2018 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

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Qualification for the men's tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics was determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the 2015 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 had an opportunity to qualify for the remaining three spots in the Olympics.[1] This was the fourth time world rankings were used but the first time that the championships three years prior was used as the final determination.

Qualified teams

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Hosts 19 September 2014[2] Flag of Spain Tenerife 1  South Korea
2015 IIHF World Rankinga 2 April 2012 – 17 May 2015 Flag of the Czech Republic Prague and Ostravab 8[1]  Canada
 Russiac
 Sweden
 Finland
 United States
 Czech Republic
 Switzerland
 Slovakia
Final qualification tournament 1–4 September 2016 Flag of Belarus Minsk 1  Slovenia
Final qualification tournament 1–4 September 2016 Flag of Latvia Riga 1  Germany
Final qualification tournament 1–4 September 2016 Flag of Norway Oslo 1  Norway
Total 12
Notes

a 2015 IIHF World Ranking were comprising the following events: 2012 World Championship, 2013 World Championship, 2014 Winter Olympic Games, 2014 World Championship and 2015 World Championship. b Prague and Ostrava were the sites for 2015 IIHF World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking were finalized with regards to the qualification slots. c In December 2017, the IOC suspended Russia from competing at the Winter Olympics as part of its sanctions following state-sponsored doping allegations. Russian athletes deemed clean were permitted to compete as Olympic Athletes from Russia.[3]

Qualification seeding

To qualify directly, a nation had to be ranked in the top eight following the 2015 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. Teams that wished to compete had to apply in April 2015. The following is a ranking based on points already accumulated toward Olympic qualification of all countries participating in 2015.

Points were earned based on overall finish in 2015:

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 preliminary round 2
     Entered qualifying in the preliminary round 1
Qualifying seed Team WC 2015 WC 2014 OLY 2014 WC 2013 WC 2012 Total
1  Canada 1200 795 900 530 265 3690
2  Russia 1160 900 795 520 300 3675
3  Sweden 1060 840 870 600 260 3630
4  Finland 1040 870 840 550 275 3575
5  United States 1120 780 825 560 255 3540
6  Czech Republic 1100 825 780 510 280 3495
7  Switzerland 1000 705 720 580 230 3235
8  Slovakia 960 720 690 500 290 3160
9  Belarus 1020 765 645 430 215 3075
10  Latvia 880 690 750 460 235 3015
11  Norway 920 675 675 470 250 2990
12  France 900 750 600 440 240 2930
13  Germany 940 645 630 480 225 2920
14  Slovenia 820 600 765 410 200 2795
15  Denmark 860 660 585 450 220 2775
16  Austria 840 585 705 420 195 2745
17  Kazakhstan 800 615 660 400 205 2680
18  Italy 720 630 615 390 210 2565
19  Hungary 780 540 525 380 190 2415
20  Japan 740 570 480 370 185 2345
21  Ukraine 700 555 540 340 175 2310
22  Poland 760 510 510 330 165 2275
Hosts  South Korea 680 525 495 360 170 2230
23  Great Britain 660 465 570 350 180 2225
24  Netherlands 580 450 555 320 160 2065
25  Lithuania 640 480 465 300 150 2035
26  Croatia 620 495 405 280 130 1930
27  Romania 560 435 435 310 155 1895
28  Estonia 600 420 420 290 140 1870
29  Serbia 520 390 375 240 120 1645
30  Spain 500 330 450 230 135 1645
31  Mexico 400 315 390 200 95 1400
32  Israel 360 345 360 220 90 1375
 Belgium 540 360 0 270 110 1280
33  Iceland 480 405 0 260 125 1270
 Australia 460 375 0 250 145 1230
 New Zealand 420 300 0 210 115 1045
34  China 440 285 0 190 105 1020
35  Bulgaria 380 240 0 170 100 890
 South Africa 340 270 0 160 85 855
 Turkey 300 255 0 180 80 815
 North Korea 320 225 0 150 75 770
 Luxembourg 280 210 0 140 70 700
 United Arab Emirates 220 180 0 110 0 510
36  Georgia 240 165 0 90 0 495
 Hong Kong 260 195 0 0 0 455
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 200 0 0 0 0 200
  • Three nations were not listed who have achieved ranking points but were not participating in IIHF tournaments: Ireland, Greece, and Mongolia.
  • Nations with no seeding chose not to participate in Olympic qualifying.

