Ice hockey at the 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 Ice Hockey World 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.[1]

Qualified teams

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Hosts	17 May 2018[2]	Copenhagen	1	China
2019 IIHF World Ranking^[a]	31 March 2016 – 26 May 2019	Bratislava and Košice^[b]	8[1]	Canada Russia Finland Sweden Czech Republic United States Germany Switzerland
Final qualification tournament	26–29 August 2021	Bratislava	1
		Riga	1
		Norway	1
Total			12

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.[1] 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	Canada	1160	1100	1120	1160	1200	3705
2	Russia	1120	1040	1200	1120	1120	3640
3	Finland	1200	1060	1040	1100	1160	3615
4	Sweden	1060	1200	1060	1200	1040	3615
5	Czech Republic	1100	1020	1100	1020	1060	3465
6	United States	1020	1120	1020	1060	1100	3430
7	Germany	1040	920	1160	1000	1020	3355
8	Switzerland	1000	1160	940	1040	920	3325
9	Slovakia	960	960	920	860	960	3040
10	Latvia	940	1000	860	940	880	3025
11	Norway	900	880	1000	920	940	3005
12	Denmark	920	940	800	900	1000	2925
13	France	840	900	840	960	860	2840
14	Belarus	780	840	880	880	900	2735
15	Austria	820	860	780	800	740	2635
16	Italy	860	780	760	820	780	2620
17	South Korea	760	820	900	780	720	2620
18	Slovenia	740	720	960	840	800	2620
19	Kazakhstan	800	760	820	760	820	2570
20	Great Britain	880	800	660	680	660	2480
21	Hungary	720	740	700	720	840	2370
22	Poland	660	700	740	740	760	2300
23	Japan	640	660	720	660	700	2180
24	Lithuania	700	680	560	640	640	2110
25	Ukraine	600	620	680	700	680	2095
26	Estonia	620	640	600	620	600	2010
27	Romania	680	600	580	560	580	1990
28	Netherlands	580	560	640	580	560	1910
29	Croatia	540	580	620	600	620	1895
30	Serbia	560	520	540	520	500	1740
31	Spain	500	440	520	460	540	1585
Host	China	480	500	440	440	460	1520
32	Iceland	420	460	480	480	480	1485
33	Israel	440	400	460	400	400	1385
	Australia	520	540	–	540	440	1305
34	Mexico	360	360	500	360	420	1290
	Belgium	460	480	–	500	520	1200
35	Bulgaria	320	300	420	300	340	1095
	Georgia	380	320	400	280	0	1060
	New Zealand	400	420	–	420	380	1020
	North Korea	340	380	–	380	360	905
36	Turkey	300	280	–	340	320	760
37	Luxembourg	260	340	–	320	280	745
	South Africa	220	240	–	240	300	595
38	Chinese Taipei	240	260	–	220	–	545
39	Hong Kong	180	220	–	260	240	535
	Turkmenistan	280	200	–	–	–	430
40	United Arab Emirates	200	160	–	200	–	420
41	Bosnia and Herzegovina	140	180	–	0	260	340
42	Kuwait	120	140	–	–	–	225
43	Thailand	160	–	–	–	–	160
44	Kyrgyzstan	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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kyrgyzstan	3	3	0	29	10	+19	9	Pre-qualification Round 2
2	United Arab Emirates	3	2	1	15	16	−1	6
3	Luxembourg (H)	3	1	2	17	11	+6	3
4	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3	0	3	7	31	−24	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC+1).

8 November 2019
15:45

United Arab Emirates

4–9
(2–1, 2–3, 0–5)

Kyrgyzstan

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 200

Game reference

Khaled Al-Suwaidi
Ahmed Al-Dhaheri

Goalies

Aleksandr Petrov

Referee:

Li Ho Ching
Linesmen:

Espen Olsvik

Chris Van Grinsven

	0–1	06:45 – Nosov (PP)
Al-Nuami (Al-Mehairi) – 07:13	1–1
Zainutdinov – 16:04	2–1
	2–2	22:04 – Titov (Kolodii, Kudashev) (PP)
Zainutdinov – 31:23	3–2
	3–3	31:56 – Titov (Gorobets, Kudashev)
	3–4	35:21 – Tonkikh (Nosov)
Zainutdinov (Al-Ameri) – 36:58	4–4
	4–5	46:56 – Gorobets (Egorov) (PP)
	4–6	48:41 – Tonkikh (Nosov, Chuvalov)
	4–7	52:02 – Nosov (Chuvalov, Titov)
	4–8	53:24 – Tagaev (Shushenkov)
	4–9	54:41 – Tonkikh (Chuvalov, Nosov)

34 min

Penalties

12 min

25

Shots

45

8 November 2019
19:15

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1–10
(0–4, 0–5, 1–1)

Luxembourg

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 676

Game reference

Edis Pribišić

Goalies

Marcus Anselm

Referee:

Vytautas Lukoševičius
Linesmen:

Sidor Krytski

Tobias Schwenk

	0–1	05:23 – Shelest (Houdremont, Grein) (PP2)
	0–2	06:17 – Farinon (Welter) (PP)
	0–3	13:39 – Welter (Houdremont)
	0–4	19:15 – Shelest (C. Cannon) (PP)
	0–5	31:56 – Eriksson (T. Beran, Bechtold)
	0–6	32:04 – Shelest (Eriksson, C. Cannon)
	0–7	34:49 – Grein (Backes) (SH)
	0–8	35:46 – C. Cannon (SH)
	0–9	38:19 – Grein (Eriksson) (PP)
	0–10	47:14 – Sinner (N. Mossong)
Filipović (Mrkva, Ćatović) – 49:37	1–10

12 min

Penalties

6 min

14

Shots

50

9 November 2019
15:45

United Arab Emirates

6–3
(3–1, 2–1, 1–1)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 179

Game reference

Ahmed Al-Dhaheri

Goalies

Dino Pašović
Edis Pribišić

Referee:

Vytautas Lukoševičius
Linesmen:

Espen Olsvik

Tobias Schwenk

	0–1	05:11 – Hodžić (Mrkva, Ljevak) (PP)
Remess (Zainutdinov) – 08:35	1–1
Zainutdinov (J. Al-Dhaheri) – 09:58	2–1
Zainutdinov (Remess) (PP) – 14:00	3–1
J. Al-Dhaheri (Zainutdinov) – 24:05	4–1
Al-Mazrouei (Rem) (PP) – 24:49	5–1
	5–2	38:18 – Ćatović (PP)
J. Al-Dhaheri, (Savko) – 54:34	6–2
	6–3	55:48 – Filipović (PP)

22 min

Penalties

18 min

42

Shots

14

9 November 2019
19:15

Luxembourg

3–5
(1–0, 0–4, 2–1)

Kyrgyzstan

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 734

Game reference

Philippe Lepage
Marcus Anselm

Goalies

Aleksandr Petrov

Referee:

