Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held at the Torino Palasport Olimpico and the Torino Esposizioni in Turin, Italy. The men's competition, held from 15 to 26 February, was won by Sweden, and the women's competition, held from 11 to 20 February, was won by Canada.
Medal summary Medal table
Medalists Men'sDaniel AlfredssonPer-Johan AxelssonChristian BäckmanPeter ForsbergMika HannulaNiclas HävelidTomas HolmströmJörgen JönssonKenny JönssonNiklas KronwallNicklas LidströmStefan LivHenrik LundqvistFredrik ModinMattias ÖhlundSamuel PåhlssonMikael SamuelssonDaniel SedinHenrik SedinMats SundinRonnie SundinMikael TellqvistDaniel TjärnqvistHenrik ZetterbergNiklas BäckströmAki BergNiklas HagmanJukka HentunenJussi JokinenOlli JokinenNiko KapanenMikko KoivuSaku KoivuLasse KukkonenAntti LaaksonenJere LehtinenToni LydmanAntti-Jussi NiemiVille NieminenAntero NiittymäkiPetteri NummelinTeppo NumminenFredrik NorrenaVille PeltonenJarkko RuutuSami SaloTeemu SelänneKimmo TimonenJan BulisPetr ČajánekPatrik EliášMartin EratDominik HašekMilan HejdukAleš HemskýMilan HniličkaJaromír JágrFrantišek KaberleTomáš KaberleFilip KubaPavel KubinaAleš KotalíkRobert LangMarek MalíkRostislav OleszVáclav ProspalMartin RučinskýDušan SalfickýJaroslav ŠpačekMartin StrakaTomáš VokounDavid VýbornýMarek ŽidlickýWomen'sMeghan AgostaGillian AppsJennifer BotterillCassie CampbellGillian FerrariDanielle GoyetteJayna HeffordBecky KellarGina KingsburyCharline LabontéCarla MacLeodCaroline OuelletteCherie PiperCheryl PounderColleen SostoricsKim St-PierreVicky SunoharaSarah VaillancourtKatie WeatherstonHayley WickenheiserCecilia AnderssonGunilla AnderssonJenni AsserholtAnn-Louise EdstrandJoa ElfsbergEmma EliassonErika HolstNanna JanssonYlva LindbergJenny LindqvistKristina LundbergKim MartinFrida NevalainenEmilie O'KonorMaria RoothDanijela RundqvistTherese SjölanderKatarina TimglasAnna VikmanPernilla WinbergCaitlin CahowJulie ChuNatalie DarwitzPam DreyerTricia Dunn-LuomaMolly EngstromChanda GunnJamie HagermanKim InsalacoKathleen KauthCourtney KennedyKatie KingKristin KingSarah ParsonsJenny PotterHelen ResorAngela RuggieroKelly StephensLyndsay WallKrissy Wendell
Men's competition
The format was changed from the version used in the 1998 and 2002 tournaments. This format was used in 1992 and 1994, the number of teams was reduced from 14 to 12 and the preliminary and final group stages were combined to form two six-team groups with the top four from each group advancing to the quarterfinals.
These changes had the following effects: They increased the number of group games played by the "Super Six", who previously automatically qualified for the final group stage, from three to five. They ensured that only four teams from each group would advance to the knock-out stage. This would give the games more meaning.
Qualification
Twelve places were allotted for the men's ice hockey tournament. The first eight were awarded to the top eight teams in the International Ice Hockey Federation ranking following the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. Those teams were:
Women's competition
Qualification
The top four teams from the International Ice Hockey Federation world rankings following the 2004 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships qualified automatically. These teams were Canada, the United States, Finland and Sweden. Italy also gained a place as it was the host nation. Russia, Germany, and Switzerland qualified for the last three places through qualification tournaments.
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