Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament
At the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano (Japan) for the first time next to the ice hockey tournament for men and women of a tournament was held. For the Lord tournament could be achieved with the North American professional league NHL through negotiations between the IOC and the International Ice Hockey Federation ( IIHF ), that the NHL took a break for the first time for the period of the Winter Games. In return, the big six hockey nations were set for the final round and had to step in until a week later in the action.
The matches of the Olympic hockey tournament took place in two, newly built on the occasion of the Games, skating rinks in Nagano place: in Wakasato Big referred Hockey Stadium A ( a hall for 10,104 spectators ) and in Nagano Sports Park, Higashi - Wada Has the hockey rink B Aqua Wing with 6,078 places. The men's tournament was held from 7 to 22 February.
- 2.1 Preliminary 2.1.1 Group A
- 2.1.2 Group B
- 2.3.1 Group A
- 2.3.2 Group B
Pre-Olympic qualifying
The qualification was carried out in three rounds. In the first round two qualifiers have been determined for the second round in an elimination. In the second round was played in four groups, one group was the same as the Asia Cup. The group winners then met in the third round to the crews of the places 9 to 11 of the Ice Hockey World Championship in 1995, and on the B- group winners the same year. The third round was played in two groups, with the two group winners and the two runners-up for Olympic qualified. The two third-placed teams then played against each other from the fifth Olympic athlete.
First round
1 counted because of the use of unauthorized players 5-0 for Yugoslavia (originally 5:3 for Yugoslavia )
Second Round
1 Group D was the Asia Cup 1996; for the Olympic qualifiers were the games against Japan without relevance
Third Round
Note: (horizontal: home, vertical: away )
Playoff game for the fifth Olympic athlete ( in Duisburg, Germany )
Qualified for the Olympic tournament: Germany, Belarus, Slovakia, Kazakhstan, Austria
Olympic Hockey Tournament
In the men's Olympic tournament first played in the preliminary round eight teams ( the seventh and eighth place finisher last year's World Cup, the host, and the five qualifiers ) into two groups, with the two group winners for the second round with the six seeded teams (the six best teams in the 1995 World Cup ) Finland, Sweden, Canada, Czech Republic, Russia and USA qualified. The other teams in the preliminary round contested placement games. The second round was also played in two groups of four. After graduating retired from any team. The rankings here were decisive for the fixtures as well as the quarter-finals for the final placement, provided that the teams were eliminated in the quarterfinals.
Participation is open to the Lord tournament were 14 teams, each with 20 outfield players and three goalkeepers. In return, the eight best teams in the 1995 World Cup in Sweden qualified directly (Finland, Sweden, Canada, Czech Republic, Russia, USA, France, Italy). The host Japan has been set. The other five places went to the above five qualifiers.
A total of 35 games were held, which were attended by officially 369 718 spectators.
Preliminary round
Group A
Final Table
Group B
Final Table
Placement matches for places 9-14
Second round
Group A
Final Table
Group B
Final Table
Play-Offs
Final placement and management of teams
Defense: Jiří Šlégr, František Kučera, Roman Hamrlík, Richard Šmehlík, Jaroslav Spacek, Petr Svoboda storm: Jiří Dopita, Martin Ručínský Jaromir Jagr, Martin Straka, Robert Reichel, Robert Lang, Pavel Patera, Martin Prochazka, Josef Beranek, Vladimír Růžička, David Moravec, Milan Hejduk Jan Čaloun coach Ivan Hlinka
Coach: Hannu Aravirta
Defense: Aleh Chmyl, Aleh Ramanau, Ihar Matuschkin, Syarhey Jarkowitsch, Alyaksandr Aljaksejeu, Ruslan Salej, Alyaksandr Schuryk, Syarhey Stas storm: Aljaksej Loschkin, Alyaksandr Andryjeuski, Viktar carat Shun, Wadsim Bekbulatau, Andrej Kawaljou, Vasil Pankou, Andrei Skabelka, Aljaksej Kalyuzhny, Jauhen Roschtschyn Uladzimir Zyplakou, Alyaksandr Haltschenjuk, Eduard Sankawez, Aleh Antonenka coach: Anatol Warywontschyk
Defense: Dominic Lavoie, Tom Searle, Herbert Hohenberger, Martin Ulrich, Gerhard Unterluggauer, Engelbert Lindner, Michael Lampert storm: Andreas puschnig, Mario damage, Simon Wheeldon, Christian Perthaler, Wolfgang Kromp, Dieter Kalt, Gerald Ressmann, Rick Nasheim, Gerhard Puschnik, Christoph Brandner, Patrik Pilloni, Martin Hohenberger, Normand Krumpschmid coach: Ron Kennedy
Note: o E.: goalkeeper without inserts