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

Qualification for the men's tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics 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. IIHF: Big ice in Sochi 2014
==Qualified teams==
Event 	Date 	Location 	Vacancies	Qualified
2012 IIHF World Ranking,comprising the following events:2009 World Championship2010 Winter Olympic Games2010 World Championship2011 World Championship2012 World Championship	6 April 2009 –20 May 2012	Helsinki and Stockholm^	9 	
Final qualification tournament 	7–10 February 2013 	Bietigheim-Bissingen 	1 	
Final qualification tournament 	7–10 February 2013 	Riga 	1 	
Final qualification tournament 	7–10 February 2013 	Vojens 	1 	
TOTAL 	 	 	12 	
^Helsinki and Stockholm were sites for 2012 World Championship only, thus the site where qualification through the rankings is determined.
==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.Official explanation of ranking procedures 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.
    	Qualified to Olympic Tournament
    	Hosted final qualifying tournament
    	Did not qualify directly to Olympics
World ranking	Team	WC 2012(100%)	WC 2011(75%)	WC 2010(50%)	OLY 2010(50%)	WC 2009(25%)	Total
1 	 	1200 	825 	580 	520 	300 	3425
2 	 	1100 	900 	520 	560 	265 	3345
3 	 	1120 	840 	600 	510 	260 	3330
4 	 	1040 	870 	560 	530 	280 	3280
5 	 	1060 	795 	510 	600 	290 	3235
6 	 	1160 	705 	450 	550 	235 	3100
7 	 	1020 	750 	440 	580 	275 	3065
8 	 	1000 	780 	480 	470 	230 	2960
9 	 	920 	720 	530 	500 	240 	2910
10 	 	900 	765 	550 	460 	210 	2885
11 	 	940 	660 	460 	450 	255 	2765
12 	 	880 	690 	500 	420 	220 	2710
13 	 	860 	645 	470 	480 	250 	2705
14 	 	960 	675 	430 	370 	225 	2660
15 	 	780 	630 	400 	440 	215 	2465
16 	 	840 	585 	420 	400 	195 	2440
17 	 	820 	600 	410 	410 	200 	2440
18 	 	800 	615 	390 	380 	190 	2375
==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===
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	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, Kiev and Nikko. 21st ranked Great Britain had the option to host group J, but passed on the right to the next highest-ranked nation.Qualification process The winners of each group advanced to the final qualification tournaments.
===Group G===
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	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===
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	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===
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	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===
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	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===
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	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===
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	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).
==References==
==External links==
*World Ice Hockey Championships 2012
*World Ice Hockey Championships 2011
* World Ice Hockey Championships 2010
*2010 Olympic Games
*World Ice Hockey Championships 2009
*2014 Olympic format and qualification
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