Cemal Kaya
Linesmen:

Sidor Krytski

Chris Van Grinsven

Eriksson (Shelest) (PP) – 17:58	1–0
	1–1	25:17 – Nosov (Tonkikh, Chuvalov) (PP)
	1–2	28:07 – Kudashev (Gorobets)
	1–3	30:44 – Gorobets
	1–4	35:44 – Nosov (Kudashev) (SH)
Mosr (Backes) – 48:54	2–4
C. Cannon – 55:38	3–4
	3–5	59:26 – Tonkikh (SH,ENG)

6 min

Penalties

14 min

21

Shots

35

10 November 2019
15:45

Kyrgyzstan

15–3
(5–2, 2–0, 8–1)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 232

Game reference

Kadyr Alymbekov

Goalies

Dino Pašović
Ismar Hadžić

Referee:

Li Ho Ching
Linesmen:

Sidor Krytski

Espen Olsvik

Tonkikh (Nosov) – 01:29	1–0
Chuvalov (Egorov) – 01:48	2–0
	2–1	08:49 – Cordalija (Mrkva, Ćatović) (PP)
Nosov (Tonkikh) – 09:28	3–1
	3–2	10:09 – Hadžihasanović (Mušić, Ljevak)
Kolodii (Aiapov, Titov) – 11:58	4–2
Gorobets (Terentyev, Tursunbekov) (PP) – 15:20	5–2
Kolodii (Kudashev, Shushenkov) (PP) – 33:02	6–2
Kachkybekov (Titov) (PP) – 37:33	7–2
Tursunbekov (Gorobets, Nosov) – 40:49	8–2
Egorov (Chuvalov) – 42:02	9–2
Terentyev (Tonkikh, Nosov) – 46:22	10–2
Egorov (Chuvalov) – 47:06	11–2
	11–3	47:25 – Rakić (Hadžihasanović)
Titov – 52:07	12–3
Kolodii (Trishkin) – 52:14	13–3
Mirbekov (Ulugbek Uuly) – 54:36	14–3
Kudashev (Shushenkov) (PP) – 58:45	15–3

6 min

Penalties

14 min

49

Shots

12

10 November 2019
19:15

Luxembourg

4–5
(2–2, 2–2, 0–1)

United Arab Emirates

Kockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 403

Game reference

Philippe Lepage
Marcus Anselm

Goalies

Ahmed Al-Dhaheri

Referee:

Cemal Kaya
Linesmen:

Tobias Schwenk

Chris Van Grinsven

	0–1	02:07 – Al-Zaabi (Remess, Al-Mazrouei)
	0–2	10:25 – J. Al-Dhareri (PP)
Backes (Welter) – 13:12	1–2
C. Cannon – 14:05	2–2
C. Cannon (Bechtold, Eriksson) (PP) – 23:33	3–2
	3–3	24:59 – Zainutdinov
Backes (Mosr) (PP) – 25:48	4–3
	4–4	31:42 – Savko (Al-Nuaimi, Al-Kaabi) (PP)
	4–5	49:29 – Remess

12 min

Penalties

22 min

24

Shots

32

Group O

Due to unrest in Hong Kong this tournament was moved to Sanya, China, and was played from 7 to 10 November 2019.[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	20	8	+12	9	Pre-qualification Round 2
2	Thailand	3	2	1	21	8	+13	6
3	Hong Kong	3	1	2	19	14	+5	3
4	Kuwait	3	0	3	1	31	−30	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.

All times are local (UTC+8).

7 November 2019
13:00

Chinese Taipei

5–3
(1–1, 0–0, 4–2)

Thailand

TUS Ice and Snow Park, Sanya
Attendance: 301

Game reference

Liao Yu-cheng

Goalies

Pattarapol Ungkulpattanasuk

Referee:

François Gautier
Linesmen:

Attila Nagy

Yeung Ting Kwan

	0–1	04:21 – Nagayama (Thanakroekkiat, Kindborn) (PP)
Yu Sh. (Yang, Yin) – 16:53	1–1
Yang (Lin H.) (SH) – 43:34	2–1
Hsiao Po-yua. (Lin H., Shen) (PP) – 47:20	3–1
	3–2	52:01 – Thanakroekkiat (Kindborn) (PP)
	3–3	55:24 – Forstner (Kindborn, Nagayama) (PP)
Yu Sh. (Chen, Yen) – 58:43	4–3
Yu Su. (ENG) – 59:27	5–3

10 min

Penalties

10 min

29

Shots

46

7 November 2019
17:00

Kuwait

0–12
(0–4, 0–3, 0–5)

Hong Kong

TUS Ice and Snow Park, Sanya
Attendance: 250

Game reference

Jasem Al-Sarraf
Ahmad Al-Saegh

Goalies

Cheung Ching Ho

Referee:

Mohamad Yusoff
Linesmen:

Omar Al-Yassi

Tam Weng Leong

	0–1	09:36 – Cheng (Yeung)
	0–2	14:25 – R. Lee (Cheng) (PP)
	0–3	18:04 – Y. Wong (Au-Yeung)
	0–4	19:03 – Lui (L. Wong)
	0–5	24:11 – R. Lee (Cheng)
	0–6	38:00 – Cheng (Yeung)
	0–7	39:26 – Kan (To, Au-Yeung)
	0–8	46:48 – Cheng (Lui, L. Wong) (PP)
	0–9	49:28 – Kan (Y. Wong)
	0–10	50:36 – Chau (Law) (PP)
	0–11	58:15 – Cheng (R. Lee) (PP)
	0–12	59:44 – Wong K. (Au-Yeung, Kan) (PP2)

28 min

Penalties

8 min

13

Shots

54

8 November 2019
13:00

Chinese Taipei

8–0
(0–0, 5–0, 3–0)

Kuwait

TUS Ice and Snow Park, Sanya
Attendance: 230

Game reference

He Wei-chih
Liao Yu-cheng

Goalies

Jasem Al-Sarraf

Referee:

Lee Joo-hyun
Linesmen:

Tam Weng Leong

Yeung Ting Kwan

Lu (Yu Sh.) – 22:15	1–0
Hsiao Po-yua. (Shen, Hsiao Po-yun) (PP) – 28:43	2–0
Shen (Lin H.) (PP) – 30:25	3–0
Hsiao Po-yun (Chuang) (SH) – 32:49	4–0
Yu Sh. (Lu) (SH) – 34:16	5–0
Chang (Lu) – 46:15	6–0
Pao (Lin K.) – 52:34	7–0
Hsiao Po-yun (Yu Sh., Shen) – 57:32	8–0

29 min

Penalties

22 min

60

Shots

13

8 November 2019
17:00

Hong Kong

2–7
(0–3, 1–1, 1–3)

Thailand

TUS Ice and Snow Park, Sanya
Attendance: 255

Game reference

Ho King Chi King

Goalies

Pattarapol Ungkulpattanasuk

Referee:

