Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

Qualification for the men's tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics was determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the 2012 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. The top nine teams in the world ranking received automatic berths into the Olympics, while all other teams had an opportunity to qualify for the remaining three spots in the Olympics. As with Canada in 2010, the IIHF made no mention of direct qualification for the host. ^[1]

Qualified teams

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
2012 IIHF World Ranking [a]	6 April 2009 – 20 May 2012	Helsinki and Stockholm [b]	9 [1]	Russia   Finland   Czech Republic   Sweden   Canada   Slovakia   United States   Norway    Switzerland
Final qualification tournament	7–10 February 2013	Bietigheim-Bissingen	1	Austria
Final qualification tournament	7–10 February 2013	Riga	1	Latvia
Final qualification tournament	7–10 February 2013	Vojens	1	Slovenia
TOTAL			12

Notes

1. ^a 2012 IIHF World Ranking were comprising the following events: 2009 World Championships, 2010 Winter Olympic Games, 2010 World Championships, 2011 World Championships and 2012 World Championships.
2. ^b Helsinki and Stockholm were sites for 2012 World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking were finalized with regards to the qualification slots.

Direct qualification

To qualify directly, a nation had to be ranked in the top nine following the 2012 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. ^[2] The following was a ranking based on points already accumulated toward Olympic qualification of all countries at the top level, or who are ranked amongst them. To qualify directly, a nation had to be ranked in the top nine following the 2012 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. ^[2] The following was a ranking based on points already accumulated toward Olympic qualification of all countries at the top level, or who are ranked amongst them.

	Qualified directly to Olympic Tournament
	Final qualification
	Pre-qualification
	Preliminary qualification

Rank	Team	WC 2012 (100%)	WC 2011 (75%)	WC 2010 (50%)	OLY 2010 (50%)	WC 2009 (25%)	Total
1	Russia	1200	1100	1160	1040	1200	3425
2	Finland	1100	1200	1040	1120	1060	3345
3	Czech Republic	1120	1120	1200	1020	1040	3330
4	Sweden	1040	1160	1120	1060	1120	3280
5	Canada	1060	1060	1020	1200	1160	3255
6	Slovakia	1160	940	900	1100	940	3100
7	United States	1020	1000	880	1160	1100	3065
8	Norway	1000	1040	960	940	920	2960
9	Switzerland	920	960	1060	1000	960	2910
10	Germany	900	1020	1100	920	840	2885
11	Latvia	940	880	920	900	1020	2765
12	Denmark	880	920	1000	840	880	2710
13	Belarus	860	860	940	960	1000	2705
14	France	960	900	860	740	900	2660
15	Austria	780	840	800	880	860	2465
16	Italy	840	780	840	800	780	2440
17	Kazakhstan	820	800	820	820	800	2440
18	Slovenia	800	820	780	760	760	2375
19	Hungary	760	760	740	720	820	2265
20	Ukraine	700	720	760	860	740	2235
21	Great Britain	720	740	680	640	700	2110
22	Japan	740	580	720	780	720	2105
23	Poland	660	680	700	660	680	2020
24	Netherlands	640	660	660	600	640	1925
25	Lithuania	600	640	620	700	660	1905
26	Estonia	560	600	560	680	520	1760
27	Romania	620	560	520	560	580	1725
28	South Korea	680	700	640		560	1665
29	Spain	540	620	540	540	480	1665
30	Croatia	520	520	580	620	620	1665
31	Serbia	480	480	600	580	540	1565
32	Australia	580	540	500		600	1385
33	Bulgaria	400	380	440	520	420	1270
34	Mexico	380	400	400	500	400	1230
35	Iceland	500	460	460		440	1185
36	Belgium	440	440	480		500	1135
37	New Zealand	460	500	420		320	1125
38	China	420	420	380		460	1040
39	Turkey	320	280	340	480	300	1015
40	Israel	360	320	360		380	875
41	South Africa	340	300	260		340	780
42	Ireland	260	340	320		240	735
43	Luxembourg	280	260	240		280	665
44	Greece	240	240	280		260	625
45	North Korea	300		300		360	540
46	Mongolia	220		200		220	375
47	United Arab Emirates			220			110

Olympic preliminary qualification

One round robin was played on 17–19, September 2012 in Zagreb, Croatia. The winner of the group advanced to the prequalification tournaments.

Group K

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Croatia	3	3	0	0	0	30	6	+24	9
Mexico	3	2	0	0	1	14	14	0	6
Serbia	3	1	0	0	2	12	12	0	3
Israel	3	0	0	0	3	5	29	−24	0

Team advanced to Olympic pre-qualification

All times are local (UTC+2).

