Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

Qualification for the men's tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics was determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the 2019 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships. The host along with the top eight teams in the world ranking received automatic berths into the Olympics, while all other teams have an opportunity to qualify for the remaining three spots in the Olympics.[1]

Qualified teams

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Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Hosts 17 May 2018[2]   Copenhagen 1   China
2019 IIHF World Ranking[a] 31 March 2016 – 26 May 2019   Bratislava and Košice[b] 8[1]   Canada
  ROC
  Finland
  Sweden
  Czech Republic
  United States
  Germany
  Switzerland
Final qualification tournaments 26–29 August 2021   Bratislava 1   Slovakia
  Riga 1   Latvia
  Oslo 1   Denmark
Total 12
Notes
  1. b Bratislava and Košice were the sites for 2019 IIHF World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking were finalized with regards to the qualification slots.

Qualification seeding

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To qualify directly, a nation had to be ranked in the top eight following the 2019 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.[1] Using the IIHF World Ranking points system, the current year received full value, and each preceding year was worth 25% less. The following is a ranking based on points that were accumulated toward Olympic qualification of all countries participating in 2019.

Points were earned based on overall finish in 2019:

Place 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ...
Points 1200 1160 1120 1100 1060 1040 1020 1000 960 940 920 900 880 860 840 820 800 780 760 740 ...
     Qualified directly to Olympic Tournament
     Entered qualifying in the final round
     Entered qualifying in the pre-qualification round 3
     Entered qualifying in the pre-qualification round 2
     Entered qualifying in the pre-qualification round 1
Qualifying seed Team WC 2019
(100%)
WC 2018
(75%)
OLY 2018
(75%)
WC 2017
(50%)
WC 2016
(25%)
Total
1   Canada 1160 1100 1120 1160 1200 3705
2   Russia 1120 1040 1200 1120 1120 3640
3   Finland 1200 1060 1040 1100 1160 3615
4   Sweden 1060 1200 1060 1200 1040 3615
5   Czech Republic 1100 1020 1100 1020 1060 3465
6   United States 1020 1120 1020 1060 1100 3430
7   Germany 1040 920 1160 1000 1020 3355
8    Switzerland 1000 1160 940 1040 920 3325
9   Slovakia 960 960 920 860 960 3040
10   Latvia 940 1000 860 940 880 3025
11   Norway 900 880 1000 920 940 3005
12   Denmark 920 940 800 900 1000 2925
13   France 840 900 840 960 860 2840
14   Belarus 780 840 880 880 900 2735
15   Austria 820 860 780 800 740 2635
16   Italy 860 780 760 820 780 2620
17   South Korea 760 820 900 780 720 2620
18   Slovenia 740 720 960 840 800 2620
19   Kazakhstan 800 760 820 760 820 2570
20   Great Britain 880 800 660 680 660 2480
21   Hungary 720 740 700 720 840 2370
22   Poland 660 700 740 740 760 2300
23   Japan 640 660 720 660 700 2180
24   Lithuania 700 680 560 640 640 2110
25   Ukraine 600 620 680 700 680 2095
26   Estonia 620 640 600 620 600 2010
27   Romania 680 600 580 560 580 1990
28   Netherlands 580 560 640 580 560 1910
29   Croatia 540 580 620 600 620 1895
30   Serbia 560 520 540 520 500 1740
31   Spain 500 440 520 460 540 1585
Host   China 480 500 440 440 460 1520
32   Iceland 420 460 480 480 480 1485
33   Israel 440 400 460 400 400 1385
  Australia 520 540 540 440 1305
34   Mexico 360 360 500 360 420 1290
  Belgium 460 480 500 520 1200
35   Bulgaria 320 300 420 300 340 1095
  Georgia 380 320 400 280 0 1060
  New Zealand 400 420 420 380 1020
  North Korea 340 380 380 360 905
36   Turkey 300 280 340 320 760
37   Luxembourg 260 340 320 280 745
  South Africa 220 240 240 300 595
38   Chinese Taipei 240 260 220 545
39   Hong Kong 180 220 260 240 535
  Turkmenistan 280 200 430
40   United Arab Emirates 200 160 200 420
41   Bosnia and Herzegovina 140 180 0 260 340
42   Kuwait 120 140 225
43   Thailand 160 160
44   Kyrgyzstan 100 100
  • Teams with no seeding chose not to participate in Olympic qualifying.

Pre-qualification Round 1

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Eight teams began the qualification process in two tournaments. The winners of each tournament advanced to round 2 as qualifiers ten and eleven, where qualifier ten was the winner with the higher qualification seeding.

Group N

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Games were played in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg from 8 to 10 November 2019.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Kyrgyzstan 3 3 0 0 0 29 10 +19 9 Pre-qualification Round 2
2   United Arab Emirates 3 2 0 0 1 15 16 −1 6
3   Luxembourg (H) 3 1 0 0 2 17 11 +6 3
4   Bosnia and Herzegovina 3 0 0 0 3 7 31 −24 0
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

All times are local (UTC+1).

8 November 2019
15:45
United Arab Emirates  4–9
(2–1, 2–3, 0–5)
  KyrgyzstanKockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 200
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Khaled Al-Suwaidi
Ahmed Al-Dhaheri
GoaliesAleksandr PetrovReferee:
  Li Ho Ching
Linesmen:
  Espen Olsvik
  Chris Van Grinsven
0–106:45 – Nosov (PP)
Al-Nuami (Al-Mehairi) – 07:131–1
Zainutdinov – 16:042–1
2–222:04 – Titov (Kolodii, Kudashev) (PP)
Zainutdinov – 31:233–2
3–331:56 – Titov (Gorobets, Kudashev)
3–435:21 – Tonkikh (Nosov)
Zainutdinov (Al-Ameri) – 36:584–4
4–546:56 – Gorobets (Egorov) (PP)
4–648:41 – Tonkikh (Nosov, Chuvalov)
4–752:02 – Nosov (Chuvalov, Titov)
4–853:24 – Tagaev (Shushenkov)
4–954:41 – Tonkikh (Chuvalov, Nosov)
34 minPenalties12 min
25Shots45
8 November 2019
19:15
Bosnia and Herzegovina  1–10
(0–4, 0–5, 1–1)
  LuxembourgKockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 676
Game reference
Edis PribišićGoaliesMarcus AnselmReferee:
  Vytautas Lukoševičius
Linesmen:
  Sidor Krytski
  Tobias Schwenk
0–105:23 – Shelest (Houdremont, Grein) (PP2)
0–206:17 – Farinon (Welter) (PP)
0–313:39 – Welter (Houdremont)
0–419:15 – Shelest (C. Cannon) (PP)
0–531:56 – Eriksson (T. Beran, Bechtold)
0–632:04 – Shelest (Eriksson, C. Cannon)
0–734:49 – Grein (Backes) (SH)
0–835:46 – C. Cannon (SH)
0–938:19 – Grein (Eriksson) (PP)
0–1047:14 – Sinner (N. Mossong)
Filipović (Mrkva, Ćatović) – 49:371–10
12 minPenalties6 min
14Shots50

9 November 2019
15:45
United Arab Emirates  6–3
(3–1, 2–1, 1–1)
  Bosnia and HerzegovinaKockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 179
Game reference
Ahmed Al-DhaheriGoaliesDino Pašović
Edis Pribišić
Referee:
  Vytautas Lukoševičius
Linesmen:
  Espen Olsvik
  Tobias Schwenk
0–105:11 – Hodžić (Mrkva, Ljevak) (PP)
Remess (Zainutdinov) – 08:351–1
Zainutdinov (J. Al-Dhaheri) – 09:582–1
Zainutdinov (Remess) (PP) – 14:003–1
J. Al-Dhaheri (Zainutdinov) – 24:054–1
Al-Mazrouei (Rem) (PP) – 24:495–1
5–238:18 – Ćatović (PP)
J. Al-Dhaheri, (Savko) – 54:346–2
6–355:48 – Filipović (PP)
22 minPenalties18 min
42Shots14
9 November 2019
19:15
Luxembourg  3–5
(1–0, 0–4, 2–1)
  KyrgyzstanKockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 734
Game reference
Philippe Lepage
Marcus Anselm
GoaliesAleksandr PetrovReferee:
  Cemal Kaya
Linesmen:
  Sidor Krytski
  Chris Van Grinsven
Eriksson (Shelest) (PP) – 17:581–0
1–125:17 – Nosov (Tonkikh, Chuvalov) (PP)
1–228:07 – Kudashev (Gorobets)
1–330:44 – Gorobets
1–435:44 – Nosov (Kudashev) (SH)
Mosr (Backes) – 48:542–4
C. Cannon – 55:383–4
3–559:26 – Tonkikh (SH,ENG)
6 minPenalties14 min
21Shots35

