Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

Qualification for the men's tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Qualification

Twelve teams qualified for the ice hockey event. The top nine teams in the IIHF World Ranking after the 2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championship received automatic berths into the ice hockey event. All remaining member federations could attempt to qualify for the remaining three spots in the Olympics. The four lowest entrants (32nd ranked Bulgaria, 36th ranked Spain, 37th ranked Mexico, and 41st ranked Turkey) played off for a spot in the first round. Teams then ranked 19th through 30th (except China who declined) played in a first qualification round in November 2008, where the top three teams from the round advanced to the second qualification round. Teams ranked 10th through 18th joined the three top teams from the first qualifying round to play in a second qualification round. The top three teams from the second qualifying round advanced to the Olympic ice hockey tournament.^[1]

Qualified teams

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
2008 IIHF World Ranking[a]	30 April 2005 – 18 May 2008	Quebec City and Halifax[b]	9	Canada[c]  Russia  Sweden[c]  Finland[c]  Czech Republic[c]  United States   Switzerland  Slovakia  Belarus
Final qualification tournament	5–8 February 2009	Hanover	1	Germany
Final qualification tournament	5–8 February 2009	Riga	1	Latvia
Final qualification tournament	5–8 February 2009	Oslo	1	Norway
TOTAL			12

Notes

1. ^a 2008 IIHF World Ranking were comprising the following events: 2005 World Championships, 2006 Winter Olympic Games, 2006 World Championships, 2007 World Championships and 2008 World Championships.
2. ^b Quebec City and Halifax were sites for 2008 World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking were finalized with regards to the qualification slots.
3. ^c Canada, Czech Republic, Finland and Sweden had been mathematically determined to qualify for the 2010 Olympics before the start of the 2008 World Championship.

IIHF World Rating

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

Rank	Team	WC 2008 (100%)	WC 2007 (75%)	WC 2006 (50%)	OLY 2006 (50%)	WC 2005 (25%)	Total
1	Canada	1160	1200	1100	1020	1160	3410
2	Russia	1200	1120	1060	1100	1120	3400
3	Sweden	1100	1100	1200	1200	1100	3400
4	Finland	1120	1160	1120	1160	1020	3385
5	Czech Republic	1060	1020	1160	1120	1200	3265
6	United States	1040	1060	1020	1000	1040	3105
7	Switzerland	1020	1000	960	1040	1000	3020
8	Slovakia	880	1040	1000	1060	1060	2955
9	Belarus	960	920	1040	880	940	2845
10	Germany	940	960	800	940	840	2740
11	Latvia	920	880	940	900	960	2740
12	Norway	1000	860	920	860	800	2735
13	Denmark	900	940	880	800	860	2660
14	Italy	820	900	860	920	780	2580
15	Slovenia	840	800	820	780	880	2460
16	Austria	800	840	780	840	820	2445
17	Ukraine	760	820	900	760	920	2435
18	France	860	780	740	820	740	2410
19	Kazakhstan	740	720	840	960	900	2405
20	Hungary	780	760	680	700	720	2220
21	Poland	700	740	720	740	760	2175
22	Japan	720	700	700	720	660	2120
23	Lithuania	660	620	760	620	620	1970
24	Netherlands	620	640	640	680	700	1935
25	Estonia	600	680	660	640	680	1930
26	Croatia	640	560	600	580	560	1790
27	Romania	560	600	560	660	600	1770
28	China	500	580	540	600	580	1650
29	Great Britain	680	660	620		640	1645
30	Serbia	480	440	440	540	500	1425
31	South Korea	580	540	520		480	1365
32	Bulgaria	380	380	500	560	440	1305
33	Australia	540	520	480		520	1300
34	Belgium	520	500	460		420	1230
35	Israel	420	460	580		540	1190
36	Spain	460	480	400		400	1120
37	Mexico	440	400	380		320	1010
38	Iceland	400	420	320		360	965
39	New Zealand	360	340	360		380	890
40	Ireland	340	320	260		260	775
41	Turkey	260	360	300		340	765
42	South Africa	300	280	340		300	755
43	Luxembourg	280	300	240		280	695
44	North Korea	320		420		460	645
45	Mongolia	220	260				415
46	Greece	240					240
47	Bosnia and Herzegovina	200					200
48	Armenia			280		240	200

Qualification tournament

Olympic preliminary qualification

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	0	0	1	24	8	+16	6[a]	Olympic pre-qualification
2	Bulgaria	3	2	0	0	1	16	8	+8	6[a]
3	Mexico	3	2	0	0	1	16	12	+4	6[a]
4	Turkey (H)	3	0	0	0	3	3	31	−28	0

Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Spain 3 Pts, +3GD; Bulgaria 3 Pts, 0GD; Mexico 3 Pts, –3GD.

All times are local (UTC+2).