François Gautier
Linesmen:

Omar Al-Yassi

Attila Nagy

	0–1	07:20 – Luckanatinakorn
	0–2	09:46 – Tengsakul (Kitayama, Nagayama)
	0–3	16:01 – Thanakroekkiat (Kindborn, Forstner) (PP)
Cheng (Y. Wong) – 21:08	1–3
	1–4	26:30 – Luckanatinakorn (Forstner, Suwachirat)
Y. Wong (Au-Yeung, To) – 46:38	2–4
	2–5	52:50 – Rattanachot (Suwachirat, Kindborn)
	2–6	58:33 – Kitayama (Nagayama, Chartsuwan)
	2–7	59:20 – Suwachirat (Tengsakul, Khuhakaew)

8 min

Penalties

10 min

30

Shots

55

10 November 2019
13:00

Thailand

11–1
(2–0, 4–0, 5–1)

Kuwait

TUS Ice and Snow Park, Sanya
Attendance: 318

Game reference

Prawes Kaewjeen
Supanat Rungruangwat

Goalies

Jasem Al-Sarraf
Ahmad Al-Saegh

Referee:

Mohamad Yusoff
Linesmen:

Tam Weng Leong

Yeung Ting Kwan

Kindborn – 02:41	1–0
Sukwiboon (Vattanapanyakul) – 03:27	2–0
Forstner (Nagayama, Sukwiboon) (PP) – 32:06	3–0
Forstner (Suwachirat, Kindborn) (PP2) – 33:38	4–0
Kindborn (Tengsakul, Vattanapanyakul) (PP) – 34:04	5–0
Kitayama (Nagayama) – 34:40	6–0
Chartsuwan (Nagayama, Sukwiboon) – 42:43	7–0
Kindborn – 44:59	8–0
Luckanatinakorn (Tengsakul) – 45:45	9–0
	9–1	47:44 – Al-Ajmi (A. Al-Sarraf) (PP)
Kitayama (Kindborn, Nagayama) (SH) – 57:13	10–1
Phasukkijwatana (Jaradwuttipreeda) – 59:39	11–1

4 min

Penalties

24 min

64

Shots

9

10 November 2019
17:00

Hong Kong

5–7
(1–2, 2–2, 2–3)

Chinese Taipei

TUS Ice and Snow Park, Sanya
Attendance: 333

Game reference

Cheung Ching Ho

Goalies

Liao Yu-cheng
He Wei-chih

Referee:

Lee Joo-hyun
Linesmen:

Omar Al-Yassi

Attila Nagy

Chau (SH) – 01:31	1–0
	1–1	03:21 – Lin
	1–2	07:15 – Lin (Yang)
	1–3	23:26 – Shen (Hsiao Po-yua.) (SH)
	1–4	25:47 – Hsiao Po-yun (Tang)
Cheng – 27:15	2–4
Lau (A. Wong) – 28:32	3–4
Cheng (L. Wong, Lui) – 44:33	4–4
R. Lee (Au-Yeung) (PP) – 46:43	5–4
	5–5	50:04 – Yang (Hsiao Po-yua., Shen) (PP)
	5–6	52:21 – Hsiao Po-yun (Lin, Yang) (PP)
	5–7	59:02 – Lin (SH, ENG)

14 min

Penalties

12 min

22

Shots

50

Pre-qualification Round 2

Twelve countries will play in three tournaments to determine qualifiers for the next round. Each tournament winner will be ranked by their qualification seeding and will enter the next round as qualifier seven, eight, or nine.

Group K

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Romania (H)	3	3	0	0	0	43	3	+40	9	Pre-qualification Round 3
2	Iceland	3	2	0	0	1	15	14	+1	6
3	Israel	3	0	1	0	2	5	24	−19	2
4	Kyrgyzstan	3	0	0	1	2	10	32	−22	1

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC+2).

12 December 2019
15:00

Iceland

9–4
(2–0, 2–2, 5–2)

Kyrgyzstan

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 100

Game reference

Dennis Hedström

Goalies

Alexander Petrov
Kadyr Alymbekov

Referee:

Tomasz Radzik
Linesmen:

Attila André

Sem Ramírez

Björnsson (Árnason) – 01:20	1–0
Birgisson (G. Arason, Atlason) – 10:55	2–0
Leifsson (Mikaelsson, Sveinsson) – 21:31	3–0
	3–1	22:35 – Terentyev (Mirbekov)
Björnsson (Sigurðsson, Orongan) (PP) – 24:53	4–1
	4–2	26:30 – Tonkikh (Terentyev)
Sigrúnarson (Leifsson) – 48:26	5–2
Björnsson (Orongan) (PP) – 50:08	6–2
	6–3	50:57 – Nichipurenko (Kolodii)
Björnsson (Jóhannesson, Sigurðsson) (PP) – 54:29	7–3
Kristveigarson (Pálsson, Atlason) – 56:18	8–3
Sigrúnarson (Þorsteinsson, Leifsson) (PP) – 58:51	9–3
	9–4	59:41 – Nichipurenko (Tagaev)

18 min

Penalties

61 min

46

Shots

26

12 December 2019
19:00

Israel

0–15
(0–1, 0–4, 0–10)

Romania

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 300

Game reference

Yehonatan Reisinger
Omer Sharir

Goalies

Zoltán Tőke

Referee:

Ramon Sterkens
Linesmen:

Alejandro García

Nicholas Verbruggen

	0–1	04:08 – Trancă (Borysenko, B. Péter) (PP)
	0–2	21:43 – Butochnov (Salló) (PP)
	0–3	22:41 – Gajdó (Győrfy, O. Bíró)
	0–4	29:06 – Kirichenko (Góga, Borysenko)
	0–5	39:40 – Salló (Fodor, Butochnov) (PP)
	0–6	44:13 – Trancă (Borysenko, B. Péter) (PP)
	0–7	47:36 – Cășăneanu (Gajdó, O. Bíró)
	0–8	49:07 – Gliga (Góga, Molnár)
	0–9	52:33 – O. Bíró (Gajdó)
	0–10	54:33 – Farkas (Molnár, Gliga)
	0–11	55:28 – Fodor (Butochnov, Kirichenko)
	0–12	57:05 – Borysenko (Yemelianenko, Trancă)
	0–13	57:56 – Borysenko (Trancă, G. Bíró)
	0–14	59:03 – Butochnov (Salló, Fodor)
	0–15	59:53 – Cășăneanu (Z. Péter)

24 min

Penalties

6 min

6

Shots

92

13 December 2019
15:00

Iceland

5–0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Israel

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 50

Game reference

Jóhann Ragnarsson

Goalies

Yehonatan Reisinger

Referee:

Ramon Sterkens
Linesmen:

Attila André

Alejandro García

Racansky (Þorsteinsson, Sveinsson) – 03:00	1–0
Leifsson (Sigrúnarson, Mikaelsson) (PP2) – 20:58	2–0
Orongan (Racansky, Sigurðsson) – 27:58	3–0
Orongan (Björnsson) – 47:34	4–0
Björnsson (Pálsson, Árnason) – 53:07	5–0

