Olympic Ice Hockey Qualification Barcelona

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

Olympic ice hockey qualification barcelona. Ice hockey men s olympic qualification 2019 2020 home. 6 9. Groups qualification men. Ice hockey men s qualifications alexander ovechkin 8 of russia skates with the puck against mathis olimb 46 of norway during the men s ice hockey qualification playoff game ice hockey men olimb mathis ovechkin alexander sochi 2014.

Women s ice hockey was accepted as an olympic sport in 1992 and made its official debut in 1998 in nagano. From 1920 until 1984 only amateur athletes were. The following is a ranking based on points that were accumulated toward olympic qualification of all countries participating in 2019. At the time organized international ice hockey was still relatively new.

Choice of a season. The three qualifiers will be determined in four stages of the olympic qualification starting in the 2019 2020 season according to the schematic below. 2020 men s olympic qualification preliminary round 3 group j. To qualify directly a nation had to be ranked in the top eight following the 2019 men s world ice hockey championships.

Switzerland s hockey culture is growing by leaps and bounds and will recover from the heartbreak in time. From 1920 to 1968 the olympics also acted as the ice hockey world championships and the two events occurred concurrently. Olympic qualifying games in 2020. Ice hockey is a sport that is contested at the winter olympic games a men s ice hockey tournament has been held every winter olympics starting in 1924.

Meanwhile however a fascinating final olympic qualification round featuring the best nhl players nations can call up if the world gets its act together by august remains on the books. The international ice hockey federation iihf the sport s governing body was created on 15 may 1908 and was known as the ligue internationale de hockey sur glace lihg until 1947. The first olympic ice hockey tournament took place at the 1920 summer olympics in antwerp belgium. For the 2022 olympic men s ice hockey tournament the top 8 nations of the 2019 iihf men s world ranking will be automatically qualified and together with host china and the three qualifiers be seeded according to the 2020 iihf men s world ranking.

13 dec 2019 08 jan 2020. Field hockey at the 2020 summer olympics in tokyo will take place from 24 july to 6 august 2021 at the oi seaside park twenty four teams twelve each for men and women will compete in the tournament. An ice hockey tournament was also held at the 1920 summer olympics. Using the iihf world ranking points system the current year received full value and each preceding year was worth 25 less.

2019 men s olympic qualification preliminary round 2 group m.