The grouping of this winter Olympic ice hockey competition is based on the latest world ranking of the International Ice Hockey Federation.
Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 24 (reporter Lin Deren) the official website of the International Hockey Federation announced the grouping of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics ice hockey competition on the 24th. The Chinese men’s team will meet the United States, Canada, the three strong teams in Germany, the Chinese women’s team will be in the same group as the Japanese team. Chinese men’s and women’s teams are directly promoted to the Winter Olympics as hosts.
The grouping of ice hockey matches in this Winter Olympics is based on the latest world ranking of the International Hockey Federation. Canada ranks first in the world at present, while the U.S. and German teams rank sixth and seventh respectively, chinese male ice currently ranks 32nd.
The men’s ice hockey competition of Beijing Winter Olympics is divided into three groups, with four teams in each group. The teams in Group B include Russia, Czech Republic, Switzerland and a qualifying team. The teams in Group C include Finland, sweden and two qualifying teams. The first place in the group and the second place in the group with the best results directly advanced to the top eight, and the remaining eight teams competed for the other four top eight places.
There are ten teams for women. Currently, the top five teams in the world, including the United States, Canada, Finland, Russia and Switzerland, are divided into Group A; The sixth Japanese team enters Group B, in addition to the Chinese team and the Japanese team, Group B will also include three qualifying teams.
According to the rules, Group B of the women’s ice hockey competition in Beijing Winter Olympics took the lead. Five teams decided on three and formed the top eight with Group A and five teams. Therefore, if Chinese female Bing, currently ranked 19th in the world, wants to enter the top eight, she must get the top three in Group B.