Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification

Qualification for the men's tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics was determined through the IIHF World Ranking following the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. The top eight teams in the World Ranking received automatic berths into the Olympics, Italy received a berth as the host, while all other teams had an opportunity to qualify for the remaining three spots in the Olympics through qualifying tournaments.

Qualified teams

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Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
2004 IIHF World Ranking[a] 26 March 2001 – 9 May 2004   Prague and Ostrava[b] 8   Canada
  Sweden
  Slovakia
  Czech Republic
  Finland
  United States
  Russia
  Germany
Final qualification tournament 10–13 February 2005   Kloten 1    Switzerland
Final qualification tournament 10–13 February 2005   Riga 1   Latvia
Final qualification tournament 10–13 February 2005   Klagenfurt 1   Kazakhstan
Host 1   Italy
TOTAL 12
Notes
  1. b Prague and Ostrava were the sites for 2004 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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Qualified directly to Olympic Tournament
Final qualification tournament
Pre-qualification tournament
Qualifying seed Team WC 2004
(100%)
WC 2003
(75%)
WC 2002
(50%)
OLY 2002
(50%)
WC 2001
(25%)
Total
1   Canada 1200 1200 1040 1200 1060 3485
2   Sweden 1160 1160 1120 1060 1120 3400
3   Slovakia 1100 1120 1200 880 1020 3235
4   Czech Republic 1060 1100 1060 1020 1200 3225
5   Finland 1040 1060 1100 1040 1160 3195
6   United States 1120 880 1020 1160 1100 3145
7   Russia 940 1020 1160 1120 1040 3105
8   Germany 960 1040 1000 1000 1000 2990
9    Switzerland 1000 1000 940 920 960 2920
10   Latvia 1020 960 920 960 880 2900
11   Austria 920 940 900 900 920 2755
12   Ukraine 860 900 960 940 940 2720
13   Belarus 780 860 800 1100 860 2590
14   Denmark 900 920 780 840 700 2575
15   Japan 840 820 820 740 820 2440
16   Slovenia 800 840 880 700 800 2420
17   Kazakhstan 880 800 720 780 720 2410
18   France 820 780 760 860 740 2400
Host   Italy 760 680 840 800 900 2315
19   Poland 720 760 860 760 780 2295
20   Norway 740 740 700 820 840 2265
21   Hungary 660 720 740 640 680 2060
22   Netherlands 700 660 660 660 640 2015
23   Estonia 680 700 560 720 600 1995
  Great Britain 640 640 680 680 760 1990
24   Romania 620 620 640 600 560 1845
25   Lithuania 560 580 540 620 580 1720
26   China 540 500 580 540 620 1630
27   Serbia and Montenegro 520 520 500 580 460 1565
  South Korea 600 560 600 0 540 1455
28   Croatia 500 600 620 660 1425
29   Bulgaria 420 460 440 560 440 1375
  Belgium 580 540 520 400 1345
  Spain 440 480 480 520 1170
  Australia 480 420 420 480 1125
  Israel 380 400 460 500 1035
  North Korea 460 440 320 950
  South Africa 340 380 400 420 930
  Iceland 320 360 380 380 875
  New Zealand 400 320 280 360 870
  Mexico 280 340 300 340 770
  Luxembourg 360 300 340 755
  Turkey 300 280 360 690
  Ireland 260 260
  Armenia 240 240
  • Great Britain and South Korea chose not to participate in Olympic qualifying.

Olympic pre-qualification tournaments

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Three round-robins were played from 11 to 14 November 2004. The teams seeded 18th, 19th, and 20th reserved the right to host these tournaments. The winners of each advanced to the final qualification tournaments.