10 November 2019
15:45
Kyrgyzstan  15–3
(5–2, 2–0, 8–1)
  Bosnia and HerzegovinaKockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 232
Game reference
Kadyr AlymbekovGoaliesDino Pašović
Ismar Hadžić
Referee:
  Li Ho Ching
Linesmen:
  Sidor Krytski
  Espen Olsvik
Tonkikh (Nosov) – 01:291–0
Chuvalov (Egorov) – 01:482–0
2–108:49 – Cordalija (Mrkva, Ćatović) (PP)
Nosov (Tonkikh) – 09:283–1
3–210:09 – Hadžihasanović (Mušić, Ljevak)
Kolodii (Aiapov, Titov) – 11:584–2
Gorobets (Terentyev, Tursunbekov) (PP) – 15:205–2
Kolodii (Kudashev, Shushenkov) (PP) – 33:026–2
Kachkybekov (Titov) (PP) – 37:337–2
Tursunbekov (Gorobets, Nosov) – 40:498–2
Egorov (Chuvalov) – 42:029–2
Terentyev (Tonkikh, Nosov) – 46:2210–2
Egorov (Chuvalov) – 47:0611–2
11–347:25 – Rakić (Hadžihasanović)
Titov – 52:0712–3
Kolodii (Trishkin) – 52:1413–3
Mirbekov (Ulugbek Uuly) – 54:3614–3
Kudashev (Shushenkov) (PP) – 58:4515–3
6 minPenalties14 min
49Shots12
10 November 2019
19:15
Luxembourg  4–5
(2–2, 2–2, 0–1)
  United Arab EmiratesKockelscheuer Ice Rink, Kockelscheuer
Attendance: 403
Game reference
Philippe Lepage
Marcus Anselm
GoaliesAhmed Al-DhaheriReferee:
  Cemal Kaya
Linesmen:
  Tobias Schwenk
  Chris Van Grinsven
0–102:07 – Al-Zaabi (Remess, Al-Mazrouei)
0–210:25 – J. Al-Dhareri (PP)
Backes (Welter) – 13:121–2
C. Cannon – 14:052–2
C. Cannon (Bechtold, Eriksson) (PP) – 23:333–2
3–324:59 – Zainutdinov
Backes (Mosr) (PP) – 25:484–3
4–431:42 – Savko (Al-Nuaimi, Al-Kaabi) (PP)
4–549:29 – Remess
12 minPenalties22 min
24Shots32

Group O

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Due to unrest in Hong Kong this tournament was moved to Sanya, China, and was played from 7 to 10 November 2019.[3]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Chinese Taipei 3 3 0 0 0 20 8 +12 9 Pre-qualification Round 2
2   Thailand 3 2 0 0 1 21 8 +13 6
3   Hong Kong 3 1 0 0 2 19 14 +5 3
4   Kuwait 3 0 0 0 3 1 31 −30 0
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.

All times are local (UTC+8).

7 November 2019
13:00
Chinese Taipei  5–3
(1–1, 0–0, 4–2)
  ThailandTUS Ice and Snow Park, Sanya
Attendance: 301
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Liao Yu-chengGoaliesPattarapol UngkulpattanasukReferee:
  François Gautier
Linesmen:
  Attila Nagy
  Yeung Ting Kwan
0–104:21 – Nagayama (Thanakroekkiat, Kindborn) (PP)
Yu Sh. (Yang, Yin) – 16:531–1
Yang (Lin H.) (SH) – 43:342–1
Hsiao Po-yua. (Lin H., Shen) (PP) – 47:203–1
3–252:01 – Thanakroekkiat (Kindborn) (PP)
3–355:24 – Forstner (Kindborn, Nagayama) (PP)
Yu Sh. (Chen, Yen) – 58:434–3
Yu Su. (ENG) – 59:275–3
10 minPenalties10 min
29Shots46
7 November 2019
17:00
Kuwait  0–12
(0–4, 0–3, 0–5)
  Hong KongTUS Ice and Snow Park, Sanya
Attendance: 250
Game reference
Jasem Al-Sarraf
Ahmad Al-Saegh
GoaliesCheung Ching HoReferee:
  Mohamad Yusoff
Linesmen:
  Omar Al-Yassi
  Tam Weng Leong
0–109:36 – Cheng (Yeung)
0–214:25 – R. Lee (Cheng) (PP)
0–318:04 – Y. Wong (Au-Yeung)
0–419:03 – Lui (L. Wong)
0–524:11 – R. Lee (Cheng)
0–638:00 – Cheng (Yeung)
0–739:26 – Kan (To, Au-Yeung)
0–846:48 – Cheng (Lui, L. Wong) (PP)
0–949:28 – Kan (Y. Wong)
0–1050:36 – Chau (Law) (PP)
0–1158:15 – Cheng (R. Lee) (PP)
0–1259:44 – Wong K. (Au-Yeung, Kan) (PP2)
28 minPenalties8 min
13Shots54

8 November 2019
13:00
Chinese Taipei  8–0
(0–0, 5–0, 3–0)
  KuwaitTUS Ice and Snow Park, Sanya
Attendance: 230
Game reference
He Wei-chih
Liao Yu-cheng
GoaliesJasem Al-SarrafReferee:
  Lee Joo-hyun
Linesmen:
  Tam Weng Leong
  Yeung Ting Kwan
Lu (Yu Sh.) – 22:151–0
Hsiao Po-yua. (Shen, Hsiao Po-yun) (PP) – 28:432–0
Shen (Lin H.) (PP) – 30:253–0
Hsiao Po-yun (Chuang) (SH) – 32:494–0
Yu Sh. (Lu) (SH) – 34:165–0
Chang (Lu) – 46:156–0
Pao (Lin K.) – 52:347–0
Hsiao Po-yun (Yu Sh., Shen) – 57:328–0
29 minPenalties22 min
60Shots13
8 November 2019
17:00
Hong Kong  2–7
(0–3, 1–1, 1–3)
  ThailandTUS Ice and Snow Park, Sanya
Attendance: 255
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Ho King Chi KingGoaliesPattarapol UngkulpattanasukReferee:
  François Gautier
Linesmen:
  Omar Al-Yassi
  Attila Nagy
0–107:20 – Luckanatinakorn
0–209:46 – Tengsakul (Kitayama, Nagayama)
0–316:01 – Thanakroekkiat (Kindborn, Forstner) (PP)
Cheng (Y. Wong) – 21:081–3
1–426:30 – Luckanatinakorn (Forstner, Suwachirat)
Y. Wong (Au-Yeung, To) – 46:382–4
2–552:50 – Rattanachot (Suwachirat, Kindborn)
2–658:33 – Kitayama (Nagayama, Chartsuwan)
2–759:20 – Suwachirat (Tengsakul, Khuhakaew)
8 minPenalties10 min
30Shots55

10 November 2019
13:00
Thailand  11–1
(2–0, 4–0, 5–1)
  KuwaitTUS Ice and Snow Park, Sanya
Attendance: 318
Game reference
Prawes Kaewjeen
Supanat Rungruangwat
GoaliesJasem Al-Sarraf
Ahmad Al-Saegh
Referee:
  Mohamad Yusoff
Linesmen:
  Tam Weng Leong
  Yeung Ting Kwan
Kindborn – 02:411–0
Sukwiboon (Vattanapanyakul) – 03:272–0
Forstner (Nagayama, Sukwiboon) (PP) – 32:063–0
Forstner (Suwachirat, Kindborn) (PP2) – 33:384–0
Kindborn (Tengsakul, Vattanapanyakul) (PP) – 34:045–0
Kitayama (Nagayama) – 34:406–0
Chartsuwan (Nagayama, Sukwiboon) – 42:437–0
Kindborn – 44:598–0
Luckanatinakorn (Tengsakul) – 45:459–0
9–147:44 – Al-Ajmi (A. Al-Sarraf) (PP)
Kitayama (Kindborn, Nagayama) (SH) – 57:1310–1
Phasukkijwatana (Jaradwuttipreeda) – 59:3911–1
4 minPenalties24 min
64Shots9
10 November 2019
17:00
Hong Kong  5–7
(1–2, 2–2, 2–3)
  Chinese TaipeiTUS Ice and Snow Park, Sanya
Attendance: 333
Game reference
Cheung Ching HoGoaliesLiao Yu-cheng
He Wei-chih
Referee:
  Lee Joo-hyun
Linesmen:
  Omar Al-Yassi
  Attila Nagy
Chau (SH) – 01:311–0
1–103:21 – Lin
1–207:15 – Lin (Yang)
1–323:26 – Shen (Hsiao Po-yua.) (SH)
1–425:47 – Hsiao Po-yun (Tang)
Cheng – 27:152–4
Lau (A. Wong) – 28:323–4
Cheng (L. Wong, Lui) – 44:334–4
R. Lee (Au-Yeung) (PP) – 46:435–4
5–550:04 – Yang (Hsiao Po-yua., Shen) (PP)
5–652:21 – Hsiao Po-yun (Lin, Yang) (PP)
5–759:02 – Lin (SH, ENG)
14 minPenalties12 min
22Shots50