17 September 2012 16:30

Serbia

7–1 (2–0, 2–0, 3–1)

Israel

Dom Sportova Attendance: 50

Game reference
	Milan Luković Petar Stepanović	Goalies	Avihu Sorotzky Alex Aharonov	Referee: Przemysław Kepa Linesmen: Roman Shikhanov Marko Zibret
	M. Kerezović (R. Sabadoš, N. Vučurević) – 08:13 1–0 A. Luković (M. Sretović) – 09:21 2–0 D. Filipović (A. Luković) – 24:19 3–0 N. Raković (M. Prokić, M. Sretović) – 32:49 4–0 N. Raković (A. Luković) (PP) – 40:45 5–0 5–1 48:37 – A. Geller (D. Spivak) A. Luković (M. Prokić, M. Sretović) – 51:21 6–1 M. Sretović (S. Ristić) – 58:03 7–1
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	41	Shots	19

17 September 2012 20:15

Mexico

2–9 (1–4, 0–1, 1–4)

Croatia

Dom Sportova Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Alfonso de Alba	Goalies	Mate Tomljenović	Referee: Peter Gebei Linesmen: Marton Nemeth Hannu Sormunen
	0–1 07:58 – N. Senzel (M. Lovrenčić) (PP) 0–2 11:13 – I. Brenčun (D. Kanaet) 0–3 14:49 – M. Blagus (I. Lazić) (PP) B. Arroyo (D. Romero) (PP) – 15:32 1–3 1–4 16:37 – D. Kanaet (M. Blagus) 1–5 28:39 – M. Blagus (M. Tadić, M. Lovrenčić) 1–6 43:13 – T. Čunko 1–7 49:48 – M. Tadić (D. Kanaet) (PP) S. Ortega – 54:26 2–7 2–8 56:22 – I. Šijan (M. Blagus) 2–9 59:59 – J. Kučera (M. Blagus)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	51

18 September 2012 16:30

Serbia

3–5 (1–1, 1–2, 1–2)

Mexico

Dom Sportova Attendance: 50

Game reference
	Milan Luković	Goalies	Andres de la Garma	Referee: Gergely Lehel Linesmen: Vanja Belić Marko Zibret
	0–1 12:15 – D. Linares (S. Ortega, C. Kelo) (PP) D. Filipović (R. Sabadoš) – 18:09 1–1 S. Ristić (M. Prokić) (PP) – 22:42 2–1 2–2 26:43 – A.Gutierrez (B. Arroyo) (PP) 2–3 33:26 – A. Gutierrez 2–4 50:49 – B. Arroyo (A. Gutierrez, F. Ugarte) (PP2) 2–5 52:57 – M. Colas D. Filipović (R. Sabadoš) – 53:37 3–5
	36 min	Penalties	4 min
	33	Shots	35

18 September 2012 20:15

Croatia

15–2 (5–0, 4–0, 6–2)

Israel

Dom Sportova Attendance: 150

Game reference
	Mate Tomljenović Tihomir Filipeć	Goalies	Avihu Sorotzky Alex Aharonov	Referee: Przemysław Kepa Linesmen: Roman Shikhanov Hannu Sormunen
	J. Hecimovic (I. Šijan) – 00:53 1–0 M. Blagus – 05:24 2–0 M. Lovrenčić (I. Lazić, M. Čunko) – 15:26 3–0 M. Tadić (M. Blagus, P. Trstenjak) – 16:01 4–0 M. Smerdelj (J. Kučera) – 17:41 5–0 M. Lovrenčić (J. Hecimovic) – 23:59 6–0 M. Lovrenčić (I. Lazić) (PP) – 29:46 7–0 D. Kanaet (M. Čunko) – 32:30 8–0 M. Lovrenčić (I. Lazić) – 33:55 9–0 I. Lazić (J. Hecimovic) – 40:14 10–0 10–1 41:04 – A. Geller (V. Nosankov, D. Spivak) J. Kučera (J. Hecimovic) (EA) – 44:32 11–1 11–2 45:34 – D. Spivak (M. Lebedev, A. Geller) D. Kanaet (T. Čunko, M. Čunko) – 47:57 12–2 I. Lazić – 49:59 13–2 M. Tadić – 51:22 14–2 D. Kanaet (M. Ljubić, N. Senzel) – 58:29 15–2
	2 min	Penalties	18 min
	70	Shots	18

19 September 2012 16:30

Israel

2–7 (0–1, 0–5, 2–1)

Mexico

Dom Sportova Attendance: 50

Game reference
	Avihu Sorotzky	Goalies	Andres de la Garma Alfonso de Alba	Referee: Gergely Lehel Linesmen: Vanja Belić Marton Nemeth
	0–1 19:03 – B. Arroyo (C. Gomez) 0–2 21:33 – A. Gutierrez (S. Ortega) 0–3 27:44 – D. Romero (C. Kelo) 0–4 28:45 – B. Arroyo (J. Ramirez) 0–5 34:04 – B. Arroyo (A. Rosette, F. Ugarte) 0–6 39:20 – H. Carrero (B. Arroyo, F. Ugarte) D. Mazour (M. Lebedev) – 47:09 1–6 1–7 49:55 – S. Ortega (M. Colas, D. Linares) D. Mazour (M. Lebedev, A. Korotine) – 50:44 2–7
	39 min	Penalties	14 min
	24	Shots	38

19 September 2012 20:15

Croatia

6–2 (3–0, 2–2, 1–0)

Serbia

Dom Sportova Attendance: 1,500

Game reference
	Mate Tomljenović	Goalies	Milan Luković	Referee: Peter Gebei Linesmen: Roman Shikhanov Hannu Sormunen
	I. Lazić (M. Lovrenčić, J. Hecimovic) – 07:26 1–0 I. Šijan (M. Lovrenčić) – 13:55 2–0 P. Trstenjak (T. Čunko) – 18:22 3–0 3–1 22:15 – N. Vučurević (A. Despotović) J. Hecimovic (P. Trstenjak, T. Čunko) – 26:56 4–1 4–2 37:24 – R. Sabadoš (N. Vučurević) T. Čunko (P. Trstenjak) – 39:14 5–2 I. Brenčun (M. Smerdelj) – 47:52 6–2
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	55	Shots	28

Olympic pre-qualification

Three round robins were played from 8–11 November 2012. They were played in Budapest, Kyiv and Nikkō. 21st ranked Great Britain had the option to host group J, but passed on the right to the next highest-ranked nation. ^[3] The winners of each group advanced to the final qualification tournaments.

