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.

Qualified teams

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Qualification seeding

To qualify directly, a nation had to be ranked in the top eight following the 2019 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. 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	WC 2018	OLY 2018	WC 2017	WC 2016	Total
1		1160	1100	1120	1160	1200	3705
2		1120	1040	1200	1120	1120	3640
3		1200	1060	1040	1100	1160	3615
4		1060	1200	1060	1200	1040	3615
5		1100	1020	1100	1020	1060	3465
6		1020	1120	1020	1060	1100	3430
7		1040	920	1160	1000	1020	3355
8		1000	1160	940	1040	920	3325
9		960	960	920	860	960	3040
10		940	1000	860	940	880	3025
11		900	880	1000	920	940	3005
12		920	940	800	900	1000	2925
13		840	900	840	960	860	2840
14		780	840	880	880	900	2735
15		820	860	780	800	740	2635
16		860	780	760	820	780	2620
17		760	820	900	780	720	2620
18		740	720	960	840	800	2620
19		800	760	820	760	820	2570
20		880	800	660	680	660	2480
21		720	740	700	720	840	2370
22		660	700	740	740	760	2300
23		640	660	720	660	700	2180
24		700	680	560	640	640	2110
25		600	620	680	700	680	2095
26		620	640	600	620	600	2010
27		680	600	580	560	580	1990
28		580	560	640	580	560	1910
29		540	580	620	600	620	1895
30		560	520	540	520	500	1740
31		500	440	520	460	540	1585
Host		480	500	440	440	460	1520
32		420	460	480	480	480	1485
33		440	400	460	400	400	1385
		520	540	–	540	440	1305
34		360	360	500	360	420	1290
		460	480	–	500	520	1200
35		320	300	420	300	340	1095
		380	320	400	280	0	1060
		400	420	–	420	380	1020
		340	380	–	380	360	905
36		300	280	–	340	320	760
37		260	340	–	320	280	745
		220	240	–	240	300	595
38		240	260	–	220	–	545
39		180	220	–	260	240	535
		280	200	–	–	–	430
40		200	160	–	200	–	420
41		140	180	–	0	260	340
42		120	140	–	–	–	225
43		160	–	–	–	–	160
44		100	–	–	–	–	100

Teams with no seeding chose not to participate in Olympic qualifying.
Pre-qualification Round 1

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

Games were played in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg from 8 to 10 November 2019.
All times are local.
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Group O

Due to unrest in Hong Kong this tournament was moved to Sanya, China, and was played from 7 to 10 November 2019.
All times are local.
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Pre-qualification Round 2

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