Pre-qualification Round 2

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Twelve countries played in three tournaments to determine qualifiers for the next round. Each tournament winner was ranked by their qualification seeding and entered the next round as qualifier seven, eight, or nine.

Group K

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Romania (H) 3 3 0 0 0 43 3 +40 9 Pre-qualification Round 3
2   Iceland 3 2 0 0 1 15 14 +1 6
3   Israel 3 0 1 0 2 5 24 −19 2
4   Kyrgyzstan 3 0 0 1 2 10 32 −22 1
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

All times are local (UTC+2).

12 December 2019
15:00
Iceland  9–4
(2–0, 2–2, 5–2)
  KyrgyzstanBrașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 100
Game reference
Dennis HedströmGoaliesAlexander Petrov
Kadyr Alymbekov
Referee:
  Tomasz Radzik
Linesmen:
  Attila André
  Sem Ramírez
Björnsson (Árnason) – 01:201–0
Birgisson (G. Arason, Atlason) – 10:552–0
Leifsson (Mikaelsson, Sveinsson) – 21:313–0
3–122:35 – Terentyev (Mirbekov)
Björnsson (Sigurðsson, Orongan) (PP) – 24:534–1
4–226:30 – Tonkikh (Terentyev)
Sigrúnarson (Leifsson) – 48:265–2
Björnsson (Orongan) (PP) – 50:086–2
6–350:57 – Nichipurenko (Kolodii)
Björnsson (Jóhannesson, Sigurðsson) (PP) – 54:297–3
Kristveigarson (Pálsson, Atlason) – 56:188–3
Sigrúnarson (Þorsteinsson, Leifsson) (PP) – 58:519–3
9–459:41 – Nichipurenko (Tagaev)
18 minPenalties61 min
46Shots26
12 December 2019
19:00
Israel  0–15
(0–1, 0–4, 0–10)
  RomaniaBrașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 300
Game reference
Yehonatan Reisinger
Omer Sharir
GoaliesZoltán TőkeReferee:
  Ramon Sterkens
Linesmen:
  Alejandro García
  Nicholas Verbruggen
0–104:08 – Trancă (Borysenko, B. Péter) (PP)
0–221:43 – Butochnov (Salló) (PP)
0–322:41 – Gajdó (Győrfy, O. Bíró)
0–429:06 – Kirichenko (Góga, Borysenko)
0–539:40 – Salló (Fodor, Butochnov) (PP)
0–644:13 – Trancă (Borysenko, B. Péter) (PP)
0–747:36 – Cășăneanu (Gajdó, O. Bíró)
0–849:07 – Gliga (Góga, Molnár)
0–952:33 – O. Bíró (Gajdó)
0–1054:33 – Farkas (Molnár, Gliga)
0–1155:28 – Fodor (Butochnov, Kirichenko)
0–1257:05 – Borysenko (Yemelianenko, Trancă)
0–1357:56 – Borysenko (Trancă, G. Bíró)
0–1459:03 – Butochnov (Salló, Fodor)
0–1559:53 – Cășăneanu (Z. Péter)
24 minPenalties6 min
6Shots92

13 December 2019
15:00
Iceland  5–0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0)
  IsraelBrașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 50
Game reference
Jóhann RagnarssonGoaliesYehonatan ReisingerReferee:
  Ramon Sterkens
Linesmen:
  Attila André
  Alejandro García
Racansky (Þorsteinsson, Sveinsson) – 03:001–0
Leifsson (Sigrúnarson, Mikaelsson) (PP2) – 20:582–0
Orongan (Racansky, Sigurðsson) – 27:583–0
Orongan (Björnsson) – 47:344–0
Björnsson (Pálsson, Árnason) – 53:075–0
6 minPenalties14 min
64Shots9
13 December 2019
19:00
Romania  18–2
(3–0, 7–1, 8–1)
  KyrgyzstanBrașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 601
Game reference
Patrik PolcGoaliesAlexander Petrov
Kadyr Alymbekov
Referee:
  Jørn McCall
Linesmen:
  Sem Ramírez
  Nicholas Verbruggen
Cășăneanu (Győrfy, Z. Péter) (SH) – 10:041–0
Borysenko (Trancă, B. Péter) (SH) – 16:472–0
Kirichenko (Butochnov, Fodor) – 18:583–0
B. Péter (Borysenko, Trancă) – 24:084–0
Constantin (Góga) – 24:225–0
Gajdó (O. Bíró) – 25:226–0
Trancă (B. Péter) – 27:027–0
Molnár – 31:238–0
Győrfy (O. Bíró, Z. Péter) (PP) – 32:519–0
Kirichenko (Fodor) – 34:0110–0
10–139:45 – Nichipurenko (Kolodii, Tagaev)
10–242:58 – Titov
Gecse (Salló) – 47:0911–2
Molnár (O. Bíró) – 49:2712–2
Kirichenko (Butochnov, Salló) – 51:2413–2
Gliga (Trancă, Góga) – 53:1214–2
Constantin (Gliga, Molnár) – 53:4115–2
Trancă (B. Péter) – 55:5316–2
Fodor (Kirichenko) – 58:3117–2
B. Péter (Trancă, Fodor) – 59:5518–2
6 minPenalties10 min
69Shots32

15 December 2019
15:00
Kyrgyzstan  4–5 OT
(3–1, 1–1, 0–2)
(OT: 0–1)
  IsraelBrașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 50
Game reference
Alexander PetrovGoaliesYehonatan ReisingerReferee:
  Jørn McCall
Linesmen:
  Attila André
  Nicholas Verbruggen
0–100:26 – Ben Tov (Aharonovich, Greenberg)
Nosov (Titov, Terentyev) – 07:481–1
Mirbekov (Kudashev, Gorobets) – 08:072–1
Nosov (Terentyev, Isamatov) (PP) – 19:323–1
3–236:52 – Ibragimov (Hoffman, Vaitz) (PP)
Gorobets (Egorov) – 38:374–2
4–356:09 – Sherf (Kaznatcheev)
4–458:47 – Mostovoy
4–563:30 – Vaitz
8 minPenalties10 min
44Shots32
15 December 2019
19:00
Romania  10–1
(4–0, 4–0, 2–1)
  IcelandBrașov Olympic Ice Rink, Brașov
Attendance: 1,200
Game reference
Patrik PolcGoaliesDennis HedströmReferee:
  Tomasz Radzik
Linesmen:
  Alejandro García
  Sem Ramírez
Borysenko (Góga, G. Bíró) – 11:111–0
Butochnov (Fodor, Gecse) (PP) – 16:012–0
B. Péter (Borysenko, Góga) – 17:323–0
B. Péter (Gliga) – 19:374–0
Molnár (B. Péter, O. Bíró) – 22:555–0
Góga (Molnár, B. Péter) (PP) – 29:046–0
Molnár (B. Péter, Polc) (PP) – 31:187–0
Yemelianenko (G. Bíró, Constantin) (PP) – 37:338–0
Fodor (Gajdos, Casaneanu) – 45:539–0
Kirichenko (Fodor, Butochnov) – 51:1610–0
10–157:15 – Birgisson (Kristinsson, Atlason)
6 minPenalties18 min
54Shots22

Group L

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Netherlands 3 3 0 0 0 36 5 +31 9 Pre-qualification Round 3
2   Spain (H) 3 2 0 0 1 29 6 +23 6
3   Chinese Taipei 3 1 0 0 2 8 26 −18 3
4   Mexico 3 0 0 0 3 3 39 −36 0
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

All times are local (UTC+1).

