2022 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

Qualification for the men's tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics was determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the 2019 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. The host along with the top eight teams in the world ranking received automatic berths into the Olympics, while all other teams have an opportunity to qualify for the remaining three spots in the Olympics.
==Qualified teams==
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!Qualified
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|Hosts
|17 May 2018
| Copenhagen
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| China
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|2019 IIHF World Rankinga
|31 March 2016 – 26 May 2019
| Bratislava and Košiceb
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|rowspan=3|Final qualification tournaments
|rowspan=3|26–29 August 2021
| Bratislava
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| Riga
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| Oslo
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! Total !! colspan=2| !! 12 !!
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;Notes
a 2019 IIHF World Ranking were comprising the following events: 2016 World Championship, 2017 World Championship, 2018 Winter Olympic Games, 2018 World Championship and 2019 World Championship. b Bratislava and Košice were the sites for 2019 IIHF World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking were finalized with regards to the qualification slots.
==Qualification seeding==
To qualify directly, a nation had to be ranked in the top eight following the 2019 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. The following is a ranking based on points that were accumulated toward Olympic qualification of all countries participating in 2019.
Points were earned based on overall finish in 2019:
Place 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	6 	7 	8 	9 	10 	11 	12 	13 	14 	15 	16 	17 	18 	19 	20 	...
Points	1200	1160	1120	1100	1060	1040	1020	1000	960	940	920	900	880	860	840	820	800	780	760	740	...
    	Qualified directly to Olympic Tournament
    	Entered qualifying in the final round
    	Entered qualifying in the pre-qualification round 3
    	Entered qualifying in the pre-qualification round 2
    	Entered qualifying in the pre-qualification round 1
Qualifying seed	Team 	WC 2019(100%)	WC 2018(75%)	OLY 2018(75%)	WC 2017(50%)	WC 2016(25%)	Total
1 	 	1160 	1100 	1120 	1160 	1200 	3705
2 	 	1120 	1040 	1200 	1120 	1120 	3640
3 	align="left"	1200 	1060 	1040 	1100 	1160 	3615
4 	align="left"	1060 	1200 	1060 	1200 	1040 	3615
5 	 	1100 	1020 	1100 	1020 	1060 	3465
6 	 	1020 	1120 	1020 	1060 	1100 	3430
7 	 	1040 	920 	1160 	1000 	1020 	3355
8 	 	1000 	1160 	940 	1040 	920 	3325
9 	 	960 	960 	920 	860 	960 	3040
10 	 	940 	1000 	860 	940 	880 	3025
11 	 	900 	880 	1000 	920 	940 	3005
12 	 	920 	940 	800 	900 	1000 	2925
13 	 	840 	900 	840 	960 	860 	2840
14 	 	780 	840 	880 	880 	900 	2735
15 	 	820 	860 	780 	800 	740 	2635
16 	 	860 	780 	760 	820 	780 	2620
17 	 	760 	820 	900 	780 	720 	2620
18 	 	740 	720 	960 	840 	800 	2620
19 	 	800 	760 	820 	760 	820 	2570
20 	 	880 	800 	660 	680 	660 	2480
21 	 	720 	740 	700 	720 	840 	2370
22 	 	660 	700 	740 	740 	760 	2300
23 	 	640 	660 	720 	660 	700 	2180
24 	 	700 	680 	560 	640 	640 	2110
25 	 	600 	620 	680 	700 	680 	2095
26 	 	620 	640 	600 	620 	600 	2010
27 	 	680 	600 	580 	560 	580 	1990
28 	 	580 	560 	640 	580 	560 	1910
29 	 	540 	580 	620 	600 	620 	1895
30 	 	560 	520 	540 	520 	500 	1740
31 	 	500 	440 	520 	460 	540 	1585
Host 	 	480 	500 	440 	440 	460 	1520
32 	 	420 	460 	480 	480 	480 	1485
33 	 	440 	400 	460 	400 	400 	1385
 	 	520 	540 	– 	540 	440 	1305
34 	 	360 	360 	500 	360 	420 	1290
 	 	460 	480 	– 	500 	520 	1200
35 	 	320 	300 	420 	300 	340 	1095
 	 	380 	320 	400 	280 	0 	1060
 	 	400 	420 	– 	420 	380 	1020
 	 	340 	380 	– 	380 	360 	905
36 	 	300 	280 	– 	340 	320 	760
37 	 	260 	340 	– 	320 	280 	745
 	 	220 	240 	– 	240 	300 	595
38 	 	240 	260 	– 	220 	– 	545
39 	 	180 	220 	– 	260 	240 	535
 	 	280 	200 	– 	– 	– 	430
40 	 	200 	160 	– 	200 	– 	420
41 	 	140 	180 	– 	0 	260 	340
42 	 	120 	140 	– 	– 	– 	225
43 	 	160 	– 	– 	– 	– 	160
44 	 	100 	– 	– 	– 	– 	100
*Teams with no seeding chose not to participate in Olympic qualifying.