9 October 2008 15:30

Mexico

2–6 (1–2, 0–3, 1–1)

Bulgaria

Genclik Spor il Mudurlugu Ice Arena, Ankara Attendance: 50

Game reference
	Andrés de la Garma Alfonso de Alba	Goalies	Todor Petkov	Referee: Alexandre Bourreau Linesmen: Gábor Mayer Timucin Ozbukucu
	0–1 06:08 – Muhachov (Bachvarov, Yotov) (PP) 0–2 11:58 – Muhachov (Yotov) Arroyo (Cervantes) (PP) – 13:09 1–2 1–3 26:00 – Yotov (Morgunov) (PP) 1–4 31:41 – Yotov (Bachvarov, Morgunov) (PP) 1–5 32:09 – Mladenov O'Farrill – 49:50 2–5 2–6 55:54 – Muhachov (Bachvarov) (PP)
	30 min	Penalties	42 min
	45	Shots	25

9 October 2008 19:00

Spain

14–1 (2–1, 6–0, 6–0)

Turkey

Genclik Spor il Mudurlugu Ice Arena, Ankara Attendance: 465

Game reference
	José Luis Alonso Aaron Carretero	Goalies	Levent Özbaydogan	Referee: Mathew Thompson Linesmen: Martin Gašparík Filip Kalse
	0–1 00:28 – Coşkun (Hamarat) Roshchyn (Gracia) (PP) – 02:37 1–1 Santanatalia (Parra) – 17:54 2–1 Gracia (G. Betrán, Roshchyn) – 27:20 3–1 Barnola (Gracia) – 30:41 4–1 Pedraz (J. Muñoz, A. Betrán) (PP) – 33:14 5–1 Bernet (P. Muñoz) – 34:40 6–1 Gracia (Brabo) – 37:20 7–1 Codina (P. Muñoz) – 38:20 8–1 Roshchyn (Gracia) – 46:33 9–1 J. Muñoz (Pedraz, R. Betrán) (PP2) – 48:37 10–1 P. Muñoz (Bernet, Codina) (PP) – 55:24 11–1 Pedraz (J. Muñoz, A. Betrán) (PP2) – 56:50 12–1 Codina (Armiño, Bernet) (PP) – 58:57 13–1 Santanatalia (Bastien) – 59:57 14–1
	18 min	Penalties	52 min
	62	Shots	13

10 October 2008 15:30

Spain

4–5 (3–2, 1–2, 0–1)

Mexico

Genclik Spor il Mudurlugu Ice Arena, Ankara Attendance: 125

Game reference
	José Luis Alonso	Goalies	Alfonso de Alba	Referee: Yves Bekkers Linesmen: Timucin Ozbukucu Cosmin Topârceanu
	G. Betrán (Roshchyn, Barnola) (PP) – 03:45 1–0 1–1 06:29 – Arroyo (Sierra, Miller) (PP2) Hernández (J. Muñoz, Pedraz) (PP) – 11:51 2–1 2–2 15:34 – Cervantes (De la Vega, Ortega) (PP) P. Muñoz (Bernet, Paz) – 18:16 3–2 3–3 27:53 – Canseco (Zavala, Rosette) (SH) P. Muñoz (Brabo) (SH) – 34:28 4–3 4–4 39:08 – Sierra (Ortega, Ugarte) (PP2) 4–5 51:05 – Arroyo (De la Vega) (PP)
	26 min	Penalties	36 min
	30	Shots	22

10 October 2008 19:00

Bulgaria

8–0 (2–0, 3–0, 3–0)

Turkey

Genclik Spor il Mudurlugu Ice Arena, Ankara Attendance: 350

Game reference
	Todor Petkov	Goalies	Levent Özbaydogan	Referee: Alexandre Bourreau Linesmen: Martin Gašparík Gábor Mayer
	Muhachov (Yotov, Vasilev) (PP) – 03:30 1–0 Muhachov (Yotov) (SH) – 19:41 2–0 Morgunov (Giyrov, Yotov) (PP) – 27:40 3–0 Hristov (Slavov, Mladenov) (PP) – 31:42 4–0 Bachvarov (Yotov, Boyadjiev) – 38:20 5–0 Yotov – 51:45 6–0 Hristov (Slavov, Mladenov) – 53:49 7–0 Bachvarov (Yotov) – 55:46 8–0
	16 min	Penalties	24 min
	38	Shots	24

11 October 2008 14:30

Bulgaria

2–6 (0–1, 1–4, 1–1)

Spain

Genclik Spor il Mudurlugu Ice Arena, Ankara Attendance: 146

Game reference
	Konstantin Mihailov Todor Petkov	Goalies	José Luis Alonso	Referee: Mathew Thompson Linesmen: Martin Gašparík Timucin Ozbukucu
	0–1 04:30 – Codina (P. Muñoz) 0–2 24:43 – A. Betrán (Brabo) 0–3 25:11 – Brabo (Pedraz) 0–4 27:41 – J. Muñoz (Pedraz) 0–5 29:09 – J. Muñoz (A. Betrán, Pedraz) (PP2) Yotov (Vasilev, Morgunov) (PP) – 30:53 1–5 1–6 44:45 – G. Betrán (Roshchyn, Barnola) (SH) Yotov – 47:27 2–6
	30 min	Penalties	24 min
	20	Shots	47

11 October 2008 18:00

Turkey

2–9 (0–3, 1–2, 1–4)