Group G

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Netherlands	3	2	1	0	0	24	10	+14	8
Hungary	3	2	0	1	0	25	9	+16	7
Lithuania	3	1	0	0	2	6	15	−9	3
Croatia	3	0	0	0	3	3	24	−21	0

All times are local (UTC+1).

9 November 2012 15:30

Netherlands

8–2 (3–0, 3–0, 2–2)

Croatia

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 460

Game reference
	Ian Meierdres	Goalies	Mate Tomljenović	Referee: Florian Zehetleitner Linesmen: Peter Bédo Stefano Terragni
	M. Kars (B. Willemse, M. Postma) – 10:32 1–0 K. Bruijsten (M. Bruijsten, D. Hagemeijer) (PP) – 11:37 2–0 M. Kars (N. de Jong, M. Postma) – 12:22 3–0 M. Kars (R. Joly, M. Postma (PP) – 25:26 4–0 D. Hagemeijer (I. van den Heuvel) – 27:56 5–0 M. Postma (M. Kars, R. Joly) – 37:39 6–0 R. van Hulten (M. Postma, D. van de Velden) – 47:56 7–0 M. Bruijsten (B. Willemse) – 55:21 8–0 8–1 56:31 – M. Tadić (P. Trstenjak, B. Rendulić) (PP) 8–2 57:25 – B. Rendulić
	6 min	Penalties	23 min
	44	Shots	19

9 November 2012 19:00

Lithuania

1–5 (0–2, 1–3, 0–0)

Hungary

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 4,350

Game reference
	Mantas Armalis	Goalies	Bence Bálizs	Referee: Peter Jonák Linesmen: Jaromír Bláha Andrew Dalton
	0–1 02:48 – A. Benk (D. Koger) 0–2 14:10 – M. Vas (I. Sofron, B. Ladanyi) (PP) 0–3 21:29 – J. Hari (V. Tokaji, L. Sikorcin (PP) S. Kuliesius (A. Zidvokas) (PP) – 26:15 1–3 1–4 31:06 – J. Hari (I. Bartalis, A. Mihaly) (PP) 1–5 33:18 – M. Vas (B. Ladanyi, I. Sofron)
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	21	Shots	43

10 November 2012 14:00

Netherlands

9–2 (1–1, 6–1, 2–0)

Lithuania

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Ian Meierdres Martijn Oosterwijk	Goalies	Mantas Armalis Arunas Aleinikovas	Referee: Damien Velay Linesmen: Peter Bédo Michael Tscherrig
	0–1 01:19 – D. Bogdziul (P. Verenis) R. Joly (T. Demelinne) – 15:15 1–1 K. Bruijsten (B. Willemse, M. Bruijsten) (PP) – 20:22 2–1 K. Bruijsten (T. Demelinne) – 24:34 3–1 M. Kars (M. Postma, R. Joly) – 32:43 4–1 4–2 35:09 – S. Kuliesius (R. Aliukonis, A. Zidkovas) (PP) R. Joly (J. van Oorschot) – 35:36 5–2 T. Demelinne – 36:34 6–2 M. Bruijsten (K. Bruijsten, D. Hagemeijer) (PP) – 39:34 7–2 D. Hagemeijer – 50:30 8–2 M. Kars (R. Joly, M. Postma) – 57:38 9–2
	14 min	Penalties	20 min
	46	Shots	17

10 November 2012 17:30

Hungary

13–0 (6–0, 3–0, 4–0)

Croatia

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 6,215

Game reference
	Bence Bálizs Krisztián Budai	Goalies	Mate Tomljenović Andrej Vasiljević	Referee: Florian Zehetleitner Linesmen: Jaromír Bláha Stefano Terragni
	I. Bartalis (J. Hari, J. Vas) (PP) – 04:08 1–0 M. Vas (B. Ladanyi, A. Horváth) (PP) – 09:02 2–0 A. Mihaly (J. Hari, A. Hegyi) – 11:01 3–0 I. Sofron (B. Ladanyi, M. Vas) – 12:15 4–0 I. Sofron (PS) – 15:38 5–0 L. Sikorcin (C. Kovacs) – 16:23 6–0 C. Kovacs (I. Bartalis, M. Vas) – 31:13 7–0 B. Ladanyi (I. Sofron) – 35:04 8–0 L. Sikorcin (T. Pozsgai) – 39:58 9–0 B. Ladanyi (M. Vas, A. Horváth) – 47:38 10–0 J. Vas (V. Szelig) – 48:21 11–0 B. Magosi (A. Orbán) (PP) – 50:14 12–0 A. Mihaly (J. Hari) – 55:05 13–0
	0 min	Penalties	10 min
	68	Shots	10

11 November 2012 14:00

Croatia

1–3 (1–2, 0–0, 0–1)