13 December 2019
16:00
Mexico  1–17
(1–6, 0–5, 0–6)
  NetherlandsPalau de Gel, Barcelona
Attendance: 103
Game reference
Gerardo García
Paulo Rivera
GoaliesIan MeierdresReferee:
  Tilen Pahor
Linesmen:
  Csaba Bándi
  Carlos Trobajo
0–100:46 – Bison (Van Oorschot)
0–201:03 – Knoop (Smit, Van Gestel)
0–304:03 – Verschuren (Smit, Loginov)
0–405:41 – De Bonth (Van Gestel)
Sierra (Pérez, Ar. García) – 11:181–4
1–519:07 – Verkiel (Van der Schuit)
1–619:19 – Verschuren (Smit, Oosterveld)
1–727:24 – Bison (Stempher) (PP)
1–828:49 – Stempher (Verschuren, Van Oorschot) (PP)
1–936:48 – Nordemann (Van Oorschot) (PP)
1–1038:24 – Turpijn (Oosterveld, Verschuren)
1–1138:36 – Van der Schuit (Knoop)
1–1247:00 – Stempher (De Bonth, Loginov) (PP)
1–1350:22 – Bison (Knoop)
1–1455:58 – Verschuren (Oosterveld)
1–1557:11 – Smit (De Bonth)
1–1658:40 – Verschuren (Oosterveld)
1–1759:04 – Borgman (Den Edel)
18 minPenalties18 min
7Shots88
13 December 2019
20:00
Spain  11–0
(3–0, 4–0, 4–0)
  Chinese TaipeiPalau de Gel, Barcelona
Attendance: 348
Game reference
Ander Alcaine
Raul Barbo
GoaliesLiao Yu-cheng
He Wei-chih
Referee:
  Gergely Kincses
Linesmen:
  Knut Bråten
  Gil Tichon
Hernández (Baldris, Ubieto) – 02:411–0
Carbonell (Ubieto, Burgos) – 12:382–0
Fuentes (Hernández) – 13:513–0
Baldris (Fernández-Pola, Martínez) – 26:464–0
Burgos (Paul) – 27:475–0
Martínez (A. García) – 29:416–0
Ós. Rubio (Martínez) – 29:487–0
Boronat (Donath, Baldris) – 50:058–0
Donath (Fuentes, A. García) – 53:259–0
Or. Rubio – 55:3310–0
Lasuen (Ubieto) – 56:4111–0
2 minPenalties2 min
65Shots8

14 December 2019
16:00
Netherlands  14–1
(4–1, 7–0, 3–0)
  Chinese TaipeiPalau de Gel, Barcelona
Attendance: 433
Game reference
Martijn OosterwijkGoaliesHe Wei-chih
Liao Yu-cheng
Referee:
  Tilen Pahor
Linesmen:
  Knut Bråten
  Carlos Trobajo
Verschuren (Van der Schuit, Loginov) (PP) – 01:541–0
1–104:10 – Hsiao Po-yun (Shen)
Bison (Loginov) – 04:482–1
Verschuren (Turpijn) – 05:333–1
Van Gorp (De Bonth) – 05:404–1
Stempher (Bison) – 21:275–1
Verkiel (Oosterveld) – 22:046–1
Stempher (Bison) – 27:387–1
Oosterveld (Verschuren, Turpijn) – 29:238–1
Stempher (Verkiel) (SH) – 32:469–1
Verschuren (Van der Schuit) (SH) – 33:0210–1
Oosterveld (Verschure, Turpijn) – 37:0911–1
Stempher (Van der Schuit) – 40:5412–1
Stempher (Verkiel) – 45:0813–1
Van der Schuit (Stempher) – 53:3214–1
8 minPenalties2 min
60Shots11
14 December 2019
20:00
Spain  15–1
(4–1, 4–0, 7–0)
  MexicoPalau de Gel, Barcelona
Attendance: 612
Game reference
Raul Barbo
Ignacio García
GoaliesGerardo García
Paulo Rivera
Referee:
  Stian Halm
Linesmen:
  Csaba Bándi
  Gil Tichon
Hernández (A. García, Burgos) (PP) – 14:331–0
1–115:20 – Sierra (Ar. García, Pérez)
Lasuen – 17:192–1
Boronat (Baldris, Bravo) (PP) – 17:563–1
Hernández (Lasuen, García-Zarandieta) – 19:274–1
A. García (Carbonell) – 24:425–1
Martínez (Ós. Rubio) – 32:306–1
Donath (Fuentes, A. García) – 35:367–1
Or. Rubio (A. García, Donath) (PP) – 38:228–1
Granell (Boronat, A. García) – 41:209–1
Donath (Burgos) – 43:3510–1
A. García (Ós. Rubio) – 55:3411–1
Fuentes (Boronat) – 57:1512–1
Ós. Rubio (Fernández-Pola) – 57:3613–1
Hernández (Granell, Donath) – 59:0214–1
Ós. Rubio (Martínez) – 59:3815–1
37 minPenalties22 min
85Shots12

15 December 2019
16:00
Chinese Taipei  7–1
(3–0, 3–0, 1–1)
  MexicoPalau de Gel, Barcelona
Attendance: 210
Game reference
Liao Yu-chengGoaliesGerardo GarcíaReferee:
  Stian Halm
Linesmen:
  Gil Tichon
  Carlos Trobajo
Pan (Sang, Lin H.) – 10:351–0
Lin H. (Hsiao Po-yun, Shen) (PP) – 14:002–0
Lin H. (Shen, Hsiao Po-yun) (PP) – 19:193–0
Hsiao Po-yun (Hsiao Po-yuan, Lin H.) (PP) – 27:314–0
Yang (Lin H.) – 30:135–0
Hsiao Po-yun (Chang) – 31:016–0
6–147:08 – Sierra (Pérez)
Lin H. – 53:457–1
6 minPenalties16 min
34Shots23

8 January 2020[N 1]
12:00
Netherlands  5–3
(1–1, 2–2, 2–0)
  SpainPalau de Gel, Barcelona
Attendance: 274
Game reference
Frederik MeierdresGoaliesAnder AlcaineReferee:
  Gergely Kincses
Linesmen:
  Csaba Bándi
  Knut Bråten
Bison (Vogelaar, Stempher) – 03:121–0
1–110:46 – Or. Rubio (Ubieto, González) (PP)
1–223:09 – Fernández-Pola (Granell)
De Hondt (Bison, Stempher) – 23:262–2
De Bonth (Van der Schuit, Bastings) – 29:043–2
3–334:13 – Or. Rubio (Granell, Giménez) (PP)
Van der Schuit (De Bonth) – 43:554–3
Stempher (De Hondt) (ENG) – 59:435–3
6 minPenalties2 min
37Shots17

^ The game was originally supposed to be played on 15 December 2019 but was stopped after a scoreless first period because of problems with the ice surface.[4][5]

Group M

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Croatia (H) 3 3 0 0 0 24 4 +20 9 Pre-qualification Round 3
2   Serbia 3 2 0 0 1 16 5 +11 6
3   Turkey 3 1 0 0 2 9 19 −10 3
4   Bulgaria 3 0 0 0 3 2 23 −21 0
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

All times are local (UTC+1).