Group D

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Games were played in Briançon, France.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   France (H) 3 3 0 0 30 0 +30 6 Final qualification tournament
2   Romania 3 2 0 1 10 12 −2 4
3   Estonia 3 1 0 2 14 12 +2 2
4   Bulgaria 3 0 0 3 2 32 −30 0
Source: IIHF.com
(H) Hosts
11 November 2004
16:30
Estonia  11–1
(3–0, 2–0, 6–1)
  BulgariaPatinoire René Froger, Briançon
Attendance: 1,052
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Aleksei Terentjev
Andrei Sestakov
GoaliesIvaylo Asenov
Konstantin Mihailov
Referee:
Luca Cassol
Linesmen:
Matjaz Hribar
Enis Beganovic
Petrov – 03:561–0
Kaljuste (Tulzakov, Titarenko) (PP) – 07:292–0
Titarenko – 14:213–0
Konosev (Valk) – 23:104–0
Konosev (Valk, Palu) – 27:455–0
Makrov (Ossipenkov, Kolpakov) – 40:486–0
Palu (Konosev, Valk) – 41:317–0
Zorin (Potsinok, Ivanov) – 41:578–0
8–142:36 – Polizoev (Terziev)
Kaljuste (Valk, Ossipenkov) – 52:599–1
Potsinok (Ivanov, Sauendi) (PP) – 55:0810–1
Kozlov (Zorin, Potsinok) – 59:2911–1
6 minPenalties6 min
66Shots8
11 November 2004
20:30
Romania  0–8
(0–2, 0–2, 0–4)
  FrancePatinoire René Froger, Briançon
Attendance: 2,007
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Viorel CatrinoiGoaliesCristobal HuetReferee:
Christian Wohlgenannt
Linesmen:
Michele Gastaldelli
Erich Maier
0–106:40 – Meunier (Bess)
0–218:28 – Gras (Bonnard)
0–321:40 – F. Rozenthal (M. Rozenthal)
0–433:38 – Coqueux (Dostal, Daramy)
0–555:39 – Besse (Huet)
0–657:44 – Karrer (Bellemare, Bonnard) (PP)
0–759:13 – F. Rozenthal (M. Rozenthal, Zwikel) (PP)
0–859:41 – Dostal (Daramy, Coqueux)
14 minPenalties10 min
19Shots47
13 November 2004
16:30
Estonia  3–4
(2–0, 0–4, 1–0)
  RomaniaPatinoire René Froger, Briançon
Attendance: 884
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59 minPenalties51 min
39Shots29
13 November 2004
20:30
France  15–0
(5–0, 4–0, 6–0)
  BulgariaPatinoire René Froger, Briançon
Attendance: 1,916
Game reference
4 minPenalties4 min
82Shots2
14 November 2004
15:30
Bulgaria  1–6
(0–3, 0–2, 1–1)
  RomaniaPatinoire René Froger, Briançon
Attendance: 532
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14 minPenalties18 min
21Shots35
14 November 2004
19:30
France  7–0
(3–0, 2–0, 2–0)
  EstoniaPatinoire René Froger, Briançon
Attendance: 2,122
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34 minPenalties59 min
56Shots21

Group E

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Games were played in Nowy Targ, Poland.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Poland (H) 3 3 0 0 18 1 +17 6 Final qualification tournament
2   Netherlands 3 2 0 1 13 9 +4 4
3   Lithuania 3 1 0 2 8 13 −5 2
4   Croatia 3 0 0 3 7 23 −16 0
Source: IIHF.com
(H) Hosts
11 November 2004
16:00
Netherlands  10–3
(3–0, 3–1, 4–2)
  CroatiaMiejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ
Attendance: 400
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8 minPenalties6 min
47Shots36
11 November 2004
19:30
Lithuania  1–6
(0–2, 1–2, 0–2)
  PolandMiejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ
Attendance: 4,000
Game reference
14 minPenalties10 min
24Shots52
13 November 2004
16:00
Netherlands  3–1
(1–1, 2–0, 0–0)
  LithuaniaMiejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ
13 November 2004
19:30
Poland  7–0
(3–0, 3–0, 1–0)
  CroatiaMiejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ
Attendance: 1,800
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10 minPenalties12 min
66Shots16
14 November 2004
15:00
Poland  5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)
  NetherlandsMiejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ
Attendance: 4,500
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10 minPenalties12 min
45Shots28
14 November 2004
18:30
Croatia  4–6
(1–1, 2–2, 1–3)
  LithuaniaMiejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ
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Group F

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Games were played in Stavanger, Norway.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Norway (H) 3 2 1 0 40 5 +35 5 Final qualification tournament
2   Hungary 3 2 1 0 20 6 +14 5
3   China 3 1 0 2 8 22 −14 2
4   Serbia and Montenegro 3 0 0 3 2 37 −35 0
Source: IIHF.com
(H) Hosts
11 November 2004
15:00
Hungary  13–0
(2–0, 7–0, 4–0)
  Serbia and MontenegroStavanger Ishall, Stavanger
Attendance: 547
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6 minPenalties8 min
68Shots8
11 November 2004
18:30
China  2–16
(2–1, 0–5, 0–10)
  NorwayStavanger Ishall, Stavanger
Attendance: 960
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40 minPenalties14 min
12Shots101
12 November 2004
15:00
Hungary  4–3
(2–1, 1–2, 1–0)
  ChinaStavanger Ishall, Stavanger
Attendance: 555
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18 minPenalties16 min
46Shots17
12 November 2004
18:30
Norway  21–0
(4–0, 7–0, 10–0)
  Serbia and MontenegroStavanger Ishall, Stavanger
Attendance: 901
Game reference
6 minPenalties12 min
90Shots4
14 November 2004
13:00
Serbia and Montenegro  2–3
(1–1, 1–1, 0–1)
  ChinaStavanger Ishall, Stavanger
Attendance: 577
Game reference
10 minPenalties14 min
25Shots42
14 November 2004
17:00
Norway  3–3
(1–0, 1–2, 1–1)
  HungaryStavanger Ishall, Stavanger
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8 minPenalties30 min
39Shots14

