Olympics Qualification 2024

Event: 2026 Olympic Winter Games Men's ice hockey tournament.

Season: 2025-2026

Host country: Italy

City: Milan

Dates: 6-22 February 2026

Arenas: PalaItalia Santa Giulia (capacity 15,000), PalaTrussardi (capacity 8,479)

Olympic Qualification

Standings

Round 2 (ended)

Group K: Winner: Estonia (Iceland, South Africa, Bulgaria).

Group L: Winner: Spain (Netherlands, Georgia, Thailand).

Group M: Winner: Serbia - (Croatia, Chinese Taipei, Turkey).

Round 3

Group G: 8-11 February 2024 - Budapest, Hungary.

Group H: 8-11 February 2024 - Cardiff, Great Britain.

Group J: 8-11 February 2024 - Sosnoviec, Poland.

Final Qualification

Group D: 29 August - 1 September 2024 - Bratislava, Slovakia.

Group E: 29 August - 1 September 2024 - Riga, Latvia.

Group F: 29 August - 1 September 2024 - Denmark.

Teams

The tournament participate 12 men's national ice hockey teams:

Top 8 teams 2023 IIHF World Ranking

3 teams Final Olympic qualification tournaments winners

1 Hosts team

Organizer: International Olympic Committee (IOC) and International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF)

Results of past tournaments

OG 2022 - Finland

Games schedule and Results

Qualification

Thursday, 14 December

end

Croatia Chinese Taipei

6:1 (0:0, 3:0, 3:1)

end

Bulgaria Estonia

0:21 (0:3, 0:8, 0:10)

end

Serbia Turkey

5:0 (1:0, 1:0, 3:0)

end

Iceland South Africa

9:0 (3:0, 3:0, 3:0)

Friday, 15 December

end

Croatia Turkey

6:2 (0:1, 3:1, 3:0)

end

Estonia South Africa

9:2 (1:1, 5:1, 3:0)

end

Spain Thailand

15:2 (6:0, 6:2, 3:0)

end

Chinese Taipei Serbia

0:6 (0:3, 0:1, 0:2)

end

Iceland Bulgaria

4:3 (1:0, 1:2, 2:1)

end

Netherlands Georgia

8:2 (2:1, 2:1, 4:0)

Saturday, 16 December

end

Thailand Netherlands

1:23 (1:6, 0:7, 0:10)

end

Spain Georgia

5:1 (1:0, 3:1, 1:0)

Sunday, 17 December

end

South Africa Bulgaria

4:1 (0:0, 1:0, 3:1)

end

Turkey Chinese Taipei

1:3 (0:1, 1:2, 0:0)

end

Netherlands Spain

3:4 (1:0, 2:3, 0:1)

end

Estonia Iceland

6:0 (3:0, 2:0, 1:0)

end

Serbia Croatia

4:0 (1:0, 0:0, 3:0)

end

Georgia Thailand

10:0 (3:0, 4:0, 3:0)

International

World Championship

WC Division I

World Junior Championship

U18 World Championship

Womens World

Champions League

Euro Hockey Tour

Euro Hockey Challenge

Hockey Olympics

Hockey Olympics Women

IIHF World Ranking

Teams