The U.S. men’s hockey team will be in a group with Russia, Slovakia and a nation yet to qualify at the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Games.
The top eight nations from the International Ice Hockey Federation world rankings after the 2015 World Championship ended Sunday automatically qualified for the 12-nation 2018 Olympic hockey tournament.
South Korea also gets a spot as host nation, leaving three more nations to qualify to round out the field via qualification tournaments in September 2016.
Here are the 2018 Olympic men’s hockey groups (IIHF world ranking):
| Group A | Group B | Group C |
| Canada (1) | Russia (2) | Sweden (3) |
| Czech Republic (6) | USA (5) | Finland (4) |
| Switzerland (7) | Slovakia (8) | Qualifier 1 |
| South Korea | Qualifier 3 | Qualifier 2 |
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