If you wish to make an appointment or if you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact us on 091 475 100. In line with Government guidelines on reducing contact, entry to our offices will be by appointment only. The safety measures in place throughout our facilities are part of our risk management regarding the Covid-19 Virus. Vladislav Tretiak (ROC) is the most successful male hockey player in Winter Olympics history, having won three golds and one silver.ICE Jobs' main priority as an organisation is the health and wellbeing of our customers, clients, visitors, and staff. Their closest challenger has been the United States, who have won the competition twice (beating Canada in the final both times).Ĭanadians Hayley Wickenheiser and Jayna Hefford are the only two athletes to have won five medals - four gold and one silver - in ice hockey at the Winter Olympics. The Soviet Union were famously beaten in the gold medal match by the United States at the 1980 Lake Placid Games - a moment that has gone down in Olympic and sporting history as 'The Miracle on Ice'.Ī women's tournament was added to the Winter Olympic programme in 1998 at the Nagano Games, and the event has been dominated by Canada ever since, winning four golds out of a possible six. Canada won gold in six of the first seven Winter Games, but their dominance was ended at the 1956 Games in Cortina by the Soviet Union, who proceeded to win the men's tournament at seven of the next nine Games. The sport was moved to the Winter Olympics programme following the 1920 Games, and was a part of the inaugural Winter Games in Chamonix, France in 1924.Ĭanada has dominated ice hockey at the Winter Olympics, winning 22 medals - including 13 golds. At the time, organized international ice hockey was still relatively new - so new, in fact, that the International Ice Hockey Federation considers the 1920 tournament to be the first Ice Hockey World Championship. The first Olympic ice hockey tournament took place at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, with a men's competition. The word “hockey” comes from the old French word “hocquet”, meaning “stick”. Ice hockey originated in Canada in the early 19th century, based on several similar stick-and-ball games played in Europe.
USA stun Soviet Union in 'Miracle on Ice' Olympic ice hockey history The five teams from Group A and the top three teams from Group B will advance to the quarter-finals, where the competition moves to the knockout phase. China, as hosts, qualified automatically, while the Czech Republic, Denmark and Sweden progressed from the Final Olympic Qualification tournaments in November. Qualification for the women's tournament was determined by selecting the top six ranked nations using their seeding for ranking points in unplayed tournaments in 2020 (due to the cancellation of the 2020 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships).
Group B: Japan, People’s Republic of China *, Czech Republic, Denmark, Sweden*.Group A: USA, Canada, Finland, ROC, Switzerland.The women's tournament will feature 10 teams split between two groups. The best four teams from an overall 12-team ranking – the group winners and the second-ranked team with the best record – will advance to the quarter-finals (where the competition will move to the knockout phase) while the other teams will play a qualification playoff game. Qualification for the men's tournament was determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the 2019 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships. Group C: Finland, Sweden, Slovakia, Latvia.Group B: ROC, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Denmark.Group A: Canada, USA, Germany, People’s Republic of China.The men's tournament consists of 12 teams split into three groups: The ice hockey competition at the Winter Olympics features two events: Olympic ice hockey competition format at Beijing 2022
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