==Pre-qualification Round 1==
Eight teams began the qualification process in two tournaments. The winners of each tournament advanced to round 2 as qualifiers ten and eleven, where qualifier ten was the winner with the higher qualification seeding.
===Group N===
Games were played in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg from 8 to 10 November 2019.
Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	29	10	19 	9 	Pre-qualification Round 2
2 	 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	15	16	−1 	6 	
3 	(H) 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	17	11	6 	3 	
4 	 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	7 	31	−24	0 	
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===Group O===
Due to unrest in Hong Kong this tournament was moved to Sanya, China, and was played from 7 to 10 November 2019.
Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	20	8 	12 	9 	Pre-qualification Round 2
2 	 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	21	8 	13 	6 	
3 	 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	19	14	5 	3 	
4 	 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	1 	31	−30	0 	
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==Pre-qualification Round 2==
Twelve countries played in three tournaments to determine qualifiers for the next round. Each tournament winner was ranked by their qualification seeding and entered the next round as qualifier seven, eight, or nine.
===Group K===
Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	(H) 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	43	3 	40 	9 	Pre-qualification Round 3
2 	 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	15	14	1 	6 	
3 	 	3 	0	1 	0 	2	5 	24	−19	2 	
4 	 	3 	0	0 	1 	2	10	32	−22	1 	
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===Group L===
Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	36	5 	31 	9 	Pre-qualification Round 3
2 	(H) 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	29	6 	23 	6 	
3 	 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	8 	26	−18	3 	
4 	 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	3 	39	−36	0 	
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Note: The Netherlands-Spain game was originally supposed to be played on 15 December 2019 but was stopped after a scoreless first period because of problems with the ice surface.
===Group M===
Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	(H) 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	24	4 	20 	9 	Pre-qualification Round 3
2 	 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	16	5 	11 	6 	
3 	 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	9 	19	−10	3 	
4 	 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	2 	23	−21	0 	
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==Pre-qualification Round 3==
===Group G===
Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	(H) 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	25	4 	21 	9 	Final qualification
2 	 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	15	6 	9 	6 	
3 	 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	5 	17	−12	3 	
4 	 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	1 	19	−18	0 	
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===Group H===
Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	17	3 	14 	9 	Final qualification
2 	(H) 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	17	5 	12 	6 	
3 	 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	5 	14	−9 	3 	
4 	 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	1 	18	−17	0 	
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===Group J===
Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	 	3 	2	1 	0 	0	11	4 	7 	8 	Final qualification
2 	(H) 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	12	8 	4 	6 	
3 	 	3 	1	0 	1 	1	12	10	2 	4 	
4 	 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	5 	18	−13	0 	
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==Final qualification==
The tournaments were scheduled to take place from 27 to 30 August 2020, but were moved to 26 to 29 August 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
===Group D===
The tournament was held at the Ondrej Nepela Arena in Bratislava, Slovakia.
Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1 	(H) 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	9 	3 	6 	9 	2022 Winter Olympics
2 	 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	6 	5 	1 	3 	
3 	 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	7 	8 	−1	3 	
4 	 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	3 	9 	−6	3 	
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===Group E===
The tournament was played at the Arēna Rīga in Riga, Latvia.
Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	(H) 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	17	1 	16 	9 	2022 Winter Olympics
2 	 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	8 	5 	3 	6 	
3 	 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	5 	15	−10	3 	
4 	 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	1 	10	−9 	0 	
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===Group F===
The tournament was played at the Jordal Amfi in Oslo, Norway.
Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	17	4 	13 	9 	2022 Winter Olympics
2 	(H) 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	11	7 	4 	6 	
3 	 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	11	12	−1 	3 	
4 	 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	3 	19	−16	0 	
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==Graphical summary==
==References==
Category:2019 in ice hockey
Category:2020 in ice hockey
Category:2021 in ice hockey