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 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,
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
Finland Helsinki and
Sweden Stockholm^
9[1]  Canada
 Czech Republic
 Finland
 Norway
 Russia
 Slovakia
 Sweden
  Switzerland
 United States
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

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

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.[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)
 Croatia László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Attendance: 460
9 November 2012
19:00
Lithuania  1–5
(0–2, 1–3, 0–0)
 Hungary László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Attendance: 4,350
10 November 2012
14:00
Netherlands  9–2
(1–1, 6–1, 2–0)
 Lithuania László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Attendance: 500
10 November 2012
17:30
Hungary  13–0
(6–0, 3–0, 4–0)
 Croatia László Papp Budapest Sports Arena
Attendance: 6,215
11 November 2012
14:00
Croatia  1–3
(1–2, 0–0, 0–1)
 Lithuania László 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)
 Netherlands László 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)
 Estonia Palace of Sports
Attendance: 1,011
8 November 2012
20:00
Ukraine  7–0
(2–0, 5–0, 0–0)
 Spain Palace of Sports
Attendance: 5,217
9 November 2012
16:00
Poland  5–0
(1–0, 0–0, 4–0)
 Spain Palace of Sports
Attendance: 521
9 November 2012
20:00
Estonia  0–10
(0–4, 0–4, 0–2)
 Ukraine Palace of Sports
Attendance: 5,521
11 November 2012
16:00
Spain  5–4
(2–0, 1–1, 2–3)
 Estonia Palace of Sports
Attendance: 658
11 November 2012
20:00
Ukraine  5–1
(1–1, 2–0, 2–0)
 Poland Palace 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 Korea Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena
Attendance: 592
9 November 2012
18:00
Japan  2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
 Romania Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena
Attendance: 956
10 November 2012
14:00
Romania  0–3
(0–2, 0–0, 0–1)
 Great Britain Nikkō 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 Korea Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,762
11 November 2012
14:00
South Korea  2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
 Romania Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena
Attendance: 1,075
11 November 2012
18:00
Great Britain  2–1
(2–0, 0–0, 0–1)
 Japan Nikkō 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 Eisarena Ellental
Attendance: 3,100
7 February 2013
19:30
Germany  5–1
(2–0, 1–1, 2–0)
 Netherlands Eisarena Ellental
Attendance: 3,780
8 February 2013
16:00
Austria  6–1
(5–0, 1–0, 0–1)
 Netherlands Eisarena Ellental
Attendance: 4,150
8 February 2013
19:30
Italy  2–1 OT
(1–1, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT 1–0)
 Germany Eisarena Ellental
Attendance: 4,517
10 February 2013
11:45
Netherlands  1–4
(0–1, 1–2, 0–1)
 Italy Eisarena Ellental
Attendance: 4,517
10 February 2013
15:15
Germany  3–2 OT
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)
(OT 1–0)
 Austria Eisarena Ellental
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)
 Kazakhstan Arena Riga
Attendance: 852
7 February 2013
19:30
Latvia  6–2
(2–1, 1–0, 3–1)
 Great Britain Arena Riga
Attendance: 5,058
8 February 2013
15:30
France  4–2
(1–0, 2–0, 1–2)
 Great Britain Arena Riga
Attendance: 922
8 February 2013
19:30
Kazakhstan  2–3
(1–2, 1–0, 0–1)
 Latvia Arena Riga
Attendance: 10,025
10 February 2013
13:00
Great Britain  0–6
(0–2, 0–4, 0–0)
 Kazakhstan Arena Riga
Attendance: 875
10 February 2013
17:00
Latvia  2–3 OT
(0–2, 1–0, 1–0)
(OT 0–1)
 France Arena 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)
 Slovenia SE Arena
Attendance: 408
7 February 2013
20:00
Denmark  2–0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0)
 Ukraine SE Arena
Attendance: 4,121
8 February 2013
17:00
Belarus  6–0
(1–0, 2–0, 3–0)
 Ukraine SE Arena
Attendance: 631
8 February 2013
21:00
Slovenia  2–1
(0–0, 2–1, 0–0)
 Denmark SE Arena
Attendance: 5,000
10 February 2013
14:00
Ukraine  1–6
(0–4, 0–1, 1–1)
 Slovenia SE Arena
Attendance: 545
10 February 2013
18:00
Denmark  2–3
(0–0, 2–2, 0–1)
 Belarus SE Arena
Attendance: 3,988

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