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

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
2004 IIHF World Ranking[a] 26 March 2001 – 9 May 2004 Prague and Ostrava[b] 8  Canada
 Sweden
 Slovakia
 Czech Republic
 Finland
 United States
 Russia
 Germany
Final qualification tournament 10–13 February 2005 Kloten 1   Switzerland
Final qualification tournament 10–13 February 2005 Riga 1  Latvia
Final qualification tournament 10–13 February 2005 Klagenfurt 1  Kazakhstan
Host 1  Italy
TOTAL12
Notes
  1. a 2004 IIHF World Ranking were comprising the following events: 2001 World Championship, 2002 Winter Olympic Games, 2002 World Championship, 2003 World Championship and 2004 World Championship
  2. b Prague and Ostrava were the sites for 2004 IIHF World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking were finalized with regards to the qualification slots.

Qualification seeding

Qualified directly to Olympic Tournament
Final qualification tournament
Pre-qualification tournament
Qualifying seed Team WC 2004
(100%)
WC 2003
(75%)
WC 2002
(50%)
OLY 2002
(50%)
WC 2001
(25%)
Total
1 Canada120012001040120010603485
2 Sweden116011601120106011203400
3 Slovakia11001120120088010203235
4 Czech Republic106011001060102012003225
5 Finland104010601100104011603195
6 United States11208801020116011003145
7 Russia94010201160112010403105
8 Germany96010401000100010002990
9  Switzerland100010009409209602920
10 Latvia10209609209608802900
11 Austria9209409009009202755
12 Ukraine8609009609409402720
13 Belarus78086080011008602590
14 Denmark9009207808407002575
15 Japan8408208207408202440
16 Slovenia8008408807008002420
17 Kazakhstan8808007207807202410
18 France8207807608607402400
Host Italy7606808408009002315
19 Poland7207608607607802295
20 Norway7407407008208402265
21 Hungary6607207406406802060
22 Netherlands7006606606606402015
23 Estonia6807005607206001995
 Great Britain6406406806807601990
24 Romania6206206406005601845
25 Lithuania5605805406205801720
26 China5405005805406201630
27 Serbia and Montenegro5205205005804601565
 South Korea60056060005401455
28 Croatia5006006206601425
29 Bulgaria4204604405604401375
 Belgium5805405204001345
 Spain4404804805201170
 Australia4804204204801125
 Israel3804004605001035
 North Korea460440320950
 South Africa340380400420930
 Iceland320360380380875
 New Zealand400320280360870
 Mexico280340300340770
 Luxembourg360300340755
 Turkey300280360690
 Ireland260260
 Armenia240240
  • 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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France (H) 3 3 0 0 30 0 +30 6 Final qualification tournament
2  Romania 3 2 0 1 10 12 2 4
3  Estonia 3 1 0 2 14 12 +2 2
4  Bulgaria 3 0 0 3 2 32 30 0
Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host.
11 November 2004
16:30
Estonia 11–1
(3–0, 2–0, 6–1)
 BulgariaPatinoire René Froger, Briançon
Attendance: 1,052
11 November 2004
20:30
Romania 0–8
(0–2, 0–2, 0–4)
 FrancePatinoire René Froger, Briançon
Attendance: 2,007
13 November 2004
16:30
Estonia 3–4
(2–0, 0–4, 1–0)
 RomaniaPatinoire René Froger, Briançon
Attendance: 884
13 November 2004
20:30
France 15–0
(5–0, 4–0, 6–0)
 BulgariaPatinoire René Froger, Briançon
Attendance: 1,916
14 November 2004
15:30
Bulgaria 1–6
(0–3, 0–2, 1–1)
 RomaniaPatinoire René Froger, Briançon
Attendance: 532
14 November 2004
19:30
France 7–0
(3–0, 2–0, 2–0)
 EstoniaPatinoire René Froger, Briançon
Attendance: 2,122

Group E

Games were played in Nowy Targ, Poland.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Poland (H) 3 3 0 0 18 1 +17 6 Final qualification tournament
2  Netherlands 3 2 0 1 13 9 +4 4
3  Lithuania 3 1 0 2 8 13 5 2
4  Croatia 3 0 0 3 7 23 16 0
Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host.
11 November 2004
16:00
Netherlands 10–3
(3–0, 3–1, 4–2)
 CroatiaMiejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ
Attendance: 400
11 November 2004
19:30
Lithuania 1–6
(0–2, 1–2, 0–2)
 PolandMiejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ
Attendance: 4,000
13 November 2004
16:00
Netherlands 3–1
(1–1, 2–0, 0–0)
 LithuaniaMiejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ
13 November 2004
19:30
Poland 7–0
(3–0, 3–0, 1–0)
 CroatiaMiejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ
Attendance: 1,800
14 November 2004
15:00
Poland 5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)
 NetherlandsMiejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ
Attendance: 4,500
14 November 2004
18:30
Croatia 4–6
(1–1, 2–2, 1–3)
 LithuaniaMiejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ

Group F

Games were played in Stavanger, Norway.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway (H) 3 2 1 0 40 5 +35 5 Final qualification tournament
2  Hungary 3 2 1 0 20 6 +14 5
3  China 3 1 0 2 8 22 14 2
4  Serbia and Montenegro 3 0 0 3 2 37 35 0
Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host.
11 November 2004
15:00
Hungary 13–0
(2–0, 7–0, 4–0)
 Serbia and MontenegroStavanger Ishall, Stavanger
Attendance: 547
11 November 2004
18:30
China 2–16
(2–1, 0–5, 0–10)
 NorwayStavanger Ishall, Stavanger
Attendance: 960
12 November 2004
15:00
Hungary 4–3
(2–1, 1–2, 1–0)
 ChinaStavanger Ishall, Stavanger
Attendance: 555
12 November 2004
18:30
Norway 21–0
(4–0, 7–0, 10–0)
 Serbia and MontenegroStavanger Ishall, Stavanger
Attendance: 901
14 November 2004
13:00
Serbia and Montenegro 2–3
(1–1, 1–1, 0–1)
 ChinaStavanger Ishall, Stavanger
Attendance: 577
14 November 2004
17:00
Norway 3–3
(1–0, 1–2, 1–1)
 HungaryStavanger Ishall, Stavanger

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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Switzerland (H) 3 3 0 0 12 4 +8 6 2006 Winter Olympics
2  Norway 3 2 0 1 9 6 +3 4
3  Denmark 3 1 0 2 7 10 3 2
4  Japan 3 0 0 3 6 14 8 0
Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host.
10 February 2005
16:15
Denmark 0–4
(0–3, 0–1, 0–0)
 NorwaySchlüfweg, Kloten
Attendance: 503
10 February 2005
20:15
Japan 1–5
(0–2, 0–2, 1–1)
  SwitzerlandSchlüfweg, Kloten
Attendance: 2,269
12 February 2005
12:00
Denmark 5–2
(2–1, 1–0, 2–1)
 JapanSchlüfweg, Kloten
Attendance: 551
12 February 2005
15:45
Switzerland  3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)
 NorwaySchlüfweg, Kloten
Attendance: 4,051
13 February 2005
12:00
Norway 4–3
(0–2, 2–0, 2–1)
 JapanSchlüfweg, Kloten
Attendance: 431
13 February 2005
15:45
Switzerland  4–2
(1–0, 2–2, 1–0)
 DenmarkSchlüfweg, Kloten
Attendance: 3,371

Group B

Games were played in Riga, Latvia.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Latvia (H) 3 3 0 0 10 6 +4 6 2006 Winter Olympics
2  Belarus 3 2 0 1 14 9 +5 4
3  Slovenia 3 1 0 2 7 12 5 2
4  Poland 3 0 0 3 6 10 4 0
Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host.
10 February 2005
15:30
Belarus 3–2
(2–0, 0–1, 1–1)
 PolandRigas Sporta Pils, Riga
Attendance: 1,000
10 February 2005
19:00
Slovenia 1–2
(1–0, 0–2, 0–0)
 LatviaRigas Sporta Pils, Riga
Attendance: 4,900
11 February 2005
15:30
Belarus 7–2
(0–1, 4–1, 3–0)
 SloveniaRigas Sporta Pils, Riga
Attendance: 1,952
11 February 2005
19:00
Latvia 3–1
(0–0, 1–1, 2–0)
 PolandRigas Sporta Pils, Riga
Attendance: 4,700
13 February 2005
13:00
Poland 3–4
(0–1, 1–1, 2–2)
 SloveniaRigas Sporta Pils, Riga
Attendance: 970
13 February 2005
17:00
Latvia 5–4
(1–2, 1–1, 3–1)
 BelarusRigas Sporta Pils, Riga
Attendance: 4,700

Group C

Games were played in Klagenfurt, Austria.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Kazakhstan 3 2 0 1 3 5 2 4 2006 Winter Olympics
2  Austria (H) 3 1 1 1 8 5 +3 3
3  France 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 3
4  Ukraine 3 1 0 2 8 9 1 2
Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host.
10 February 2005
15:30
Ukraine 3–4
(0–1, 2–0, 1–3)
 FranceEissportzentrum, Klagenfurt
10 February 2005
19:30
Kazakhstan 0–4
(0–0, 0–1, 0–3)
 AustriaEissportzentrum, Klagenfurt
Attendance: 2,500
11 February 2005
15:30
Ukraine 1–2
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0)
 KazakhstanEissportzentrum, Klagenfurt
11 February 2005
19:30
Austria 1–1
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0)
 FranceEissportzentrum, Klagenfurt
Attendance: 3,300
13 February 2005
15:00
Austria 3–4
(1–2, 1–1, 1–1)
 UkraineEissportzentrum, Klagenfurt
Attendance: 2,200
13 February 2005
19:00
France 0–1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0)
 KazakhstanEissportzentrum, Klagenfurt
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