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Qualification for the men's tournament at the [[2006 Winter Olympics]] was determined through the [[IIHF World Ranking]] following the [[2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships]]. The top eight teams in the World Ranking received automatic berths into the Olympics, Italy received a berth as the host, while all other teams had an opportunity to qualify for the remaining three spots in the Olympics through qualifying tournaments.

==Qualified teams==

{| class="wikitable" width=700
|-
!Event
!Date
!Location
!Vacancies
!Qualified
|-
|2004 [[IIHF World Ranking]], comprising the following events: [[2001 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2001 World Championship]] [[2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Winter Olympic Games]] [[2002 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2002 World Championship]] [[2003 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2003 World Championship]] [[2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2004 World Championship]]
|26 March 2001– 9 May 2004
|{{flagicon|CZE}} [[Prague]] and [[Ostrava]]^
|align=center|8
|{{ih|CAN}} {{ih|SWE}} {{ih|SVK}} {{ih|CZE}} {{ih|FIN}} {{ih|USA}} {{ih|RUS}} {{ih|GER}}
|-
|Final qualification tournament
|February 10–13, 2005
|{{flagicon|SWI}} [[Kloten]]
|align=center|1
|{{ih|SWI}}
|-
|Final qualification tournament
|February 10–13, 2005
|{{flagicon|LAT}} [[Riga]]
|align=center|1
|{{ih|LAT}}
|-
|Final qualification tournament
|February 10–13, 2005
|{{flagicon|AUT}}[[Klagenfurt]]
|align=center|1
|{{ih|KAZ}}
|-
|Host
|
|
|align=center|1
|{{ih|ITA}}
|-
! TOTAL !! colspan="2"| !! 12 !!
|}

^[[Prague]] and [[Ostrava]] are the sites for 2012 World Championship only, thus the site where qualification through the rankings is determined.

==Olympic pre-qualification tournaments==
Three round robins were played from November 11–14, 2004. The hosts were the nations ranked 18th, 20th, and 21st following the [[2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2004 World Championship]], 19th place being the Italian team who already qualified as hosts. The winners of each group advanced to the final qualification tournaments.
;Group D
Played in [[Briançon]], France.<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_05/output/ogqmd/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=1000000035 Group D official results]</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|T|Ties}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|DIF|Goal difference}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|PTS|Points}}
!rowspan=40|
! {{flagicon|FRA}}
! {{flagicon|ROM}}
! {{flagicon|EST}}
! {{flagicon|BUL}}
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|FRA}}
| 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 30 || 0 || +30 || '''6'''|| || 8-0||7-0 ||15-0
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|ROM}}
| 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 10 || 12 || -2 || '''4'''||0-8 || ||4-3 ||6-1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|EST}}
| 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 14 || 12 || +2 || '''2'''||0-7 ||3-4 || ||11-1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|BUL}}
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 32 || -30 || '''0'''||0-15 ||1-6 ||1-11 ||
|}

;Group E
Played in [[Nowy Targ]] [[Poland]].<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_05/output/ogqme/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=1000000036 Group E official results]</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|T|Ties}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|DIF|Goal difference}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|PTS|Points}}
!rowspan=40|
! {{flagicon|POL}}
! {{flagicon|NED}}
! {{flagicon|LIT}}
! {{flagicon|CRO}}
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|POL}}
| 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 18 || 1 || +17 || '''6'''|| ||5-0 ||6-1 ||7-0
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|NED}}
| 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 13 || 9 || +4 || '''4'''||0-5 || ||3-1 ||10-3
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|LIT}}
| 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 8 || 13 || -5 || '''2'''||1-6 ||1-3 || ||6-4
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|CRO}}
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 7 || 23 || -16 || '''0'''||0-7 ||3-10 ||4-6 ||
|}
;Group F
Played in [[Stavanger]] [[Norway]].<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_05/output/ogqmf/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=1000000037 Group F officialresults]</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|T|Ties}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|DIF|Goal difference}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|PTS|Points}}
!rowspan=40|
! {{flagicon|NOR}}
! {{flagicon|HUN}}
! {{flagicon|CHN}}
! {{flagicon|Serbia and Montenegro}}
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|NOR}}
| 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 40 || 5 || +35 || '''5'''|| ||3-3 ||16-2 ||21-0
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|HUN}}
| 3 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 20 || 6 || +14 || '''5'''||3-3 || ||4-3 ||13-0
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|CHN}}
| 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 8 || 22 || -14 || '''2'''||2-16 ||3-4 || ||3-2
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|Serbia and Montenegro}}
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 37 || -35 || '''0'''||0-21 ||0-13 ||2-3 ||
|}
*Great Britain (ranked 25th), and South Korea (ranked 30th), did not participate. Nations ranked 26th through 29th moved up one spot each with Croatia (31st) and Bulgaria (32nd) filling the final two spots.