Mexico

Genclik Spor il Mudurlugu Ice Arena, Ankara Attendance: 256

Game reference
	Levent Özbaydogan Cihan Kahraman	Goalies	Andrés de la Garma	Referee: Yves Bekkers Linesmen: Filip Kalse Cosmin Topârceanu
	0–1 06:06 – Glennie (Cervantes) 0–2 15:56 – Sierra (Cervantes, Arroyo) (PP) 0–3 17:08 – Cervantes (Arroyo) (PP) 0–4 23:07 – Arroyo (Ortega) (PP) 0–5 28:39 – Arroyo (Cervantes, Sierra) (PP2) Akyıldız – 34:48 1–5 İnce (Karakoç, Hamarat) (PP) – 41:18 2–5 2–6 44:18 – Zavala (Arroyo) 2–7 49:00 – Roberts (Glennie, De la Vega) (PP2) 2–8 50:22 – Barberena (Sierra) (PP2) 2–9 57:03 – Glennie (Cervantes, Roberts)
	28 min	Penalties	16 min
	10	Shots	39

Olympic pre-qualification

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kazakhstan	3	3	0	0	0	31	2	+29	9	Final Olympic qualification
2	Estonia (H)	3	2	0	0	1	14	12	+2	6
3	Netherlands	3	1	0	0	2	10	14	−4	3
4	Spain	3	0	0	0	3	2	29	−27	0

Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host

All times are local (UTC+2).

6 November 2008 16:00

Kazakhstan

17–0 (7–0, 6–0, 4–0)

Spain

Kreenholm Ice Hall, Narva Attendance: 432

Game reference
	Aleksey Kuznetsov Sergey Ogureshnikov	Goalies	Pablo Muriel Aarón Carretero	Referee: Raimonds Garda Linesmen: Andrejs Korsaks Anton Semionov
	Starchenko (Gavrilin, Zhailauov) – 01:03 1–0 Shin (Kostrikov, Yessirkenov) – 01:56 2–0 Krasnoslobodtsev (Rymarev) – 02:08 3–0 Gavrilin (Vyatkin, Fadeyev) – 04:16 4–0 Smolyaninov (Alexandrov, Spiridonov) – 09:21 5–0 Vyatkin (PP) – 12:57 6–0 Lakiza (Rymarev, Yessirkenov) (PP) – 15:36 7–0 Alexandrov (Smolyaninov) (SH) – 27:37 8–0 Savchenko (Shin) – 28:32 9–0 Zhailauov (PP) – 30:01 10–0 Spiridonov (Alexandrov, Smolyaninov) – 36:11 11–0 Shin (Kostrikov, Yessirkenov) – 36:49 12–0 Zhailauov (Gavrilin) – 39:00 13–0 Kostrikov (Shin, Yessirkenov) – 48:58 14–0 Gavrilin (Starchenko) (PP) – 51:36 15–0 Kostrikov (Shin, Yessirkenov) – 53:33 16–0 Yessirkenov (Kostrikov, Shin) – 59:02 17–0
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	62	Shots	7

6 November 2008 20:00

Netherlands

4–6 (2–1, 1–1, 1–4)

Estonia

Kreenholm Ice Hall, Narva Attendance: 560

Game reference
	Phil Groeneveld	Goalies	Aleksei Terentjev	Referee: Andrei Biriukov Linesmen: Jacob Matheson Sergey Mikhaevich
	Smulders (Schaafsma) – 04:20 1–0 Kars (Van den Heuvel) – 09:52 2–0 2–1 18:55 – Ivanov (Suur) (PP) 2–2 30:27 – Sorokin (Suur, Sibirtsev) Van Bentem (Willemse) (PP) – 35:23 3–2 Schaafsma (Smulders, Euverman) (PP) – 42:52 4–2 4–3 43:25 – Süvaoja (Kaljuste) 4–4 45:44 – Titarenko (Semjonov) (PP) 4–5 54:11 – Kuznetsov (Jastrebov) 4–6 59:29 – Sibirtsev (Suur) (SH, ENG)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	47

7 November 2008 16:00

Netherlands

4–1 (0–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Spain

Kreenholm Ice Hall, Narva Attendance: 155

Game reference
	Ian Meierdres	Goalies	Pablo Muriel	Referee: Per Gustav Solem Linesmen: Andrejs Korsaks Jacob Matheson
	0–1 19:05 – P. Muñoz (Brabo) (PP) Tummers (Van Oorschot) (PP2) – 20:24 1–1 Kars (Van Bentem, Van den Heuvel) – 24:58 2–1 Postma (Van Oorschot, Schaafsma) – 45:07 3–1 Postma (Tummers) (SH) – 54:49 4–1
	24 min	Penalties	20 min
	55	Shots	13

7 November 2008 20:00

Estonia

0–7 (0–4, 0–2, 0–1)

Kazakhstan

Kreenholm Ice Hall, Narva Attendance: 1,200

Game reference
	Aleksei Terentjev Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Goalies	Alexey Kuznetsov	Referee: Raimonds Garda Linesmen: Sergey Mikhaevich Antti Suni
	0–1 06:21 – Starchenko (Fadeyev, Vyatkin) (PP) 0–2 08:56 – Fadeyev (Vyatkin, Starchenko) (PP) 0–3 09:56 – Spiridonov 0–4 12:58 – Spiridonov (Smolyaninov) (SH) 0–5 23:22 – Alexandrov (Spiridonov, Argokov) 0–6 29:21 – Litvinenko (Solaryov) (PP) 0–7 42:04 – Zhailauov (Starchenko, Vyatkin)
	26 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	60

9 November 2008 16:00

Kazakhstan

7–2 (2–1, 3–1, 2–0)