6 min

Penalties

14 min

64

Shots

9

13 December 2019
19:00

Romania

18–2
(3–0, 7–1, 8–1)

Kyrgyzstan

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 601

Game reference

Patrik Polc

Goalies

Alexander Petrov
Kadyr Alymbekov

Referee:

Jørn McCall
Linesmen:

Sem Ramírez

Nicholas Verbruggen

Cășăneanu (Győrfy, Z. Péter) (SH) – 10:04	1–0
Borysenko (Trancă, B. Péter) (SH) – 16:47	2–0
Kirichenko (Butochnov, Fodor) – 18:58	3–0
B. Péter (Borysenko, Trancă) – 24:08	4–0
Constantin (Góga) – 24:22	5–0
Gajdó (O. Bíró) – 25:22	6–0
Trancă (B. Péter) – 27:02	7–0
Molnár – 31:23	8–0
Győrfy (O. Bíró, Z. Péter) (PP) – 32:51	9–0
Kirichenko (Fodor) – 34:01	10–0
	10–1	39:45 – Nichipurenko (Kolodii, Tagaev)
	10–2	42:58 – Titov
Gecse (Salló) – 47:09	11–2
Molnár (O. Bíró) – 49:27	12–2
Kirichenko (Butochnov, Salló) – 51:24	13–2
Gliga (Trancă, Góga) – 53:12	14–2
Constantin (Gliga, Molnár) – 53:41	15–2
Trancă (B. Péter) – 55:53	16–2
Fodor (Kirichenko) – 58:31	17–2
B. Péter (Trancă, Fodor) – 59:55	18–2

6 min

Penalties

10 min

69

Shots

32

15 December 2019
15:00

Kyrgyzstan

4–5 OT
(3–1, 1–1, 0–2)
(OT: 0–1)

Israel

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 50

Game reference

Alexander Petrov

Goalies

Yehonatan Reisinger

Referee:

Jørn McCall
Linesmen:

Attila André

Nicholas Verbruggen

	0–1	00:26 – Ben Tov (Aharonovich, Greenberg)
Nosov (Titov, Terentyev) – 07:48	1–1
Mirbekov (Kudashev, Gorobets) – 08:07	2–1
Nosov (Terentyev, Isamatov) (PP) – 19:32	3–1
	3–2	36:52 – Ibragimov (Hoffman, Vaitz) (PP)
Gorobets (Egorov) – 38:37	4–2
	4–3	56:09 – Sherf (Kaznatcheev)
	4–4	58:47 – Mostovoy
	4–5	63:30 – Vaitz

8 min

Penalties

10 min

44

Shots

32

15 December 2019
19:00

Romania

10–1
(4–0, 4–0, 2–1)

Iceland

Brașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 1,200

Game reference

Patrik Polc

Goalies

Dennis Hedström

Referee:

Tomasz Radzik
Linesmen:

Alejandro García

Sem Ramírez

Borysenko (Góga, G. Bíró) – 11:11	1–0
Butochnov (Fodor, Gecse) (PP) – 16:01	2–0
B. Péter (Borysenko, Góga) – 17:32	3–0
B. Péter (Gliga) – 19:37	4–0
Molnár (B. Péter, O. Bíró) – 22:55	5–0
Góga (Molnár, B. Péter) (PP) – 29:04	6–0
Molnár (B. Péter, Polc) (PP) – 31:18	7–0
Yemelianenko (G. Bíró, Constantin) (PP) – 37:33	8–0
Fodor (Gajdos, Casaneanu) – 45:53	9–0
Kirichenko (Fodor, Butochnov) – 51:16	10–0
	10–1	57:15 – Birgisson (Kristinsson, Atlason)

6 min

Penalties

18 min

54

Shots

22

Group L

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	36	5	+31	9	Pre-qualification Round 3
2	Spain (H)	3	2	1	29	6	+23	6
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	8	26	−18	3
4	Mexico	3	0	3	3	39	−36	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC+1).

13 December 2019
16:00

Mexico

1–17
(1–6, 0–5, 0–6)

Netherlands

Palau de Gel, Barcelona
Attendance: 103

Game reference

Gerardo García
Paulo Rivera

Goalies

Ian Meierdres

Referee:

Tilen Pahor
Linesmen:

Csaba Bándi

Carlos Trobajo

	0–1	00:46 – Bison (Van Oorschot)
	0–2	01:03 – Knoop (Smit, Van Gestel)
	0–3	04:03 – Verschuren (Smit, Loginov)
	0–4	05:41 – De Bonth (Van Gestel)
Sierra (Pérez, Ar. García) – 11:18	1–4
	1–5	19:07 – Verkiel (Van der Schuit)
	1–6	19:19 – Verschuren (Smit, Oosterveld)
	1–7	27:24 – Bison (Stempher) (PP)
	1–8	28:49 – Stempher (Verschuren, Van Oorschot) (PP)
	1–9	36:48 – Nordemann (Van Oorschot) (PP)
	1–10	38:24 – Turpijn (Oosterveld, Verschuren)
	1–11	38:36 – Van der Schuit (Knoop)
	1–12	47:00 – Stempher (De Bonth, Loginov) (PP)
	1–13	50:22 – Bison (Knoop)
	1–14	55:58 – Verschuren (Oosterveld)
	1–15	57:11 – Smit (De Bonth)
	1–16	58:40 – Verschuren (Oosterveld)
	1–17	59:04 – Borgman (Den Edel)

18 min

Penalties

18 min

7

Shots

88

13 December 2019
20:00

Spain

11–0
(3–0, 4–0, 4–0)

Chinese Taipei

Palau de Gel, Barcelona
Attendance: 348

Game reference

Ander Alcaine
Raul Barbo

Goalies

Liao Yu-cheng
He Wei-chih

Referee:

Gergely Kincses
Linesmen:

Knut Bråten

Gil Tichon

Hernández (Baldris, Ubieto) – 02:41	1–0
Carbonell (Ubieto, Burgos) – 12:38	2–0
Fuentes (Hernández) – 13:51	3–0
Baldris (Fernández-Pola, Martínez) – 26:46	4–0
Burgos (Paul) – 27:47	5–0
Martínez (A. García) – 29:41	6–0
Ós. Rubio (Martínez) – 29:48	7–0
Boronat (Donath, Baldris) – 50:05	8–0
Donath (Fuentes, A. García) – 53:25	9–0
Or. Rubio – 55:33	10–0
Lasuen (Ubieto) – 56:41	11–0

2 min

Penalties

2 min

65

Shots

8

14 December 2019
16:00

Netherlands

14–1
(4–1, 7–0, 3–0)

Chinese Taipei

Palau de Gel, Barcelona
Attendance: 433

Game reference

Martijn Oosterwijk

Goalies

He Wei-chih
Liao Yu-cheng

Referee:

