Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification

Eight teams qualified for the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics. The top six teams in the IIHF World Ranking after the 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships received automatic berths into the Ice Hockey event. Lower ranked teams had an opportunity to qualify for the event. Teams ranked 13th and below were divided into two groups where they played in a first qualification round in September 2008. The two group winners from the round advanced to the second qualification round, where the teams ranked 7th through 12th joined them. In the second qualifying round, played in November 2008, the teams were again divided into two groups. The two group winners China and Slovakia advanced to the Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament.[1][2]

Qualified teams

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
2008 IIHF World Ranking[a] 30 March 2004 – 13 April 2008 Harbin[b] 6  Canada[c]
 United States[c]
 Finland
 Sweden[c]
  Switzerland
 Russia
Final qualification tournament 1 6–9 November 2008 Bad Tölz 1  Slovakia
Final qualification tournament 2 6–9 November 2008 Shanghai 1  China
TOTAL8
Notes
  1. b Harbin was the site for 2008 World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking were finalized with regards to the qualification slots.
  2. c Canada, USA and Sweden had already mathematically qualified after the 2007 World Championships.

IIHF World Ranking

Qualified directly to Olympic Tournament
Final qualification tournament
Pre-qualification tournament
Rank Team WC 2008
(100%)
WC 2007
(75%)
OLY 2006
(50%)
WC 2005
(25%)
Total
1 Canada11601200120011602950
2 United States12001160112012002930
3 Finland11201100110011002770
4 Sweden10601120116011202760
5  Switzerland1100106010209602645
6 Russia10401020104010002575
7 Germany9801000106010602525
8 China1000104094010402510
9 Japan10209409209402420
10 Kazakhstan94098096010202410
11 France8809008809002220
12 Czech Republic9008608609202205
13 Latvia8409209008602195
14 Norway8608808408402150
15 Italy76080010008202065
16 Slovenia6807208207201810
17 Slovakia9208208001735
18 Denmark8008408801650
19 Austria8207607601580
20 North Korea7807807801560
21 Netherlands7407407401480
22 Australia7207006401405
23 Great Britain7006807001385
24 Belgium6406606801305
25 Hungary6206406601265
26 South Korea6006206001215
27 New Zealand5605405801110
28 South Africa5006006201105
29 Romania5405605601100
30 Croatia6605801095
31 Iceland5805005401090
32 Estonia520520910
33 Turkey480480840
 Bulgaria0

Pre-qualification tournaments

The following teams were ranked 13th and below in the IIHF World Ranking. They were seeded according to their ranking, with the two group winners advancing to the final qualification tournaments.[3]

Group A

Games were played in Liepāja, Latvia.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovakia 4 4 0 0 0 105 2 +103 12 Final qualification tournament
2  Latvia (H) 4 3 0 0 1 53 3 +50 9
3  Italy 4 2 0 0 2 51 8 +43 6
4  Croatia 4 1 0 0 3 31 36 5 3
5  Bulgaria 4 0 0 0 4 1 192 191 0
Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC+1).

2 September 2008
16:30
Bulgaria 0–41
(0–17, 0–12, 0–12)
 ItalyLiepāja Arena, Liepāja
Attendance: 45
2 September 2008
20:00
Slovakia 2–0
(2–0, 0–0, 0–0)
 LatviaLiepāja Arena, Liepāja
Attendance: 280
3 September 2008
19:00
Croatia 30–1
(8–0, 13–0, 9–1)
 BulgariaLiepāja Arena, Liepāja
Attendance: 45
4 September 2008
16:30
Italy 1–3
(1–2, 0–1, 0–0)
 SlovakiaLiepāja Arena, Liepāja
Attendance: 62
4 September 2008
20:00
Latvia 9–0
(1–0, 3–0, 5–0)
 CroatiaLiepāja Arena, Liepāja
Attendance: 118
5 September 2008
19:00
Bulgaria 0–39
(0–14, 0–11, 0–14)
 LatviaLiepāja Arena, Liepāja
Attendance: 115
6 September 2008
16:30
Slovakia 82–0
(31–0, 24–0, 27–0)
 BulgariaLiepāja Arena, Liepāja
Attendance: 37
6 September 2008
20:00
Italy 8–0
(1–0, 4–0, 3–0)
 CroatiaLiepāja Arena, Liepāja
Attendance: 82
7 September 2008
16:00
Latvia 5–1
(3–0, 1–1, 1–0)
 ItalyLiepāja Arena, Liepāja
Attendance: 114
7 September 2008
19:30
Croatia 1–18
(1–5, 0–9, 0–4)
 SlovakiaLiepāja Arena, Liepāja
Attendance: 41

