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

Ice hockey at the
2002 Winter Olympics
Qualification
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Tournament
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Rosters
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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 China South Korea
 Japan 2 2 0 0 14 0 4 5 - 0 9 - 0
 China 2 1 1 0 4 7 2 0 - 5 4 - 2
 South Korea 2 0 2 0 2 13 0 0 - 9 2 - 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 Italy Slovenia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
 Germany 3 3 0 0 21 3 6 2 - 1 5 - 2 14 - 0
 Italy 3 2 1 0 21 2 4 1 - 2 7 - 0 13 - 0
 Slovenia 3 1 2 0 13 12 2 2 - 5 0 - 7 11 - 0
 Yugoslavia 3 0 3 0 0 38 0 0 - 14 0 - 13 0 - 11
Group 2

Played in Tallinn, Estonia

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Ukraine Kazakhstan Estonia Lithuania
 Ukraine 3 2 1 0 11 6 4 3 - 5 5 - 0 3 - 1
 Kazakhstan 3 2 1 0 20 9 4 5 - 3 2 - 4 13 - 2
 Estonia 3 2 1 0 13 9 4 0 - 5 4 - 2 9 - 2
 Lithuania 3 0 3 0 5 25 0 1 - 3 2 - 13 2 - 9
Group 3

Played in Gdańsk, Poland

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS France Poland United Kingdom Romania
 France 3 3 0 0 19 7 6 5 - 2 5 - 4 9 - 1
 Poland 3 2 1 0 17 9 4 2 - 5 4 - 2 11 - 2
 Great Britain 3 1 2 0 10 9 2 4 - 5 2 - 4 4 - 0
 Romania 3 0 3 0 3 24 0 1 - 9 2 - 11 0 - 4
Group 4

Played in Copenhagen, Denmark

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Denmark Japan Netherlands Hungary
 Denmark 3 3 0 0 16 7 6 7 - 3 3 - 1 6 - 3
 Japan 3 2 1 0 15 11 4 3 - 7 5 - 3 7 - 1
 Netherlands 3 1 2 0 9 9 2 1 - 3 3 - 5 5 - 1
 Hungary 3 0 3 0 5 18 0 3 - 6 1 - 7 1 - 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) Hosts

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) Hosts

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

References

  1. ^ "Qualification process" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-01. Retrieved 2020-07-08.
  2. ^ Croatia's mistake