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Fourteen nations would qualify for the Olympic tournament, eight to the preliminary round, and six to the first round. The IIHF used the standings of the 1999 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships to determine qualification. First, the top six nations from Pool A would go directly to the first round. The preliminary round was made up of the nations ranked seventh and eighth, along with six others from a series of qualification tournaments. The nations ranked nine through twelve went straight to the final qualification round, with all other participants playing through pre-qualification tournaments.[1]

Regional Qualification[]

Two Regional qualifiers were used to thin the field for Pre-Qualification to sixteen nations.

Far East

Played September 3–5, 1999 in Aomori, Japan.

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Japan Flag of China Flag of South Korea
 Japan 2 2 0 0 14 0 4 5 - 0 9 - 0
 China 2 1 1 0 4 7 2 0 - 5 4 - 2
 South Korea 2 0 2 0 2 13 0 0 - 9 2 - 4
European

Played December 11–12, 1999 in Sofia Bulgaria. Croatia should have played as well, but the proper application was accidentally not sent to the IIHF.[2]

Olympic Pre-Qualification[]

Four tournaments were played February 10–13, 2000, with the winner of each advancing to the final qualification round.

Group 1

Played in Ljubljana, Slovenia

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Germany Flag of Italy Flag of Slovenia Flag of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
 Germany 3 3 0 0 21 3 6 2 - 1 5 - 2 14 - 0
 Italy 3 2 1 0 21 2 4 1 - 2 7 - 0 13 - 0
 Slovenia 3 1 2 0 13 12 2 2 - 5 0 - 7 11 - 0
 Yugoslavia 3 0 3 0 0 38 0 0 - 14 0 - 13 0 - 11
Group 2

Played in Tallinn, Estonia

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Ukraine Flag of Kazakhstan Flag of Estonia Flag of Lithuania
 Ukraine 3 2 1 0 11 6 4 3 - 5 5 - 0 3 - 1
 Kazakhstan 3 2 1 0 20 9 4 5 - 3 2 - 4 13 - 2
 Estonia 3 2 1 0 13 9 4 0 - 5 4 - 2 9 - 2
 Lithuania 3 0 3 0 5 25 0 1 - 3 2 - 13 2 - 9
Group 3

Played in Gdańsk, Poland

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of France Flag of Poland Flag of United Kingdom Flag of Romania
 France 3 3 0 0 19 7 6 5 - 2 5 - 4 9 - 1
 Poland 3 2 1 0 17 9 4 2 - 5 4 - 2 11 - 2
 United Kingdom 3 1 2 0 10 9 2 4 - 5 2 - 4 4 - 0
 Romania 3 0 3 0 3 24 0 1 - 9 2 - 11 0 - 4
Group 4

Played in Copenhagen, Denmark

Team GP W L T GF GA PTS Flag of Denmark Flag of Japan Flag of Netherlands Flag of Hungary
 Denmark 3 3 0 0 16 7 6 7 - 3 3 - 1 6 - 3
 Japan 3 2 1 0 15 11 4 3 - 7 5 - 3 7 - 1
 Netherlands 3 1 2 0 9 9 2 1 - 3 3 - 5 5 - 1
 Hungary 3 0 3 0 5 18 0 3 - 6 1 - 7 1 - 5

Final Olympic Qualification[]

Two tournaments were played February 8–11, 2001, with 6 of the remaining 8 nations qualifying for the Olympics.

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 2 1 0 10 6 +4 5 2002 Winter Olympics
2  Belarus 3 1 2 0 10 6 +4 4
3  Ukraine 3 1 1 1 8 6 +2 3
4  Norway (H) 3 0 0 3 8 18 −10 0
Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC+1).

8 February 2001
16:00
Ukraine  2–2
(1–2, 0–0, 0–1)
 Belarus Jordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 460
8 February 2001
20:00
Norway  4–6
(0–0, 2–2, 2–4)
 Germany Jordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 2,845

10 February 2001
13:30
Norway  1–5
(0–1, 1–2, 0–2)
 Ukraine Jordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 2,522
10 February 2001
18:30
Belarus  1–1
(1–1, 0–0, 0–0)
 Germany Jordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 510

11 February 2001
14:45
Germany  3–1
(2–1, 1–0, 0–0)
 Ukraine Furuset Forum, Oslo
Attendance: 317
11 February 2001
15:30
Belarus  7–3
(0–0, 4–2, 3–1)
 Norway Jordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 1,785

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Latvia 3 2 1 0 9 6 +3 5 2002 Winter Olympics
2  France 3 1 2 0 6 5 +1 4
3  Austria (H) 3 1 1 1 12 9 +3 3
4  Denmark 3 0 0 3 5 12 −7 0
Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC+1).

8 February 2001
16:00
Latvia  4–2
(0–2, 2–0, 2–0)
 Denmark Stadthalle, Klagenfurt
Attendance: 500
8 February 2001
19:30
France  3–3
(1–1, 0–1, 2–1)
 Austria Stadthalle, Klagenfurt
Attendance: 2,000

10 February 2001
16:00
Latvia  1–1
(0–1, 1–0, 0–0)
 France Stadthalle, Klagenfurt
Attendance: 1,500
10 February 2001
19:30
Austria  6–2
(2–1, 1–0, 3–1)
 Denmark Stadthalle, Klagenfurt
Attendance: 3,000

11 February 2001
16:00
Denmark  1–2
(0–0, 0–1, 1–1)
 France Stadthalle, Klagenfurt
Attendance: 500
11 February 2001
19:30
Austria  3–4
(0–1, 2–2, 1–1)
 Latvia Stadthalle, Klagenfurt
Attendance: 2,200

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