Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

Qualification for the men's tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics.

Qualification
Twelve teams will qualify for the Ice Hockey event. The top nine teams in the IIHF World Ranking after the 2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championship will receive automatic berths into the Ice Hockey event. Teams ranked 10th through 30th will have an opportunity to qualify for the event. Teams ranked 19th through 30th will play in a first qualification round in November 2008, where the top three teams from the round advance to the second qualification round. Teams ranked 10th through 18th will join the three top teams from the first qualifying round to play in a second qualification round. The top three teams from the second qualifying round will advance to the Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament.

Qualified teams
^Quebec City and Halifax are site for 2008 World Championship only, thus the site where qualification through the rankings is determined.

Note: Canada, Czech Republic, Finland, and Sweden had been mathematically determined to qualify for the 2010 Olympics before the start of the 2008 World Championship. Belarus, Russia, Slovakia, Switzerland, and United States qualified for the 2010 Olympics by their performance in the 2008 World Championship.

Group A
All times are local (UTC+2).

Group B
All times are local (UTC+2).

Group C
All times are local (UTC+1).

Group D
All times are local (UTC+1).

Group E
All times are local (UTC+1).

Group F
All times are local (UTC+1).

Group G
All times are local (UTC+1).