Tilen Pahor
Linesmen:

Knut Bråten

Carlos Trobajo

Verschuren (Van der Schuit, Loginov) (PP) – 01:54	1–0
	1–1	04:10 – Hsiao Po-yun (Shen)
Bison (Loginov) – 04:48	2–1
Verschuren (Turpijn) – 05:33	3–1
Van Gorp (De Bonth) – 05:40	4–1
Stempher (Bison) – 21:27	5–1
Verkiel (Oosterveld) – 22:04	6–1
Stempher (Bison) – 27:38	7–1
Oosterveld (Verschuren, Turpijn) – 29:23	8–1
Stempher (Verkiel) (SH) – 32:46	9–1
Verschuren (Van der Schuit) (SH) – 33:02	10–1
Oosterveld (Verschure, Turpijn) – 37:09	11–1
Stempher (Van der Schuit) – 40:54	12–1
Stempher (Verkiel) – 54:08	13–1
Van der Schuit (Stempher) – 53:32	14–1

8 min

Penalties

2 min

60

Shots

11

14 December 2019
20:00

Spain

15–1
(4–1, 4–0, 7–0)

Mexico

Palau de Gel, Barcelona
Attendance: 612

Game reference

Raul Barbo
Ignacio García

Goalies

Gerardo García
Paulo Rivera

Referee:

Stian Halm
Linesmen:

Csaba Bándi

Gil Tichon

Hernández (A. García, Burgos) (PP) – 14:33	1–0
	1–1	15:20 – Sierra (Ar. García, Pérez)
Lasuen – 17:19	2–1
Boronat (Baldris, Bravo) (PP) – 17:56	3–1
Hernández (Lasuen, García-Zarandieta) – 19:27	4–1
A. García (Carbonell) – 24:42	5–1
Martínez (Ós. Rubio) – 32:30	6–1
Donath (Fuentes, A. García) – 35:36	7–1
Or. Rubio (A. García, Donath) (PP) – 38:22	8–1
Granell (Boronat, A. García) – 41:20	9–1
Donath (Burgos) – 43:35	10–1
A. García (Ós. Rubio) – 55:34	11–1
Fuentes (Boronat) – 57:15	12–1
Ós. Rubio (Fernández-Pola) – 57:36	13–1
Hernández (Granell, Donath) – 59:02	14–1
Ós. Rubio (Martínez) – 59:38	15–1

37 min

Penalties

22 min

85

Shots

12

15 December 2019
16:00

Chinese Taipei

7–1
(3–0, 3–0, 1–1)

Mexico

Palau de Gel, Barcelona
Attendance: 210

Game reference

Liao Yu-cheng

Goalies

Gerardo García

Referee:

Stian Halm
Linesmen:

Gil Tichon

Carlos Trobajo

Pan (Sang, Lin H.) – 10:35	1–0
Lin H. (Hsiao Po-yun, Shen) (PP) – 14:00	2–0
Lin H. (Shen, Hsiao Po-yun) (PP) – 19:19	3–0
Hsiao Po-yun (Hsiao Po-yuan, Lin H.) (PP) – 27:31	4–0
Yang (Lin H.) – 30:13	5–0
Hsiao Po-yun (Chang) – 31:01	6–0
	6–1	47:08 – Sierra (Pérez)
Lin H. – 53:45	7–1

6 min

Penalties

16 min

34

Shots

23

8 January 2020^{[N 1]}
12:00

Netherlands

5–3
(1–1, 2–2, 2–0)

Spain

Palau de Gel, Barcelona
Attendance: 274

Game reference

Frederik Meierdres

Goalies

Ander Alcaine

Referee:

Gergely Kincses
Linesmen:

Csaba Bándi

Knut Bråten

Bison (Vogelaar, Stempher) – 03:12	1–0
	1–1	10:46 – Or. Rubio (Ubieto, González) (PP)
	1–2	23:09 – Fernández-Pola (Granell)
De Hondt (Bison, Stempher) – 23:26	2–2
De Bonth (Van der Schuit, Bastings) – 29:04	3–2
	3–3	34:13 – Or. Rubio (Granell, Giménez) (PP)
Van der Schuit (De Bonth) – 43:55	4–3
Stempher (De Hondt) (ENG) – 59:43	5–3

6 min

Penalties

2 min

37

Shots

17

^ The 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.[4][5]

Group M

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia (H)	3	3	0	24	4	+20	9	Pre-qualification Round 3
2	Serbia	3	2	1	16	5	+11	6
3	Turkey	3	1	2	9	19	−10	3
4	Bulgaria	3	0	3	2	23	−21	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC+1).

13 December 2019
15:00

Serbia

8–3
(6–0, 1–3, 1–0)

Turkey

Zibel Arena, Sisak
Attendance: 106

Game reference

Jug Mitić

Goalies

Tolga Bozacı

Referee:

Miha Bajt
Linesmen:

Martin Boyadjiev

Marko Saković

Podunavac (Anić, Vučurević) – 00:28	1–0
Zwick (Popović, Dragović) – 01:47	2–0
Mitrović (Čengeri, Podunavac) – 02:14	3–0
Đumić – 13:14	4–0
Marković (Zwick) – 16:03	5–0
Vučurević (Pajić, Podunavac) – 17:32	6–0
	6–1	27:56 – Bakal (Aktürk, Halil)
Španjević (Mitrović) – 32:16	7–1
	7–2	34:32 – Solak (Gümüş)
	7–3	39:51 – Hars (E. Faner)
Đumić (Anić, Vučurević) (PP) – 51:22	8–3

10 min

Penalties

12 min

36

Shots

14

13 December 2019
19:00

Bulgaria

1–12
(0–3, 0–2, 1–7)

Croatia

Zibel Arena, Sisak
Attendance: 289

Game reference

Dimitar Dimitrov
Ivan Stoynov

Goalies

Vilim Rosandić

Referee:

Krzysztof Kozłowski
Linesmen:

Tibor Fazekas

Daniel Sparer

	0–1	03:16 – Kaleb (Vedlin)
	0–2	08:59 – Čizmadija (Šakić)
	0–3	18:15 – Kanaet (Šakić) (SH)
	0–4	36:48 – Mirić (F. Jarčov, Kegalj)
	0–5	37:14 – Puzić (Kanaet, Paulović)
	0–6	41:42 – Kanaet (Mirić) (SH)
	0–7	47:07 – Fičur
	0–8	47:39 – L. Jarčov (Šakić, Tadić) (PP2)
	0–9	50:52 – Mikulić (SH)
	0–10	53:19 – L. Jarčov (Šakić) (PP)
	0–11	55:22 – Kaleb (Brenčun, Mikulić) (PP)
	0–12	58:03 – L. Jarčov
Gatsev (Nakov) – 59:08	1–12

