2018 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's tournament in ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held in Gangneung, South Korea between 14 and 25 February 2018. 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.

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. 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.

Unlike the NHL, the vast majority of European leagues accommodated an Olympic break, headlined by Russia-based KHL's 33-day break, Sweden-based Swedish Hockey League's 14-day break, Switzerland-based National League's 25-day break, German-based Eishockey Liga's 26-day break, Czech Republic-based Extraliga's 18-day break, and Slovakia-based Tipsport liga's 14-day break. 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.

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. The remaining three teams qualified from qualification tournaments.

Match officials

14 referees and 14 linesmen were selected for the tournament.

Referees

• Oliver Gouin
• Brett Iverson
• Jan Hribik
• Antonín Jeřábek
• Aleksi Rantala
• Anssi Salonen
• Roman Gofman
• Konstantin Olenin
• Daniel Stricker
• Tobias Wehrli
• Jozef Kubuš
• Linus Öhlund
• Mark Lemelin
• Timothy Mayer

Linesmen

• Nathan Vanoosten
• Vít Lederer
• Miroslav Lhotský
• Hannu Sormunen
• Sakari Suominen
• Lukas Kohlmüller
• Gleb Lazarev
• Alexander Otmakhov
• Nicolas Fluri
• Roman Kaderli
• Jimmy Dahmen
• Henrik Pihlblad
• Fraser McIntyre
• 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

Game reference
				Referees: Mark Lemelin Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Sakari Suominen
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	40	Shots	18

2/15/2018 21:10

Switzerland

1–5 (0–2, 0–2, 1–1)

Canada

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 2,802

Game reference
				Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Alexander Otmakhov
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	29	Shots	28

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

Game reference
				Referees: Roman Gofman Anssi Salonen Linesmen: Gleb Lazarov Judson Ritter
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	21

2/17/2018 16:40

South Korea

0–8 (0–1, 0–2, 0–5)

Switzerland

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 6,568

Game reference
				Referees: Jan Hribik Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Fraser McIntyre
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	34

2/18/2018 16:40

Czech Republic

4–1 (1–1, 0–0, 3–0)

Switzerland

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 6,137

Game reference
				Referees: Brett Iverson Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Judson Ritter Nathan Vanoosten
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	28	Shots	29

2/18/2018 21:10

Canada

4–0 (1–0, 1–0, 2–0)

South Korea

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 6,038

Game reference
				Referees: Jozef Kubuš Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Vít Lederer
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	49	Shots	19

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	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)

Olympic Athletes from Russia

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 4,025

Game reference
				Referees: Brett Iverson Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Vít Lederer Nathan Vanoosten
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	19	Shots	22

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

Game reference
				Referees: Jan Hribik Anssi Salonen Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Lukas Kohlmüller
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	36	Shots	25

2/16/2018 12:10

United States

2–1 (1–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 5,652

Game reference
				Referees: Olivier Gouin Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Alexander Otmakhov
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	22

2/16/2018 16:40

Olympic Athletes from Russia

8–2 (2–0, 4–1, 2–1)

Slovenia

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 6,018

Game reference
				Referees: Mark Lemelin Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Lukas Kohlmüller Hannu Sormunen
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	15

2/17/2018 21:10

Olympic Athletes from Russia

4–0 (1–0, 2–0, 1–0)

United States

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 6,473

Game reference
				Referees: Jozef Kubuš Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Vít Lederer Nicolas Fluri
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	29

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

Game reference
				Timothy Mayer Linesmen: Hannu Sormunen Sakari Suominen
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	25

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

Game reference
				Referees: Oliver Gouin Jozef Kubuš Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Miroslav Lhotský
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	20	Shots	24

2/15/2018 16:40

Norway

0–4 (0–2, 0–0, 0–2)

Sweden

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,961

Game reference
				Referees: Roman Gofman Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Judson Ritter
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	17	Shots	27

2/16/2018 21:10

Finland

5–1 (1–1, 1–0, 3–0)

