Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification
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Fourteen nations would qualify for the Olympic tournament, eight to the preliminary round, and six to the first round. The
Regional Pre-Qualification
- Group A
Five nations played each other twice, both home and away, from October 25, 1995, until December 12, 1996.
Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | ||||||
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1 | Switzerland | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 42 | 14 | 14 | 2–2 | 8–1 | 5–3 | 7–1 | ||
2 | Great Britain | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 31 | 15 | 13 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 5–0 | 4–1 | ||
3 | Denmark | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 28 | 7 | 2–6 | 2–3 | 4–2 | 4–0 | ||
4 | Slovenia | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 32 | 24 | 6 | 1–4 | 4–5 | 5–1 | 9–0 | ||
5 | Netherlands | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 55 | 0 | 1–7 | 2–8 | 3–8 | 0–8 |
- Group B
This tournament was played in Tychy, Poland, from December 17 to 22, 1996.
Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | ||||||
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1 | Ukraine | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 3 | 7 | 3–3 | 10–0 | 17–0 | 21–0 | ||
2 | Poland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 36 | 8 | 7 | 3–3 | 6–3 | 14–0 | 13–2 | ||
3 | Romania | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 22 | 4 | 0–10 | 3–6 | 7–2 | 9–4 | ||
4 | Bulgaria | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 40 | 2 | 0–17 | 0–14 | 2–7 | 5–2 | ||
5 | Yugoslavia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 48 | 0 | 0–21 | 2–13 | 4–9 | 2–5 |
- Note: In January 1996 Greece beat Israel 10–2, but forfeited the result because of an ineligible player. Following that, in March of the same year Israel played Yugoslavia, in Lithuania, losing 5–3. Israel's loss is officially a 5–0 loss, the match was declared forfeit because they used ineligible players from Russia.
- Group C
This tournament was played in Riga, Latvia, from August 27 to September 1, 1996.
Rank | Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | ||||||
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1 | Belarus | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 4 | 8 | 4–1 | 13–1 | 16–1 | 21–1 | ||
2 | Latvia | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 53 | 6 | 6 | 1–4 | 10–2 | 15–0 | 27–0 | ||
3 | Hungary | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 31 | 4 | 1–13 | 2–10 | 7–4 | 9–4 | ||
4 | Estonia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 41 | 2 | 1–16 | 0–15 | 4–7 | 9–3 | ||
5 | Lithuania | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 66 | 0 | 1–21 | 0–27 | 4–9 | 3–9 |
- Note: In January 1996 Hungary played a challenge series against Croatia winning 7–0 and 6–0.
- Group D
The Asian Winter Games were used as a qualifying tournament, and were played in Harbin, China, from February 5 to 8, 1996. Japan participated though already qualified for the Olympics.
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |||||
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Kazakhstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 6 | 4–1 | 20–0 | 9–1 | ||
Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1–4 | 7–1 | 6–1 | ||
China | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 2 | 0–20 | 1–7 | 6–2 | ||
South Korea | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 1–9 | 1–6 | 2–6 |
Final Olympic Qualification
The top two from each group qualify, the two third placed nations play for the final spot.
- Group 1
Played in Oberhausen, Germany, from February 6 to 9, 1997.
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |||||
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Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 3–2 | 4–1 | 4–4 | ||
Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2–3 | 3–3 | 4–1 | ||
Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1–4 | 3–3 | 2–1 | ||
Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 4–4 | 1–4 | 1–2 |
- Group 2
Played in Innsbruck, Austria, from February 6 to 9, 1997.
Team | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA | PTS | |||||
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Belarus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 4–4 | 6–2 | 2–2 | ||
Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4–4 | 4–1 | 3–3 | ||
Austria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 2–6 | 1–4 | 4–1 | ||
Norway | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2–2 | 3–3 | 1–4 |
- Play-off
February 11, 1997 | Austria | 2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0) | Switzerland | Duisburg Germany |
Austria secures the final spot in the preliminary round.
References
Sources
- Olympic Qualifiers 1995–98 (in French)
- Hokej SFRP – Olympic Games 1998 Qualifikation (in English)
- avlh.sweb.cz – Kvalifikace Zimních olympijských her 1998 Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine
- Hockeyarchives – Qualifications pour les Jeux Olympiques 1998 (in French)