Final Qualification Tournaments

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Three round-robins were played from 10 to 13 February 2005. The teams seeded 9th, 10th and 11th reserved the right to host these tournaments. The three group winners qualified for the Olympic tournament.

Group A

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Games were played in Kloten, Switzerland.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1    Switzerland (H) 3 3 0 0 12 4 +8 6 2006 Winter Olympics
2   Norway 3 2 0 1 9 6 +3 4
3   Denmark 3 1 0 2 7 10 −3 2
4   Japan 3 0 0 3 6 14 −8 0
Source: IIHF.com
(H) Hosts
10 February 2005
16:15
Denmark  0–4
(0–3, 0–1, 0–0)
  NorwaySchlüfweg, Kloten
Attendance: 503
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Peter HirschGoaliesPål GrotnesReferee:
Nicolas Dutil
Linesmen:
Stanislav Barvir
Paul Rebillard
0–105:21 – Vikingstad (Trygg) (SH)
0–207:47 – Skrøder (Myrvold) (PP)
0–317:05 – Bastiansen (Trygg, Knold) (PP)
0–434:32 – Myrvold (Ask, Jakobsen) (PP)
20 minPenalties24 min
28Shots24
10 February 2005
20:15
Japan  1–5
(0–2, 0–2, 1–1)
   SwitzerlandSchlüfweg, Kloten
Attendance: 2,269
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Masahito HarunaGoaliesMartin GerberReferee:
Wilhelm Schimm
Linesmen:
Pavel Makarov
Stefan Zantop
0–100:33 – Jenni (Conne, Streit)
0–209:00 – Ambühl (Reichert)
0–338:13 – Forster (Conne, Jenni) (SH)
0–439:09 – Ziegler (Rüthemann)
Suzuki (Ito, Haruna) (PP) – 50:381–4
1–551:53 – Vauclair (Jenni, Conne)
16 minPenalties16 min
10Shots54
12 February 2005
12:00
Denmark  5–2
(2–1, 1–0, 2–1)
  JapanSchlüfweg, Kloten
Attendance: 551
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Michael MadsenGoaliesMasahito Haruna
F. Nielsen (Hansen) – 00:251–0
Andreasen (F. Nielsen, D. Nielsen) (PP) – 12:412–0
2–114:27 – Fujita (SH)
Damgaard (F. Nielsen) (PP) – 37:403–1
3–243:54 – Yule (Fujita)
Regin (F. Nielsen) – 55:154–2
True (ENG) – 59:465–2
16 minPenalties14 min
37Shots33
12 February 2005
15:45
Switzerland  3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)
  NorwaySchlüfweg, Kloten
Attendance: 4,051
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Martin GerberGoaliesPål GrotnesReferee:
Alexander Poliakov
Linesmen:
Stanislav Barvir
Milan Masik
Forster (Jeannin) – 01:411–0
1–108:10 – Trygg (Vikingstad)
Zieglar (Reichert, Blindenbacher) – 38:532–1
Lemm – 43:053–1
28 minPenalties20 min
32Shots20
13 February 2005
12:00
Norway  4–3
(0–2, 2–0, 2–1)
  JapanSchlüfweg, Kloten
Attendance: 431
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Pål GrotnesGoaliesNaoya KikuchiReferee:
Alexander Poliakov
Linesmen:
Milan Masik
Paul Rebillard
0–103:18 – Yule (Fujita, Keller)
0–207:29 – Kon (Suzuki, Ito) (PP)
Olsen (Vikingstad, Thoresen) (PP) – 21:121–2
Marthinsen (Hallem, Nagel) – 22:132–2
Skrøder (Ask) – 42:443–2
3–349:38 – Uchiyama (Keller, Okuyama)
Skrøder (Myrvold, Jakobsen) (PP) – 51:574–3
16 minPenalties18 min
42Shots26
13 February 2005
15:45
Switzerland  4–2
(1–0, 2–2, 1–0)
  DenmarkSchlüfweg, Kloten
Attendance: 3,371
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Martin GerberGoaliesPeter HirschReferee:
Nicolas Dutil
Linesmen:
Pavel Makarov
Stefan Zantop
Fischer (Blindenbacher, Wichser) (PP) – 07:341–0
1–120:30 – F. Nielsen (Regin)
Rüthemann (Streit, Gerber) (PP) – 33:062–1
2–233:20 – Damgaard
Streit (Ruthemann) (PP2) – 38:073–2
Della Rossa (Seger) – 49:014–2
14 minPenalties20 min
49Shots22

