Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

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Qualification for the men's tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics was 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.[1]

Qualified teams[]

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
2012 IIHF World Ranking[a] 6 April 2009 – 20 May 2012 Finland Helsinki and
Sweden Stockholm[b]
9[1]  Russia
 Finland
 Czech Republic
 Sweden
 Canada
 Slovakia
 United States
 Norway
  Switzerland
Final qualification tournament 7–10 February 2013 Germany Bietigheim-Bissingen 1  Austria
Final qualification tournament 7–10 February 2013 Latvia Riga 1  Latvia
Final qualification tournament 7–10 February 2013 Denmark Vojens 1  Slovenia
TOTAL 12
Notes
  1. b Helsinki and Stockholm were sites for 2012 World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking were finalized with regards to the qualification slots.

Direct qualification[]

To qualify directly, a nation had to be ranked in the top nine following the 2012 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.[2] 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. To qualify directly, a nation had to be ranked in the top nine following the 2012 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.[2] 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 directly to Olympic Tournament
Final qualification
Pre-qualification
Preliminary qualification
Rank Team WC 2012
(100%)
WC 2011
(75%)
WC 2010
(50%)
OLY 2010
(50%)
WC 2009
(25%)
Total
1  Russia 1200 1100 1160 1040 1200 3425
2  Finland 1100 1200 1040 1120 1060 3345
3  Czech Republic 1120 1120 1200 1020 1040 3330
4  Sweden 1040 1160 1120 1060 1120 3280
5  Canada 1060 1060 1020 1200 1160 3255
6  Slovakia 1160 940 900 1100 940 3100
7  United States 1020 1000 880 1160 1100 3065
8  Norway 1000 1040 960 940 920 2960
9   Switzerland 920 960 1060 1000 960 2910
10  Germany 900 1020 1100 920 840 2885
11  Latvia 940 880 920 900 1020 2765
12  Denmark 880 920 1000 840 880 2710
13  Belarus 860 860 940 960 1000 2705
14  France 960 900 860 740 900 2660
15  Austria 780 840 800 880 860 2465
16  Italy 840 780 840 800 780 2440
17  Kazakhstan 820 800 820 820 800 2440
18  Slovenia 800 820 780 760 760 2375
19  Hungary 760 760 740 720 820 2265
20  Ukraine 700 720 760 860 740 2235
21  Great Britain 720 740 680 640 700 2110
22  Japan 740 580 720 780 720 2105
23  Poland 660 680 700 660 680 2020
24  Netherlands 640 660 660 600 640 1925
25  Lithuania 600 640 620 700 660 1905
26  Estonia 560 600 560 680 520 1760
27  Romania 620 560 520 560 580 1725
28  South Korea 680 700 640 560 1665
29  Spain 540 620 540 540 480 1665
30  Croatia 520 520 580 620 620 1665
31  Serbia 480 480 600 580 540 1565
32  Australia 580 540 500 600 1385
33  Bulgaria 400 380 440 520 420 1270
34  Mexico 380 400 400 500 400 1230
35  Iceland 500 460 460 440 1185
36  Belgium 440 440 480 500 1135
37  New Zealand 460 500 420 320 1125
38  China 420 420 380 460 1040
39  Turkey 320 280 340 480 300 1015
40  Israel 360 320 360 380 875
41  South Africa 340 300 260 340 780
42  Ireland 260 340 320 240 735
43  Luxembourg 280 260 240 280 665
44  Greece 240 240 280 260 625
45  North Korea 300 300 360 540
46  Mongolia 220 200 220 375
47  United Arab Emirates 220 110

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)
 IsraelDom Sportova
Attendance: 50
17 September 2012
20:15
Mexico 2–9
(1–4, 0–1, 1–4)
 CroatiaDom Sportova
Attendance: 500
18 September 2012
16:30
Serbia 3–5
(1–1, 1–2, 1–2)
 MexicoDom Sportova
Attendance: 50
18 September 2012
20:15
Croatia 15–2
(5–0, 4–0, 6–2)
 IsraelDom Sportova
Attendance: 150
19 September 2012
16:30
Israel 2–7
(0–1, 0–5, 2–1)
 MexicoDom Sportova
Attendance: 50
19 September 2012
20:15
Croatia 6–2
(3–0, 2–2, 1–0)
 SerbiaDom Sportova
Attendance: 1,500

Olympic pre-qualification[]

