The 2018 Olympic men’s hockey field of 12 teams will be complete by the end of this weekend.
The last three spots will go to winners of three round-robin qualifying tournaments in Europe that run from Thursday through Sunday (streamed on the Olympic Channel).
The current Olympic men’s hockey groups (world ranking in parentheses):
| Group A | Group B | Group C |
| Canada (1) | Russia (2) | Finland (3) |
| Czech Republic (6) | USA (4) | Sweden (5) |
| Switzerland (7) | Slovakia (8) | Qualifier 1 |
| South Korea (23 — host) | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 2 |
Those three qualifiers will be the winners of these three tournaments this weekend:
| Tournament 1 | Tournament 2 | Tournament 3 |
| Belarus (9 — host) | Germany (10) | Norway (11 — host) |
| Denmark (13) | Latvia (12 — host) | France (14) |
| Slovenia (15) | Austria (17) | Kazakhstan (16) |
| Poland (20) | Japan (21) | Italy (18) |
All of the Olympic medal contenders are among the nine nations already in the Pyeongchang field, but a few notables are vying for spots this weekend.