Three places still remain to be allocated, less than 18 months before the event, for the men's ice hockey tournament of the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Games. They will be distributed at the end of the last three Olympic qualifying tournaments , played from August 29 to September 1 in Slovakia, Latvia and Denmark. Twelve nations will compete for these last three tickets, with nine teams already assured of their place, including Italy, the host country of the Games. Group D, in Bratislava (Slovakia), will bring together Kazakhstan, Austria and Hungary. Group F, in Riga (Latvia), will pit France, Slovenia and Ukraine against each other. Finally, Group G, in Aalborg (Denmark), will see Norway, Great Britain and Japan compete. Each group winner will earn their ticket to the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Games.