Group B

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Games were played in Riga, Latvia.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Latvia (H) 3 3 0 0 10 6 +4 6 2006 Winter Olympics
2   Belarus 3 2 0 1 14 9 +5 4
3   Slovenia 3 1 0 2 7 12 −5 2
4   Poland 3 0 0 3 6 10 −4 0
Source: IIHF.com
(H) Hosts
10 February 2005
15:30
Belarus  3–2
(2–0, 0–1, 1–1)
  PolandRigas Sporta Pils, Riga
Attendance: 1,000
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Sergei ShabanovGoaliesTomasz JaworskiReferee:
Christer Larking
Linesmen:
Ansis Eglitis
Oleksangr Govorun
Mialeshka (Chuprys) – 05:211–0
Salei (Antonenko, Kalyuzhny) (PP2) – 14:302–0
2–120:49 – Czerkawski (Szczepaniec)
2–252:21 – Garbocz (Czerkawski) (PP)
Antonenko (Kalyuzhny) – 54:103–2
12 minPenalties12 min
44Shots19
10 February 2005
19:00
Slovenia  1–2
(1–0, 0–2, 0–0)
  LatviaRigas Sporta Pils, Riga
Attendance: 4,900
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Robert KristanGoaliesSergejs NaumovsReferee:
Frank Awizus
Linesmen:
Konstantin Gordenko
Ronni Jakobsen
Goličič – 15:331–0
1–120:14 – Skrastiņš (Tambijevs) (PP)
1–226:18 – Sprukts (Sējējs, Cipulis)
10 minPenalties10 min
34Shots33
11 February 2005
15:30
Belarus  7–2
(0–1, 4–1, 3–0)
  SloveniaRigas Sporta Pils, Riga
Attendance: 1,952
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Sergei ShabanovGoaliesRobert KristanReferee:
Christer Larking
Linesmen:
Ansis Elitis
Ronni Jakobsen
0–101:38 – Jan (Kontrec, Kopitar)
Grabovski (PP) – 21:561–1
Antonenko (Grabovski, Galchenyuk) – 24:252–1
2–226:50 – Jan (Dervarič) (PP)
Bashko – 29:053–2
Grabovski (Kostyuchenok) – 39:454–2
Grabovski (Kostyuchenok) – 48:285–2
Krutsikau (Khyml, Stas) – 48:586–2
Krutsikau (Chuprys) – 54:237–2
12 minPenalties14 min
31Shots23
11 February 2005
19:00
Latvia  3–1
(0–0, 1–1, 2–0)
  PolandRigas Sporta Pils, Riga
Attendance: 4,700
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Edgars MasaļskisGoaliesTomasz JaworskiReferee:
Timo Favorin
Linesmen:
Oleksangr
Seppo Lindroos
0–138:36 – Czerkawski (Zamojski)
Panteļejevs (Ņiživijs) – 38:521–1
Semjonovs (Nizivijs, Ankipāns) – 51:502–1
Cipulis – 58:223–1
6 minPenalties20 min
37Shots37
13 February 2005
13:00
Poland  3–4
(0–1, 1–1, 2–2)
  SloveniaRigas Sporta Pils, Riga
Attendance: 970
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Tomasz JaworskiGoaliesGaber GlavičReferee:
Timo Favorin
Linesmen:
Ansis Eglitis
Seppo Lindroos
0–101:17 – Avgustinčič (Kontrec)
0–222:02 – Goličič (Rožič)
Dulęba (Parzyszek) (PP)1–2
1–342:10 – Goličič (Vidmar)
1–450:54 – Kopitar (M. Rodman) (PP)
55:56 – Szczepaniec (Zamojski, Płachta) (PP)2–4
56:41 – Płachta (Szczepaniec)3–4
22 minPenalties12 min
41Shots38
13 February 2005
17:00
Latvia  5–4
(1–2, 1–1, 3–1)
  BelarusRigas Sporta Pils, Riga
Attendance: 4,700
Game reference
Edgars Masaļskis
Sergejs Naumovs
GoaliesSergei ShabanovReferee:
Frank Awizus
Linesmen:
Ronni Jakobsen
Konstantin Gordenko
0–105:16 – Bashko (Antonenko) (PP)
0–212:06 – Mikulchik (Grabovski) (PP)
Sprukts (Sējējs) (PP) – 18:331–2
1–321:49 – Grabovski (Savin, Koltsov)
Panteļejevs (Ozoliņš) – 22:072–3
2–449:11 – Koltsov (Grabovski) (PP)
Bērziņš (Sprukts) (PP, EA) – 55:113–4
Sprukts – 56:584–4
Semjonovs (Ņiživijs) – 57:315–4
14 minPenalties45 min
40Shots24

