Pre-qualified according to the 2020 IIHF Men's World Ranking
1. Canada
2. ROC
3. Finland
4. Sweden
5. Czech Republic
6. USA
7. Germany
8. Switzerland

Qualified as host country
China

Qualifiers
Slovakia
Latvia
Denmark

Qualification Tournaments

Final Olympic Qualification (26-29 August 2021)
Group D in Bratislava, Slovakia
		GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	PTS	Goals
1	Slovakia	3	3	0	0	0	9	9-3
2	Belarus	3	1	0	0	2	3	6-5
3	Austria	3	1	0	0	2	3	7-8
4	Poland	3	1	0	0	2	3	3-9
Slovakia is qualified for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
Group E in Riga, Latvia
		GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	PTS	Goals
1	Latvia	3	3	0	0	0	9	17-1
2	France	3	2	0	0	1	6	8-5
3	Hungary	3	1	0	0	2	3	5-15
4	Italy	3	0	0	0	3	0	1-10
Latvia is qualified for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
Group F in Oslo, Norway
		GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	PTS	Goals
1	Denmark	3	3	0	0	0	9	17-4
2	Norway	3	2	0	0	1	6	11-7
3	Slovenia	3	1	0	0	2	3	11-12
4	Korea	3	0	0	0	3	0	3-19
Denmark is qualified for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games.
Olympic Pre-Qualification Round 3 (6-9 February 2020)
Group G in Jesenice, Slovenia
		GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	PTS	Goals
1	Slovenia	3	3	0	0	0	9	25-4
2	Japan	3	2	0	0	1	6	15-6
3	Lithuania	3	1	0	0	2	3	5-17
4	Croatia	3	0	0	0	3	0	1-19
Slovenia advances to the Final Olympic Qualification.
Group H in Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
		GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	PTS	Goals
1	Poland	3	3	0	0	0	9	17-3
2	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	0	1	6	17-5
3	Ukraine	3	1	0	0	2	3	5-14
4	Netherlands	3	0	0	0	3	0	1-18
Poland advances to the Final Olympic Qualification.
Group J in Nottingham, Great Britain
		GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	PTS	Goals
1	Hungary	3	2	1	0	0	8	11-4
2	Great Britain	3	2	0	0	1	6	12-8
3	Romania	3	1	0	1	1	4	12-10
4	Estonia	3	0	0	0	3	0	5-18
Hungary advances to the Final Olympic Qualification.
Olympic Pre-Qualification Round 2 (12-15 December 2019)
Group K in Brasov, Romania
		GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	PTS	Goals
1	Romania	3	3	0	0	0	9	43-3
2	Iceland	3	2	0	0	1	6	15-14
3	Israel	3	0	1	0	2	2	5-24
4	Kyrgyzstan	3	0	0	1	2	1	10-32
Romania advances to the next round.
Group L in Barcelona, Spain
		GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	PTS	Goals
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	0	9	36-5
2	Spain	3	2	0	0	1	6	29-6
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	0	0	2	3	8-26
4	Mexico	3	0	0	0	3	0	3-39
The Netherlands advance to the next round.
Group M in Sisak, Croatia
		GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	PTS	Goals
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	0	9	24-4
2	Serbia	3	2	0	0	1	6	16-5
3	Turkey	3	1	0	0	2	3	9-19
4	Bulgaria	3	0	0	0	3	0	2-23
Croatia advances to the next round.
Olympic Pre-Qualification Round 1 (7-10 November 2019)
Group N in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg
		GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	PTS	Goals
1	Kyrgyzstan	3	3	0	0	0	9	29-10
2	United Arab Emirates	3	2	0	0	1	6	15-16
3	Luxembourg	3	1	0	0	2	3	17-11
4	Bosnia & Herzegovina	3	0	0	0	3	0	7-31
Kyrgyzstan advances to the next round.
Group O in Sanya, China
		GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	PTS	Goals
1	Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	0	0	9	20-8
2	Thailand	3	2	0	0	1	6	21-8
3	Hong Kong, China	3	1	0	0	2	3	19-14
4	Kuwait	3	0	0	0	3	0	1-31
Chinese Taipei advances to the next round.