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

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

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
2012 IIHF World Ranking6 April 2009 – 20 May 2012 Helsinki and
Stockholm		9








Final qualification tournament7–10 February 2013 Bietigheim-Bissingen1
Final qualification tournament7–10 February 2013 Riga1
Final qualification tournament7–10 February 2013 Vojens1
TOTAL 12
Notes

Direct qualification

To qualify directly, a nation had to be ranked in the top nine following the 2012 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. 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. 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.

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"Qualified directly to Olympic Tournament
width=10px bgcolor="#ccccff"Final qualification
width=10px bgcolor="#fffacd"Pre-qualification
width=10px bgcolor="#ffcccc"Preliminary qualification
Rankwidth=165TeamWC 2012
(100%)		WC 2011
(75%)		WC 2010
(50%)		OLY 2010
(50%)		WC 2009
(25%)		Total
1 120011001160104012003425
2 110012001040112010603345
3 112011201200102010403330
4 104011601120106011203280
5 106010601020120011603255
6 116094090011009403100
7 10201000880116011003065
8 100010409609409202960
9 920960106010009602910
10 900102011009208402885
11 94088092090010202765
12 88092010008408802710
13 86086094096010002705
14 9609008607409002660
15 7808408008808602465
16 8407808408007802440
17 8208008208208002440
18 8008207807607602375
19 7607607407208202265
20 7007207608607402235
21 7207406806407002110
22 7405807207807202105
23 6606807006606802020
24 6406606606006401925
25 6006406207006601905
26 5606005606805201760
27 6205605205605801725
28 6807006405601665
29 5406205405404801665
30 5205205806206201665
31 4804806005805401565
32 5805405006001385
33 4003804405204201270
34 3804004005004001230
35 5004604604401185
36 4404404805001135
37 4605004203201125
38 4204203804601040
39 3202803404803001015
40 360320360380875
41 340300260340780
42 260340320240735
43 280260240280665
44 240240280260625
45 300300360540
46 220200220375
47 220110

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

width=165Teamwidth=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40
3 3 0 0 0 30 6 +24 9
3 2 0 0 1 14 14 0 6
3 1 0 0 2 12 12 0 3
3 0 0 0 3 5 29 −24 0
    Team advanced to Olympic pre-qualification
All times are local (UTC+2).

Olympic pre-qualification

Three round robins were played from 8–11 November 2012. They were played in Budapest, Kyiv and Nikkō. 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

width=165Teamwidth=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40
3 2 1 0 0 24 10 +14 8
3 2 0 1 0 25 9 +16 7
3 1 0 0 2 6 15 −9 3
3 0 0 0 3 3 24 −21 0

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group H

width=165Teamwidth=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40
3 3 0 0 0 22 1 +21 9
3 2 0 0 1 14 5 +9 6
3 1 0 0 2 5 16 −11 3
3 0 0 0 3 4 23 −19 0

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group J

width=165Teamwidth=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40
3 2 0 1 0 9 6 +3 7
3 1 1 1 0 9 7 +2 6
3 1 1 0 1 6 4 +2 5
3 0 0 0 3 0 7 −7 0

All times are local (UTC+9).

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

width=165Teamwidth=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40
3 2 0 1 0 11 6 +5 7
3 1 1 1 0 9 5 +4 6
3 1 1 0 1 8 5 +3 5
3 0 0 0 3 3 15 −12 0

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group E

width=165Teamwidth=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40
3 2 0 1 0 11 7 +4 7
3 2 0 0 1 11 5 +6 6
3 1 1 0 1 9 7 +2 5
3 0 0 0 3 4 16 −12 0

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group F

width=165Teamwidth=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40width=40
3 3 0 0 0 12 4 +8 9
3 2 0 0 1 11 6 +5 6
3 1 0 0 2 5 5 0 3
3 0 0 0 3 1 14 −13 0

All times are local (UTC+1).

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/browse/5/article/big-ice-in-sochi-2014.html?tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=187&cHash=93ad943774 IIHF: Big ice in Sochi 2014
  2. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-ranking.html Official explanation of ranking procedures
  3. http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/olympics.html Qualification process

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