Netherlands

Kreenholm Ice Hall, Narva Attendance: 206

Game reference
	Sergey Ogureshnikov	Goalies	Phil Groeneveld	Referee: Andrei Biriukov Linesmen: Anton Semionov Antti Suni
	Krasnoslobodtsev (Solaryov, Rymarev) (PP) – 03:36 1–0 1–1 05:21 – Natte (Teunissen) Zhailauov (Litvinenko) (SH) – 12:55 2–1 Rymarev (Litvinenko, Solaryov) – 22:28 3–1 3–2 27:44 – Schaafsma (Postma) Gavrilin (Litvinenko, Argokov) (PP) – 37:27 4–2 Spiridonov (Alexandrov) – 38:52 5–2 Solaryov (Litvinenko, Lakiza) – 42:01 6–2 Solaryov (Smolyaninov, Krasnoslobodtsev) – 52:56 7–2
	31 min	Penalties	16 min
	63	Shots	16

9 November 2008 20:00

Spain

1–8 (0–2, 1–3, 0–3)

Estonia

Kreenholm Ice Hall, Narva Attendance: 635

Game reference
	Pablo Muriel Aarón Carretero	Goalies	Villem-Henrik Koitmaa	Referee: Per Gustav Solem Linesmen: Andrejs Korsaks Jacob Matheson
	0–1 08:43 – Sorokin (Ivanov, Sibirtsev) 0–2 12:33 – Ossipov (Ivanov, Sibirtsev) (PP) 0–3 21:56 – O. Sildre (P. Sildre) 0–4 23:18 – Titarenko (Kuznetsov) Pedraz (P. Muñoz) – 25:01 1–4 1–5 37:27 – Jastrebov (Titarenko, Kuznetsov) 1–6 41:02 – O. Sildre (Süvaoja) 1–7 46:00 – P. Sildre (O. Sildre) 1–8 56:39 – Sibirtsev (Ivanov) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	13	Shots	51

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hungary (H)	3	3	0	0	0	20	4	+16	9	Final Olympic qualification
2	Lithuania	3	2	0	0	1	13	9	+4	6
3	Croatia	3	1	0	0	2	8	11	−3	3
4	Serbia	3	0	0	0	3	4	21	−17	0

Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host

All times are local (UTC+1).

7 November 2008 14:30

Lithuania

4–2 (0–2, 3–0, 1–0)

Croatia

Budapest Arena, Budapest Attendance: 400

Game reference
	Nerijus Dauksevičius	Goalies	Vanja Belić	Referee: Bo Andersen Linesmen: Attila Abonyi Eric Bouguin
	0–1 07:33 – Ciganović (Žibret) 0–2 19:59 – Žibret (Novosel, Lovrenčić) (PP) Nekraševičius (Aliukonis) – 28:21 1–2 Vaiciukevičius (Nausėda, Kieras) (PP) – 30:23 2–2 M. Šlikas (Vaiciukevičius, Kuliešius) – 37:01 3–2 Aliukonis (Vaiciukevičius, Šlikas) – 40:27 4–2
	28 min	Penalties	18 min
	33	Shots	22

7 November 2008 18:00

Hungary

9–1 (4–0, 1–1, 4–0)

Serbia

Budapest Arena, Budapest Attendance: 6,500

Game reference
	Levente Szuper Zoltán Hetényi	Goalies	Milan Luković Fedor Aranicki	Referee: Igor Chernyshov Linesmen: Peter Lyth Tomáš Pešek
	Svasznek (Ladányi) (PP) – 02:37 1–0 Ondrejcik (Majoross, Sofron) – 12:19 2–0 Ladányi (J. Vas, Svasznek) – 13:58 3–0 Palkovics (Ocskay) – 16:38 4–0 Ondrejcik – 23:04 5–0 5–1 30:19 – Pajić (Gabrić) (PP) Ocskay (Palkovics) – 43:08 6–1 Vaszjunyin (Sofron, Kangyal) – 47:28 7–1 J. Vas (Tokaji, Ladányi) – 47:53 8–1 Horváth (Ocskay, Tokaji) (PP) – 54:18 9–1
	12 min	Penalties	14 min
	51	Shots	11

8 November 2008 14:00

Lithuania

7–2 (0–1, 4–1, 3–0)

Serbia

Budapest Arena, Budapest Attendance: 1,500

Game reference
	Artūras Kuzmičius	Goalies	Milan Luković	Referee: Roland Aumüller Linesmen: Attila Abonyi Peter Lyth
	0–1 17:03 – Nadaski (Milosavljević) Ivanuskin (Kuliešius, Bernatavičius) (PP) – 26:49 1–1 Kuliešius (Vaiciukevičius, Nekraševičius) (PP) – 29:29 2–1 2–2 30:23 – Pajić Bernatavičius – 36:18 3–2 Kuliešius (Vaiciukevičius) – 36:16 4–2 K. Šlikas (Ivanuskin, Vėželis) – 49:57 5–2 Kulevičius (Bernatavičius) – 50:55 6–2 Kaminskas (Kulevičius, Bernatavičius) (PP) – 58:27 7–2
	34 min	Penalties	28 min
	54	Shots	29

8 November 2008 17:30

Croatia

1–6 (0–2, 0–3, 1–1)