Lithuania

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 560

Game reference
	Mate Tomljenović	Goalies	Mantas Armalis	Referee: Damien Velay Linesmen: Peter Bédo Michael Tscherrig
	I. Lazić – 02:58 1–0 1–1 05:20 – P. Verenis (N. Alisauskas, D. Bogdziul) (PP) 1–2 10:25 – D. Kazlauskas (R. Aliukonis, A. Visockas) 1–3 59:46 – P. Verenis (N. Alisauskas) (ENG)
	38 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	52

11 November 2012 17:30

Hungary

6–7 GWS (1–3, 3–1, 2–2) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Netherlands

László Papp Budapest Sports Arena Attendance: 6,125

Game reference
	Bence Bálizs	Goalies	Ian Meierdres	Referee: Peter Jonák Linesmen: Jaromír Bláha Andrew Dalton
	J. Hari (L. Sikorcin, V. Tokaji) (PP) – 08:17 1–0 1–1 11:59 – M. Postma (R. Joly, M. Kars) 1–2 15:38 – I. van den Heuvel (M. Bastings, J. van Oorschot) 1–3 19:16 – K. Bruijsten (M. Bruijsten, T. Demelinne) L. Sikorcin (J. Hari, V. Tokaji) (PP) – 21:19 2–3 2–4 23:00 – R. Joly (M. Postma) (PP) A. Mihaly (J. Vas, Á. Hegyi) – 31:03 3–4 M. Vas (B. Ladanyi, I. Sofron) – 36:28 4–4 4–5 48:50 – N. de Jong (R. Joly) J. Vas (J. Hari, D. Koger) – 54:44 5–5 B. Ladanyi (M. Vas) – 55:04 6–5 6–6 58:30 – J. van Oorschot (T. Demelinne, B. Willemse)
	J. Hari C. Kovacs	Shootout	M. Postma D. Hagemeijer M. Kars
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	35	Shots	30

Group H

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Ukraine	3	3	0	0	0	22	1	+21	9
Poland	3	2	0	0	1	14	5	+9	6
Spain	3	1	0	0	2	5	16	−11	3
Estonia	3	0	0	0	3	4	23	−19	0

All times are local (UTC+2).

8 November 2012 16:00

Poland

8–0 (1–0, 3–0, 4–0)

Estonia

Palace of Sports Attendance: 1,011

Game reference
	Przemyslaw Odrobny	Goalies	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Referee: Karol Popović Linesmen: David Nothegger Oleksander Gorbatuk
	M. Kolusz (K. Zapala) (SH) – 15:33 1–0 L. Laszkiewicz (K. Zapala, M. Lopuski) (PP) – 25:22 2–0 K. Dziubiński (T. Malasiński, M. Urbanowicz) – 27:33 3–0 M. Rompkowski (D. Gruszka) – 34:57 4–0 K. Dziubiński (M. Urbanowicz, A. Borzecki) – 52:09 5–0 M. Lopuski – 52:25 6–0 J. Gabrys (P. Dronia) (PP2) – 56:31 7–0 L. Laszkiewicz (SH) – 58:20 8–0
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	63	Shots	9

8 November 2012 20:00

Ukraine

7–0 (2–0, 5–0, 0–0)

Spain

Palace of Sports Attendance: 5,217

Game reference
	Igor Karpenko	Goalies	Ander Alcaine	Referee: Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Markku Buese Alexander Matskevich
	A. Mikhnov – 12:39 1–0 R. Fedotenko (S. Varlamov) – 16:46 2–0 A. Gnidenko(V. Donika, M. Ladygin) – 23:10 3–0 O. Ponikarovsky (R. Fedotenko, I. Kugut) – 27:35 4–0 A. Bondaryev (O. Materukhin, A. Mikhnov) – 34:12 5–0 O. Pobiedonostsev (S. Varlamov, V. Lyutkevych) – 35:41 6–0 S. Varlamov (O. Pobiedonostsev) – 39:59 7–0
	2 min	Penalties	2 min
	69	Shots	11

9 November 2012 16:00

Poland

5–0 (1–0, 0–0, 4–0)

Spain

Palace of Sports Attendance: 521

Game reference
	Kamil Kosowski	Goalies	Ander Alcaine	Referee: Robin Sir Linesmen: Markku Buese Oleksander Gorbatuk
	G. Pasiut (M. Lopuski) – 15:49 1–0 T. Malasiński (K. Dziubiński) – 43:44 2–0 G. Pasiut (L. Laszkiewicz) – 44:14 3–0 J. Witecki (M. Rompkowski) – 51:18 4–0 T. Malasiński (R. Dutka) – 57:01 5–0
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	61	Shots	22

9 November 2012 20:00

Estonia

0–10 (0–4, 0–4, 0–2)

Ukraine

Palace of Sports Attendance: 5,521

Game reference
	Anton Sizov Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Goalies	Yevgen Napnenko	Referee: Karol Popović Linesmen: David Nothegger Tibor Rovensky
	0–1 02:06 – A. Mikhnov (M. Ladygin 0–2 10:32 – R. Fedotenko (O. Ponikarovsky, O. Pobiedonostsev) (PP) 0–3 12:35 – R. Borysenko (S. Klymentyev) (PP) 0–4 16:34 – V. Donika (R. Blagy) 0–5 23:04 – S. Varlamov (O. Pobiedonostsev) (PP) 0–6 29:29 – O. Materukhin (R. Borysenko, A. Bondaryev) (PP) 0–7 38:40 – R. Borysenko (A. Bondaryev) (PP) 0–8 39:41 – Y. Navarenko (V. Polonytsky) 0–9 46:37 – O. Ponikarovsky (S. Varlamov, V. Lyutkevych) 0–10 49:29 – A. Bondaryev
	24 min	Penalties	4 min
	12	Shots	85

11 November 2012 16:00

Spain

5–4 (2–0, 1–1, 2–3)

Estonia

Palace of Sports Attendance: 658

Game reference
	Ander Alcaine	Goalies	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Referee: Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Oleksander Gorbatuk Alexander Matskevich
	P. Muñoz (J. Brabo, G. Betran) (PP) – 09:24 1–0 O. Boronat (C. Quevedo, P. González) (PP) – 11:35 2–0 2–1 24:25 – R. Embrich (U. Molder) C. Quevedo (O. Boronat, G. Betran) (PP) – 38:05 3–1 A. Sosa (E. Paz, A. Vea) (PP) – 41:49 4–1 4–2 45:21 – D. Suur (A. Jakovlev, V. Titarenko) (PP) 4–3 49:49 – M. Semjonov (D. Suur, M. Ivanov) 4–4 51:10 – M. Ivanov (D. Suur, A. Jakovlev) O. Boronat (P. González) – 59:24 5–4
	20 min	Penalties	14 min
	37	Shots	35

11 November 2012 20:00

Ukraine

5–1 (1–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Poland

Palace of Sports Attendance: 6,026

Game reference
	Yevgen Napnenko	Goalies	Przemyslaw Odrobny	Referee: Robin Sir Linesmen: Markku Buese Tibor Rovensky
	0–1 03:28 – D. Gruszka V. Lyutkevych (O. Ponikarovsky, R. Fedotenko) (PP) – 18:53 1–1 O. Pobiedonostsev (V. Lyutkevych) (PP) – 20:39 2–1 M. Kvitchenko (K. Kasyanchuk) – 39:29 3–1 S. Varlamov (O. Ponikarovsky, O. Pobiedonostsev) (PP) – 42:59 4–1 K. Kasyanchuk (O. Shafarenko) (PP) – 56:06 5–1
	33 min	Penalties	18 min
	38	Shots	23

Group J

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Great Britain	3	2	0	1	0	9	6	+3	7
South Korea	3	1	1	1	0	9	7	+2	6
Japan	3	1	1	0	1	6	4	+2	5
Romania	3	0	0	0	3	0	7	−7	0

All times are local (UTC+9).

9 November 2012 14:00

Great Britain

4–5 GWS (3–1, 1–2, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

South Korea

Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena Attendance: 592

Game reference
	Stephen Murphy	Goalies	Park Sung-Je	Referee: Peter Loksik Linesmen: Jordan Browne Kensuke Kanazawa
	C. Peacock (C. Shields, B. O'Connor) – 03:34 1–0 D. Longstaff (PP) – 05:25 2–0 2–1 05:25 – Kim W.J. (Kim K.S., Kim S.W.) B. O'Connor – 17:28 3–1 3–2 22:27 – Kim W.J. (Kim S.W., Kim K.) C. Shields (C. Peacock, J. Weaver) – 30:09 4–2 4–3 38:45 – Kim W.J. (Kim S.W., Kim K.) 4–4 46:07 – Kim G. (Sin S.W.)
	C. Shields D. Longstaff	Shootout	Kim S.W. Cho M.H.
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	41	Shots	28

9 November 2012 18:00

Japan

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Romania

Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena Attendance: 956

Game reference
	Yutaka Fukufuji	Goalies	Adrian Catrinoi	Referee: Peter Feola Linesmen: Paul Carnathan Cory Ross
	T. Saito (K. Mitamura, H. Terao) – 06:01 1–0 T. Yamashita – 47:54 2–0
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	57	Shots	22

10 November 2012 14:00

Romania

0–3 (0–2, 0–0, 0–1)

Great Britain

Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena Attendance: 1,143

Game reference
	Gellert Ruczuj	Goalies	Stephen Murphy	Referee: Devin Klein Linesmen: Paul Carnathan Kensuke Kanazawa
	0–1 03:17 – L. Jamieson (J. Weaver, D. Longstaff) 0–2 18:32 – B. O'Connor (L. Jamieson, D. Longstaff) 0–3 52:39 – R. Dowd (C. Shields, C. Peacock)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	17	Shots	47

10 November 2012 18:00

Japan

3–2 OT (1–0, 1–1, 0–1) (OT: 1–0)

South Korea

Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena Attendance: 1,762

Game reference
	Yutaka Fukufuji	Goalies	Eum Hyun-Seung	Referee: Peter Loksik Linesmen: Jordan Browne Liu Jia Qi
	S. Kuji (G. Tanaka, J. Tonosaki) (PP) – 11:39 1–0 1–1 28:51 – Sin S.W. (Kim G.H., Cho M.H.) (PP) D. Obara (R. Hashimoto, H. Ueno) – 29:32 2–1 2–2 59:49 – Sin S.W. (Yoon K.W., Sung W.J.) (EA) S. Kuji (A. Keller) (PP) – 63:13 3–2
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	20

