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.[1]

Qualified teams

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host 1  Russia
2012 IIHF World Ranking[a] 4 April 2009 – 14 April 2012 United States Burlington[b] 5  Canada
 United States
 Finland
  Switzerland
 Sweden
Final qualification tournament 7–10 February 2013 Slovakia Poprad [2] 1  Japan
Final qualification tournament 7–10 February 2013 Germany Weiden 1  Germany
TOTAL8
Notes
  1. a 2012 IIHF World Ranking were comprising the following events: 2009 World Championships, 2010 Winter Olympic Games, 2011 World Championships and 2012 World Championships.
  2. b Burlington was the site for 2012 World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking were finalized with regards to the qualification slots.

IIHF World Ranking

Qualified directly to Olympic Tournament
Final qualification
Pre-qualification
Preliminary qualification
Rank Team WC 2012
(100%)
WC 2011
(75%)
OLY 2010
(50%)
WC 2009
(25%)
Total
1 Canada12001160120011602960
2 United States11601200116012002940
3 Finland11001120112011202780
4  Switzerland11201040106010202685
5 Sweden10601060110011002680
6 Russia10401100104010602650
7 Slovakia1000102010009402500
8 Germany10209609209202430
9 Kazakhstan860100096010402350
10 Norway9409409009002320
11 Japan92086094010002285
12 Czech Republic9608408808602245
13 China82088010209802235
14 Latvia8809208408202195
15 Austria9009007808802185
16 France8008208608402055
17 Great Britain7807608207801955
18 Italy7407808007601915
19 Denmark8408007401625
20 Slovenia6406607401505
21 Netherlands7607207201480
22 Croatia6206407601480
23 Hungary7006801210
24 Australia6807001205
25 New Zealand6606001110
26 South Korea560580995
27 Belgium520620985
28 Poland600500975
29 Iceland540560960
30 Spain580480940
31 North Korea7200800920
32 South Africa500520890
33 Bulgaria460720705
34 Romania540405
35 Turkey440330
36 Ireland420315

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.[3] The winners of each tournament advanced to the Olympic Pre-Qualification tournaments in November of the same year.

Group G

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Denmark 33000304+269
 Hungary 32001186+126
 Spain 31002314−113
 Croatia 30003330−270

All times are local (UTC+2).

12 October 2012
16:00
Hungary 3–4
(2–1, 0–3, 1–0)
 DenmarkPista de Gel Camp Nou
Attendance: 400
12 October 2012
20:00
Croatia 1–2
(1–2, 0–0, 0–0)
 SpainPista de Gel Camp Nou
Attendance: 650
13 October 2012
16:00
Croatia 1–8
(0–0, 0–6, 1–2)
 HungaryPista de Gel Camp Nou
Attendance: 150
13 October 2012
20:00
Denmark 6–0
(2–0, 3–0, 1–0)
 SpainPista de Gel Camp Nou
Attendance: 900
14 October 2012
16:00
Denmark 20–1
(6–0, 5–0, 9–1)
 CroatiaPista de Gel Camp Nou
Attendance: 150
14 October 2012
20:00
Spain 1–7
(0–2, 0–0, 1–5)
 HungaryPista de Gel Camp Nou
Attendance: 850

Group H

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Netherlands 32100146+88
 Poland 311101110+16
 Slovenia 3101158−34
 South Korea 30003410−60
     Team advanced to Olympic Pre-Qualification

All times are local (UTC+2).

27 September 2012
16:00
Netherlands 5–2
(1–1, 1–1, 3–1)
 South KoreaJastor Arena
Attendance: 100
27 September 2012
19:30
Poland 4–3 GWS
(1–0, 0–1, 2–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
 SloveniaJastor Arena
Attendance: 300
28 September 2012
16:00
Slovenia 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
 South KoreaJastor Arena
Attendance: 50
28 September 2012
19:30
Netherlands 5–4 OT
(1–1, 0–1, 3–2)
(OT 1–0)
 PolandJastor Arena
Attendance: 300
30 September 2012
13:00
Slovenia 0–4
(0–1, 0–1, 0–2)
 NetherlandsJastor Arena
Attendance: 100
30 September 2012
16:30
South Korea 2–3
(0–1, 0–0, 2–2)
 PolandJastor Arena
Attendance: 300

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.[4] The winners of each group advanced to the final qualification tournaments.

