2020 Winter Youth Olympics

Ice hockey at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics took place at the Vaudoise Aréna in Lausanne, Switzerland from 10 to 22 January 2020.
A total of four events were contested: a men's and women's tournament (six teams per gender), alongside a mixed 3x3 tournament for each gender. The 3x3 competition replaced the skills challenge that was held in the first two editions. A country could enter a maximum of 26 athletes (17 for the team tournament, plus 4 in the boys' 3x3 tournament and 5 in the girl's 3x3 tournament). Hosts Switzerland were permitted to enter in each event, meaning the NOC could enter 43 athletes.
==Events==
*2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Boys' tournament
*2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Boys' 3x3 mixed tournament
*2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament
*2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Girls' 3x3 mixed tournament
==Qualification==
Nation 	Men 	Men	Women 	Women	Total athletes
Nation 	Tournament	3x3	Tournament	3x3 	Total athletes
Argentina 	 	1 	 	2 	3
Australia 	 	2 	 	4 	6
Austria 	 	4 	 	5 	9
Belarus 	 	4 	 	 	4
Belgium 	 	1 	 	1 	2
Bulgaria 	 	1 	 	1 	2
Canada 	17 	 	 	 	17
China 	 	1 	 	4 	5
Croatia 	 	1 	 	 	1
Czech Republic	 	4 	17 	5 	23
Denmark 	17 	1 	 	1 	19
Estonia 	 	3 	 	 	3
Finland 	17 	2 	 	1 	20
France 	 	4 	 	4 	8
Germany 	 	4 	17 	5 	21
Great Britain 	 	3 	 	4 	7
Hong Kong 	 	2 	 	 	2
Hungary 	 	4 	 	5 	9
Italy 	 	4 	 	5 	9
Japan 	 	4 	17 	5 	25
Kazakhstan 	 	1 	 	1 	2
Latvia 	 	 	 	1 	1
Lithuania 	 	3 	 	 	3
Luxembourg 	 	1 	 	1 	2
Mexico 	 	3 	 	3 	6
Netherlands 	 	3 	 	4 	7
New Zealand 	 	3 	 	2 	5
Norway 	 	4 	 	4 	8
Poland 	 	3 	 	3 	6
Qatar 	 	1 	 	 	1
Romania 	 	1 	 	2 	3
Russia 	17 	4 	 	5 	26
Serbia 	 	1 	 	1 	2
Singapore 	 	1 	 	 	1
Slovakia 	 	4 	17 	5 	22
Slovenia 	 	3 	 	1 	4
South Korea 	 	3 	 	4 	7
Spain 	 	3 	 	4 	7
Sweden 	 	1 	17 	1 	19
Switzerland 	17 	4 	17 	5 	43
Chinese Taipei	 	2 	 	3 	5
Turkey 	 	2 	 	1 	3
Turkmenistan 	 	1 	 	 	1
Ukraine 	 	2 	 	1 	3
United States 	17 	 	 	 	17
Total: 45 NOCs	102 	104	102 	104 	399
===Team tournament===
The top ten NOC's ranked in the combined ranking from the 2018 and 2019 editions of the IIHF World U18 Championships and IIHF World Women's U18 Championships will be allowed to enter a boys' or girls' team, with the top ranked country choosing first and so on. Each country can only enter one team, with the exception being hosts, Switzerland, which can enter a team in both tournaments. Each team will consist of 17 players.
Rank	Team 	Men 	Men 	Women	Women	Total
points	Tournament selected	Tournament selected
Rank	Team 	2018	2019	2018 	2019 	Total
points	Boys' 	Girls'
1 	United States 	24 	23 	25 	24 	96	X 	
2 	Sweden 	23 	25 	24 	21 	93	 	X
3 	Canada 	21 	22 	23 	25 	91	X 	
4 	Russia 	20 	24 	22 	22 	88	X 	
5 	Finland 	25 	19 	21 	23 	88	X 	
6 	Czech Republic	22 	20 	20 	19 	81	 	X
7 	Switzerland 	17 	17 	19 	20 	73	X 	X
8 	Slovakia 	19 	16 	16 	17 	68	 	X
9 	Germany 	14 	15 	18 	16 	63	 	X
10 	Japan 	7 	9 	17 	18 	51	 	X
11 	Denmark 	13 	13 	11 	13 	50	X 	
===3x3===
The top 15 countries in each respective (and hosts Switzerland), will be allowed to enter one goaltender each. Each team will consist of 13 players (2 goaltenders and 11 players). Each nation can enter a maximum of three players for the boys' competition and four for the girls'. The host nation Switzerland has been allocated the maximum quota. Each NOC (that organizes a skills challenge competition) will be allocated one quota spot. All other spots will be awarded using a ranking list of all athletes that contested the skills competition across all countries, respecting the maximum quota per NOC.
The final quotas were released on November 1, 2019.
===Men===
Event 	Quotas	NOC's
Goaltenders 	1 	United States
Sweden
Canada
Russia
Finland
Czech Republic
Switzerland
Slovakia
Germany
Japan
Denmark
France
Norway
Austria
Hungary
Italy
Belarus
Kazakhstan
Skills Challenge	3 	Austria
Belarus
Czech Republic
Estonia
France
Germany
Great Britain
Hungary
Italy
Japan
Lithuania
Mexico
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Russia
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Korea
Spain
Switzerland
Skills Challenge	2 	Australia
Hong Kong
Chinese Taipei
Turkey
Ukraine
Skills Challenge	1 	Argentina
Belgium
Bulgaria
China
Croatia
Finland
Luxembourg
Qatar[6]
Romania
Serbia
Singapore
Turkmenistan
Total 	104 	
===Women===
Event 	Quotas	NOC's
Goaltenders 	1 	United States
Sweden
Canada
Russia
Finland
Czech Republic
Switzerland
Slovakia
Germany
Japan
Denmark
France
Norway
Austria
Hungary
Italy
Belarus
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Skills Challenge	4 	Australia
Austria
China
Czech Republic
France
Germany
Great Britain
Hungary
Italy
Japan
Netherlands
Russia
Slovakia
South Korea
Spain
Switzerland
Skills Challenge	3 	Mexico
Norway
Poland
Chinese Taipei
Skills Challenge	2 	Argentina
New Zealand
Romania
Skills Challenge	1 	Belgium
Bulgaria
Luxembourg
Slovenia
Serbia
Turkey
Ukraine
Total 	104 	
==References==
Category:2020 in ice hockey