11 November 2012 14:00

South Korea

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Romania

Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena Attendance: 1,075

Game reference
	Park Sung-Je	Goalies	Adrian Cornea	Referee: Peter Feola Linesmen: Jordan Browne Liu Jia Qi
	Kim H.O. (Kim S.W.) – 19:30 1–0 Kim K.S. (Kim Y.H., Kim S.W.) – 44:12 2–0
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	32	Shots	34

11 November 2012 18:00

Great Britain

2–1 (2–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Japan

Nikkō Kirifuri Ice Arena Attendance: 1,738

Game reference
	Stephen Murphy	Goalies	Yutaka Fukufuji	Referee: Devin Klein Linesmen: Paul Carnathan Kensuke Kanazawa
	C. Peacock (R. Dowd, C. Shields) (PP) – 09:59 1–0 B. O'Connor (A. Tait) – 10:29 2–0 2–1 44:01 – S. Kuji (D. Obara)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	35	Shots	22

Final qualification tournaments

Three round robins were played from 7–10 February 2013. They were played in Bietigheim-Bissingen, Riga, and Vojens. The three group winners qualified for the Olympic tournament.

Group D

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Austria	3	2	0	1	0	11	6	+5	7
Germany	3	1	1	1	0	9	5	+4	6
Italy	3	1	1	0	1	8	5	+3	5
Netherlands	3	0	0	0	3	3	15	−12	0

All times are local (UTC+1).

7 February 2013 16:00

Austria

3–2 (2–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Italy

Eisarena Ellental Attendance: 3,100

Game reference
	Bernhard Starkbaum	Goalies	Daniel Bellissimo	Referees: Tom Laaksonen Eduards Odins Linesmen: Andreas Malmqvist Nikolaj Ponomarjow
	R. Rotter (M. Peintner, M. Altmann) (PP) – 06:01 1–0 G. Baumgartner (T. Koch, A. Lakos) – 17:10 2–0 2–1 33:42 – A. Bernard (M. Insam, C. Borgatello) (PP) D. Oberkofler (A. Lakos, M. Peintner) – 36:25 3–1 3–2 50:07 – V. Rocco (E. Scelfo)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	22	Shots	38

7 February 2013 19:30

Germany

5–1 (2–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Netherlands

Eisarena Ellental Attendance: 3,780

Game reference
	Rob Zepp	Goalies	Ian Meierdres	Referees: Alexei Ravodin Vladimir Šindler Linesmen: Matjaž Hribar Jari Korteniemi
	A. Barta (J. Flaake, P. Gogulla) – 08:30 1–0 D. Wolf (A. Barta, J. Flaake) – 11:54 2–0 2–1 29:01 – M. Kars (R. Joly) (PP) A. Barta (Ma. Mueller, A. Rankel) – 38:48 3–1 M. Wolf (P. Gogulla, A. Barta) (PP) – 47:21 4–1 Mo. Muller (M. Wolf, A. Barta) (PP) – 58:57 5–1
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	57	Shots	10

8 February 2013 16:00

Austria

6–1 (5–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Netherlands

Eisarena Ellental Attendance: 4,150

Game reference
	Bernhard Starkbaum	Goalies	Ian Meierdres Martijn Oosterwijk	Referees: Eduards Odins Vladimir Šindler Linesmen: Andreas Kohler Nikolaj Ponomarjow
	T. Koch (EA) – 05:39 1–0 G. Unterluggauer (T. Koch) (PP) – 08:15 2–0 T. Raffl (D. Schuller, T. Hundertpfund) – 08:50 3–0 D. Oberkofler (T. Raffl, A. Lakos) – 14:27 4–0 T. Koch (G. Baumgartner, M. Raffl) – 17:51 5–0 M. Trattnig (M. Peintner, M. Ulmer) – 32:41 6–0 6–1 58:08 – M. Bruijsten (D. Hagemeijer, T. Demelinne) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	38	Shots	15

8 February 2013 19:30

Italy

2–1 OT (1–1, 0–0, 0–0) (OT 1–0)

Germany

Eisarena Ellental Attendance: 4,517

Game reference
	Adam Dennis	Goalies	Dennis Endras	Referees: Tom Laaksonen Alexei Ravodin Linesmen: Jari Korteniemi Andreas Malmqvist
	R. Sirianni (G. Scandella) (PP) – 10:15 1–0 1–1 13:29 – J. Flaacke (G. Festerling) N. di Casmirro (T. Johnson, R. Sirianni) (PP) – 62:19 2–1
	2 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	37

10 February 2013 11:45

Netherlands

1–4 (0–1, 1–2, 0–1)

Italy

Eisarena Ellental Attendance: 4,517

Game reference
	Ian Meierdres	Goalies	Daniel Bellissimo	Referees: Eduards Odins Alexei Ravodin Linesmen: Matjaž Hribar Andreas Kohler
	0–1 05:16 – P. Iannone (D. Iori, A. Hofer) 0–2 20:54 – V. Rocco (M. de Marchi, N. Plastino) 0–3 21:07 – R. Sirianni (G. Scandella, C. Borgatello) B. Willemse (T. Demelinne, J. Smid) – 35:07 1–3 1–4 58:52 – V. Rocco (A. Hofer, M. Insam) (ENG)
	4 min	Penalties	8 min
	32	Shots	40

10 February 2013 15:15

Germany

3–2 OT (1–0, 0–1, 1–1) (OT 1–0)