Hungary

Budapest Arena, Budapest Attendance: 7,898

Game reference
	Vanja Belić	Goalies	Zoltán Hetényi	Referee: Bo Andersen Linesmen: Eric Bouguin Andrew Dalton
	0–1 06:06 – Horváth (Ocskay, Fekete) (PP) 0–2 08:40 – Ocskay (Palkovics) 0–3 25:54 – J. Vas (Ladányi, Ennafatti) (PP) 0–4 28:59 – Peterdi (Tokaji) 0–5 39:34 – Ondrejcik (Majoross) Ciganović (Žibret) – 45:22 1–5 1–6 59:04 Fekete (Ocskay)
	32 min	Penalties	14 min
	15	Shots	56

9 November 2008 14:00

Serbia

1–5 (0–1, 1–3, 0–1)

Croatia

Budapest Arena, Budapest Attendance: 1,683

Game reference
	Fedor Aranicki	Goalies	Vanja Belić	Referee: Igor Chernyshov Linesmen: Eric Bouguin Andrew Dalton
	0–1 11:01 – Grozaj (Smerdelj) 0–2 20:32 – Ciganović (Lovrenčić, Brumerčik) Sretović (PP) – 34:26 1–2 1–3 35:42 – Ciganović (Žibret) 1–4 38:06 – Lovrenčić (Žibret) (PP) 1–5 56:22 – Kanaet (Smerdelj) (PP)
	30 min	Penalties	22 min
	35	Shots	33

9 November 2008 17:30

Hungary

5–2 (3–1, 0–0, 2–1)

Lithuania

Budapest Arena, Budapest Attendance: 8,520

Game reference
	Levente Szuper	Goalies	Nerijus Dauksevičius	Referee: Roland Aumüller Linesmen: Peter Lyth Tomáš Pešek
	J. Vas (Tokaji, Ladányi) (PP) – 06:42 1–0 Holéczy (Peterdi, Kovács) (PP) – 08:43 2–0 2–1 13:14 – Kuliešius (Nekraševičius) Ladányi (M. Vas, Horváth) (PP) – 13:57 3–1 3–2 47:23 – Kaminskas (Kieras) (PP) J. Vas (M. Vas, Ladányi) – 48:51 4–2 Palkovics (Ocskay, Sille) (SH) – 51:14 5–2
	20 min	Penalties	24 min
	52	Shots	22

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	0	0	12	2	+10	9	Final Olympic qualification
2	Poland (H)	3	1	1	0	1	13	6	+7	5
3	Great Britain	3	1	0	1	1	14	6	+8	4
4	Romania	3	0	0	0	3	2	27	−25	0

Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host

All times are local (UTC+1).

6 November 2008 15:30

Japan

7–0 (3–0, 3–0, 1–0)

Romania

Sanok Arena, Sanok Attendance: 600

Game reference
	Naoya Kikuchi	Goalies	Szabolcs Molnár	Referee: Wilhelm Schimm Linesmen: Grzegorz Klich Mario Linnek
	Tanaka (PS) – 07:32 1–0 Yamashita (Keller) (PP) – 08:54 2–0 Domeki (Kawai, Ta. Saito) – 19:08 3–0 Iimura (Kawai, Obara) (PP) – 22:35 4–0 M. Ogawa (Kamino, Kon) – 36:15 5–0 Iimura (Suzuki, Mitani) – 38:45 6–0 Yamashita (Keller, Te. Saito) (PP) – 42:06 7–0
	10 min	Penalties	26 min
	42	Shots	18

6 November 2008 19:30

Poland

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

Great Britain

Sanok Arena, Sanok Attendance: 2,500

Game reference
	Rafał Radziszewski	Goalies	Stephen Murphy	Referee: Radek Husička Linesmen: Rastislav Gajan Luca Zatta
	0–1 06:02 – Clarke (Chambers) (PP) Urbanowicz (Bagiński) – 08:44 1–1 Zapała (Dronia) (PP) – 30:53 2–1 2–2 56:21 – Meyers (Shields)
	D. Słaboń	Shootout
	18 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	23

7 November 2008 15:45

Japan

2–1 (1–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Great Britain

Sanok Arena, Sanok Attendance: 300

Game reference
	Masahito Haruna	Goalies	Stevie Lyle	Referee: Tuomo Sorakangas Linesmen: Grzegorz Klich Vít Lederer
	Tanaka (Kawai, Iimura) – 17:50 1–0 1–1 18:33 – Weaver (Chambers) Obara (SH) – 27:48 2–1
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	34	Shots	30

7 November 2008 19:15

Romania

1–9 (1–3, 0–3, 0–3)

Poland

Sanok Arena, Sanok Attendance: 2,400

Game reference
	Adrian Catrinoi Cornea	Goalies	Rafał Radziszewski Przemysław Odrobny	Referee: Wilhelm Schimm Linesmen: Rastislav Gajan Mario Linnek
	0–1 00:19 – Zapała (Proszkiewicz, Łopuski) 0–2 03:29 – Łopuski (Proszkiewicz, Gonera) Moldován (Nagy, Kosa) (PP) – 15:02 1–2 1–3 18:02 – Kolusz (Urbanowicz, Dronia) 1–4 31:10 – Piekarski (Laszkiewicz, Jaros) 1–5 37:05 – Borzęcki (Łopuski, Piekarski) (PP) 1–6 37:55 – Proszkiewicz (Słaboń) 1–7 40:52 – Słaboń 1–8 47:42 – Zapała (Gonera) (PP) 1–9 51:20 – Dronia (Kowalówka)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	20	Shots	47

