# 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

| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| 2008 IIHF World Ranking | 30 April 2005 – 18 May 2008 | Quebec City and Halifax | 9 | Canada Russia Sweden Finland Czech Republic United States Switzerland Slovakia Belarus |
| Final qualification tournament | 5–8 February 2009 | Hanover | 1 | Germany |
| Final qualification tournament | 5–8 February 2009 | Riga | 1 | Latvia |
| Final qualification tournament | 5–8 February 2009 | Oslo | 1 | Norway |
| TOTAL | | | 12 | |

#### Notes

* $^a$ 2008 IIHF World Ranking were comprising the following events: 2005 World Championships, 2006 Winter Olympic Games, 2006 World Championships, 2007 World Championships and 2008 World Championships.
* $^b$ Quebec City and Halifax were sites for 2008 World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking were finalized with regards to the qualification slots.
* $^c$ Canada, Czech Republic, Finland and Sweden had been mathematically determined to qualify for the 2010 Olympics before the start of the 2008 World Championship.

### IIHF World Rating

* Qualified directly to Olympic Tournament
* Final qualification
* Pre-qualification
* Preliminary qualification
| Rank | Team | WC 2008 (100%) | WC 2007 (75%) | WC 2006 (50%) | OLY 2006 (50%) | WC 2005 (25%) | Total |
| 1 | Canada | 1160 | 1200 | 1100 | 1020 | 1160 | 3410 |
| 2 | Russia | 1200 | 1120 | 1060 | 1100 | 1120 | 3400 |
| 3 | Sweden | 1100 | 1100 | 1200 | 1200 | 1100 | 3400 |
| 4 | Finland | 1120 | 1160 | 1120 | 1160 | 1020 | 3385 |
| 5 | Czech Republic | 1060 | 1020 | 1160 | 1120 | 1200 | 3265 |
| 6 | United States | 1040 | 1060 | 1020 | 1000 | 1040 | 3105 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 1020 | 1000 | 960 | 1040 | 1000 | 3020 |
| 8 | Slovakia | 880 | 1040 | 1000 | 1060 | 1060 | 2955 |
| 9 | Belarus | 960 | 920 | 1040 | 880 | 940 | 2845 |
| 10 | Germany | 940 | 960 | 800 | 940 | 840 | 2740 |
| 11 | Latvia | 920 | 880 | 940 | 900 | 960 | 2740 |
| 12 | Norway | 1000 | 860 | 920 | 860 | 800 | 2735 |
| 13 | Denmark | 900 | 940 | 880 | 800 | 860 | 2660 |
| 14 | Italy | 820 | 900 | 860 | 920 | 780 | 2580 |
| 15 | Slovenia | 840 | 800 | 820 | 780 | 880 | 2460 |
| 16 | Austria | 800 | 840 | 780 | 840 | 820 | 2445 |
| 17 | Ukraine | 760 | 820 | 900 | 760 | 920 | 2435 |
| 18 | France | 860 | 780 | 740 | 820 | 740 | 2410 |
| 19 | Kazakhstan | 740 | 720 | 840 | 960 | 900 | 2405 |
| 20 | Hungary | 780 | 760 | 680 | 700 | 720 | 2220 |
| 21 | Poland | 700 | 740 | 720 | 740 | 760 | 2175 |
| 22 | Japan | 720 | 700 | 700 | 720 | 660 | 2120 |
| 23 | Lithuania | 660 | 620 | 760 | 620 | 620 | 1970 |
| 24 | Netherlands | 620 | 640 | 640 | 680 | 700 | 1935 |
| 25 | Estonia | 600 | 680 | 660 | 640 | 680 | 1930 |
| 26 | Croatia | 640 | 560 | 600 | 580 | 560 | 1790 |
| 27 | Romania | 560 | 600 | 560 | 660 | 600 | 1770 |
| 28 | China | 500 | 580 | 540 | 600 | 580 | 1650 |
| 29 | Great Britain | 680 | 660 | 620 | | 640 | 1645 |
| 30 | Serbia | 480 | 440 | 440 | 540 | 500 | 1425 |
| 31 | South Korea | 580 | 540 | 520 | | 480 | 1365 |
| 32 | Bulgaria | 380 | 380 | 500 | 560 | 440 | 1305 |
| 33 | Australia | 540 | 520 | 480 | | 520 | 1300 |
| 34 | Belgium | 520 | 500 | 460 | | 420 | 1230 |
| 35 | Israel | 420 | 460 | 580 | | 540 | 1190 |
| 36 | Spain | 460 | 480 | 400 | | 400 | 1120 |
| 37 | Mexico | 440 | 400 | 380 | | 320 | 1010 |
| 38 | Iceland | 400 | 420 | 320 | | 360 | 965 |
| 39 | New Zealand | 360 | 340 | 360 | | 380 | 890 |
| 40 | Ireland | 340 | 320 | 260 | | 260 | 775 |
| 41 | Turkey | 260 | 360 | 300 | | 340 | 765 |
| 42 | South Africa | 300 | 280 | 340 | | 300 | 755 |
| 43 | Luxembourg | 280 | 300 | 240 | | 280 | 695 |
| 44 | North Korea | 320 | | 420 | | 460 | 645 |
| 45 | Mongolia | 220 | 260 | | | | 415 |
| 46 | Greece | 240 | | | | | 240 |
| 47 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 200 | | | | | 200 |
| 48 | Armenia | | | 280 | | 240 | 200 |

## Qualification tournament
### Olympic preliminary qualification
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 8 | +16 | 6 | Olympic pre-qualification |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 6 | |
| 3 | Mexico | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 6 | |
| 4 | Turkey (H) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 31 | −28 | 0 | |
* 1 2 3 Spain 3 Pts, +3GD; Bulgaria 3 Pts, 0GD; Mexico 3 Pts, –3GD.
All times are local (UTC+2).

### Olympic pre-qualification
#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 2 | +29 | 9 | Final Olympic qualification |
| 2 | Estonia (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 12 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 29 | −27 | 0 | |
All times are local (UTC+2).

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Hungary (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4 | +16 | 9 | Final Olympic qualification |
| 2 | Lithuania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 6 | |
| 3 | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Serbia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 21 | −17 | 0 | |
All times are local (UTC+1).

#### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | Final Olympic qualification |
| 2 | Poland (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 5 | |
| 3 | Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 4 | |
| 4 | Romania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 27 | −25 | 0 | |
All times are local (UTC+1).

### Final Olympic qualification
#### Group E

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 9 | 2010 Winter Olympics |
| 2 | Austria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 5 | |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 2 | |
| 4 | Slovenia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 11 | −3 | 2 | |
* 1 2 Slovenia 4–5 Japan
All times are local (UTC+1).

#### Group F

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Latvia (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 9 | 2010 Winter Olympics |
| 2 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 5 | |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 1 | |
All times are local (UTC+2).

#### Group G

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Norway (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 9 | 2010 Winter Olympics |
| 2 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 4 | |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 3 | |
| 4 | France | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 2 | |
All times are local (UTC+1).