13 December 2019
15:00
Serbia  8–3
(6–0, 1–3, 1–0)
  TurkeyLedena dvorana Zibel, Sisak
Attendance: 106
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Jug MitićGoaliesTolga BozacıReferee:
  Miha Bajt
Linesmen:
  Martin Boyadjiev
  Marko Saković
Podunavac (Anić, Vučurević) – 00:281–0
Zwick (Popović, Dragović) – 01:472–0
Mitrović (Čengeri, Podunavac) – 02:143–0
Đumić – 13:144–0
Marković (Zwick) – 16:035–0
Vučurević (Pajić, Podunavac) – 17:326–0
6–127:56 – Bakal (Aktürk, Halil)
Španjević (Mitrović) – 32:167–1
7–234:32 – Solak (Gümüş)
7–339:51 – Hars (E. Faner)
Đumić (Anić, Vučurević) (PP) – 51:228–3
10 minPenalties12 min
36Shots14
13 December 2019
19:00
Bulgaria  1–12
(0–3, 0–2, 1–7)
  CroatiaLedena dvorana Zibel, Sisak
Attendance: 289
Game reference
Dimitar Dimitrov
Ivan Stoynov
GoaliesVilim RosandićReferee:
  Krzysztof Kozłowski
Linesmen:
  Tibor Fazekas
  Daniel Sparer
0–103:16 – Kaleb (Vedlin)
0–208:59 – Čizmadija (Šakić)
0–318:15 – Kanaet (Šakić) (SH)
0–436:48 – Mirić (F. Jarčov, Kegalj)
0–537:14 – Puzić (Kanaet, Paulović)
0–641:42 – Kanaet (Mirić) (SH)
0–747:07 – Fičur
0–847:39 – L. Jarčov (Šakić, Tadić) (PP2)
0–950:52 – Mikulić (SH)
0–1053:19 – L. Jarčov (Šakić) (PP)
0–1155:22 – Kaleb (Brenčun, Mikulić) (PP)
0–1258:03 – L. Jarčov
Gatsev (Nakov) – 59:081–12
34 minPenalties12 min
14Shots62

14 December 2019
15:00
Serbia  7–0
(1–0, 4–0, 2–0)
  BulgariaLedena dvorana Zibel, Sisak
Attendance: 80
Game reference
Arsenije RankovićGoaliesDimitar Dimitrov
Ivan Stoynov
Referee:
  Vladimír Snášel
Linesmen:
  Marko Saković
  Daniel Sparer
Grković (Čengeri, Podunavac) – 09:281–0
Popović (Leštarić) (PP) – 22:042–0
Bjelogrlić (Radosavljević, Anić) – 26:543–0
Anić (Novaković, Leštarić) – 33:534–0
Bjelogrlić (PP) – 35:045–0
Bjelogrlić (Pajić) – 46:236–0
Bjelogrlić (Podunavac) – 51:097–0
18 minPenalties18 min
54Shots7
14 December 2019
19:00
Croatia  10–2
(2–1, 4–0, 4–1)
  TurkeyLedena dvorana Zibel, Sisak
Attendance: 380
Game reference
Ivan Štimac-RojtinićGoaliesTolga Bozacı
Onurcan Kaya
Referee:
  Krzysztof Kozłowski
Linesmen:
  Martin Boyadjiev
  Tibor Fazekas
Čizmadija (Brenčun) – 05:551–0
Čunko (Šakić, Tadić) (PP) – 12:332–0
2–119:09 – Gümüş (Halil) (PP)
Mikulić (Čizmadija, Kaleb) – 21:273–1
Puzić (Čunko, Šakić) – 25:054–1
Mirić (Fičur) – 26:305–1
Kramarič (Paulović, Čanić) – 38:146–1
Vedlin (Kegalj) (PP) – 41:377–1
7–244:34 – Bakal (Savaş)
Šakić (Tadić) – 51:428–2
Srketić (L. Jarčov, Čunko) (PP) – 56:389–2
Ličina (Paulović) – 58:5810–2
18 minPenalties22 min
38Shots8

15 December 2019
15:00
Turkey  4–1
(1–0, 3–1, 0–0)
  BulgariaLedena dvorana Zibel, Sisak
Attendance: 50
Game reference
Tolga BozacıGoaliesDimitar DimitrovReferee:
  Miha Bajt
Linesmen:
  Tibor Fazekas
  Marko Saković
Karş (Hars, F. Faner) – 19:091–0
Anlar (H. Salt, E. Faner) (PP) – 25:252–0
Anlar (K. Salt) – 35:293–0
3–135:58 – T. Abdi (V. Dikov)
Solak (H. Salt) (PP) – 37:534–1
12 minPenalties102 min
45Shots19
15 December 2019
19:00
Croatia  2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0)
  SerbiaLedena dvorana Zibel, Sisak
Attendance: 989
Game reference
Vilim RosandićGoaliesArsenije RankovićReferee:
  Vladimír Snášel
Linesmen:
  Martin Boyadjiev
  Daniel Sparer
Mirić (Kaleb) – 06:091–0
1–139:12 – Đumić (Anić)
Mikulić (Čanić) – 57:352–1
26 minPenalties28 min
31Shots29

Pre-qualification Round 3

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Group G

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Slovenia (H) 3 3 0 0 0 25 4 +21 9 Final qualification
2   Japan 3 2 0 0 1 15 6 +9 6
3   Lithuania 3 1 0 0 2 5 17 −12 3
4   Croatia 3 0 0 0 3 1 19 −18 0
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

All times are local (UTC+1).

6 February 2020
15:30
Japan  9–0
(4–0, 2–0, 3–0)
  CroatiaPodmežakla Hall, Jesenice
Attendance: 100
Game reference
Yutaka Fukufuji
Yuta Narisawa
GoaliesIvan Štimac-RojtinićReferees:
  Andris Ansons
  Lasse Kopitz
Linesmen:
  Nicolas Constantineau
  Matjaž Hribar
Echigo (Nakajima, Osawa) (PP) – 05:531–0
Yamada (Kawai, Terao) – 06:422–0
Takagi (Ueno, Osawa) – 09:543–0
Osawa (Echigo, Nakajima) (PP) – 15:074–0
Irikura (Ikeda) – 20:465–0
Hirano (Nakajima, Echigo) – 29:426–0
Sato (Furuhashi, Ikeda) (PP) – 44:407–0
Hashimoto (Nakajima, Hirano) – 48:568–0
Hirano (Nakajima, Y. Otsu) – 56:369–0
6 minPenalties6 min
56Shots15
6 February 2020
19:00
Lithuania  2–12
(0–4, 1–3, 1–5)
  SloveniaPodmežakla Hall, Jesenice
Attendance: 500
Game reference
Laurynas Lubys
Artur Pavliukov
GoaliesGašper KrošeljReferees:
  Joris Müller
  Trpimir Piragić
Linesmen:
  Håvar Dahl
  Mihail Stupak
0–102:32 – Koblar (Pretnar)
0–204:01 – Zajc (Ograjenšek, Čepon)
0–310:53 – Koblar (Čimžar, Pretnar)
0–412:46 – Urbas (Kuralt) (PP)
0–521:05 – Ograjenšek (Urbas, Gregorc) (PP)
0–629:31 – Jeglič (Čimžar, Repe)
0–736:14 – Verlič (Kuralt)
Verenis (Bosas) (PP) – 39:531–7
1–843:31 – Gregorc (Kalan)
1–946:02 – Sabolič (Jeglič, Tičar)
1–1047:52 – Verlič (Urbas, Čepon)
1–1152:19 – Jeglič (Tičar, Sabolič)
1–1253:47 – Koblar (Kalan, Pavlin)
Krakauskas (Žukauskas, Misiuk) – 59:592–12
10 minPenalties8 min
9Shots61

7 February 2020
15:30
Japan  4–0
(4–0, 0–0, 0–0)
  LithuaniaPodmežakla Hall, Jesenice
Attendance: 150
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Yuta NarisawaGoaliesLaurynas LubysReferees:
  Geoffrey Barcelo
  Trpimir Piragić
Linesmen:
  Dominik Altmann
  Matjaž Hribar
Terao (Takahashi, Yanadori) – 02:041–0
Echigo (Hirano, Hashimoto) (PP2) – 05:372–0
Sato (Furuhashi, Takagi) (PP) – 14:043–0
Takahashi (Terao) – 17:164–0
26 minPenalties10 min
27Shots24
7 February 2020
19:00
Slovenia  7–0
(1–0, 4–0, 2–0)
  CroatiaPodmežakla Hall, Jesenice
Attendance: 900
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Matija PintaričGoaliesVito NikolićReferees:
  Lasse Kopitz
  Joris Müller
Linesmen:
  Nicolas Constantineau
  Mihail Stupak
Tičar (Sabolič) – 16:151–0
Urbas (Gregorc, Ograjenšek) (PP) – 23:402–0
Tičar (Pretnar, Sabolič) (PP) – 32:063–0
Kuralt (Gregorc, Urbas) (PP) – 37:544–0
Zajc (Logar, Čepon) – 38:285–0
Verlič (Koren) – 51:226–0
Kalan (Pretnar, Čepon) – 59:547–0
6 minPenalties12 min
67Shots4