9 November 2008 14:30

Great Britain

11–1 (4–0, 3–1, 4–0)

Romania

Sanok Arena, Sanok Attendance: 800

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	Stevie Lyle	Goalies	Adrian Catrinoi Cornea Szabolcs Molnár	Referee: Tuomo Sorakangas Linesmen: Mario Linnek Luca Zatta
	Weaver (Meyers, J. Phillips) – 04:55 1–0 Shields (Weaver, Chambers) – 05:45 2–0 Cowley (Sample, Richardson) – 07:23 3–0 Clarke (Chambers) (PP2) – 17:12 4–0 Tait (Chambers, Lyle) – 22:43 5–0 5–1 25:22 – Antal (Z. Molnár) Owen (SH) – 36:15 6–1 D. Phillips (Chambers, J. Phillips) – 37:43 7–1 J. Phillips (Meyers) – 46:01 8–1 Clarke (Tait, Walton) – 48:03 9–1 Richardson (Clarke, Tait) (PP) – 52:30 10–1 Jamieson (Sample, Cowley) (PP) – 58:09 11–1
	10 min	Penalties	26 min
	56	Shots	19

9 November 2008 18:15

Poland

1–3 (0–3, 1–0, 0–0)

Japan

Sanok Arena, Sanok Attendance: 4,000

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	Rafał Radziszewski	Goalies	Masahito Haruna	Referee: Radek Husička Linesmen: Rastislav Gajan Vít Lederer
	0–1 09:07 – Iumura (Kawai) (PP) 0–2 09:31 – Domeki (Keller) 0–3 12:44 – Obara (Suzuki, Keller) (PP) Zapała (Dołęga) – 28:57 1–3
	30 min	Penalties	14 min
	34	Shots	24

Final Olympic qualification

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	3	3	0	0	0	11	3	+8	9	2010 Winter Olympics
2	Austria	3	1	1	0	1	10	7	+3	5
3	Japan	3	0	1	0	2	8	16	−8	2[a]
4	Slovenia	3	0	0	2	1	8	11	−3	2[a]

Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Slovenia 4–5 Japan

All times are local (UTC+1).

5 February 2009 16:00

Slovenia

3–4 OT (0–0, 3–2, 0–1) (OT: 0–1)

Austria

TUI Arena, Hanover Attendance: 1,016

Game reference
	Robert Kristan	Goalies	Bernd Brückler	Referees: Sami Partanen Ulf Rönnmark Linesmen: Ivan Dedioulia Felix Winnekens
	Hebar (Terglav) – 21:48 1–0 1–1 24:52 – Grabner (A. Lakos) (PP) M. Rodman (Razingar) – 30:30 2–1 2–2 35:39 – Grabner (Unterluggauer) (PP) M. Rodman (Hebar, D. Rodman) – 39:44 3–2 3–3 55:01 – Koch (Kalt) 3–4 63:40 – A. Lakos (Setzinger)
	10 min	Penalties	32 min
	19	Shots	27

5 February 2009 19:30

Germany

7–1 (3–1, 3–0, 1–0)

Japan

TUI Arena, Hanover Attendance: 4,318

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	Dimitri Pätzold Dennis Endras	Goalies	Masahito Haruna Hisashi Ishikawa	Referees: Chris Savage Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Jiří Gebauer Tobias Wehrli
	Seidenberg (SH) – 03:57 1–0 Wolf (Gogulla, Hackert – 06:07 2–0 Gogulla (Hackert, Wolf) (PP) – 15:00 3–0 3–1 19:01 – Domeki (Keller, Kon) (PP) Klinge (Felski, Barta) – 31:28 4–1 R. Müller (Mulock, Rankel) – 31:57 5–1 Tripp (Ullmann) – 32:55 6–1 Tripp (Reiss, M. Müller) (PP) – 53:22 7–1
	18 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	13

7 February 2009 12:00

Slovenia

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

Japan

TUI Arena, Hanover Attendance: 2,380

Game reference
	Robert Kristan	Goalies	Masahito Haruna	Referees: Sami Partanen Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Andrii Kicha Felix Winnekens
	Razingar (Terglav) – 00:59 1–0 Jan (Razinger) – 11:37 2–0 2–1 16:45 – Domeki (Kon) 2–2 27:02 – Kawai (Osawa) (PP) Mušič (Terlikar, Tavželj) – 28:45 3–2 Kranjc (Hebar (PP) – 30:34 4–2 4–3 47:00 – Ishioka 4–4 56:12 – Tanaka (Suzuki, Obara) (PP2)
		Shootout	Tanaka
	16 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	30

7 February 2009 15:30

Austria

1–2 (0–0, 1–2, 0–0)

Germany

TUI Arena, Hanover Attendance: 5,034

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	Bernd Brückler	Goalies	Dimitri Pätzold	Referees: Ulf Rönnmark Chris Savage Linesmen: Ivan Dedioulia Tobias Wehrli
	0–1 22:04 – Seidenberg Kalt – 30:49 1–1 1–2 33:03 – Tripp (Schmidt) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	16

