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 played off for a spot in the first round. Teams then ranked 19th through 30th 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

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IIHF World Rating

RankTeamWC 2008
WC 2007
WC 2006
OLY 2006
WC 2005
Total
1116012001100102011603410
2120011201060110011203400
3110011001200120011003400
4112011601120116010203385
5106010201160112012003265
6104010601020100010403105
710201000960104010003020
888010401000106010602955
996092010408809402845
109409608009408402740
119208809409009602740
1210008609208608002735
139009408808008602660
148209008609207802580
158408008207808802460
168008407808408202445
177608209007609202435
188607807408207402410
197407208409609002405
207807606807007202220
217007407207407602175
227207007007206602120
236606207606206201970
246206406406807001935
256006806606406801930
266405606005805601790
275606005606606001770
285005805406005801650
296806606206401645
304804404405405001425
315805405204801365
323803805005604401305
335405204805201300
345205004604201230
354204605805401190
364604804004001120
374404003803201010
38400420320360965
39360340360380890
40340320260260775
41260360300340765
42300280340300755
43280300240280695
44320420460645
45220260415
46240240
47200200
48280240200

Qualification tournament

Olympic preliminary qualification

Group A

All times are local.

Olympic pre-qualification

Group B

All times are local.

Group C

All times are local.

Group D

All times are local.

Final Olympic qualification

Group E

All times are local.

Group F

All times are local.

Group G

All times are local.