Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification

Qualification for the women's tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championships. The top five teams in the World Ranking received automatic berths into the Olympics, Russia received an automatic berth as host, and all other teams had an opportunity to qualify for the remaining two spots.IIHF Olympics press release

Qualified teams EventDateLocationVacanciesQualifiedHost12012 IIHF World Ranking4 April 2009 – 14 April 2012 Burlington5Final qualification tournament7–10 February 2013 Poprad Official web Slovak Ice-hockey Federation1Final qualification tournament7–10 February 2013 Weiden1 TOTAL 8

Notes

IIHF World Ranking Qualified directly to Olympic Tournament Final qualification Pre-qualification Preliminary qualification

RankTeamWC 2012(100%)WC 2011(75%)OLY 2010(50%)WC 2009(25%)Total 1 120011601200116029602 116012001160120029403 110011201120112027804 112010401060102026855 106010601100110026806 104011001040106026507 10001020100094025008 102096092092024309 86010009601040235010 940940900900232011 9208609401000228512 960840880860224513 8208801020980223514 880920840820219515 900900780880218516 800820860840205517 780760820780195518 740780800760191519 840800740162520 640660740150521 760720720148022 620640760148023 700680121024 680700120525 660600111026 56058099527 52062098528 60050097529 54056096030 58048094031 720080092032 50052089033 46072070534 54040535 44033036 420315

Olympic preliminary qualification Group G was played 12–14 October in Barcelona, while Group H was played 27–30 September in Jastrzebie-Zdroj. Denmark and Slovenia were the expected hosts, being the nations ranked 19th and 20th respectively amongst participating nations.Qualification summary The winners of each tournament advanced to the Olympic Pre-Qualification tournaments in November of the same year.

Group G Team 3 3 0 0 0 30 4 +26 9 3 2 0 0 1 18 6 +12 6 3 1 0 0 2 3 14 −11 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 30 −27 0

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group H Team 3 2 1 0 0 14 6 +8 8 3 1 1 1 0 11 10 +1 6 3 1 0 1 1 5 8 −3 4 3 0 0 0 3 4 10 −6 0     Team advanced to Olympic Pre-Qualification

All times are local (UTC+2).

Olympic pre-qualification The two preliminary round winners joined the nations ranked thirteen to eighteen. Two round robins were played from 8–11 November 2012 in Shanghai and Valmiera.Qualification process The winners of each group advanced to the final qualification tournaments.

Group E Team 3 2 1 0 0 14 5 +9 8 3 1 0 2 0 13 8 +5 5 3 1 0 0 2 2 13 −11 3 3 0 1 0 2 7 10 −3 2

All times are local (UTC+8).

Group F Team 3 3 0 0 0 8 2 +6 9 3 2 0 0 1 10 3 +7 6 3 1 0 0 2 4 10 −6 3 3 0 0 0 3 3 10 −7 0

All times are local (UTC+2).

Final qualification The two pre-qualification winners joined the nations ranked seventh through twelfth, to determine the final two olympic qualifiers. Two round robins were played from 7–10 February 2013 in Poprad  and Weiden. The winners of each group qualified for the olympics.

Group C Team 3 2 0 1 0 9 4 +5 7 3 1 1 0 1 4 7 −3 5 3 1 0 1 1 9 9 0 4 3 0 1 0 2 5 7 −2 2

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group D Team 3 3 0 0 0 11 2 +9 9 3 1 1 0 1 9 6 +3 5 3 1 0 1 1 5 7 −2 4 3 0 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0

All times are local (UTC+1).

References

External links 2009 Official Site Official 2010 Olympic Site Official 2011 Site Official 2012 Site 2014 Olympic format and qualification