9 February 2020
15:30
Croatia  1–3
(0–2, 0–0, 1–1)
  LithuaniaPodmežakla Hall, Jesenice
Attendance: 150
Game reference
Vito NikolićGoaliesLaurynas LubysReferees:
  Geoffrey Barcelo
  Joris Müller
Linesmen:
  Dominik Altmann
  Mihail Stupak
0–105:54 – Bosas (Verenis, Bendžius) (PP)
0–214:48 – Čižas (Bosas)
Tadić (Šakić, Čanić) – 52:271–2
1–359:57 – Rumševičius (EN)
12 minPenalties6 min
22Shots33
9 February 2020
19:00
Slovenia  6–2
(0–1, 1–0, 5–1)
  JapanPodmežakla Hall, Jesenice
Attendance: 1,700
Game reference
Gašper KrošeljGoaliesYutaka FukufujiReferees:
  Andris Ansons
  Lasse Kopitz
Linesmen:
  Nicolas Constantineau
  Håvar Dahl
0–108:02 – Nakajima (Hashimoto, Hirano)
Urbas (Ograjenšek) (PP) – 25:431–1
Ograjenšek (Gregorc, Verlič) (PP) – 45:192–1
Sabolič (Repe) – 46:473–1
Tičar (Sabolič) (EN) – 57:234–1
4–258:30 – Nakajima (PP, EA)
Tičar (Jeglič) (EN) – 58:575–2
Zajc (Čepon) – 59:266–2
20 minPenalties10 min
38Shots13

Group H

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Poland 3 3 0 0 0 17 3 +14 9 Final qualification
2   Kazakhstan (H) 3 2 0 0 1 17 5 +12 6
3   Ukraine 3 1 0 0 2 5 14 −9 3
4   Netherlands 3 0 0 0 3 1 18 −17 0
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

All times are local (UTC+6).

6 February 2020
15:00
Poland  8–0
(3–0, 4–0, 1–0)
  NetherlandsBarys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 228
Game reference
John Murray
Michał Kieler
GoaliesIan Meierdres
Martijn Oosterwijk
Referees:
  Pavel Halas Jr.
  Miroslav Iarets
Linesmen:
  Martin Boyajiev
  Andrew Dalton
Kostek (Kapica) (PP) – 02:581–0
Chmielewski (Kolusz, Paś) (PP) – 07:582–0
Urbanowicz (Chmielewski) (PP) – 13:093–0
Paś (Dziubiński, Kolusz) (PP) – 24:114–0
Wajda (Urbanowicz, Chmielewski) – 26:235–0
Jaśkiewicz (Przygodzki, Michałowski) – 26:556–0
Jaśkiewicz – 35:557–0
Komorski (Kostek) – 49:118–0
6 minPenalties14 min
51Shots6
6 February 2020
19:30
Ukraine  1–8
(1–5, 0–2, 0–1)
  KazakhstanBarys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 3,584
Game reference
Kyrylo Kucher
Mykyta Hordiushin
GoaliesHenrik KarlssonReferees:
  Miklós Haszonits
  Adam Kika
Linesmen:
  Paweł Kosidło
  Dániel Soós
0–103:43 – Shevchenko (Maklyukov, Akolzin)
0–207:35 – Petukhov (Orekhov)
0–308:27 – Metalnikov (Dietz, Shestakov)
0–412:58 – Starchenko (Valk, Mikhailis)
Babinets (Butsenko, Blagoy) – 14:561–4
1–517:39 – Zhailauov (Dietz)
1–632:56 – Dietz (Shestakov)
1–734:40 – Shestakov (Dietz)
1–851:06 – Orekhov (Zhailauov)
4 minPenalties2 min
13Shots60

7 February 2020
15:00
Poland  6–1
(1–1, 2–0, 3–0)
  UkraineBarys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 242
Game reference
John MurrayGoaliesKyrylo Kucher
Mykyta Hordiushin
Referees:
  Adam Kika
  Gordon Schukies
Linesmen:
  Andrew Dalton
  Andreas Malmqvist
0–115:45 – Taran (Alexyuk, Butsenko)
Starzyński (Dziubiński) – 19:341–1
Przygodzki (Wajda, Marzec) – 27:192–1
Marzec (SH) – 35:553–1
Kolusz (PP) – 40:444–1
Kapica (Ciura, Bettahar) – 52:165–1
Komorski – 55:116–1
14 minPenalties12 min
40Shots18
7 February 2020
19:30
Kazakhstan  7–1
(3–0, 1–1, 3–0)
  NetherlandsBarys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 2,975
Game reference
Sergei KudryavtsevGoaliesMartijn OosterwijkReferees:
  Pavel Halas Jr.
  Miklós Haszonits
Linesmen:
  Martin Boyajiev
  Paweł Kosidło
Blacker (Shalapov, Shestakov) – 01:011–0
Dietz (Rymarev, Starchenko) – 08:262–0
Rymarev (Boyd) – 10:333–0
Orekhov (Zhailauov, Petukhov) – 22:594–0
4–127:22 – Van der Schuit (Stempher)
Sagadeyev (Petukhov) – 41:575–1
Zhailauov (Sagadeyev, Shalapov) – 52:166–1
Zhailauov (Petukhov, Sagadeyev) (PP) – 57:567–1
4 minPenalties6 min
57Shots10

9 February 2020
13:00
Netherlands  0–3
(0–1, 0–2, 0–0)
  UkraineBarys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 372
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Ian MeierdresGoaliesArtur OhandzhanyanReferees:
  Pavel Halas Jr.
  Miroslav Iarets
Linesmen:
  Paweł Kosidło
  Dániel Soós
0–115:10 – Nimenko (Butsenko, Babinets)
0–222:12 – Butsenko (Babinets, Nimenko)
0–330:29 – Savchenko (Mikhnov, Tolstushko) (PP)
10 minPenalties14 min
19Shots31
9 February 2020
17:00
Kazakhstan  2–3
(0–1, 2–1, 0–1)
  PolandBarys Arena, Nur-Sultan
Attendance: 5,622
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Henrik KarlssonGoaliesJohn MurrayReferees:
  Adam Kika
  Gordon Schukies
Linesmen:
  Andrew Dalton
  Andreas Malmqvist
0–107:28 – Ciura
0–230:30 – Przygodzki (Jaśkiewicz)
Boyd (Valk, Dawes) – 30:471–2
Boyd (Dawes, Valk) – 35:292–2
2–340:29 – Urbanowicz (Komorski, Dziubiński)
2 minPenalties6 min
53Shots17

Group J

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Hungary 3 2 1 0 0 11 4 +7 8 Final qualification
2   Great Britain (H) 3 2 0 0 1 12 8 +4 6
3   Romania 3 1 0 1 1 12 10 +2 4
4   Estonia 3 0 0 0 3 5 18 −13 0
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

All times are local (UTC±0).

6 February 2020
15:30
Hungary  4–1
(1–0, 2–1, 1–0)
  EstoniaMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 861
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Miklós RajnaGoaliesVillem-Henrik KoitmaaReferees:
  Alex DiPietro
  Ladislav Smetana
Linesmen:
  Daniel Beresford
  Vladimir Suslov
Hári (Galanisz, Terbócs) – 09:211–0
Hári (Nagy, Terbócs) (PP) – 26:202–0
2–129:29 – Lodeikin
Hári (Stipsicz, Szabó) – 31:113–1
Csányi (Kiss) – 56:104–1
2 minPenalties8 min
36Shots20
6 February 2020
19:30
Great Britain  4–3
(2–1, 2–1, 0–1)
  RomaniaMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 2,788
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Ben BownsGoaliesPatrik PolcReferees:
  Jonathan Alarie
  Vladimir Yefremov
Linesmen:
  Joona Elonen
  Frederic Monnaie
0–114:21 – Kirichenko
D. Ehrhardt – 15:111–1
Farmer (D. Ehrhardt, T. Ehrhardt) – 17:162–1
2–229:46 – Tranca (B. Péter)
Myers – 32:203–2
Connolly (Lake) – 32:504–2
4–356:41 – Salló
10 minPenalties4 min
34Shots23