34 min

Penalties

12 min

14

Shots

62

14 December 2019
15:00

Serbia

7–0
(1–0, 4–0, 2–0)

Bulgaria

Zibel Arena, Sisak
Attendance: 80

Game reference

Arsenije Ranković

Goalies

Dimitar Dimitrov
Ivan Stoynov

Referee:

Vladimír Snášel
Linesmen:

Marko Saković

Daniel Sparer

Grković (Čengeri, Podunavac) – 09:28	1–0
Popović (Leštarić) (PP) – 22:04	2–0
Bjelogrlić (Radosavljević, Anić) – 26:54	3–0
Anić (Novaković, Leštarić) – 33:53	4–0
Bjelogrlić (PP) – 35:04	5–0
Bjelogrlić (Pajić) – 46:23	6–0
Bjelogrlić (Podunavac) – 51:09	7–0

18 min

Penalties

18 min

54

Shots

7

14 December 2019
19:00

Croatia

10–2
(2–1, 4–0, 4–1)

Turkey

Zibel Arena, Sisak
Attendance: 380

Game reference

Ivan Štimac-Rojtinić

Goalies

Tolga Bozacı
Onurcan Kaya

Referee:

Krzysztof Kozłowski
Linesmen:

Martin Boyadjiev

Tibor Fazekas

Čizmadija (Brenčun) – 05:55	1–0
Čunko (Šakić, Tadić) (PP) – 12:33	2–0
	2–1	19:09 – Gümüş (Halil) (PP)
Mikulić (Čizmadija, Kaleb) – 21:27	3–1
Puzić (Čunko, Šakić) – 25:05	4–1
Mirić (Fičur) – 26:30	5–1
Kramarič (Paulović, Čanić) – 38:14	6–1
Vedlin (Kegalj) (PP) – 41:37	7–1
	7–2	44:34 – Bakal (Savaş)
Šakić (Tadić) – 51:42	8–2
Srketić (L. Jarčov, Čunko) (PP) – 56:38	9–2
Ličina (Paulović) – 58:58	10–2

18 min

Penalties

22 min

38

Shots

8

15 December 2019
15:00

Turkey

4–1
(1–0, 3–1, 0–0)

Bulgaria

Zibel Arena, Sisak
Attendance: 50

Game reference

Tolga Bozacı

Goalies

Dimitar Dimitrov

Referee:

Miha Bajt
Linesmen:

Tibor Fazekas

Marko Saković

Karş (Hars, F. Faner) – 19:09	1–0
Anlar (H. Salt, E. Faner) (PP) – 25:25	2–0
Anlar (K. Salt) – 35:29	3–0
	3–1	35:58 – T. Abdi (V. Dikov)
Solak (H. Salt) (PP) – 37:53	4–1

12 min

Penalties

102 min

45

Shots

19

15 December 2019
19:00

Croatia

2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Serbia

Zibel Arena, Sisak
Attendance: 989

Game reference

Vilim Rosandić

Goalies

Arsenije Ranković

Referee:

Vladimír Snášel
Linesmen:

Martin Boyadjiev

Daniel Sparer

Mirić (Kaleb) – 06:09	1–0
	1–1	39:12 – Đumić (Anić)
Mikulić (Čanić) – 57:35	2–1

26 min

Penalties

28 min

31

Shots

29

Pre-qualification Round 3

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia (H)	3	3	0	25	4	+21	9	Final qualification
2	Japan	3	2	1	15	6	+9	6
3	Lithuania	3	1	2	5	17	−12	3
4	Croatia	3	0	3	1	19	−18	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC+1).

6 February 2020
15:30

Japan

9–0
(4–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Croatia

Podmežakla Hall, Jesenice
Attendance: 100

Game reference

Yutaka Fukufuji
Yuta Narisawa

Goalies

Ivan Štimac-Rojtinić

Referees:

Andris Ansons

Lasse Kopitz
Linesmen:

Nicolas Constantineau

Matjaž Hribar

Echigo (Nakajima, Osawa) (PP) – 05:53	1–0
Yamada (Kawai, Terao) – 06:42	2–0
Takagi (Ueno, Osawa) – 09:54	3–0
Osawa (Echigo, Nakajima) (PP) – 15:07	4–0
Irikura (Ikeda) – 20:46	5–0
Hirano (Nakajima, Echigo) – 29:42	6–0
Sato (Furuhashi, Ikeda) (PP) – 44:40	7–0
Hashimoto (Nakajima, Hirano) – 48:56	8–0
Hirano (Nakajima, Y. Otsu) – 56:36	9–0

6 min

Penalties

6 min

56

Shots

15

6 February 2020
19:00

Lithuania

2–12
(0–4, 1–3, 1–5)

Slovenia

Podmežakla Hall, Jesenice
Attendance: 500

Game reference

Laurynas Lubys
Artur Pavliukov

Goalies

Gašper Krošelj

Referees:

Joris Müller

Trpimir Piragić
Linesmen:

Håvar Dahl

Mihail Stupak

	0–1	02:32 – Koblar (Pretnar)
	0–2	04:01 – Zajc (Ograjenšek, Čepon)
	0–3	10:53 – Koblar (Čimžar, Pretnar)
	0–4	12:46 – Urbas (Kuralt) (PP)
	0–5	21:05 – Ograjenšek (Urbas, Gregorc) (PP)
	0–6	29:31 – Jeglič (Čimžar, Repe)
	0–7	36:14 – Verlič (Kuralt)
Verenis (Bosas) (PP) – 39:53	1–7
	1–8	43:31 – Gregorc (Kalan)
	1–9	46:02 – Sabolič (Jeglič, Tičar)
	1–10	47:52 – Verlič (Urbas, Čepon)
	1–11	52:19 – Jeglič (Tičar, Sabolič)
	1–12	53:47 – Koblar (Kalan, Pavlin)
Krakauskas (Žukauskas, Misiuk) – 59:59	2–12

10 min

Penalties

8 min

9

Shots

61

7 February 2020
15:30

Japan

4–0
(4–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Lithuania

Podmežakla Hall, Jesenice
Attendance: 150

Game reference

Yuta Narisawa

Goalies

Laurynas Lubys

Referees:

Geoffrey Barcelo

Trpimir Piragić
Linesmen:

Dominik Altmann

Matjaž Hribar

Terao (Takahashi, Yanadori) – 02:04	1–0
Echigo (Hirano, Hashimoto) (PP2) – 05:37	2–0
Sato (Furuhashi, Takagi) (PP) – 14:04	3–0
Takahashi (Terao) – 17:16	4–0

26 min

Penalties

10 min

27

Shots

24

7 February 2020
19:00

Slovenia

7–0
(1–0, 4–0, 2–0)

Croatia

Podmežakla Hall, Jesenice
Attendance: 900

Game reference

Matija Pintarič

Goalies

Vito Nikolić

Referees:

Lasse Kopitz

Joris Müller
Linesmen:

Nicolas Constantineau

Mihail Stupak

Tičar (Sabolič) – 16:15	1–0
Urbas (Gregorc, Ograjenšek) (PP) – 23:40	2–0
Tičar (Pretnar, Sabolič) (PP) – 32:06	3–0
Kuralt (Gregorc, Urbas) (PP) – 37:54	4–0
Zajc (Logar, Čepon) – 38:28	5–0
Verlič (Koren) – 51:22	6–0
Kalan (Pretnar, Čepon) – 59:54	7–0

6 min

Penalties

12 min

67

Shots

4

9 February 2020
15:30

Croatia

1–3
(0–2, 0–0, 1–1)

Lithuania

Podmežakla Hall, Jesenice
Attendance: 150

Game reference

Vito Nikolić

Goalies

Laurynas Lubys

Referees:

Geoffrey Barcelo

Joris Müller
Linesmen:

Dominik Altmann

Mihail Stupak

	0–1	05:54 – Bosas (Verenis, Bendžius) (PP)
	0–2	14:48 – Čižas (Bosas)
Tadić (Šakić, Čanić) – 52:27	1–2
	1–3	59:57 – Rumševičius (EN)

12 min

Penalties

6 min

22

Shots

33

9 February 2020
19:00

Slovenia

6–2
(0–1, 1–0, 5–1)

Japan

Podmežakla Hall, Jesenice
Attendance: 1,700

Game reference

Gašper Krošelj

Goalies

Yutaka Fukufuji

Referees:

Andris Ansons

Lasse Kopitz
Linesmen:

Nicolas Constantineau

Håvar Dahl

	0–1	08:02 – Nakajima (Hashimoto, Hirano)
Urbas (Ograjenšek) (PP) – 25:43	1–1
Ograjenšek (Gregorc, Verlič) (PP) – 45:19	2–1
Sabolič (Repe) – 46:47	3–1
Tičar (Sabolič) (EN) – 57:23	4–1
	4–2	58:30 – Nakajima (PP, EA)
Tičar (Jeglič) (EN) – 58:57	5–2
Zajc (Čepon) – 59:26	6–2

20 min

Penalties

10 min

38

Shots

13

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	3	0	17	3	+14	9	Final qualification
2	Kazakhstan (H)	3	2	1	17	5	+12	6
3	Ukraine	3	1	2	5	14	−9	3
4	Netherlands	3	0	3	1	18	−17	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC+6).

6 February 2020
15:00

Poland

8–0
(3–0, 4–0, 1–0)

Netherlands

Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 228

Game reference

John Murray
Michał Kieler

Goalies

Ian Meierdres
Martijn Oosterwijk

Referees:

Pavel Halas Jr.

Miroslav Iarets
Linesmen:

Martin Boyajiev

Andrew Dalton

Kostek (Kapica) (PP) – 02:58	1–0
Chmielewski (Kolusz, Paś) (PP) – 07:58	2–0
Urbanowicz (Chmielewski) (PP) – 13:09	3–0
Paś (Dziubiński, Kolusz) (PP) – 24:11	4–0
Wajda (Urbanowicz, Chmielewski) – 26:23	5–0
Jaśkiewicz (Przygodzki, Michałowski) – 26:55	6–0
Jaśkiewicz – 35:55	7–0
Komorski (Kostek) – 49:11	8–0

6 min

Penalties

14 min

51

Shots

6

6 February 2020
19:30

Ukraine

1–8
(1–5, 0–2, 0–1)

Kazakhstan

Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 3,584

Game reference

Kyrylo Kucher
Mykyta Hordiushin

Goalies

Henrik Karlsson

Referees:

Miklós Haszonits

Adam Kika
Linesmen:

Paweł Kosidło

Dániel Soós

	0–1	03:43 – Shevchenko (Maklyukov, Akolzin)
	0–2	07:35 – Petukhov (Orekhov)
	0–3	08:27 – Metalnikov (Dietz, Shestakov)
	0–4	12:58 – Starchenko (Valk, Mikhailis)
Babinets (Butsenko, Blagoy) – 14:56	1–4
	1–5	17:39 – Zhailauov (Dietz)
	1–6	32:56 – Dietz (Shestakov)
	1–7	34:40 – Shestakov (Dietz)
	1–8	51:06 – Orekhov (Zhailauov)

4 min

Penalties

2 min

13

Shots

60

7 February 2020
15:00

Poland

6–1
(1–1, 2–0, 3–0)

Ukraine

Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 242

Game reference

John Murray

Goalies

Kyrylo Kucher
Mykyta Hordiushin

Referees:

Adam Kika

Gordon Schukies
Linesmen:

Andrew Dalton

Andreas Malmqvist

	0–1	15:45 – Taran (Alexyuk, Butsenko)
Starzyński (Dziubiński) – 19:34	1–1
Przygodzki (Wajda, Marzec) – 27:19	2–1
Marzec (SH) – 35:55	3–1
Kolusz (PP) – 40:44	4–1
Kapica (Ciura, Bettahar) – 52:16	5–1
Komorski – 55:11	6–1

14 min

Penalties

12 min

40

Shots

18

7 February 2020
19:30

Kazakhstan

7–1
(3–0, 1–1, 3–0)

Netherlands

Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 2,975

Game reference

Sergei Kudryavtsev

Goalies

Martijn Oosterwijk

Referees:

Pavel Halas Jr.

Miklós Haszonits
Linesmen:

Martin Boyajiev

Paweł Kosidło

Blacker (Shalapov, Shestakov) – 01:01	1–0
Dietz (Rymarev, Starchenko) – 08:26	2–0
Rymarev (Boyd) – 10:33	3–0
Orekhov (Zhailauov, Petukhov) – 22:59	4–0
	4–1	27:22 – Van der Schuit (Stempher)
Sagadeyev (Petukhov) – 41:57	5–1
Zhailauov (Sagadeyev, Shalapov) – 52:16	6–1
Zhailauov (Petukhov, Sagadeyev) (PP) – 57:56	7–1

4 min

Penalties

6 min

57

Shots

10

9 February 2020
13:00

Netherlands

0–3
(0–1, 0–2, 0–0)

Ukraine

Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 372

Game reference

Ian Meierdres

Goalies

Artur Ohandzhanyan

Referees:

Pavel Halas Jr.

Miroslav Iarets
Linesmen:

Paweł Kosidło

Dániel Soós

	0–1	15:10 – Nimenko (Butsenko, Babinets)
	0–2	22:12 – Butsenko (Babinets, Nimenko)
	0–3	30:29 – Savchenko (Mikhnov, Tolstushko) (PP)

10 min

Penalties

14 min

19

Shots

31

9 February 2020
17:00

Kazakhstan

2–3
(0–1, 2–1, 0–1)

Poland

Barys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 5,622

Game reference

Henrik Karlsson

Goalies

John Murray

Referees:

Adam Kika

Gordon Schukies
Linesmen:

Andrew Dalton

Andreas Malmqvist

	0–1	07:28 – Ciura
	0–2	30:30 – Przygodzki (Jaśkiewicz)
Boyd (Valk, Dawes) – 30:47	1–2
Boyd (Dawes, Valk) – 35:29	2–2
	2–3	40:29 – Urbanowicz (Komorski, Dziubiński)

2 min

Penalties

6 min

53

Shots

17

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary	3	2	1	0	0	11	4	+7	8	Final qualification
2	Great Britain (H)	3	2	0	0	1	12	8	+4	6
3	Romania	3	1	0	1	1	12	10	+2	4
4	Estonia	3	0	0	0	3	5	18	−13	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC±0).

