Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

Qualification for the men's tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Qualification Twelve teams qualified for the ice hockey event. The top nine teams in the IIHF World Ranking after the 2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championship received automatic berths into the ice hockey event. All remaining member federations could attempt to qualify for the remaining three spots in the Olympics. The four lowest entrants (32nd ranked Bulgaria, 36th ranked Spain, 37th ranked Mexico, and 41st ranked Turkey) played off for a spot in the first round. Teams then ranked 19th through 30th (except China who declined) played in a first qualification round in November 2008, where the top three teams from the round advanced to the second qualification round. Teams ranked 10th through 18th joined the three top teams from the first qualifying round to play in a second qualification round. The top three teams from the second qualifying round advanced to the Olympic ice hockey tournament.

Qualified teams EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified2008 IIHF World Ranking30 April 2005 – 18 May 2008 Quebec City andHalifax9Final qualification tournament5–8 February 2009 Hanover1Final qualification tournament5–8 February 2009 Riga1Final qualification tournament5–8 February 2009 Oslo1 TOTAL 12 Notes

IIHF World Rating Qualified directly to Olympic Tournament Final qualification Pre-qualification Preliminary qualification

RankTeamWC 2008(100%)WC 2007(75%)WC 2006(50%)OLY 2006(50%)WC 2005(25%)Total 1 116012001100102011603410 2 120011201060110011203400 3 110011001200120011003400 4 112011601120116010203385 5 106010201160112012003265 6 104010601020100010403105 7 10201000960104010003020 8 88010401000106010602955 9 9609201040880940284510 940960800940840274011 920880940900960274012 1000860920860800273513 900940880800860266014 820900860920780258015 840800820780880246016 800840780840820244517 760820900760920243518 8607807408207402410 19 7407208409609002405 20 7807606807007202220 21 7007407207407602175 22 7207007007206602120 23 6606207606206201970 24 6206406406807001935 25 6006806606406801930 26 6405606005805601790 27 5606005606606001770 28 5005805406005801650 29 6806606206401645 30 4804404405405001425 31 5805405204801365 32 3803805005604401305 33 5405204805201300 34 5205004604201230 35 4204605805401190 36 4604804004001120 37 4404003803201010 38 400420320360965 39 360340360380890 40 340320260260775 41 260360300340765 42 300280340300755 43 280300240280695 44 320420460645 45 220260415 46 240240 47 200200 48 280240200

Qualification tournament Olympic preliminary qualification Group A

All times are local (UTC+2).

Olympic pre-qualification Group B

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group C

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group D

All times are local (UTC+1).

Final Olympic qualification Group E

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group F

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group G

All times are local (UTC+1).

Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

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