Preliminary round 1

The two lowest ranked participants played off for the right to compete in this round on 10 October 2015, in Sofia, Bulgaria. The round itself was played from 5 to 8 November 2015. The winner of each group advanced to the pre-qualification tournaments as qualifiers seven and eight ranked according their seeding.[4]

Playoff game

10 October 2015
19:30 		Bulgaria  9–1
(2–1, 3–0, 4–0) 		 Georgia Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Attendance: 581

Group K

Games were played at Tallinn, Estonia.[5]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Estonia (H) 3 3 0 0 0 58 4 54 9 Pre-qualification
2  Mexico 3 2 0 0 1 16 15 1 6
3  Israel 3 1 0 0 2 6 26 −20 3
4  Bulgaria 3 0 0 0 3 4 39 −35 0
5 November 2015
15:00 		Mexico  8–2
(1–0, 3–2, 4–0) 		 Bulgaria Tallinn Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 238
5 November 2015
19:00 		Israel  1–19
(0–6, 0–5, 1–8) 		 Estonia Tallinn Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 850
6 November 2015
15:00 		Mexico  5–0
(2–0, 1–0, 2–0) 		 Israel Tallinn Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 237
6 November 2015
19:00 		Estonia  26–0
(10–0, 8–0, 8–0) 		 Bulgaria Tallinn Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 647
8 November 2015
13:00 		Bulgaria  2–5
(1–0, 0–1, 1–4) 		 Israel Tallinn Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 205
8 November 2015
17:00 		Estonia  13–3
(3–1, 3–2, 7–0) 		 Mexico Tallinn Arena, Tallinn
Attendance: 1,150

Group L

Games were played in Valdemoro, Spain.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Serbia 3 2 1 0 0 15 8 7 8 Pre-qualification
2  Spain (H) 3 2 0 0 1 18 9 9 6
3  Iceland 3 1 0 1 1 18 13 5 4
4  China 3 0 0 0 3 5 26 −21 0
6 November 2015
16:00 		Iceland  4–5 GWS
(2–2, 0–1, 2–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1) 		 Serbia Francisco Fernández Ochoa Arena, Valdemoro
Attendance: 125
6 November 2015
19:30 		Spain  10–1
(2–0, 6–1, 2–0) 		 China Francisco Fernández Ochoa Arena, Valdemoro
Attendance: 750
7 November 2015
16:00 		Serbia  5–1
(4–0, 1–1, 0–0) 		 China Francisco Fernández Ochoa Arena, Valdemoro
Attendance: 120
7 November 2015
19:30 		Spain  5–3
(2–1, 2–1, 1–1) 		 Iceland Francisco Fernández Ochoa Arena, Valdemoro
Attendance: 850
8 November 2015
16:00 		China  3–11
(0–7, 1–2, 2–2) 		 Iceland Francisco Fernández Ochoa Arena, Valdemoro
Attendance: 150
8 November 2015
20:00 		Serbia  5–3
(0–2, 2–0, 3–1) 		 Spain Francisco Fernández Ochoa Arena, Valdemoro
Attendance: 950

Preliminary round 2

Three round robins were played from 11 to 14 February 2016. The teams seeded 18th, 19th, and 20th reserved the right to host these tournaments. The winners of each advanced to the final qualification tournaments as qualifiers four, five, and six, ranked according to their seeding.

