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Host country | ![]() |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 11–22 February |
Teams | 12 |
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The men's tournament in ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics will take place in Milan, Italy between 11 and 22 February 2026. [1] Twelve countries qualified for the tournament; eight of them did so automatically by virtue of their ranking by the International Ice Hockey Federation, one, Italy, automatically qualified as hosts, while the three others took part in a qualification tournament.
Russia is banned from competing due to the countries' invasion of Ukraine. [2]
PalaItalia Capacity: 16,000 | Fiera Milano Capacity: 6,500 |
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Milan | Beijing |
Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
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Hosts | 24 June 2019 [3] | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
2023 IIHF World Ranking [a] | 2 June 2023 | — | 7 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Final qualification tournaments | 29 August – 1 September 2024 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
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Total | 12 |
The twelve teams are split into three groups of four teams each, in which they play against each team once. The top team of each group and the best second-ranked team advance to the quarterfinals, while all other teams play a qualification round. A knockout system will be used after the group stage.
On 2 February 2024, the IIHF announced that an agreement had been reached with the National Hockey League (NHL) for a break in its regular season to allow the league's players to participate in the Olympics for the first time since 2014. The NHL was originally scheduled to compete in 2022 as well but opted out due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [5]
All times are local (UTC+1). [6]
In each group, teams are ranked according to the following criteria:
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
2 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible quarterfinals based on ranking |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Playoffs |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 February 2026 12:10 v | Switzerland ![]() | v | ![]() | PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan |
12 February 2026 16:40 v | Czechia ![]() | v | ![]() | PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan |
13 February 2026 16:40 v | France ![]() | v | ![]() | PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan |
13 February 2026 21:10 v | Canada ![]() | v | ![]() | PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan |
15 February 2026 12:10 v | Switzerland ![]() | v | ![]() | PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan |
15 February 2026 16:40 v | Canada ![]() | v | ![]() | PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
2 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible quarterfinals based on ranking |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Playoffs |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 February 2026 16:40 v | Slovakia ![]() | v | ![]() | PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan |
11 February 2026 21:10 v | Sweden ![]() | v | ![]() | PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan |
13 February 2026 12:10 v | Finland ![]() | v | ![]() | PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan |
13 February 2026 12:10 v | Italy ![]() | v | ![]() | Fiera Milano, Milan |
14 February 2026 12:10 v | Sweden ![]() | v | ![]() | PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan |
14 February 2026 16:40 v | Finland ![]() | v | ![]() | PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan |
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
2 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Possible quarterfinals based on ranking |
3 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Playoffs |
4 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 February 2026 21:10 v | Latvia ![]() | v | ![]() | PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan |
12 February 2026 21:10 v | Germany ![]() | v | ![]() | Fiera Milano, Milan |
14 February 2026 12:10 v | Germany ![]() | v | ![]() | Fiera Milano, Milan |
14 February 2026 21:10 v | United States ![]() | v | ![]() | PalaItalia, Milan |
15 February 2026 19:10 v | Denmark ![]() | v | ![]() | Fiera Milano, Milan |
15 February 2026 21:10 v | United States ![]() | v | ![]() | PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan |
Following the completion of the preliminary round, all teams will be ranked 1D through 12D. The semifinals will then be reseeded according to this ranking. To determine this ranking, the following criteria will be used in the order presented: [7]
Team advanced directly to quarterfinals |
Team participated in playoffs |
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Teams will be reseeded based on the preliminary round ranking after the quarterfinals.
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17 February 2026 12:10 v | TBD | v | TBD | PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan |
17 February 2026 12:10 v | TBD | v | TBD | Fiera Milano, Milan |
17 February 2026 16:40 v | TBD | v | TBD | PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan |
17 February 2026 21:10 v | TBD | v | TBD | PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan |
18 February 2026 12:10 v | TBD | v | TBD | PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan |
18 February 2026 14:10 v | TBD | v | TBD | Fiera Milano, Milan |
18 February 2026 16:40 v | TBD | v | TBD | PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan |
18 February 2026 21:10 v | TBD | v | TBD | PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan |
20 February 2026 16:40 v | TBD | v | TBD | PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan |
20 February 2026 21:10 v | TBD | v | TBD | PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan |
21 February 2026 20:40 v | TBD | v | TBD | PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan |
22 February 2026 14:10 v | TBD | v | TBD | PalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan |
The places five to twelve were ranked by their preliminary round group placement and then points and goal difference.
Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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1 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Champions | |
2 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Runners-up | |
3 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Third place | |
4 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fourth place | |
5 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eliminated in quarterfinals | |
6 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
7 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
8 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
9 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Eliminated in playoffs | |
10 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
11 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
12 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |