Ice Hockey At The Olympics

The women s tournament was first held at the 1998 winter olympics.

Ice hockey at the olympics. A miracle on ice happened during the 1980 lake placid olympics. Ice hockey is a hugely popular sport in many parts of the world and north america in particular. Qualification for the men s tournament at the 2022 winter olympics was determined by the iihf world ranking following the 2019 men s ice hockey world championships the host along with the top eight teams in the world ranking received automatic berths into the olympics while all other teams have an opportunity to qualify for the remaining three spots in the olympics. Ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the olympic games since 1920.

Twelve teams competed in the men s tournament which was held from 14 to 25 february while eight teams compe. Women s ice hockey was accepted as an olympic sport in 1992 and made its official debut in 1998 in nagano. Unsurprisingly canada dominated the first tournaments. The women s tournament was first held at the 1998 winter olympics.

Ice hockey has been part of the olympics since the summer olympics of 1920. The ice hockey competitions of the 2018 winter olympics were played at two venues within the gangneung coastal cluster in gangneung south korea. These olympic games were being held in the midst of the cold war and ironically the finalists in men s hockey were hosting a war of their own. The gangneung hockey centre which seats 10 000 and the kwandong hockey centre which seats 6 000 were both originally scheduled to be completed in 2016 but appear to have been completed in early 2017.

Both venues contain olympic sized rinks. Ice hockeytournaments have been staged at the olympic gamessince 1920. The men s tournament was introduced at the 1920 summer olympicsand was transferred permanently to the winter olympic gamesprogram in 1924 in france. The game was dubbed.

Six a side men s ice hockey has been on the programme of every edition of the winter games since 1924 in chamonix.