Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification

Qualification for the women's tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics was determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the 2004 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships. The top four teams in the World Ranking received automatic berths into the Olympics, Italy received an automatic berth as host, and all other teams had an opportunity to qualify for the remaining three spots in the Olympics.

Qualified Teams

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified2004 IIHF World Ranking5 March 2001 – 6 April 2004 Halifax4Qualification tournament11–13 November 2004 Podolsk1Qualification tournament11–14 November 2004 Bad Tölz1Qualification tournament11–14 November 2004 Beijing1Host1 TOTAL 8 Notes

IIHF World Ranking Qualified directly to Olympic Tournament Qualification tournament RankTeamWC 2004(100%)OLY 2002(75%)WC 2001(50%)WC 2000(25%)Total 1 120012001200120030002 116011601160116029003 112011001100112027754 110011201020110027255 106010601120106026806 104010401060102026057 102010201040104025658 100096096094024359 94010001000960243010 9809409401000240511 920920840159012 900860860154513 880880880154014 860840920151015 840900800149016 820820900145517 800760820138518 780800780137519 760780720133020 720740760128021 740720680127022 640700740117523 660660700116524 68062099025 62064094026 70070027 60060028 680660505 North Korea and Denmark chose not to participate in Olympic qualifying.

Qualification Tournaments Three round-robins were played from 11 to 14 November 2004. The teams ranked 5th, 6th and 7th reserved the right to host these tournaments. The three group winners qualified for the Olympic tournament.

Group A Games were played in Podolsk, Russia.

Group B Games were played in Bad Tölz, Germany.

Group C Games were played in Beijing, China.

References

External links Qualifier results at IIHF.com World Ice Hockey Championships 2001 Official 2002 Olympic results World Ice Hockey Championships 2003 World Ice Hockey Championships 2004