6 February 2020
15:30

Hungary

4–1
(1–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Estonia

Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 861

Game reference

Miklós Rajna

Goalies

Villem-Henrik Koitmaa

Referees:

Alex DiPietro

Ladislav Smetana
Linesmen:

Daniel Beresford

Vladimir Suslov

Hári (Galanisz, Terbócs) – 09:21	1–0
Hári (Nagy, Terbócs) (PP) – 26:20	2–0
	2–1	29:29 – Lodeikin
Hári (Stipsicz, Szabó) – 31:11	3–1
Csányi (Kiss) – 56:10	4–1

2 min

Penalties

8 min

36

Shots

20

6 February 2020
19:30

Great Britain

4–3
(2–1, 2–1, 0–1)

Romania

Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 2,788

Game reference

Ben Bowns

Goalies

Patrik Polc

Referees:

Jonathan Alarie

Vladimir Yefremov
Linesmen:

Joona Elonen

Frederic Monnaie

	0–1	14:21 – Kirichenko
D. Ehrhardt – 15:11	1–1
Farmer (D. Ehrhardt, T. Ehrhardt) – 17:16	2–1
	2–2	29:46 – Tranca (B. Péter)
Myers – 32:20	3–2
Connolly (Lake) – 32:50	4–2
	4–3	56:41 – Salló

10 min

Penalties

4 min

34

Shots

23

8 February 2020
14:00

Hungary

3–2 OT
(1–1, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT: 1–0)

Romania

Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 1,998

Game reference

Gergely Arany

Goalies

Patrik Polc

Referees:

Alex DiPietro

Anton Hladchenko
Linesmen:

Daniel Beresford

Frederic Monnaie

	0–1	00:35 – Tranca (Molnár) (PP)
Sarauer (Galanisz, Csányi) – 01:56	1–1
Papp (Sofron, Szabó) – 44:24	2–1
	2–2	55:09 – Butochnov (Borysenko)
Erdély (Hári, Stipsicz) – 60:15	3–2

10 min

Penalties

4 min

43

Shots

24

8 February 2020
18:00

Estonia

1–7
(0–0, 1–4, 0–3)

Great Britain

Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 4,465

Game reference

Villem-Henrik Koitmaa

Goalies

Ben Bowns

Referees:

Jonathan Alarie

Ladislav Smetana
Linesmen:

Josef Špůr

Vladimir Suslov

	0–1	22:04 – Perlini (D. Phillips)
	0–2	28:26 – Betteridge (Richardson, Connolly)
	0–3	29:18 – Conway (D. Ehrhardt)
	0–4	32:43 – Perlini (O'Connor, Hammond) (PP)
Sibirtsev (Ossipov) – 38:56	1–4
	1–5	48:40 – Lake (Farmer, Conway) (PP)
	1–6	49:04 – J. Phillips (Hammond, Lachowicz)
	1–7	54:47 – Conway (Ferrara)

4 min

Penalties

2 min

23

Shots

38

9 February 2020
14:00

Romania

7–3
(2–2, 2–0, 3–1)

Estonia

Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 1,561

Game reference

Zoltán Tőke

Goalies

Roman Shumikhin
Villem-Henrik Koitmaa

Referees:

Anton Hladchenko

Vladimir Yefremov
Linesmen:

Daniel Beresford

Frederic Monnaie

Butochnov (Borysenko) – 02:05	1–0
	1–1	02:49 – Slessarevski (Lahesalu, Puzakov)
	1–2	10:52 – Saskin
Borysenko (Kirichenko) (PP) – 15:44	2–2
Rokaly (Góga) – 30:49	3–2
Tranca (B. Péter) – 34:12	4–2
Tranca (Molnár) – 41:06	5–2
	5–3	44:18 – Andrejev (Aleksandrov)
Butochnov (Constantin, Kirichenko) – 49:47	6–3
Tranca (Góga) – 53:43	7–3

6 min

Penalties

6 min

39

Shots

31

9 February 2020
18:00

Great Britain

1–4
(0–0, 0–2, 1–2)

Hungary

Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 4,544

Game reference

Ben Bowns

Goalies

Miklós Rajna

Referees:

Jonathan Alarie

Ladislav Smetana
Linesmen:

Joona Elonen

Josef Špůr

	0–1	20:32 – Stipsicz (Nagy, Hári) (PP)
	0–2	31:17 – Erdély (Stipsicz, Sofron)
Myers (PP) – 40:57	1–2
	1–3	45:11 – Hári
	1–4	52:00 – Sofron (Hári)

8 min

Penalties

24 min

48

Shots

20

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.[6]

Group D

The tournament will be held at the Ondrej Nepela Arena in Bratislava.[7]

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Slovakia (H)	2022 Winter Olympics
2	Belarus
3	Austria
4	Poland

First match(es) will be played on 26 August 2021. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Group E

The tournament will be played at the Arēna Rīga in Riga.[7]

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Latvia (H)	2022 Winter Olympics
2	France
3	Italy
4	Hungary

First match(es) will be played on 26 August 2021. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Group F

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Norway (H)	2022 Winter Olympics
2	Denmark
3	South Korea
4	Slovenia

First match(es) will be played on 26 August 2021. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Graphical summary

2022 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

References

"Olympic Winter Games". IIHF. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
"China set for Olympic ice hockey". IIHF. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
"Olympic Qualification group moved to Hainan". IIHF. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
"Group L showdown abandoned". IIHF. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
"Netherlands-Spain on 8 January". IIHF. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
"Olympic qualifiers moved". IIHF. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.
"Olympic Qualification in Bratislava". IIHF. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[cnote_a_grp_1] 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

[cnote_b_grp_1] 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.

[index-1] "Olympic Winter Games". IIHF. Retrieved 26 May 2019.

[2] "China set for Olympic ice hockey". IIHF. 17 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2019.

[3] "Olympic Qualification group moved to Hainan". IIHF. 14 October 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.

[4] "Group L showdown abandoned". IIHF. Retrieved 15 December 2019.

[5] "Netherlands-Spain on 8 January". IIHF. Retrieved 19 December 2019.

[6] "Olympic qualifiers moved". IIHF. 6 May 2020. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

[Arena-7] "Olympic Qualification in Bratislava". IIHF. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 6 March 2020.

[a]

[b]

[N 1]