Group G

Games were played at Cortina, Italy.[5]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy (H) 3 3 0 0 0 18 4 14 9 Final qualification
2  Great Britain 3 2 0 0 1 14 13 1 6
3  Netherlands 3 1 0 0 2 14 13 1 3
4  Serbia 3 0 0 0 3 5 21 −16 0
11 February 2016
17:00 		Great Britain  6–5
(2–1, 2–2, 2–2) 		 Netherlands Stadio Olympica, Cortina d'Ampezzo
Attendance: 302
11 February 2016
20:45 		Italy  8–0
(3–0, 3–0, 2–0) 		 Serbia Stadio Olympica, Cortina d'Ampezzo
Attendance: 814
13 February 2016
17:00 		Great Britain  6–2
(2–1, 2–1, 2–0) 		 Serbia Stadio Olympica, Cortina d'Ampezzo
Attendance: 489
13 February 2016
20:45 		Netherlands  2–4
(1–2, 1–1, 0–1) 		 Italy Stadio Olympica, Cortina d'Ampezzo
Attendance: 862
14 February 2016
17:00 		Serbia  3–7
(0–2, 2–2, 1–3) 		 Netherlands Stadio Olympica, Cortina d'Ampezzo
Attendance: 428
14 February 2016
20:45 		Italy  6–2
(3–0, 1–1, 2–1) 		 Great Britain Stadio Olympica, Cortina d'Ampezzo
Attendance: 781

Group H

Games were played at the László Papp Budapest Sports Arena at Budapest, Hungary.[6]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Poland 3 2 1 0 0 16 3 13 8 Final qualification
2  Hungary (H) 3 2 0 1 0 11 2 9 7
3  Estonia 3 1 0 0 2 7 14 −7 3
4  Lithuania 3 0 0 0 3 2 17 −15 0
11 February 2016
16:00 		Poland  6–2
(3–0, 2–1, 1–1) 		 Estonia László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 858
11 February 2016
19:30 		Lithuania  0–4
(0–1, 0–1, 0–2) 		 Hungary László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 7,110
12 February 2016
14:30 		Poland  9–1
(2–0, 5–0, 2–1) 		 Lithuania László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 640
12 February 2016
18:00 		Hungary  7–1
(2–0, 2–1, 3–0) 		 Estonia László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 8,100
14 February 2016
14:30 		Estonia  4–1
(3–1, 0–0, 1–0) 		 Lithuania László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 950
14 February 2016
18:00 		Hungary  0–1 GWS
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1) 		 Poland László Papp Budapest Sports Arena, Budapest
Attendance: 9,000

Group J

Games were played in Sapporo, Japan.[7]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Japan (H) 3 3 0 0 0 12 1 11 9 Final qualification
2  Ukraine 3 2 0 0 1 10 2 8 6
3  Croatia 3 1 0 0 2 4 10 −6 3
4  Romania 3 0 0 0 3 1 14 −13 0
11 February 2016
14:30 		Ukraine  3–0
(0–0, 2–0, 1–0) 		 Romania Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 1,020
11 February 2016
18:00 		Croatia  0–3
(0–0, 0–1, 0–2) 		 Japan Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 1,828
13 February 2016
14:30 		Ukraine  6–0
(3–0, 1–0, 2–0) 		 Croatia Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 1,227
13 February 2016
18:00 		Japan  7–0
(0–0, 5–0, 2–0) 		 Romania Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 2,265
14 February 2016
14:30 		Romania  1–4
(0–1, 1–2, 0–1) 		 Croatia Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 1,003
14 February 2016
18:00 		Japan  2–1
  Ukraine Tsukisamu Gymnasium, Sapporo
Attendance: 2,000

Final qualification

Three round robins were played from 1 to 4 September 2016. The teams seeded 9th, 10th, and 11th reserved the right to host these tournaments. The top two seeded group winners qualified for the Olympic tournament Group C, and the third seeded group winner qualified for Group B.