8 February 2009 13:30

Japan

2–5 (0–1, 1–3, 1–1)

Austria

TUI Arena, Hanover Attendance: 1,423

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	Masahito Haruna	Goalies	Juergen Penker	Referees: Ulf Rönnmark Chris Savage Linesmen: Tobias Wehrli Felix Winnekens
	0–1 13:05 – Grabner (R. Lukas, Raffl) 0–2 26:39 – Grabner (P. Lakos) 0–3 31:30 – Welser (Setzinger) (PP) 0–4 31:55 – Grabner Mitani (Keller) (PP) – 34:45 1–4 Obara (Ishioka) – 42:59 2–4 2–5 48:25 – P. Lakos (Setzinger)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	20	Shots	32

8 February 2009 17:00

Germany

2–1 (1–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Slovenia

TUI Arena, Hanover Attendance: 3,758

Game reference
	Dennis Endras	Goalies	Andrej Hočevar	Referees: Sami Partanen Vladimír Šindler Linesmen: Jiří Gebauer Andrii Kicha
	Hackert (Bakos) – 12:22 1–0 Mulock (Barta, Klinge) – 21:12 2–0 2–1 48:07 – Mušič (Šivic)
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	25	Shots	23

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Latvia (H)	3	3	0	0	0	15	6	+9	9	2010 Winter Olympics
2	Ukraine	3	1	1	0	1	9	9	0	5
3	Italy	3	1	0	0	2	7	8	−1	3
4	Hungary	3	0	0	1	2	7	15	−8	1

Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host

All times are local (UTC+2).

5 February 2009 15:00

Italy

2–3 (0–1, 0–0, 2–2)

Ukraine

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 1,100

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	Thomas Tragust	Goalies	Igor Karpenko	Referees: Vladimír Baluška Milan Minář Linesmen: Ansis Eglītis Antti Orelma
	0–1 14:38 – Varlamov (Kasianchuk, Navarenko) (PP) 0–2 52:52 – Varlamov (Timchenko, Kasianchuk) 0–3 54:28 – Materukhin (Pobiedonostsev) Scandela (Fontanive, Ansoldi) – 55:11 1–3 Ramoser (Souza, Pittis) – 55:37 2–3
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	24	Shots	36

5 February 2009 19:00

Latvia

7–3 (1–1, 3–2, 3–0)

Hungary

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 4,900

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	Edgars Masaļskis	Goalies	Levente Szuper	Referees: Ole Hansen Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Christian Kaspar Peter Sabelström
	0–1 07:06 – Ladányi (M. Vas, J. Vas) Sprukts (K. Rēdlihs, Karsums) (PP) – 12:33 1–1 Reķis (Sprukts, Ankipans) (PP) – 25:16 2–1 Dārziņš – 26:03 3–1 3–2 29:05 – M. Vas (Ladányi, Sille) (PP) Karsums (Sprukts, Reķis) –30:37 4–2 4–3 37:59 – Svasznek (Sille, Ladányi) (PP) Vasiļjevs (Dārziņš, Sorokins) – 48:05 5–3 Dārziņš (M. Rēdlihs, Vasiljevs) – 57:57 6–3 Karsums (Ankipans, K. Rēdlihs) (PP) – 59:29 7–3
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	43	Shots	14

6 February 2009 15:00

Italy

4–1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Hungary

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 900

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	Adam Russo	Goalies	Levente Szuper Zoltán Hetényi	Referees: Vladimír Baluška Milan Minář Linesmen: Ansis Eglītis Vít Lederer
	Ansoldi (Fontanive, Scandella) – 13:42 1–0 Aquino (Iannone, Chitarroni) – 14:17 2–0 Pittis (Scandella, Strazzabosco) (PP) – 27:29 3–0 Chittaroni (Gallace) (SH) – 45:44 4–0 4–1 58:49 – Svasznek (Ladányi, Sille) (PP)
	20 min	Penalties	12 min
	24	Shots	26

6 February 2009 19:00

Ukraine

2–4 (1–0, 0–2, 1–2)

Latvia

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 8,250

Game reference
				Referees: Ole Hansen Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Antti Orelma Peter Sabelström
	Sriubko (Tsyrul) (PP) – 18:57 1–0 1–1 24:40 – Karsums (M. Rēdlihs, Sorokins) (PP) 1–2 33:38 – M. Rēdlihs 1–3 47:31 –Ņiživijs (Cipruss) Klymentiev (Gnidenko, Navarenko) – 58:48 2–3 2–4 59:45 – Sprukts (Karsums, Reķis) (ENG)
	48 min	Penalties	30 min
	25	Shots	18

8 February 2009 13:00

Hungary

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

Ukraine

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 1,900

Game reference
	Levente Szuper	Goalies	Kostiantyn Simchuk	Referees: Vladimír Baluška Milan Minář Linesmen: Christian Kaspar Vít Lederer
	J. Vas (Ladányi, Horváth) – 21:47 1–0 Ocskay (Palkovics) (PP) – 31:28 2–0 2–1 51:39 – Timchenko (Salnikov) 2–2 54:41 – Materukhin (Pobiedonstsev Palkovics (Horváth, Vaszjunyin) (PP) – 57:25 3–2 3–3 58:44 – Shakhraychuk (PP)
		Shootout	Varlamov
	22 min	Penalties	14 min
	18	Shots	35