Three round robins were played from 8–11 November 2012. They were played in Budapest, Kyiv and Nikko. 21st ranked Great Britain had the option to host group J, but passed on the right to the next highest-ranked nation.[3] 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)
 CroatiaLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Attendance: 460
9 November 2012
19:00
Lithuania 1–5
(0–2, 1–3, 0–0)
 HungaryLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Attendance: 4,350
10 November 2012
14:00
Netherlands 9–2
(1–1, 6–1, 2–0)
 LithuaniaLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Attendance: 500
10 November 2012
17:30
Hungary 13–0
(6–0, 3–0, 4–0)
 CroatiaLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Attendance: 6,215
11 November 2012
14:00
Croatia 1–3
(1–2, 0–0, 0–1)
 LithuaniaLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Attendance: 560
11 November 2012
17:30
Hungary 6–7 GWS
(1–3, 3–1, 2–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 NetherlandsLászló Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Attendance: 6,125

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)
 EstoniaPalace of Sports
Attendance: 1,011
8 November 2012
20:00
Ukraine 7–0
(2–0, 5–0, 0–0)
 SpainPalace of Sports
Attendance: 5,217
9 November 2012
16:00
Poland 5–0
(1–0, 0–0, 4–0)
 SpainPalace of Sports
Attendance: 521
9 November 2012
20:00
Estonia 0–10
(0–4, 0–4, 0–2)
 UkrainePalace of Sports
Attendance: 5,521
11 November 2012
16:00
Spain 5–4
(2–0, 1–1, 2–3)
 EstoniaPalace of Sports
Attendance: 658
11 November 2012
20:00
Ukraine 5–1
(1–1, 2–0, 2–0)
 PolandPalace of Sports
Attendance: 6,026

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 GWS
(3–1, 1–2, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 South KoreaNikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena
Attendance: 592
9 November 2012
18:00
Japan 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
 RomaniaNikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena
Attendance: 956
10 November 2012
14:00
Romania 0–3
(0–2, 0–0, 0–1)
 Great BritainNikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,143
10 November 2012
18:00
Japan 3–2 OT
(1–0, 1–1, 0–1)
(OT: 1–0)
 South KoreaNikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,762
11 November 2012
14:00
South Korea 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
 RomaniaNikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,075
11 November 2012
18:00
Great Britain 2–1
(2–0, 0–0, 0–1)
 JapanNikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,738

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
Attendance: 3,100
7 February 2013
19:30
Germany 5–1
(2–0, 1–1, 2–0)
 Netherlands
Attendance: 3,780
8 February 2013
16:00
Austria 6–1
(5–0, 1–0, 0–1)
 Netherlands
Attendance: 4,150
8 February 2013
19:30
Italy 2–1 OT
(1–1, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT 1–0)
 Germany
Attendance: 4,517
10 February 2013
11:45
Netherlands 1–4
(0–1, 1–2, 0–1)
 Italy
Attendance: 4,517
10 February 2013
15:15
Germany 3–2 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)
(OT 1–0)
 Austria
Attendance: 4,517

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)
 KazakhstanArena Riga
Attendance: 852
7 February 2013
19:30
Latvia 6–2
(2–1, 1–0, 3–1)
 Great BritainArena Riga
Attendance: 5,058
8 February 2013
15:30
France 4–2
(1–0, 2–0, 1–2)
 Great BritainArena Riga
Attendance: 922
8 February 2013
19:30
Kazakhstan 2–3
(1–2, 1–0, 0–1)
 LatviaArena Riga
Attendance: 10,025
10 February 2013
13:00
Great Britain 0–6
(0–2, 0–4, 0–0)
 KazakhstanArena Riga
Attendance: 875
10 February 2013
17:00
Latvia 2–3 OT
(0–2, 1–0, 1–0)
(OT 0–1)
 FranceArena Riga
Attendance: 10,190

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)
 SloveniaSE Arena
Attendance: 408
7 February 2013
20:00
Denmark 2–0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0)
 UkraineSE Arena
Attendance: 4,121
8 February 2013
17:00
Belarus 6–0
(1–0, 2–0, 3–0)
 UkraineSE Arena
Attendance: 631
8 February 2013
21:00
Slovenia 2–1
(0–0, 2–1, 0–0)
 DenmarkSE Arena
Attendance: 5,000
10 February 2013
14:00
Ukraine 1–6
(0–4, 0–1, 1–1)
 SloveniaSE Arena
Attendance: 545
10 February 2013
18:00
Denmark 2–3
(0–0, 2–2, 0–1)
 BelarusSE Arena
Attendance: 3,988

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d IIHF: Big ice in Sochi 2014 Archived 7 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Official explanation of ranking procedures
  3. ^ Qualification process Archived 7 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine

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