Group C

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Games were played in Klagenfurt, Austria.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Kazakhstan 3 2 0 1 3 5 −2 4 2006 Winter Olympics
2   Austria (H) 3 1 1 1 8 5 +3 3
3   France 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 3
4   Ukraine 3 1 0 2 8 9 −1 2
Source: IIHF.com
(H) Hosts
10 February 2005
15:30
Ukraine  3–4
(0–1, 2–0, 1–3)
  FranceEissportzentrum, Klagenfurt
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Oleksandr FedorovGoaliesCristobal HuetReferee:
Rudolf Lauff
Linesmen:
Jaromir Blaha
Milan Novak
0–105:53 – Meunier (Bordeleau, Favarin) (PP)
Tsyrul (Shyriaiev) – 29:461–1
Gnidenko (Pastukh, Kasianchuk) – 33:292–1
2–241:45 – Bordeleau (Besse, Meunier) (PP)
2–345:28 – Coqueux (Bordeleau)
Salnikov (Tsyrul, Zavalnyuk) (PP) – 49:073–3
3–452:34 – F. Rozenthal (Favarin)
20 minPenalties26 min
26Shots34
10 February 2005
19:30
Kazakhstan  0–4
(0–0, 0–1, 0–3)
  AustriaEissportzentrum, Klagenfurt
Attendance: 2,500
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Vitali KolesnikGoaliesClaus DalpiazReferee:
Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
Peter Kung
Daniel Wirth
0–124:12 – Peintner (Ressmann)
0–240:43 – Koch (Setzinger, Divis) (PP)
0–342:34 – Koch (Ressman, Peintner)
0–450:48 – Setzinger (Harand) (PP)
8 minPenalties4 min
22Shots34
11 February 2005
15:30
Ukraine  1–2
(1–1, 0–1, 0–0)
  KazakhstanEissportzentrum, Klagenfurt
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Yevgen BrulGoaliesVitali KolesnikReferee:
Vladimir Sindler
Linesmen:
Matthias Langle
Daniel Wirth
0–101:44 – Rozhnev (Kravets)
Timchenko – 19:301–1
1–239:01 – Komissarov (Kovalenko)
20 minPenalties10 min
18Shots34
11 February 2005
19:30
Austria  1–1
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0)
  FranceEissportzentrum, Klagenfurt
Attendance: 3,300
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Claus DalpiazGoaliesCristobal HuetReferee:
Rudolf Lauff
Linesmen:
Milan Novak
Peter Kung
0–108:59 – Bordeleau (M. Rozenthal)
Vanek (Pöck) (PP) – 45:351–1
6 minPenalties16 min
33Shots16
13 February 2005
15:00
Austria  3–4
(1–2, 1–1, 1–1)
  UkraineEissportzentrum, Klagenfurt
Attendance: 2,200
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Claus DalpiazGoaliesOleksandr FedorovReferee:
Brent Reiber
Linesmen:
Milan Novak
Daniel Wirth
0–112:52 – Isayenko (Zavalnyuk, Pastukh) (PP)
Ulrich (Peintner, Divis) (PP) – 15:271–1
1–217:34 – Bobrovnikov (Zavalnyuk) (PP)
Koch (Ulrich) (PP) – 28:002–2
2–336:59 – Gnidenko (Lytvynenko, Salnikov) (PP)
Kalt (Peintner) – 44:123–3
3–453:13 – Tsyrul (Semenchenko, Shafarenko)
37 minPenalties14 min
35Shots21
13 February 2005
19:00
France  0–1
(0–1, 0–0, 0–0)
  KazakhstanEissportzentrum, Klagenfurt
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Cristobal HuetGoaliesVitali KolesnikReferee:
Vladimir Sindler
Linesmen:
Peter Kung
Jaromir Blaha
0–117:57 – Samokhvalov (Polichshuk)
12 minPenalties14 min
26Shots18

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