==Final Qualification Tournaments==
Three round robins were played from February 10–13, 2005. The hosts were Nations ranked 9th, 10th, and 11th following the [[2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|2004 World Championship]]. The three group winners qualified for the Olympic tournament.
;Group A
Played in [[Kloten]] [[Switzerland]].<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_05/output/ogqma/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=1000000032 Group A official results]</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|T|Ties}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|DIF|Goal difference}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|PTS|Points}}
!rowspan=40|
! {{flagicon|SWI}}
! {{flagicon|NOR}}
! {{flagicon|DEN}}
! {{flagicon|JPN}}
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|SWI}}
| 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 12 || 4 || +8 || '''6'''|| ||3-1||4-2||5-1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|NOR}}
| 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 9 || 6 || +3 || '''4'''||1-3|| ||4-0||4-3
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|DEN}}
| 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 7 || 10 || -3 || '''2'''||2-4||0-4|| ||5-2
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|JPN}}
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 6 || 14 || -8 || '''0'''||1-5||3-4||2-5||
|}
;Group B
Played in [[Riga]] [[Latvia]].<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_05/output/ogqmb/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=1000000033 Group B official results]</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|T|Ties}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|DIF|Goal difference}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|PTS|Points}}
!rowspan=40|
! {{flagicon|LAT}}
! {{flagicon|BLR}}
! {{flagicon|SLO}}
! {{flagicon|POL}}
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|LAT}}
| 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 10 || 6 || +4 || '''6'''|| ||5-4||2-1||3-1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|BLR}}
| 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 14 || 9 || +5 || '''4'''||4-5|| ||7-2||3-2
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|SLO}}
| 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 7 || 12 || -5 || '''2'''||1-2||2-7|| ||4-3
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|POL}}
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 6 || 10 || -4 || '''0'''||1-3||2-3||3-4||
|}
;Group C
Played in [[Klagenfurt]] [[Austria]].<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_05/output/ogqmc/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=1000000034 Group C official results]</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|T|Ties}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|DIF|Goal difference}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|PTS|Points}}
!rowspan=40|
! {{flagicon|KAZ}}
! {{flagicon|AUT}}
! {{flagicon|FRA}}
! {{flagicon|UKR}}
|-bgcolor=ccffcc
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|KAZ}}
| 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 3 || 5 || -2 || '''4'''|| ||0-4||1-0||2-1
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|AUT}}
| 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 8 || 5 || +3 || '''3'''||4-0|| ||1-1||3-4
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|FRA}}
| 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 5 || 5 || 0 || '''3'''||0-1||1-1|| ||4-3
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ih|UKR}}
| 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 8 || 9 || -1 || '''2'''||1-2||4-3||3-4||
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/QualifJO2006.htm Results at Passion Hockey.com]
*[http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/history/past-tournaments/iihf-championships-2005.html Qualifier Results at IIHF.com]
*[http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/history/past-tournaments/iihf-championships-2003.html World Ice Hockey Championships 2003]
*[http://www.iihf.com/sk/iihf-home/history/past-tournaments/iihf-championships-2004.html World Ice Hockey Championships 2004]
*[http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/history/past-tournaments/iihf-championships-2001.html World Ice Hockey Championships 2001]
*[http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/history/past-tournaments/iihf-championships-2002.html World Ice Hockey Championships 2002]
*[http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0102/OGM/0102/pg000001.htm Official 2002 Olympic results]

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