8 February 2009 17:00

Latvia

4–1 (2–0, 1–0, 1–1)

Italy

Arena Riga, Riga Attendance: 10,000

Game reference
	Sergejs Naumovs	Goalies	Thomas Tragust	Referees: Ole Hansen Marcus Vinnerborg Linesmen: Antti Orelma Peter Sabelström
	Ankipāns (Sprukts) – 08:48 1–0 Cipulis (Sotnieks, Cipruss) (PP) – 10:01 2–0 Karsums (Sprukts) (SH) – 34:25 3–0 3–1 40:15 – Scandella (Borgatello) (PP) Dārziņš (Sprukts, Ankipans) – 42:59 4–1
	12 min	Penalties	18 min
	46	Shots	31

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway (H)	3	3	0	0	0	10	6	+4	9	2010 Winter Olympics
2	Denmark	3	1	0	1	1	7	9	−2	4
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	0	0	2	11	7	+4	3
4	France	3	0	1	0	2	6	12	−6	2

Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host

All times are local (UTC+1).

5 February 2009 15:00

Denmark

1–2 OT (1–0, 0–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–1)

France

Jordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 325

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	Patrick Galbraith	Goalies	Fabrice Lhenry	Referees: Rafael Kadyrov Rick Looker Linesmen: Stefan Fonselius Thomas Gienke
	Nielsen (Larsen) (PP) – 08:11 1–0 1–1 43:19 – Bordeleau (Besch) 1–2 61:18 – Amar (Bellemare) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	16

5 February 2009 19:00

Norway

2–1 (0–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Kazakhstan

Jordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 2,069

Game reference
	Pål Grotnes	Goalies	Aleksey Kuznetsov	Referees: Sören Persson Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Fredrik Carlman Yuriy Oskirko
	Thoresen (Vikingstad) – 26:49 1–0 1–1 29:55 – Krasnoslobodsev Vikingstad (Skrøder, Myrvold) (PP) – 33:00 2–1
	8 min	Penalties	14 min
	24	Shots	21

7 February 2009 13:00

Denmark

3–2 (1–1, 1–0, 1–1)

Kazakhstan

Jordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 455

Game reference
	Patrick Galbraith	Goalies	Aleksey Kuznetsov	Referees: Rick Looker Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Fredrik Carlman Thomas Gienke
	0–1 04:58 – Savchenko (Rymarev) Eller (Johnsen, Green) – 05:34 1–1 Damgaard (L. Degn, K. Degn) – 34:54 2–1 Green (Eller, Thomassen) – 46:36 3–1 3–2 59:59 – Kasatkin (Savchenko) (EA)
	8 min	Penalties	22 min
	35	Shots	21

7 February 2009 17:00

France

2–3 (0–1, 1–2, 1–0)

Norway

Jordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 2,313

Game reference
	Fabrice Lhenry	Goalies	Pål Grotnes	Referees: Rafael Kadyrov Sören Persson Linesmen: Yuriy Oskirko Daniel Wirth
	0–1 17:32 – Vikingstad (Thoresen) Bellemare – 27:15 1–1 1–2 35:52 – Vikingstad (Skrøder, Thoresen) 1–3 37:43 – Ask (Lorentzen) (SH) Coqueux – 40:17 2–3
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	21	Shots	27

8 February 2009 13:00

Kazakhstan

8–2 (2–0, 3–1, 3–1)

France

Jordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 314

Game reference
	Aleksey Kuznetsov Ivan Poloshkov	Goalies	Eddy Ferhi	Referees: Rafael Kadyrov Sören Persson Linesmen: Thomas Gienke Daniel Wirth
	Starchenko (Antipin) – 05:50 1–0 Savchenko (Solaryov, Krasnoslobodtsev) – 06:13 2–0 Solaryov (Krasnoslobodtsev) – 25:27 3–0 Ogorodnikov (Rifel) – 26:08 4–0 Kasatkin – 33:40 5–0 5–1 37:16 – Rozenthal (Desrosiers, Besch) (PP2) Rifel (Ogorodnikov) – 48:40 6–1 Gavrilin (Antipin, Koreshkov) (PP) – 53:42 7–1 Krasnoslobodtsev (Solaryov) – 54:10 8–1 8–2 58:53 – Tardif (Raux) (SH)
	18 min	Penalties	16 min
	27	Shots	30

8 February 2009 17:00

Norway

5–3 (1–2, 2–0, 2–1)

Denmark

Jordal Amfi, Oslo Attendance: 3,014

Game reference
	Pål Grotnes	Goalies	Patrick Galbraith	Referees: Rick Looker Jyri Rönn Linesmen: Fredrik Carlman Stefan Fonselius
	0–1 00:45 – Bødker (Damgaard) Spets (Hansen) – 04:09 1–1 1–2 14:43 – Hardt (L. Degn, K. Degn) (PP) Thoresen (Skrøder, Trygg) (PP) – 27:54 2–2 Thoresen (Vikingstad) – 37:26 3–2 Holøs (Trygg) (PP) – 49:40 4–2 4–3 56:36 – Olsen (K. Degn) Thoresen (Vikingstad) – 58:13 5–3
	26 min	Penalties	12 min
	34	Shots	25

See also

• IIHF World Ranking