Norway

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 4,180

Game reference
				Referees: Jan Hribik Brett Iverson Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Fraser McIntyre
	8 min	Penalties	12 min
	30	Shots	22

2/16/2018 21:10

Sweden

1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Germany

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,077

Game reference
				Referees: Timothy Mayer Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Nathan Vanoosten
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	26	Shots	28

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

Game reference
				Referees: Mark Lemelin Anssi Salonen Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Alexander Otmakhov
	10 min	Penalties	55 min
	38	Shots	29

2/18/2018 21:10

Sweden

3–1 (1–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Finland

Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 3,861

Game reference
				Referees: Oliver Gouin Antonín Jeřábek Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Lukas Kohlmüller
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	23	Shots	19

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:

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
01 !1D	Sweden	C	1	3	9	+7	8	3
02 !2D	Czech Republic	A	1	3	8	+5	9	6
03 !3D	Olympic Athletes from Russia	B	1	3	6	+9	14	2
04 !4D	Canada	A	2	3	7	+7	11	1
05 !5D	Finland	C	2	3	6	+5	11	4
06 !6D	Slovenia	B	2	3	4	−4	8	15
07 !7D	United States	B	3	3	4	−4	4	5
08 !8D	Switzerland	A	3	3	3	+1	10	7
09 !9D	Germany	C	3	3	2	−3	4	8
10 !10D	Slovakia	B	4	3	4	−1	6	11
11 !11D	Norway	C	4	3	1	−9	2	9
12 !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

Game reference
				Referees: Aleksi Rantala Anssi Salonen Linesmen: Henrik Pihlblad Sakari Suominen
	8 min	Penalties	33 min
	33	Shots	23

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

Game reference
				Referees: Daniel Stricker Tobias Wehrli Linesmen: Vít Lederer Miroslav Lhotský
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	26

2/20/2018 21:10

Finland

5–2 (1–0, 2–2, 2–0)

South Korea

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 5,409

Game reference
				Referees: Roman Gofman Timothy Mayer Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Gleb Lazarev
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	19

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

Game reference
				Referees: Jan Hribik Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Hannu Sormunen
	29 min	Penalties	12 min
	21	Shots	25

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

Game reference
				Referees: Oliver Gouin Linus Öhlund Linesmen: Roman Kaderli Hannu Sormunen
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	20

2/21/2018 16:40

Olympic Athletes from Russia

6–1 (3–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Norway

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 3,553

Game reference
				Referees: Jan Hribik Timothy Mayer Linesmen: Lukas Kohlmüller Judson Ritter
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	14

2/21/2018 21:10

Canada

1–0 (0–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Finland

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 2,265

Game reference
				Referees: Antonín Jeřábek Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Henrik Pihlblad
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	30	Shots	21

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

Game reference
				Referees: Mark Lemelin Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Miroslav Lhotský Nathan Vanoosten
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	25

Semifinals

2/23/2018 16:40

Czech Republic

0–3 (0–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Olympic Athletes from Russia

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 4,330

Game reference
				Referees: Brett Iverson Mark Lemelin Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Sakari Suominen
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	31	Shots	22

2/23/2018 21:10

Canada

3–4 (0–1, 1–3, 2–0)

Germany

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Pyeongchang Attendance: 4,057

Game reference
				Referees: Jozef Kubuš Timothy Mayer Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Alexander Otmakhov
	35 min	Penalties	16 min
	31	Shots	15

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

Game reference
				Referees: Timothy Mayer Konstantin Olenin Linesmen: Fraser McIntyre Alexander Otmakhov
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	26

Gold medal game

2/25/2018 13:10

1 ! Olympic Athletes from Russia

4–3 OT (1–0, 0–1, 2–2) (OT 1–0)

Germany 1 !

Gangneung Hockey Centre, Gangneung Attendance: 5,075

Game reference
				Referees: Mark Lemelin Aleksi Rantala Linesmen: Jimmy Dahmen Sakari Suominen
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	25

External links

• Official IIHF website

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