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

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
2004 IIHF World Ranking[a] 5 March 2001 – 6 April 2004 Halifax[b] 4  Canada
 United States
 Finland
 Sweden
Qualification tournament 11–13 November 2004 Podolsk 1  Russia
Qualification tournament 11–14 November 2004 Bad Tölz 1  Germany
Qualification tournament 11–14 November 2004 Beijing 1   Switzerland
Host 1  Italy
TOTAL8
Notes
  1. b Halifax was the site for 2004 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
Qualification tournament
Rank Team WC 2004
(100%)
OLY 2002
(75%)
WC 2001
(50%)
WC 2000
(25%)
Total
1 Canada12001200120012003000
2 United States11601160116011602900
3 Finland11201100110011202775
4 Sweden11001120102011002725
5 Russia10601060112010602680
6 Germany10401040106010202605
7 China10201020104010402565
8  Switzerland10009609609402435
9 Kazakhstan940100010009602430
10 Japan98094094010002405
11 Czech Republic9209208401590
12 Latvia9008608601545
13 France8808808801540
14 Norway8608409201510
15 North Korea8409008001490
16 Denmark8208209001455
17 Italy8007608201385
18 Slovakia7808007801375
19 Netherlands7607807201330
20 Great Britain7207407601280
21 Australia7407206801270
22 Belgium6407007401175
23 Hungary6606607001165
24 Slovenia680620990
25 Romania620640940
26 Austria700700
27 South Korea600600
28 South Africa680660505
  • 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.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia (H) 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4 4 2006 Winter Olympics
2  Japan 2 1 0 1 6 4 +2 2
3  Czech Republic 2 0 0 2 1 7 6 0
Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host.
11 November 2004
18:30
Czech Republic 0–3
(0–3, 0–0, 0–0)
 RussiaVityaz Ice Palace, Podolsk
Attendance: 1,700
12 November 2004
18:30
Japan 4–1
(0–1, 2–0, 2–0)
 Czech RepublicVityaz Ice Palace, Podolsk
Attendance: 700
13 November 2004
17:00
Russia 3–2
(2–0, 1–1, 0–1)
 JapanVityaz Ice Palace, Podolsk
Attendance: 2,100

Group B

Games were played in Bad Tölz, Germany.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany (H) 3 3 0 0 20 2 +18 6 2006 Winter Olympics
2  Kazakhstan 3 2 0 1 21 6 +15 4
3  Latvia 3 1 0 2 13 11 +2 2
4  Slovenia 3 0 0 3 3 38 35 0
Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host.
11 November 2004
16:00
Kazakhstan 17–0
(4–0, 8–0, 5–0)
 SloveniaHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
Attendance: 99
11 November 2004
19:30
Latvia 1–5
(1–2, 0–1, 0–2)
 GermanyHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
Attendance: 425
13 November 2004
15:00
Kazakhstan 4–1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1)
 LatviaHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
Attendance: 140
13 November 2004
18:30
Germany 10–1
(3–0, 4–0, 3–1)
 SloveniaHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
Attendance: 575
14 November 2004
14:30
Slovenia 2–11
(1–2, 0–7, 1–2)
 LatviaHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
Attendance: 67
14 November 2004
18:00
Germany 5–0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0)
 KazakhstanHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
Attendance: 1,498

Group C

Games were played in Beijing, China.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Switzerland 3 3 0 0 15 5 +10 6 2006 Winter Olympics
2  China (H) 3 2 0 1 19 4 +15 4
3  France 3 1 0 2 8 13 5 2
4  Norway 3 0 0 3 2 22 20 0
Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host.
11 November 2004
14:30
Switzerland  8–0
(2–0, 2–0, 4–0)
 NorwayBeijing
Attendance: 270
11 November 2004
18:30
France 1–7
(1–3, 0–3, 0–1)
 ChinaBeijing
Attendance: 500
12 November 2004
14:30
Switzerland  4–3
(0–1, 3–1, 1–1)
 FranceBeijing
Attendance: 280
12 November 2004
18:30
China 10–0
(1–0, 2–0, 7–0)
 NorwayBeijing
Attendance: 600
14 November 2004
14:30
Norway 2–4
(1–0, 0–4, 1–0)
 FranceBeijing
Attendance: 300
14 November 2004
18:30
China 2–3
(0–0, 0–0, 2–3)
  SwitzerlandBeijing
Attendance: 890

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