<P> Canada, Russia, Sweden, Finland, United States, Czech Republic, Switzerland, and Slovakia qualified as the top eight teams in the IIHF World Ranking in 2015 . </P> <P> South Korea qualified as host team . To field a competitive team, the South Korean government agreed to grant one American and six Canadian hockey players that were playing in Korean leagues dual citizenship to make them eligible for the national team . The remaining three teams qualified from qualification tournaments . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Event </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> Vacancies </Th> <Th> Qualified </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Hosts </Td> <Td> 19 September 2014 </Td> <Td> Tenerife </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> South Korea </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> 2015 IIHF World Ranking </Td> <Td> 2 April 2012--17 May 2015 </Td> <Td> Prague and Ostrava </Td> <Td> 8 </Td> <Td> Sweden Finland Canada Russia United States Czech Republic Switzerland Slovakia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Final qualification tournament </Td> <Td> 1--4 September 2016 </Td> <Td> Minsk </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Slovenia </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Final qualification tournament </Td> <Td> 1--4 September 2016 </Td> <Td> Riga </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Germany </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Final qualification tournament </Td> <Td> 1--4 September 2016 </Td> <Td> Oslo </Td> <Td> </Td> <Td> Norway </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Total </Th> <Th_colspan="2"> </Th> <Th> 12 </Th> <Th> </Th> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Event </Th> <Th> Date </Th> <Th> Location </Th> <Th> Vacancies </Th> <Th> Qualified </Th> </Tr>

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