8 February 2020
14:00
Hungary  3–2 OT
(1–1, 0–0, 1–1)
(OT: 1–0)
  RomaniaMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 1,998
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Gergely AranyGoaliesPatrik PolcReferees:
  Alex DiPietro
  Anton Hladchenko
Linesmen:
  Daniel Beresford
  Frederic Monnaie
0–100:35 – Tranca (Molnár) (PP)
Sarauer (Galanisz, Csányi) – 01:561–1
Papp (Sofron, Szabó) – 44:242–1
2–255:09 – Butochnov (Borysenko)
Erdély (Hári, Stipsicz) – 60:153–2
10 minPenalties4 min
43Shots24
8 February 2020
18:00
Estonia  1–7
(0–0, 1–4, 0–3)
  Great BritainMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 4,465
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Villem-Henrik KoitmaaGoaliesBen BownsReferees:
  Jonathan Alarie
  Ladislav Smetana
Linesmen:
  Josef Špůr
  Vladimir Suslov
0–122:04 – Perlini (D. Phillips)
0–228:26 – Betteridge (Richardson, Connolly)
0–329:18 – Conway (D. Ehrhardt)
0–432:43 – Perlini (O'Connor, Hammond) (PP)
Sibirtsev (Ossipov) – 38:561–4
1–548:40 – Lake (Farmer, Conway) (PP)
1–649:04 – J. Phillips (Hammond, Lachowicz)
1–754:47 – Conway (Ferrara)
4 minPenalties2 min
23Shots38

9 February 2020
14:00
Romania  7–3
(2–2, 2–0, 3–1)
  EstoniaMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 1,561
Game reference
Zoltán TőkeGoaliesRoman Shumikhin
Villem-Henrik Koitmaa
Referees:
  Anton Hladchenko
  Vladimir Yefremov
Linesmen:
  Daniel Beresford
  Frederic Monnaie
Butochnov (Borysenko) – 02:051–0
1–102:49 – Slessarevski (Lahesalu, Puzakov)
1–210:52 – Saskin
Borysenko (Kirichenko) (PP) – 15:442–2
Rokaly (Góga) – 30:493–2
Tranca (B. Péter) – 34:124–2
Tranca (Molnár) – 41:065–2
5–344:18 – Andrejev (Aleksandrov)
Butochnov (Constantin, Kirichenko) – 49:476–3
Tranca (Góga) – 53:437–3
6 minPenalties6 min
39Shots31
9 February 2020
18:00
Great Britain  1–4
(0–0, 0–2, 1–2)
  HungaryMotorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 4,544
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Ben BownsGoaliesMiklós RajnaReferees:
  Jonathan Alarie
  Ladislav Smetana
Linesmen:
  Joona Elonen
  Josef Špůr
0–120:32 – Stipsicz (Nagy, Hári) (PP)
0–231:17 – Erdély (Stipsicz, Sofron)
Myers (PP) – 40:571–2
1–345:11 – Hári
1–452:00 – Sofron (Hári)
8 minPenalties24 min
48Shots20

Final qualification

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The tournaments were scheduled to take place from 27 to 30 August 2020, but were moved to 26 to 29 August 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6][7]

Group D

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The tournament was held at the Ondrej Nepela Arena in Bratislava, Slovakia.[8]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Slovakia (H) 3 3 0 0 0 9 3 +6 9 2022 Winter Olympics
2   Belarus 3 1 0 0 2 6 5 +1 3[a]
3   Austria 3 1 0 0 2 7 8 −1 3[a]
4   Poland 3 1 0 0 2 3 9 −6 3[a]
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Belarus 3 Pts, +2 GD; Austria 3 Pts, 0 GD; Poland 3 Pts, –2 GD

All times are local (UTC+2).

26 August 2021
15:15
Belarus  0–1
(0–0, 0–0, 0–1)
  PolandOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 150
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Danny TaylorGoaliesJohn MurrayReferees:
  Riku Brander
  Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
  Jonas Merten
  Jiří Ondráček
0–154:59 – Komorski (Łyszczarczyk)
4 minPenalties4 min
46Shots19
26 August 2021
19:15
Austria  1–2
(0–1, 0–1, 1–0)
  SlovakiaOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 4,241
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David KickertGoaliesBranislav KonrádReferees:
  Roy Hansen
  Linus Öhlund
Linesmen:
  Daniel Hynek
  Andreas Kroyer
0–101:46 – Hudáček (Čerešňák)
0–228:28 – Gernát (Čerešňák, Studenič)
Lebler (Heinrich) – 52:451–2
14 minPenalties8 min
21Shots32

27 August 2021
15:15
Belarus  5–2
(0–2, 5–0, 0–0)
  AustriaOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 148
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Danny TaylorGoaliesBernhard Starkbaum
David Kickert
Referees:
  Andris Ansons
  Roy Hansen
Linesmen:
  Daniel Hynek
  Jonas Merten
0–108:35 – Herburger (Haudum, Baumgartner) (PP)
0–218:40 – Lebler (Rossi, Zwerger)
Stas (Bailen) (PP) – 20:431–2
Sharangovich (Stas, Komarov) – 25:552–2
Sharangovich (Protas, Komarov) – 32:253–2
Prince (Demkov) (PP) – 36:514–2
Platt (Prince, Paré) – 39:385–2
6 minPenalties12 min
28Shots18
27 August 2021
19:15
Slovakia  5–1
(1–0, 3–1, 1–0)
  PolandOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 3,685
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Branislav KonrádGoaliesJohn MurrayReferees:
  Linus Öhlund
  Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
  Andreas Kroyer
  Dāvis Zunde
Ružička (Čerešňák, Gernát) – 08:061–0
Hudáček (Čerešňák, Gernát) – 24:382–0
Roman (Slafkovský, Nemec) – 26:113–0
3–130:17 – Dziubiński (Łyszczarczyk, Chmielewski) (PP)
Cehlárik (Hudáček, Jurčo) (PP) – 32:394–1
Ružička (Pospíšil, Lantoši) – 48:025–1
6 minPenalties12 min
48Shots17

29 August 2021
13:30
Poland  1–4
(1–2, 0–1, 0–1)
  AustriaOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 182
Game reference
John MurrayGoaliesDavid KickertReferees:
  Andris Ansons
  Riku Brander
Linesmen:
  Daniel Hynek
  Jonas Merten
0–104:10 – Ganahl (Schneider, Hundertpfund)
Urbanowicz (Kolusz, Łyszczarczyk) – 11:531–1
1–219:02 – Lebler (Haudum)
1–334:38 – Lebler (Wolf)
1–453:03 – Lebler (Zwerger, Rossi)
8 minPenalties10 min
10Shots30
29 August 2021
17:30
Slovakia  2–1
(1–0, 0–1, 1–0)
  BelarusOndrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava
Attendance: 7,105
Game reference
Branislav KonrádGoaliesDanny TaylorReferees:
  Linus Öhlund
  Michael Tscherrig
Linesmen:
  Jiří Ondráček
  Dāvis Zunde
Cehlárik (Hrivík) (PP) – 04:381–0
1–121:07 – Sharangovich
Hudáček (Čerešňák) (EN) – 57:432–1
36 minPenalties39 min
39Shots22

Group E

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The tournament was played at the Arēna Rīga in Riga, Latvia.[8]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Latvia (H) 3 3 0 0 0 17 1 +16 9 2022 Winter Olympics
2   France 3 2 0 0 1 8 5 +3 6
3   Hungary 3 1 0 0 2 5 15 −10 3
4   Italy 3 0 0 0 3 1 10 −9 0
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

All times are local (UTC+3).[9]

26 August 2021
15:30
France  5–3
(0–2, 3–0, 2–1)
  HungaryArena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 200
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Florian HardyGoaliesZoltán HetényiReferees:
  André Schrader
  Christoph Sternat
Linesmen:
  Simon Riecken
  Alexander Waldejer
0–112:43 – Hári (Erdély, Sofron)
0–214:51 – Papp (Hári) (PP)
Texier (Chakiachvili, Bozon) (PP) – 23:091–2
Manavian (Da Costa, Fleury) – 28:002–2
Texier (Chakiachvili) (PP) – 34:453–2
Treille (Rech, Chakiachvili) (PP) – 45:284–2
4–345:38 – Bartalis (Mihály, Magosi)
Fleury (Texier, Da Costa) – 56:535–3
8 minPenalties8 min
31Shots33
26 August 2021
19:30
Italy  0–6
(0–2, 0–2, 0–2)
  LatviaArena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 4,100
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Andreas BernardGoaliesIvars PunnenovsReferees:
  Mads Frandsen
  Maxim Sidorenko
Linesmen:
  Dmitry Golyak
  Lauri Nikulainen
0–103:23 – Jaks (Dārziņš)
0–205:28 – Ābols (Ro. Bukarts, Daugaviņš)
0–326:15 – Rubins (Ri. Bukarts, Balinskis)
0–429:48 – Indrašis (Dārziņš) (PP2)
0–548:56 – Indrašis (Girgensons, Rubins)
0–652:54 – Daugaviņš (Punnenovs) (PP)
14 minPenalties6 min
16Shots36

