Qualification for the men's ice hockey tournament at the 2002 Winter Olympics was determined by the standings of the 1999 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships. 14 nations qualified: the top eight teams in the 1999 tournament received automatic berths, while lower ranked teams had the opportunity to qualify for the remaining six spots.
Qualified teams
EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified1999 IIHF World Championship5 April–16 May 1999 Lillehammer, Hamar and Oslo8Final qualification tournaments8–11 February 2001 Oslo3 Klagenfurt3 Total 14
Regional qualification
Two regional qualifiers were used to reduce the field for pre-qualification to 16 nations.
Far East
Played from 3 to 5 September 1999 in Aomori, Japan.
European
Played from 11 to 12 December 1999 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
won two games to nil and advanced to pre-qualification.
Pre-qualification
Four tournaments were played 10–13 February 2000 with each group winner advancing to the final qualification round.
Group 1
The tournament was held in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Group 2
The tournament was held in Tallinn, Estonia.
Group 3
The tournament was held in Gdańsk, Poland.
Group 4
The tournament was held in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Final Olympic qualification
Two tournaments were played from 8–11 February 2001, with six of the remaining eight nations qualifying for the Olympic tournament.
Group A
The tournament was held in Oslo, Norway.
Group B
The tournament was held in Klagenfurt, Austria.
References
External links
Far East Qualifier results (in French) European, pre-qualification, and final qualification results (in French) Group A official results Group B official results