Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

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

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified2004 IIHF World Ranking26 March 2001 – 9 May 2004 Prague and Ostrava8Final qualification tournament10–13 February 2005 Kloten1Final qualification tournament10–13 February 2005 Riga1Final qualification tournament10–13 February 2005 Klagenfurt1Host1 TOTAL 12

Notes

Qualification seeding Qualified directly to Olympic Tournament Final qualification tournament Pre-qualification tournament

Qualifying seedTeamWC 2004(100%)WC 2003(75%)WC 2002(50%)OLY 2002(50%)WC 2001(25%)Total 1 1200120010401200106034852 1160116011201060112034003 110011201200880102032354 1060110010601020120032255 1040106011001040116031956 112088010201160110031457 940102011601120104031058 960104010001000100029909 10001000940920960292010 1020960920960880290011 920940900900920275512 860900960940940272013 7808608001100860259014 900920780840700257515 840820820740820244016 800840880700800242017 880800720780720241018 8207807608607402400 760680840800900231519 720760860760780229520 740740700820840226521 660720740640680206022 700660660660640201523 6807005607206001995 640640680680760199024 620620640600560184525 560580540620580172026 540500580540620163027 5205205005804601565 6005606000540145528 500600620660142529 4204604405604401375 5805405204001345 4404804805201170 4804204204801125 3804004605001035 460440320950 340380400420930 320360380380875 400320280360870 280340300340770 360300340755 300280360690 260260 240240 Great Britain and South Korea chose not to participate in Olympic qualifying.

Olympic pre-qualification tournaments Three round-robins were played from 11 to 14 November 2004. The teams seeded 18th, 19th, and 20th reserved the right to host these tournaments. The winners of each advanced to the final qualification tournaments.

Group D Games were played in Briançon, France.

Group E Games were played in Nowy Targ, Poland.

Group F Games were played in Stavanger, Norway.

Final qualification tournaments Three round-robins were played from 10 to 13 February 2005. The teams seeded 9th, 10th and 11th reserved the right to host these tournaments. The three group winners qualified for the Olympic tournament.

Group A Games were played in Kloten, Switzerland.

Group B Games were played in Riga, Latvia.

Group C Games were played in Klagenfurt, Austria.

References

External links Qualifier Results at IIHF.com World Ice Hockey Championships 2003 World Ice Hockey Championships 2004 World Ice Hockey Championships 2001 World Ice Hockey Championships 2002 Official 2002 Olympic results