After a few postponements, its finally time for the Olympic qualification tournaments to kick off! <\/p>\n
The tournaments were decided based on each countries IIHF World Rankings points system. First up is the teams ranked 16 through 27 with the highest ranked teams getting the chance to host. The tournaments are seeded from there. <\/p>\n
The winners of each round robin tournament will move on to the final qualification tournaments, which will take place Nov. 11 - 14 in Czech Republic, Germany, and Sweden.<\/p>\n
Of the 12 teams competing in this first set of tournaments only Italy and Kazakhstan appeared in the Olympics - both in 2002 when Italy was the host nation and Kazakhstan qualified. <\/p>\n
Initially South Korea was set to host this tournament. However, due the pandemic, the IIHF moved the tournament to Great Britain.<\/p>\n
It looks like streams will be on the Olympic page. <\/p>\n
Oct. 7<\/p>\n
Korea - Slovenia at 9 a.m. easternGreat Britain - Iceland at 2:15 p.m. eastern<\/p>\n
Oct. 8<\/p>\n
Iceland - Korea at 9 a.m. easternGreat Britain - Slovenia at 2 p.m. eastern<\/p>\n
Oct. 10<\/p>\n
Slovenia - Iceland at 8 a.m. easternKorea - Great Britain at noon eastern<\/p>\n
Italy will host Spain, Kazakhstan, and Taipei.<\/p>\n
All of the games will be streamed on YouTube.<\/p>\n
Oct. 7<\/p>\n
Spain - Kazakhstan at 10 a.m. easternItaly - Taipei at 2:15 p.m. eastern<\/p>\n
Oct. 9Kazakhstan - Taipei at 10 a.m. easternItaly - Spain at 2:15 p.m. eastern<\/p>\n
Oct. 10<\/p>\n
Spain - Taipei at 10 a.m. easternItaly - Kazakhstan at 2:15 p.m. eastern<\/p>\n
Poland plays host to Turkey, Mexico, and the Netherlands. <\/p>\n
All of the games except those Poland are playing will be stream on Polands YouTube channel.<\/p>\n
Oct. 7<\/p>\n
Poland - Turkey at 9:30 a.m. easternMexico - Netherlands at 1:30 p.m. eastern<\/p>\n
Oct. 8<\/p>\n
Netherlands - Turkey at 10 a.m. easternPoland - Mexico at 2 p.m. eastern<\/p>\n
Oct. 10<\/p>\n
Netherlands - Poland at 6:15 a.m. easternTurkey - Mexico at 10:15 a.m. eastern<\/p>\n
The US, Canada, Switzerland, Finland, Russian Olympic Committee, and Japan already qualified based on their rankings. China also has qualified as the host nation. <\/p>\n
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