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Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

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Men's ice hockey
at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
VenuesGangneung Hockey Centre
Kwandong Hockey Centre
Dates10–25 February
Competitors300 from 12 nations
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The men's tournament in ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics will be held in Pyeongchang, Korea between 10–25 February 2018. Twelve countries will qualify for the tournament; eight of them did so automatically by virtue of their ranking by the International Ice Hockey Federation, one, South Korea, automatically qualified as hosts, while the three others will take part in a qualification tournament.[1]

Qualification

Canada, Russia, Sweden, Finland, United States, Czech Republic, Switzerland, and the Slovakia qualified as the top eight teams in the IIHF World Ranking in 2015.

South Korea qualified as host team in 2018 Winter Olympics.

The remaining three teams qualified from qualification tournament.

Preliminary Round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible Quarterfinals
3   Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Qualification Play Off
4  South Korea (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 11 February 2018. Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible Quarterfinals
3  Slovakia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Qualification Play Off
4 Qualifier 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 11 February 2018. Source: IIHF

Group C

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible Quarterfinals
3 Qualifier 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to Qualification Play Off
4 Qualifier 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 10 February 2018. Source: IIHF

References

  1. ^ "Canada tops World Ranking". iihfworlds2015.com. 17 May 2015.