Qualification Format
Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015
May 17th, 2015
The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th not already qualified Nations will qualify for the Men's Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2018, the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th not already qualified Nations will qualify for the Final Qualifying Round, the 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th and 27th not already qualified Nations will qualify for the Preliminary Round 2, the 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd and 34th not already qualified Nations will qualify for the Preliminary Round 1, the 35th and 36th not already qualified Nations will qualify for the Preliminary Round 1 Qualification Play-Off
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Preliminary Round 1 Qualification Play-Off
October 10th, 2015
2 Nations, the winning Nation will qualify for the Preliminary Round 1
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Preliminary Round 1
November 5th - November 8th, 2015
8 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st Nations from each Group will qualify for the Preliminary Round 2
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Preliminary Round 2
February 11th - February 14th, 2016
12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nations from each Group will qualify for the Final Qualifying Round
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Final Qualifying Round
September 1st - September 4th, 2016
12 Nations, 3 Groups, the 1st Nations from each Group will qualify for the Men's Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2018
Registered Nations
Qualified, Eliminated, In Progress
- Australia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015)
- Austria (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Final Qualifying Round)
- Belarus (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Final Qualifying Round)
- Belgium (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015)
- Bulgaria (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Preliminary Round 1 Qualification Play-Off, Preliminary Round 1)
- Canada (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015)
- China (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Preliminary Round 1)
- Croatia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Preliminary Round 2)
- Czech Republic (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015)
- Denmark (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Final Qualifying Round)
- Estonia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Preliminary Round 1, Preliminary Round 2)
- Finland (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015)
- France (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Final Qualifying Round)
- Georgia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Preliminary Round 1 Qualification Play-Off)
- Germany (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Final Qualifying Round)
- Great Britain (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Preliminary Round 2)
- Greece (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015)
- Hong Kong (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015)
- Hungary (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Preliminary Round 2)
- Iceland (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Preliminary Round 1)
- Ireland (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015)
- Israel (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Preliminary Round 1)
- Italy (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Preliminary Round 2, Final Qualifying Round)
- Japan (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Preliminary Round 2, Final Qualifying Round)
- Kazakhstan (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Final Qualifying Round)
- Latvia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Final Qualifying Round)
- Lithuania (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Preliminary Round 2)
- Luxembourg (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015)
- Mexico (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Preliminary Round 1)
- Mongolia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015)
- Netherlands (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Preliminary Round 2)
- New Zealand (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015)
- North Korea (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015)
- Norway (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Final Qualifying Round)
- Poland (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Preliminary Round 2, Final Qualifying Round)
- Romania (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Preliminary Round 2)
- Russia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015)
- Serbia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Preliminary Round 1, Preliminary Round 2)
- Slovakia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015)
- Slovenia (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Final Qualifying Round)
- South Africa (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015)
- South Korea (Host Nation)
- Spain (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Preliminary Round 1)
- Sweden (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015)
- Switzerland (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015)
- Turkey (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015)
- Ukraine (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015, Preliminary Round 2)
- United Arab Emirates (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015)
- United States (Men's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of May 17th, 2015)
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