:30

Kazakhstan

2–3 (1–2, 1–0, 0–1)

Latvia

Arena Riga Attendance: 10,025

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	34

10 February 2013 13:00

Great Britain

0–6 (0–2, 0–4, 0–0)

Kazakhstan

Arena Riga Attendance: 875

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	19	Shots	42

10 February 2013 17:00

Latvia

2–3 OT (0–2, 1–0, 1–0) (OT 0–1)

France

Arena Riga Attendance: 10,190

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	36	Shots	26

Group F

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Slovenia	3	3	0	0	0	12	4	+8	9
Belarus	3	2	0	0	1	11	6	+5	6
Denmark	3	1	0	0	2	5	5	0	3
Ukraine	3	0	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0

All times are local (UTC+1).

7 February 2013 16:00

Belarus

2–4 (0–1, 2–1, 0–2)

Slovenia

SE Arena Attendance: 408

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	20

7 February 2013 20:00

Denmark

2–0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Ukraine

SE Arena Attendance: 4,121

Game reference
	12 min	Penalties	31 min
	25	Shots	22

8 February 2013 17:00

Belarus

6–0 (1–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Ukraine

SE Arena Attendance: 631

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	45	Shots	32

8 February 2013 21:00

Slovenia

2–1 (0–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Denmark

SE Arena Attendance: 5,000

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	0 min
	28	Shots	38

10 February 2013 14:00

Ukraine

1–6 (0–4, 0–1, 1–1)

Slovenia

SE Arena Attendance: 545

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	20 min
	31	Shots	27

10 February 2013 18:00

Denmark

2–3 (0–0, 2–2, 0–1)

Belarus

SE Arena Attendance: 3,988

Game reference
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	31

External links

• World Ice Hockey Championships 2012
• World Ice Hockey Championships 2011
• World Ice Hockey Championships 2010
• 2010 Olympic Games
• World Ice Hockey Championships 2009
• 2014 Olympic format and qualification

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