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

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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
TOTAL 8
Notes
  1. 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  Canada 1200 1160 1200 1160 2960
2  United States 1160 1200 1160 1200 2940
3  Finland 1100 1120 1120 1120 2780
4   Switzerland 1120 1040 1060 1020 2685
5  Sweden 1060 1060 1100 1100 2680
6  Russia 1040 1100 1040 1060 2650
7  Slovakia 1000 1020 1000 940 2500
8  Germany 1020 960 920 920 2430
9  Kazakhstan 860 1000 960 1040 2350
10  Norway 940 940 900 900 2320
11  Japan 920 860 940 1000 2285
12  Czech Republic 960 840 880 860 2245
13  China 820 880 1020 980 2235
14  Latvia 880 920 840 820 2195
15  Austria 900 900 780 880 2185
16  France 800 820 860 840 2055
17  Great Britain 780 760 820 780 1955
18  Italy 740 780 800 760 1915
19  Denmark 840 800 740 1625
20  Slovenia 640 660 740 1505
21  Netherlands 760 720 720 1480
22  Croatia 620 640 760 1480
23  Hungary 700 680 1210
24  Australia 680 700 1205
25  New Zealand 660 600 1110
26  South Korea 560 580 995
27  Belgium 520 620 985
28  Poland 600 500 975
29  Iceland 540 560 960
30  Spain 580 480 940
31  North Korea 720 0 800 920
32  South Africa 500 520 890
33  Bulgaria 460 720 705
34  Romania 540 405
35  Turkey 440 330
36  Ireland 420 315

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 3 3 0 0 0 30 4 +26 9
 Hungary 3 2 0 0 1 18 6 +12 6
 Spain 3 1 0 0 2 3 14 −11 3
 Croatia 3 0 0 0 3 3 30 −27 0

All times are local (UTC+2).

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

Group H[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Netherlands 3 2 1 0 0 14 6 +8 8
 Poland 3 1 1 1 0 11 10 +1 6
 Slovenia 3 1 0 1 1 5 8 −3 4
 South Korea 3 0 0 0 3 4 10 −6 0
     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 Korea
Attendance: 100
27 September 2012
19:30
Poland 4–3 GWS
(1–0, 0–1, 2–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
 Slovenia
Attendance: 300
28 September 2012
16:00
Slovenia 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
 South Korea
Attendance: 50
28 September 2012
19:30
Netherlands 5–4 OT
(1–1, 0–1, 3–2)
(OT 1–0)
 Poland
Attendance: 300
30 September 2012
13:00
Slovenia 0–4
(0–1, 0–1, 0–2)
 Netherlands
Attendance: 100
30 September 2012
16:30
South Korea 2–3
(0–1, 0–0, 2–2)
 Poland
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 3 2 1 0 0 14 5 +9 8
 France 3 1 0 2 0 13 8 +5 5
 Great Britain 3 1 0 0 2 2 13 −11 3
 Netherlands 3 0 1 0 2 7 10 −3 2

All times are local (UTC+8).

8 November 2012
15:00
France 7–0
(1–0, 2–0, 4–0)
 Great Britain
Attendance: 147
8 November 2012
19:00
China 5–2
(1–0, 1–1, 3–1)
 Netherlands
Attendance: 779
9 November 2012
15:00
France 3–4 GWS
(1–0, 1–2, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
 Netherlands
Attendance: 137
9 November 2012
19:00
Great Britain 0–5
(0–2, 0–2, 0–1)
 China
Attendance: 363
11 November 2012
15:00
Netherlands 1–2
(0–0, 1–0, 0–2)
 Great Britain
Attendance: 170
11 November 2012
19:00
China 4–3 GWS
(0–3, 2–0, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
 France
Attendance: 467

Group F[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
 Denmark 3 3 0 0 0 8 2 +6 9
 Austria 3 2 0 0 1 10 3 +7 6
 Italy 3 1 0 0 2 4 10 −6 3
 Latvia 3 0 0 0 3 3 10 −7 0

All times are local (UTC+2).

8 November 2012
15:30
Austria 7–0
(1–0, 2–0, 4–0)
 Italy
Attendance: 89
8 November 2012
19:30
Latvia 1–4
(0–1, 0–2, 1–1)
 Denmark
Attendance: 368
9 November 2012
15:30
Austria 0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0-0)
 Denmark
Attendance: 76
9 November 2012
19:30
Italy 3–0
(1–0, 2–0, 0–0)
 Latvia
Attendance: 89
11 November 2012
13:00
Denmark 3–1
(0–1, 3–0, 0–0)
 Italy
Attendance: 72
11 November 2012
17:00
Latvia 2–3
(0–1, 1–2, 1–0)
 Austria
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 3 2 0 1 0 9 4 +5 7
 Denmark 3 1 1 0 1 4 7 −3 5
 Norway 3 1 0 1 1 9 9 0 4
 Slovakia 3 0 1 0 2 5 7 −2 2

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 3 3 0 0 0 11 2 +9 9
 Czech Republic 3 1 1 0 1 9 6 +3 5
 China 3 1 0 1 1 5 7 −2 4
 Kazakhstan 3 0 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0

All times are local (UTC+1).

7 February 2013
16:00
Kazakhstan 1–5
(0–3, 1–1, 0–1)
 Czech Republic
Attendance: 300
7 February 2013
19:30
Germany 3–1
(1–0, 0–1, 2–0)
 China
Attendance: 485
8 February 2013
16:00
Kazakhstan 1–2
(0–0, 1–2, 0–0)
 China
Attendance: 215
8 February 2013
19:30
Czech Republic 1–3
(1–1, 0–2, 0–0)
 Germany
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 Republic
Attendance: 175
10 February 2013
17:30
Germany 5–0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0)
 Kazakhstan
Attendance: 750

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