Group B

Games were played in Maribor, Slovenia.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Norway 3 3 0 0 0 19 2 +17 9 Final qualification tournament
2  Great Britain 3 1 1 0 1 10 7 +3 5
3  Austria 3 1 0 1 1 10 5 +5 4
4  Slovenia (H) 3 0 0 0 3 2 27 25 0
Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC+2).

3 September 2008
16:00
Norway 3–1
(1–0, 0–1, 2–0)
 Great BritainDvorana Tabor Ledna Arena, Maribor
Attendance: 125
3 September 2008
20:00
Slovenia 0–7
(0–1, 0–4, 0–2)
 AustriaDvorana Tabor Ledna Arena, Maribor
Attendance: 250
4 September 2008
16:00
Austria 0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)
 NorwayDvorana Tabor Ledna Arena, Maribor
Attendance: 120
4 September 2008
20:00
Slovenia 1–5
(0–2, 1–1, 0–2)
 Great BritainDvorana Tabor Ledna Arena, Maribor
Attendance: 240
5 September 2008
16:00
Great Britain 4–3 OT
(1–1, 2–1, 0–1)
(OT: 1–0)
 AustriaDvorana Tabor Ledna Arena, Maribor
Attendance: 100
5 September 2008
20:00
Norway 15–1
(7–0, 5–0, 3–1)
 SloveniaDvorana Tabor Ledna Arena, Maribor
Attendance: 200

Final Qualification Tournaments

By being ranked 7 through 12 in the final 2008 IIHF World Rankings, the following teams qualified for the qualification tournament. There were two winners from these tournaments that advanced to the Olympic tournament.[3]

Group C

Games were played in Bad Tölz, Germany.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Slovakia 3 3 0 0 0 6 1 +5 9 2010 Winter Olympics
2  Kazakhstan 3 2 0 0 1 9 3 +6 6
3  Germany (H) 3 1 0 0 2 8 7 +1 3
4  France 3 0 0 0 3 4 16 12 0
Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC+1).

6 November 2008
16:00
Kazakhstan 6–1
(1–0, 2–1, 3–0)
 FranceHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
Attendance: 70
6 November 2008
19:00
Germany 0–2
(0–1, 0–1, 0–0)
 SlovakiaHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
Attendance: 294
8 November 2008
13:30
Kazakhstan 0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)
 SlovakiaHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
Attendance: 85
8 November 2008
17:00
France 2–7
(0–1, 0–3, 2–3)
 GermanyHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
Attendance: 310
9 November 2008
13:30
Slovakia 3–1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1)
 FranceHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
Attendance: 54
9 November 2008
17:00
Germany 1–3
(1–0, 0–2, 0–1)
 KazakhstanHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
Attendance: 255

Group D

Games were played in Shanghai, China.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  China (H) 3 3 0 0 0 11 3 +8 9 2010 Winter Olympics
2  Japan 3 2 0 0 1 6 5 +1 6
3  Norway 3 0 1 0 2 3 9 6 2
4  Czech Republic 3 0 0 1 2 6 9 3 1
Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC+8).

6 November 2008
14:30
Japan 3–2
(2–1, 1–1, 0–0)
 Czech RepublicS.U.S. Sport Complex, Shanghai
Attendance: 1,500
6 November 2008
18:30
China 5–0
(2–0, 2–0, 1–0)
 NorwayS.U.S. Sport Complex, Shanghai
Attendance: 3,180
7 November 2008
14:30
Japan 3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)
 NorwayS.U.S. Sport Complex, Shanghai
Attendance: 1,800
7 November 2008
18:30
Czech Republic 3–4
(1–1, 2–1, 0–2)
 ChinaS.U.S. Sport Complex, Shanghai
Attendance: 2,200
9 November 2008
14:30
Norway 2–1 GWS
(1–0, 0–1, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
 Czech RepublicS.U.S. Sport Complex, Shanghai
Attendance: 1,800
9 November 2008
18:30
China 2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)
 JapanS.U.S. Sport Complex, Shanghai
Attendance: 2,200

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