Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

Fourteen nations would qualify for the Olympic tournament, eight to the preliminary round, and six to the first round. The IIHF used the standings of the 1999 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships to determine qualification. First, the top six nations from Pool A would go directly to the first round. The preliminary round was made up of the nations ranked seventh and eighth, along with six others from a series of qualification tournaments. The nations ranked nine through twelve went straight to the final qualification round, with all other participants playing through pre-qualification tournaments.[1]

Regional Qualification

Two Regional qualifiers were used to thin the field for Pre-Qualification to sixteen nations.

Far East

Played September 3–5, 1999 in Aomori, Japan.

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Japan 220014045 - 09 - 0
 China 21104720 - 54 - 2
 South Korea 202021300 - 92 - 4
European

Played December 11–12, 1999 in Sofia Bulgaria. Croatia should have played as well, but the proper application was accidentally not sent to the IIHF.[2]

Olympic Pre-Qualification

Four tournaments were played February 10–13, 2000, with the winner of each advancing to the final qualification round.

Group 1

Played in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Germany 330021362 - 15 - 214 - 0
 Italy 321021241 - 27 - 013 - 0
 Slovenia 3120131222 - 50 - 711 - 0
 FR Yugoslavia 303003800 - 140 - 130 - 11
Group 2

Played in Tallinn, Estonia

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Ukraine 321011643 - 55 - 03 - 1
 Kazakhstan 321020945 - 32 - 413 - 2
 Estonia 321013940 - 54 - 29 - 2
 Lithuania 303052501 - 32 - 132 - 9
Group 3

Played in Gdańsk, Poland

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 France 330019765 - 25 - 49 - 1
 Poland 321017942 - 54 - 211 - 2
 Great Britain 312010924 - 52 - 44 - 0
 Romania 303032401 - 92 - 110 - 4
Group 4

Played in Copenhagen, Denmark

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS
 Denmark 330016767 - 33 - 16 - 3
 Japan 3210151143 - 75 - 37 - 1
 Netherlands 31209921 - 33 - 55 - 1
 Hungary 303051803 - 61 - 71 - 5

Final Olympic Qualification

Two tournaments were played February 8–11, 2001, with 6 of the remaining 8 nations qualifying for the Olympics.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 2 1 0 10 6 +4 5 2002 Winter Olympics
2  Belarus 3 1 2 0 10 6 +4 4
3  Ukraine 3 1 1 1 8 6 +2 3
4  Norway (H) 3 0 0 3 8 18 10 0
Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC+1).

8 February 2001
16:00
Ukraine 2–2
(1–2, 0–0, 0–1)
 BelarusJordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 460
8 February 2001
20:00
Norway 4–6
(0–0, 2–2, 2–4)
 GermanyJordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 2,845

10 February 2001
13:30
Norway 1–5
(0–1, 1–2, 0–2)
 UkraineJordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 2,522
10 February 2001
18:30
Belarus 1–1
(1–1, 0–0, 0–0)
 GermanyJordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 510

11 February 2001
14:45
Germany 3–1
(2–1, 1–0, 0–0)
 UkraineFuruset Forum, Oslo
Attendance: 317
11 February 2001
15:30
Belarus 7–3
(0–0, 4–2, 3–1)
 NorwayJordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 1,785

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Latvia 3 2 1 0 9 6 +3 5 2002 Winter Olympics
2  France 3 1 2 0 6 5 +1 4
3  Austria (H) 3 1 1 1 12 9 +3 3
4  Denmark 3 0 0 3 5 12 7 0
Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC+1).

8 February 2001
16:00
Latvia 4–2
(0–2, 2–0, 2–0)
 DenmarkStadthalle, Klagenfurt
Attendance: 500
8 February 2001
19:30
France 3–3
(1–1, 0–1, 2–1)
 AustriaStadthalle, Klagenfurt
Attendance: 2,000

10 February 2001
16:00
Latvia 1–1
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
 FranceStadthalle, Klagenfurt
Attendance: 1,500
10 February 2001
19:30
Austria 6–2
(2–1, 1–0, 3–1)
 DenmarkStadthalle, Klagenfurt
Attendance: 3,000

11 February 2001
16:00
Denmark 1–2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)
 FranceStadthalle, Klagenfurt
Attendance: 500
11 February 2001
19:30
Austria 3–4
(0–1, 2–2, 1–1)
 LatviaStadthalle, Klagenfurt
Attendance: 2,200

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