Austria

Eisarena Ellental Attendance: 4,517

Game reference
	Rob Zepp	Goalies	Bernhard Starkbaum	Referees: Tom Laaksonen Vladimir Šindler Linesmen: Jari Korteniemi Andreas Malmqvist
	B. Kohl (C. Braun, M. Mueller) (PP) – 18:41 1–0 1–1 31:46 – A. Lakos (T. Raffl, D. Welser) M. Wolf (A. Barta, P. Gogulla) (PP) – 46:54 2–1 2–2 52:22 – M. Peintner (D. Oberkofler, M. Trattnig) P. Reimer (C. Braun) (PP) – 62:34 3–2
	4 min	Penalties	16 min
	38	Shots	19

Group E

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Latvia	3	2	0	1	0	11	7	+4	7
Kazakhstan	3	2	0	0	1	11	5	+6	6
France	3	1	1	0	1	9	7	+2	5
Great Britain	3	0	0	0	3	4	16	−12	0

All times are local (UTC+2).

7 February 2013 15:30

France

2–3 (0–2, 1–1, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Arena Riga Attendance: 852

Game reference
	Cristobal Huet	Goalies	Vitaly Kolesnik	Referees: Antti Boman Danny Kurmann Linesmen: Maksims Bogdanovs Nicolas Fluri
	0–1 07:00 – R. Starchenko (D. Upper) 0–2 11:31 – K. Romanov (K. Dallman) S. Treille (P-É. Bellemare) – 32:17 1–2 1–3 34:40 – T. Zhailauov (F. Polishchuk) (PP) B. Amar – 57:42 2–3
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	38	Shots	19

7 February 2013 19:30

Latvia

6–2 (2–1, 1–0, 3–1)

Great Britain

Arena Riga Attendance: 5,058

Game reference
	Edgars Masaļskis	Goalies	Stevie Lyle	Referees: Stephen Bauer Ján Hribik Linesmen: Vit Lederer Alexander Sadovnikov
	G. Meija (A. Ņiživijs) – 02:57 1–0 1–1 03:58 – R. Dowd (C. Shields) M. Indrašis (A. Ņiživijs, L. Dārziņš) (PP) – 14:43 2–1 O. Bārtulis (A. Ņiživijs) (PP) – 29:50 3–1 R. Ķēniņš (R. Jekimovs, M. Rēdlihs) – 43:24 4–1 G. Pujacs (G. Meija) – 53:07 5–1 5–2 57:47 – C. Peacock (C. Shields, B. O'Connor) (PP2) L. Dārziņš (M. Indrašis, A. Ņiživijs) (PP2) – 59:42 6–2
	10 min	Penalties	28 min
	39	Shots	15

8 February 2013 15:30

France

4–2 (1–0, 2–0, 1–2)

Great Britain

Arena Riga Attendance: 922

Game reference
	Fabrice Lhenry	Goalies	Stevie Lyle	Referees: Stephan Bauer Antti Boman Linesmen: Maksims Bogdanovs Nicolas Fluri
	L. Meunier (Y. Treille, J. Desrosiers) (PP) – 09:13 1–0 P-É. Bellemare (S. Treille, Y. Auvitu) – 27:19 2–0 D. Fleury (B. Amar) (PP) – 34:48 3–0 3–1 43:54 – B. O'Connor (R. Dowd) (PP) 3–2 51:36 – R. Lachowicz (M. Myers) C. Bertrand (B. Henderson) – 53:46 4–2
	22 min	Penalties	10 min
	34	Shots	18

8 February 2013 19:30

Kazakhstan

2–3 (1–2, 1–0, 0–1)

Latvia

Arena Riga Attendance: 10,025

Game reference
	Vitaly Kolesnik Vitaliy Yeremeyev	Goalies	Māris Jučers	Referees: Ján Hribik Danny Kurmann Linesmen: Martin Hořínek Vit Lederer
	0–1 01:58 – J. Štāls (G. Meija, A. Reķis) 0–2 02:37 – M. Rēdlihs (R. Jekimovs) D. Upper – 15:15 1–2 R. Starchenko (V. Alexandrov) (PP) – 33:00 2–2 2–3 40:40 – L. Dārziņš (M. Karsums, J. Sprukts)
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	34

10 February 2013 13:00

Great Britain

0–6 (0–2, 0–4, 0–0)

Kazakhstan

Arena Riga Attendance: 875

Game reference
	Ben Bowns	Goalies	Vitaliy Yeremeyev	Referees: Antti Boman Ján Hribik Linesmen: Nicolas Fluri Martin Hořínek
	0–1 00:30 – R. Starchenko (K. Dallman) 0–2 02:10 – K. Romanov (A. Troshinski) 0–3 25:58 – T. Zhailauov (V. Krasnoslobodtsev, K. Dallman) (PP2) 0–4 28:22 – A. Litvinenko (D. Upper, V. Alexandrov) 0–5 29:32 – I. Solarev (K. Romanov) 0–6 37:12 – V. Alexandrov (V. Novopashin) (SH)
	16 min	Penalties	10 min
	19	Shots	42

10 February 2013 17:00

Latvia

2–3 OT (0–2, 1–0, 1–0) (OT 0–1)

France

Arena Riga Attendance: 10,190

Game reference
	Māris Jučers	Goalies	Cristobal Huet	Referees: Stephen Bauer Danny Kurmann Linesmen: Vit Lederer Alexander Sadovnikov
	0–1 02:50 – D. Fleury (Y. Auvitu) (PP) 0–2 14:50 – L. Meunier (J. Desrosiers) L. Dārziņš (R. Ķēniņš, M. Rēdlihs) (PP) – 34:59 1–2 M. Karsums (L. Dārziņš) – 40:12 2–2 2–3 64:20 – P-É. Bellemare (B. Amar, L. Meunier)
	10 min	Penalties	18 min
	36	Shots	26

Group F

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Slovenia	3	3	0	0	0	12	4	+8	9
Belarus	3	2	0	0	1	11	6	+5	6
Denmark	3	1	0	0	2	5	5	0	3
Ukraine	3	0	0	0	3	1	14	−13	0

All times are local (UTC+1).