Group D

Games were played in Minsk, Belarus.[8]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovenia 3 2 1 0 0 12 3 9 8 2018 Winter Olympics
2  Belarus (H) 3 2 0 1 0 12 8 4 7
3  Denmark 3 1 0 0 2 7 10 −3 3
4  Poland 3 0 0 0 3 6 16 −10 0
1 September 2016
15:00 		Slovenia  6–1
(2–0, 3–0, 1–1) 		 Poland Minsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 1,800
1 September 2016
19:00 		Denmark  2–5
(1–2, 0–0, 1–3) 		 Belarus Minsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 15,086
2 September 2016
15:00 		Slovenia  3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0) 		 Denmark Minsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 2,090
2 September 2016
19:00 		Belarus  5–3
(4–2, 1–0, 0–1) 		 Poland Minsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 10,820
4 September 2016
13:00 		Poland  2–5
(1–1, 0–2, 1–2) 		 Denmark Minsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 2,390
4 September 2016
17:00 		Belarus  2–3 GWS
(0–0, 1–2, 1–0)
OT (0–0)
SO (0–1) 		 Slovenia Minsk-Arena, Minsk
Attendance: 15,086

Group E

Games were played in Riga, Latvia.[9]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 3 0 0 0 14 2 12 9 2018 Winter Olympics
2  Latvia (H) 3 2 0 0 1 13 5 8 6
3  Austria 3 1 0 0 2 4 14 −10 3
4  Japan 3 0 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
1 September 2016
15:30 		Germany  5–0
(2–0, 3–0, 0–0) 		 Japan Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 979
1 September 2016
19:30 		Austria  1–8
(1–2, 0–3, 0–3) 		 Latvia Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 4,210
2 September 2016
15:30 		Germany  6–0
(1–0, 2–0, 3–0) 		 Austria Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 1,062
2 September 2016
19:30 		Latvia  3–1
(0–0, 1–0, 2–1) 		 Japan Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 3,851
4 September 2016
14:00 		Japan  0–3
(0–1, 0–0, 0–2) 		 Austria Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 727
4 September 2016
18:00 		Latvia  2–3
(0–1, 1–1, 1–1) 		 Germany Arena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 10,035

Group F

Games were played in Oslo, Norway.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway (H) 3 2 0 1 0 9 6 3 7 2018 Winter Olympics
2  France 3 1 1 0 1 7 4 3 5
3  Kazakhstan 3 1 1 0 1 8 9 −1 5
4  Italy 3 0 0 1 2 4 9 −5 1
1 September 2016
16:00 		France  2–1 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT 1–0) 		 Italy Jordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 643
1 September 2016
20:00 		Kazakhstan  4–3 OT
(0–0, 3–1, 0–2)
(OT 1–0) 		 Norway Jordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 2,714
2 September 2016
16:00 		France  4–1
(2–1, 0–0, 2–0) 		 Kazakhstan Jordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 378
2 September 2016
20:00 		Norway  4–1
(2–0, 0–1, 2–0) 		 Italy Jordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 3,751
4 September 2016
11:30 		Italy  2–3
(1–1, 1–1, 0–1) 		 Kazakhstan Jordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 386
4 September 2016
15:00 		Norway  2–1
(0–0, 1–1, 1–0) 		 France Jordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 4,277

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "2018 Olympic Winter Games". IIHF.com. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/olympics/. 
  2. ↑ Steiss, Adam (19 September 2014). "Korea headed to the Olympics". IIHF.com. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=9122&cHash=2c97e4185e1bbeb22d592cba80b33af4. 
  3. ↑ Template:Cite press release
  4. ↑ "Olympic Qualification set". iihfworlds2015.com. 15 May 2015. http://www.iihfworlds2015.com/en/news/olympic-qualification-set/. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Katowice confirmed as host". IIHF.com. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=10020&cHash=b38afa580e26f159cbc23cf0a947a126. 
  6. ↑ "Budapest hosts in February". IIHF.com. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=9935&cHash=8da87a17490876310bbe95eb61ffee9d. 
  7. ↑ "Sapporo selected". IIHF.com. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=9906&cHash=46a7e01b26ff6bbc0aecbb9ce3b9114c. 
  8. ↑ "Minsk preparing for OQ". IIHF.com. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/olympics/news-singleview-olympics/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=10500&cHash=1a5f20d9783da65ce850a3f9b17588d6. 
  9. ↑ "Gegner am Weg zu Olympia 2018". eishockey.at. http://www.eishockey.at/nationalteams/news/datum/2016/02/17/gegner-am-weg-zu-olympia-2018/. 
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