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Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics
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Tournament
men  women
Qualification
men  women
Rosters
men  women

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 has 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 Flag of Russia Russia
2012 IIHF World Ranking,
comprising the following events:
2009 World Championship
2010 Winter Olympic Games
2011 World Championship
2012 World Championship
4 April 2009–
14 April 2012
Flag of the United States Burlington 5 Flag of Canada Canada
Flag of the United States United States of America
Flag of Finland Finland
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland
Flag of Sweden Sweden
Final qualification tournament 7–10 February 2013 Flag of Slovakia Poprad [2] 1 Flag of Japan Japan
Final qualification tournament 7–10 February 2013 Flag of Germany Weiden 1 Flag of Germany Germany
TOTAL 8

^Burlington was the site for 2012 World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking was finalized with regards to the qualification slots

Direct qualification[]

To qualify directly, a nation had to be ranked in the top five following the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championships.[1] The IIHF World Ranking attributes points from 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 to determine the seeding for the 2014 Olympics.[3]

     Qualified to Olympic Tournament
     Qualified as Hosts
     Did not qualify directly to Olympics
World Ranking
Team WC 2012
(100%)
WC 2011
(75%)
OLY 2010
(50%)
WC 2009
(25%)
Total
1 Flag of Canada Canada 1200 870 600 290 2960
2 Flag of the United States United States of America 1160 900 580 300 2940
3 Flag of Finland Finland 1100 840 560 280 2780
4 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 1120 780 530 255 2685
5 Flag of Sweden Sweden 1060 795 550 275 2680
6 Flag of Russia Russia 1040 825 520 265 2650
7 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 1000 765 500 235 2500
8 Flag of Germany Germany 1020 720 460 230 2430

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.[4] 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
Flag of Denmark Denmark 3 3 0 0 0 30 4 +26 9
Flag of Hungary Hungary 3 2 0 0 1 18 6 +12 6
Flag of Spain Spain 3 1 0 0 2 3 14 −11 3
Flag of Croatia Croatia 3 0 0 0 3 3 30 −27 0

All times are local (UTC+2).

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

Group H[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 3 2 1 0 0 14 6 +8 8
Flag of Poland Poland 3 1 1 1 0 11 10 +1 6
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia 3 1 0 1 1 5 8 −3 4
Flag of Korea 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 Flag of the Netherlands 5–2
(1–1, 1–1, 3–1)
Flag of Korea South Korea Jastor Arena
Attendance: 100
27 September 2012
19:30
Poland Flag of Poland 4–3 GWS
(1–0, 0–1, 2–2)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
Flag of Slovenia Slovenia Jastor Arena
Attendance: 300
28 September 2012
16:00
Slovenia Flag of Slovenia 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
Flag of Korea South Korea Jastor Arena
Attendance: 50
28 September 2012
19:30
Netherlands Flag of the Netherlands 5–4 OT
(1–1, 0–1, 3–2)
(OT 1–0)
Flag of Poland Poland Jastor Arena
Attendance: 300
30 September 2012
13:00
Slovenia Flag of Slovenia 0–4
(0–1, 0–1, 0–2)
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands Jastor Arena
Attendance: 100
30 September 2012
16:30
South Korea Flag of Korea 2–3
(0–1, 0–0, 2–2)
Flag of Poland Poland Jastor 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.[5] The winners of each group advanced to the final qualification tournaments.

Group E[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
Flag of China China 3 2 1 0 0 14 5 +9 8
Flag of France France 3 1 0 2 0 13 8 +5 5
Flag of Great Britain United Kingdom 3 1 0 0 2 2 13 −11 3
Flag of the Netherlands Netherlands 3 0 1 0 2 7 10 −3 2

All times are local (UTC+8).

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

Group F[]

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

All times are local (UTC+2).

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

All times are local (UTC+1).

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

Group D[]

Team GP W OTW OTL L GF GA DIF PTS
Flag of Germany Germany 3 3 0 0 0 11 2 +9 9
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 3 1 1 0 1 9 6 +3 5
Flag of China China 3 1 0 1 1 5 7 −2 4
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan 3 0 0 0 3 2 12 −10 0

All times are local (UTC+1).

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

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