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 Championships 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,comprising the following events:2005 World Championship2006 Winter Olympic Games2006 World Championship2007 World Championship2008 World Championship	30 April 2005 – 18 May 2008	Quebec City andHalifax^	9 	<BR><BR>
Final qualification tournament 	5–8 February 2009 	Hanover 	1 	
Final qualification tournament 	5–8 February 2009 	Riga 	1 	
Final qualification tournament 	5–8 February 2009 	Oslo 	1 	
TOTAL 	 	 	12 	
^ Quebec City and Halifax are site for 2008 World Championship only, thus the site where qualification through the rankings is determined.
Note: Canada, Czech Republic, Finland and Sweden had been mathematically determined to qualify for the 2010 Olympics before the start of the 2008 World Championship. Belarus, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland and the United States qualified for the 2010 Olympics by their performance in the 2008 World Championship.
==Qualification tournament==
===Pre-qualification===
    	Team advanced to the Olympic pre-qualification
====Group A====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	24	8 	+16	6
 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	16	8 	+8 	6
 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	16	12	+4 	6
 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	3 	31	−28	0
===Olympic pre-qualification===
    	Team advanced to the Final Olympic qualification
====Group B====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	31	2 	+29	9
 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	14	12	+2 	6
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	10	14	−4 	3
 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	2 	29	−27	0
====Group C====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	20	4 	+16	9
 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	13	9 	+4 	6
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	8 	11	−3 	3
 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	4 	21	−17	0
====Group D====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	12	2 	+10	9
 	3 	1	1 	0 	1	13	6 	+7 	5
 	3 	1	0 	1 	1	14	6 	+8 	4
 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	2 	27	−25	0
===Final Olympic qualification===
    	Team qualifies for the 2010 Winter Olympics
====Group E====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	11	3 	+8 	9
 	3 	1	1 	0 	1	10	7 	+3 	5
 	3 	0	1 	0 	2	8 	16	−8 	2
 	3 	0	0 	2 	1	8 	11	−3 	2
====Group F====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	15	6 	+9 	9
 	3 	1	1 	0 	1	9 	9 	0 	5
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	7 	8 	−1 	3
 	3 	0	0 	1 	2	7 	15	−8 	1
====Group G====
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	10	6 	+4 	9
 	3 	1	0 	1 	1	7 	9 	−2 	4
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	11	7 	+4 	3
 	3 	0	1 	0 	2	6 	12	−6 	2
==See also==
*IIHF World Ranking
==References==
==External links==
* Qualification results
Category:2010 in ice hockey