7 February 2013 16:00

Belarus

2–4 (0–1, 2–1, 0–2)

Slovenia

SE Arena Attendance: 408

Game reference
	Vitali Koval	Goalies	Robert Kristan	Referees: Owe Luthcke Shane Warschaw Linesmen: Remi Aasum Jonas Reimer
	0–1 16:30 – J. Urbas (D. Rodman) (PP) 0–2 21:40 – R. Sabolič (R. Tičar, Ž. Jeglič) (PP) A. Kulakov (V. Denisov, A. Ugarov) (PP) – 28:45 1–2 A. Stepanov – 29:45 2–2 2–3 42:06 – T. Razingar (PS) 2–4 50:24 – D. Rodman (J. Urbas)
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	19	Shots	20

7 February 2013 20:00

Denmark

2–0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Ukraine

SE Arena Attendance: 4,121

Game reference
	Frederik Andersen	Goalies	Yevgen Napnenko	Referees: Vladimír Baluška Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Tomáš Pešek Emil Yletyinen
	F. Storm (M. Madsen, J. Jensen) – 15:15 1–0 M. Green (F. Storm, M. Madsen) – 25:00 2–0
	12 min	Penalties	31 min
	25	Shots	22

8 February 2013 17:00

Belarus

6–0 (1–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Ukraine

SE Arena Attendance: 631

Game reference
	Vitali Koval	Goalies	Yevgen Napnenko	Referees: Vladimír Baluška Shane Warschaw Linesmen: Likka Kiilunen Tomáš Pešek
	A. Filichkin (A. Ugarov, A. Kitarov) – 01:26 1–0 K. Koltsov (A. Stepanov, V. Denisov) – 29:59 2–0 A. Stepanov (V. Denisov, K. Koltsov) – 31:33 3–0 A. Kalyuzhny (A. Ugarov) – 54:06 4–0 A. Senkevich (A. Stepanov, A. Filichkin) – 54:40 5–0 D. Meleshko (A. Kulakov, A. Kitarov) (PP) – 56:08 6–0
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	45	Shots	32

8 February 2013 21:00

Slovenia

2–1 (0–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Denmark

SE Arena Attendance: 5,000

Game reference
	Robert Kristan	Goalies	Frederik Andersen	Referees: Owe Luthcke Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Remi Aasum Emil Yletyinen
	D. Rodman (J. Urbas, A. Kranjc) – 23:33 1–0 1–1 24:16 – N. Hardt (J. Jakobsen) D. Rodman (A. Tavželj, M. Rodman) – 36:28 2–1
	16 min	Penalties	0 min
	28	Shots	38

10 February 2013 14:00

Ukraine

1–6 (0–4, 0–1, 1–1)

Slovenia

SE Arena Attendance: 545

Game reference
	Vadym Seliverstov Yevgen Napnenko	Goalies	Andrej Hočevar	Referees: Owe Luthcke Daniel Stricker Linesmen: Jonas Reimer Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 03:47 – R. Sabolič (R. Tičar, B. Gregorc) (PP) 0–2 04:29 – D. Rodman (PP2) 0–3 04:49 – R. Sabolič (Z. Jeglič) (PP) 0–4 09:14 – R. Tičar (Z. Jeglič) 0–5 31:45 – J. Urbas (K. Pretnar, D. Rodamn) A. Gnidenko (O. Toryanyk, O. Tymchenko) – 47:35 1–5 1–6 58:22 – Z. Jeglič (R. Sabolič) (PP)
	16 min	Penalties	20 min
	31	Shots	27

10 February 2013 18:00

Denmark

2–3 (0–0, 2–2, 0–1)

Belarus

SE Arena Attendance: 3,988

Game reference
	Patrick Galbraith	Goalies	Dmitri Milchakov	Referees: Vladimír Baluška Shane Warschaw Linesmen: Remi Aasum Likka Kiilunen
	0–1 25:12 – A. Kitarov (O. Goroshko) M. Poulsen (K. Starkov) – 26:40 1–1 1–2 28:10 – M. Stefanovich (A. Senekvich) J. Jakobsen (M. Bødker, M. Christensen) – 38:21 2–2 2–3 42:17 – A. Stepanov (P. Chernaok) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	31

References

1. IIHF: Big ice in Sochi 2014 Archived 7 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine
2. Official explanation of ranking procedures
3. Qualification process Archived 7 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine

External links

• World Ice Hockey Championships 2012
• World Ice Hockey Championships 2011
• World Ice Hockey Championships 2010
• 2010 Olympic Games
• World Ice Hockey Championships 2009
• 2014 Olympic format and qualification