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Qualification for the men's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 Winter Olympics was determined by the standings of the 1995 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships. 14 nations qualified: the hosts (Japan) and the top eight teams in the 1995 tournament received automatic berths, while lower ranked teams had the opportunity to qualify for the remaining five spots.[1]
Qualified teams
[edit]| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hosts | 15 June 1991[2] |  Birmingham
|
1 |  Japan
|
| 1995 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships | 7 May 1995 |  Stockholm and Gävle
|
8 |  Finland Sweden Canada Czech Republic Russia United States Italy France
|
| Final qualification tournaments | 6 – 11 February 1997 |  Oberhausen
|
2 | Germany Slovakia
|
 Innsbruck
|
2 |  Belarus Kazakhstan
| ||
| Duisburg
|
1 | Austria[a]
| ||
| Total | 14 |
Regional Pre-Qualification 2
[edit]Five nations played each other twice, home and away, from 25 October 1995 to 21 December 1996.
Group A
[edit]| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Dates | 25 Oct 1995 – 21 Dec 1996 |
| Teams | 5 |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 20 |
| Goals scored | 136 (6.8 per game) |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Switzerland
|
8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 14 | +28 | 14 | Final Qualification |
| 2 | Great Britain
|
8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 15 | +16 | 13 | |
| 3 |  Denmark
|
8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 28 | −5 | 7 | |
| 4 |  Slovenia
|
8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 24 | +8 | 6 | |
| 5 |  Netherlands
|
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 55 | −47 | 0 |
Source: [citation needed]
Notes
[edit]- ^ Austria beat Switzerland in a play-off between the third place teams in the final qualification tournaments.
References
[edit]- ^ 1998 Olympics Official Hockey Rules. 25 March 2025.
- ^ Salt Lake loses bid to host 1998 Winter Olympics. United Press International. 15 June 1991.