Three teams will claimed the final places available at the Games, with Finland, Sweden, Canada, Russia, United States, Czech Republic, Switzerland and Slovakia having already secured spots, alongside hosts South Korea.

As the top three countries, who had missed out on direct entry to Pyeongchang 2018 via the world rankings, Belarus, Norway and Latvia are hosting the final qualifying groups.

Belarus are preparing to welcome Denmark, Poland and Slovenia to the Minsk Arena, with the nations meeting in Group D.

The Polish team advanced to the tournament after winning Group G when the second preliminary tournaments were held in February.

Competition is scheduled to take place from September 1 to 4, with Slovenia aiming to repeat their achievement from four-years ago, when they secured qualification to Sochi 2014.

Latvia will be seeking to compete at their fifth straight Winter Olympic Games, when they host Group E competition.

They will be hosting the tournament at the Arena Riga for the third consecutive time in Olympic qualifying, with Germany, Austria and Japan due to provide the opposition.

Norway are staging Group F competition at the Jordal Amfi rink, where they will take on France, Kazakhstan and Italy.

The International Ice Hockey Federation have confirmed that tickets for all three tournaments can now be purchased with two months to go until competition gets underway.