27 August 2021
16:00
France  2–0
(0–0, 2–0, 0–0)
  ItalyArena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 197
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Henri-Corentin BuysseGoaliesAndreas BernardReferees:
  Mads Frandsen
  Mikko Kaukokari
Linesmen:
  Dmitry Golyak
  Alexander Waldejer
Treille (Gallet, Bozon) – 23:231–0
Treille (Texier, Chakiachvili) (PP) – 33:412–0
6 minPenalties8 min
22Shots23
27 August 2021
20:00
Latvia  9–0
(1–0, 0–0, 8–0)
  HungaryArena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 3,250
Game reference
Ivars PunnenovsGoaliesZoltán HetényiReferees:
  Maxim Sidorenko
  Christoph Sternat
Linesmen:
  Simon Riecken
  Dmitri Shishlo
Ābols (Jaks, Kenins) (PP) – 07:181–0
Balcers (Kenins) – 40:322–0
Kenins (Balcers) – 42:513–0
Blugers (Balcers, Dārziņš) (PP) – 51:544–0
Ābols (Kenins, Ro. Bukarts) (PP) – 54:355–0
Balcers (Kenins) – 54:586–0
Blugers – 56:317–0
Balcers (Dārziņš, Indrašis) (PP) – 58:238–0
Kenins (Balcers, Ābols) – 58:369–0
0 minPenalties14 min
45Shots17

29 August 2021
13:00
Hungary  2–1
(0–0, 1–0, 1–1)
  ItalyArena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 460
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Miklós RajnaGoaliesAndreas BernardReferees:
  André Schrader
  Christoph Sternat
Linesmen:
  Simon Riecken
  Alexander Waldejer
Nagy (Sofron, Stipsicz) (PP) – 38:131–0
Mihály (Bartalis) – 47:232–0
2–153:07 – Morini (Frigo, Kostner)
14 minPenalties10 min
24Shots30
29 August 2021
17:00
Latvia  2–1
(1–0, 0–0, 1–1)
  FranceArena Riga, Riga
Attendance: 7,954
Game reference
Ivars PunnenovsGoaliesHenri-Corentin BuysseReferees:
  Mikko Kaukokari
  Maxim Sidorenko
Linesmen:
  Lauri Nikulainen
  Dmitri Shishlo
Ri. Bukarts – 10:561–0
Indrašis (Bļugers, Balinskis) (PP) – 45:502–0
2–151:15 – Da Costa
8 minPenalties8 min
26Shots30

Group F

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The tournament was played at the Jordal Amfi in Oslo, Norway.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Denmark 3 3 0 0 0 17 4 +13 9 2022 Winter Olympics
2   Norway (H) 3 2 0 0 1 11 7 +4 6
3   Slovenia 3 1 0 0 2 11 12 −1 3
4   South Korea 3 0 0 0 3 3 19 −16 0
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

All times are local (UTC+2).

26 August 2021
15:00
Denmark  4–3
(3–0, 1–1, 0–2)
  SloveniaJordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 174
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Sebastian DahmGoaliesGašper KrošeljReferees:
  Lassi Heikkinen
  Sergey Yudakov
Linesmen:
  Knut Bråten
  David Obwegeser
Ehlers (M. Lauridsen, Bjorkstrand) (PP) – 02:171–0
Storm (M. Lauridsen, Bjorkstrand) (PP) – 12:592–0
Russell (O. Lauridsen) – 14:523–0
3–120:49 – Drozg (Kopitar, Pretnar) (PP)
Ehlers – 21:514–1
4–249:20 – Urbas (Gregorc, Jeglič) (PP)
4–357:28 – Verlič (Gregorc, Jeglič)
10 minPenalties10 min
21Shots23
26 August 2021
19:00
South Korea  1–4
(1–2, 0–1, 0–1)
  NorwayJordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 1,483
Game reference
Matt DaltonGoaliesHenrik HaukelandReferees:
  Christoffer Holm
  Peter Stano
Linesmen:
  Niolas Constantineau
  Ludvig Lundgren
Kim K. (Shin Sang-w., Shin Sang-h.) – 05:471–0
1–106:07 – Lesund (Olden, Trettenes)
1–208:32 – K. Olimb (Rosseli Olsen)
1–324:22 – Espeland (Rosseli Olsen, K. Olimb)
1–449:35 – Lindström (Kåsastul, Espeland)
6 minPenalties4 min
9Shots49

27 August 2021
17:00
Denmark  11–1
(1–1, 7–0, 3–0)
  South KoreaJordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 207
Game reference
Sebastian DahmGoaliesMatt Dalton
Hwang Hyun-ho
Referees:
  Geoffrey Barcelo
  Sergey Yudakov
Linesmen:
  Ludvig Lundgren
  Simon Synek
0–113:29 – Kim K. (Kim S., Lee Jo.) (PP)
Blichfeld (M. Lauridsen, O. Lauridsen) – 19:071–1
Ehlers (M. Lauridsen, Storm) (PP) – 20:432–1
Bjorkstrand (M. Lauridsen, Ehlers) (PP) – 25:023–1
Poulsen (Larsen, Jakobsen) – 27:004–1
Bjorkstrand (Ehlers, Jensen Aabo) – 27:295–1
Bjorkstrand (Ehlers, M. Lauridsen) (PP) – 30:266–1
Storm – 31:567–1
Blichfeld (Ehlers, Storm) (PP) – 34:408–1
Ehlers (Nielsen, Jensen Aabo) – 40:179–1
Russell (Storm) – 41:5410–1
Poulsen (N. Jensen, Jakobsen) – 53:3611–1
6 minPenalties10 min
48Shots8
27 August 2021
21:00
Norway  7–4
(3–2, 3–0, 1–2)
  SloveniaJordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 2,490
Game reference
Henrik HaukelandGoaliesGašper Krošelj
Luka Gračnar
Referees:
  Lassi Heikkinen
  Peter Stano
Linesmen:
  Niolas Constantineau
  David Obwegeser
Røymark (Salsten, Lesund) – 06:041–0
Kåsastul (Olden, Zuccarello) – 06:572–0
K. Olimb (Rosseli Olsen) (SH) – 09:043–0
3–112:34 – Gregorc (Ograjenšek, Jeglič) (PP)
3–213:54 – Sabolič (Kopitar, Drozg)
Zuccarello (PS) – 24:274–2
M. Olimb (K. Olimb) – 38:045–2
Rosseli Olsen (K. Olimb, M. Olimb) – 39:336–2
6–343:04 – Sabolič (Pretnar, Kopitar) (PP)
6–443:49 – Čepon (Ograjenšek, Logar)
Kåsastul (Martinsen, Haga) – 55:487–4
14 minPenalties10 min
31Shots21

29 August 2021
12:00
Slovenia  4–1
(0–1, 3–0, 1–0)
  South KoreaJordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 97
Game reference
Gašper KrošeljGoaliesMatt DaltonReferees:
  Geoffrey Barcelo
  Lassi Heikkinen
Linesmen:
  Knut Bråten
  Simon Synek
0–119:03 – Ahn (Kim K., Jung) (PP)
Jeglič (Urbas, Kopitar) (PP2) – 30:401–1
Tičar (Kopitar, Gregorc) (PP) – 32:462–1
Sabolič (Tičar, Kopitar) – 35:123–1
Kopitar (SH, EN) – 59:454–1
12 minPenalties12 min
43Shots18
29 August 2021
16:00
Norway  0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1)
  DenmarkJordal Amfi, Oslo
Attendance: 2,500
Game reference
Henrik HaukelandGoaliesSebastian DahmReferees:
  Christoffer Holm
  Sergey Yudakov
Linesmen:
  Ludvig Lundgren
  David Obwegeser
0–137:49 – Storm (M. Lauridsen, Blichfeld)
0–256:48 – Ehlers (Nielsen)
8 minPenalties8 min
26Shots19

References

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  4. ^ "Group L showdown abandoned". IIHF. Retrieved 15 December 2019.
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