Group E

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 China 32100145+98
 France 31020138+55
 Great Britain 31002213−113
 Netherlands 30102710−32

All times are local (UTC+8).

8 November 2012
15:00
France 7–0
(1–0, 2–0, 4–0)
 Great BritainS.U.S. Sport Complex
Attendance: 147
8 November 2012
19:00
China 5–2
(1–0, 1–1, 3–1)
 NetherlandsS.U.S. Sport Complex
Attendance: 779
9 November 2012
15:00
France 3–4 GWS
(1–0, 1–2, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 NetherlandsS.U.S. Sport Complex
Attendance: 137
9 November 2012
19:00
Great Britain 0–5
(0–2, 0–2, 0–1)
 ChinaS.U.S. Sport Complex
Attendance: 363
11 November 2012
15:00
Netherlands 1–2
(0–0, 1–0, 0–2)
 Great BritainS.U.S. Sport Complex
Attendance: 170
11 November 2012
19:00
China 4–3 GWS
(0–3, 2–0, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
 FranceS.U.S. Sport Complex
Attendance: 467

Group F

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Denmark 3300082+69
 Austria 32001103+76
 Italy 31002410−63
 Latvia 30003310−70

All times are local (UTC+2).

8 November 2012
15:30
Austria 7–0
(1–0, 2–0, 4–0)
 ItalyVidzeme Olimpic Centre Ice Arena
Attendance: 89
8 November 2012
19:30
Latvia 1–4
(0–1, 0–2, 1–1)
 DenmarkVidzeme Olimpic Centre Ice Arena
Attendance: 368
9 November 2012
15:30
Austria 0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0-0)
 DenmarkVidzeme Olimpic Centre Ice Arena
Attendance: 76
9 November 2012
19:30
Italy 3–0
(1–0, 2–0, 0–0)
 LatviaVidzeme Olimpic Centre Ice Arena
Attendance: 89
11 November 2012
13:00
Denmark 3–1
(0–1, 3–0, 0–0)
 ItalyVidzeme Olimpic Centre Ice Arena
Attendance: 72
11 November 2012
17:00
Latvia 2–3
(0–1, 1–2, 1–0)
 AustriaVidzeme Olimpic Centre Ice Arena
Attendance: 173

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 [2] and Weiden. The winners of each group qualified for the olympics.

Group C

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Japan 3201094+57
 Denmark 3110147−35
 Norway 310119904
 Slovakia 3010257−22

All times are local (UTC+1).

7 February 2013
14:00
Norway 3–4
(1–0, 2–1, 0–3)
 JapanPoprad Ice Stadium
Attendance: 314
7 February 2013
18:00
Slovakia 1–2
(1–2, 0–0, 0–0)
 DenmarkPoprad Ice Stadium
Attendance: 981
8 February 2013
14:00
Norway 1–2 GWS
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 DenmarkPoprad Ice Stadium
Attendance: 367
8 February 2013
18:00
Japan 0–1 GWS
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 SlovakiaPoprad Ice Stadium
Attendance: 1,183
10 February 2013
14:00
Denmark 0–5
(0–2, 0–2, 0–1)
 JapanPoprad Ice Stadium
Attendance: 315
10 February 2013
18:00
Slovakia 3–5
(0–3, 3–1, 0–1)
 NorwayPoprad Ice Stadium
Attendance: 943

Group D

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Germany 33000112+99
 Czech Republic 3110196+35
 China 3101157−24
 Kazakhstan 30003212−100

All times are local (UTC+1).

7 February 2013
16:00
Kazakhstan 1–5
(0–3, 1–1, 0–1)
 Czech RepublicWeiden Arena
Attendance: 300
7 February 2013
19:30
Germany 3–1
(1–0, 0–1, 2–0)
 ChinaWeiden Arena
Attendance: 485
8 February 2013
16:00
Kazakhstan 1–2
(0–0, 1–2, 0–0)
 ChinaWeiden Arena
Attendance: 215
8 February 2013
19:30
Czech Republic 1–3
(1–1, 0–2, 0–0)
 GermanyWeiden Arena
Attendance: 1,104
10 February 2013
14:00
China 2–3 GWS
(0–1, 0–0, 2–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 Czech RepublicWeiden Arena
Attendance: 175
10 February 2013
17:30
Germany 5–0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0)
 KazakhstanWeiden Arena
Attendance: 750

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