Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification

Qualification for the women's tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the 2016 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships. The top five teams in the World Ranking received automatic berths into the Olympics, South Korea has received an automatic berth as host, and all other member nations had an opportunity to qualify for the remaining two spots.^[1]

Qualified teams[]

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Hosts	19 September 2014^[2]	Tenerife	1	South Korea^[a]
2016 IIHF World Ranking^[b]	7 December 2012 – 10 April 2016	Kamloops^[c]	5	United States of America Canada Finland Russia^[d] Sweden
Final qualification tournament	9–12 February 2017	Arosa	1	Switzerland
Final qualification tournament	9–12 February 2017	Tomakomai	1	Japan
TOTAL			8

Notes

^a After talks in Panmunjom on 17 January 2018, a unified Korean team consisting of players from both North Korea and South Korea was created to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics.^[3]
^b The 2016 IIHF World Ranking includes the following events: 2013 World Championship, 2014 Winter Olympic Games, 2014 World Championship, 2015 World Championship and 2016 World Championship
^c Kamloops was the site for 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking was finalized with regards to the qualification slots.
^d In December 2017, the IOC suspended Russia from competing at the Winter Olympics as part of its sanctions following state-sponsored doping allegations. Russian athletes deemed clean were permitted to compete as Olympic Athletes from Russia.^[4]

Qualification seeding[]

To qualify directly, a nation had to be ranked in the top five following the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship.^[1] Using the IIHF World Ranking points system, the 2016 received full value, and each preceding year was worth 25% less. Teams that wished to compete must apply in "early spring of 2016".^[5] The following is a ranking based on points accumulated toward Olympic qualification of all countries.

Points were earned based on overall finish, available points for 2016 were as follows:

Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	...
Points	1200	1160	1120	1100	1060	1040	1020	1000	960	940	920	900	880	860	840	820	800	780	760	740	...

1–5	Qualified directly to Olympic Tournament
6–11	Entered qualifying in the final round
12–17	Entered qualifying in the preliminary round 3
18–24	Entered qualifying in the preliminary round 2
25–27	Entered qualifying in the preliminary round 1

Seeding	Team	WC 2016	WC 2015	WC 2014	OLY 2014	WC 2013	Total
1	United States of America	1200	900	580	580	300	3560
2	Canada	1160	870	600	600	290	3520
3	Finland	1100	840	530	530	275	3275
4	Russia	1120	825	520	520	280	3265
5	Sweden	1060	795	550	550	255	3210
6	Switzerland	1020	780	560	560	260	3180
7	Japan	1000	765	500	500	240	3005
8	Germany	960	750	510	510	265	2995
9	Czech Republic	1040	720	480	480	250	2970
10	Denmark	900	675	460	470	235	2740
11	Austria	920	705	440	420	225	2710
12	France	940	690	450	410	210	2700
13	Norway	880	660	470	460	220	2690
14	Slovakia	860	630	430	440	230	2590
15	Latvia	820	645	420	370	215	2470
16	China	760	600	410	450	195	2415
17	Hungary	840	585	400	360	180	2365
18	Kazakhstan	800	540	370	430	190	2330
19	Netherlands	740	615	390	380	205	2330
20	Italy	780	570	360	400	175	2285
21	United Kingdom	680	525	350	390	185	2130
22	Poland	720	495	340	350	160	2065
Hosts	South Korea	700	510	330	320	150	2010
23	Slovenia	640	450	290	340	155	1875
24	Croatia	620	480	300	310	140	1850
25	North Korea	660	555	380	0	200	1795
26	Spain	580	420	280	330	145	1755
27	Australia	600	390	310	0	170	1470
28	New Zealand	520	465	320	0	165	1470
29	Iceland	560	405	270	0	135	1370
30	Turkey	500	360	250	0	120	1230
31	Mexico	540	435	240	0	0	1215
32	South Africa	440	330	230	0	125	1125
33	Bulgaria	420	315	220	0	115	1070
34	Hong Kong	460	345	210	0	0	1015
35	Belgium	0	375	260	0	130	765
36	Romania	480	0	0	0	0	480

Ireland is not listed despite having achieved ranking points because they are not currently participating.
Nations with no shading chose not to participate in Olympic qualifying.

Preliminary round 1[]

This round was played from 7 to 9 October 2016 in Mexico City. The winner advanced to the preliminary round 2 as qualifier seven.

Group J[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico (H)	2	2	0	24	5	+19	6	Preliminary round 2
2	Turkey	2	1	1	13	13	0	3
3	Hong Kong	2	0	2	2	21	−19	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC–5).

7 October 2016
20:30

Hong Kong

2–8
(1–4, 1–3, 0–1)

Turkey

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 50


Wong Ying Chi Virginia	Goalies	Didem Deniz Büșra Kanat	Referee: Chelsea Rapin
Li – 08:08 Li (Low) – 39:04	0–1 0–2 1–2 1–3 1–4 1–5 1–6 2–6 2–7 2–8	01:45 – Demir (Uygun) (PP) 07:07 – Baktıroğlu (Yılmaz) 15:06 – Tayğar (A. Lökbaş) 15:41 – Uygun (Baktıroğlu) 21:08 – Demirkol (Baktıroğlu) 28:30 – Baktıroğlu 39:26 – Toygar (D. Lökbaş) 44:45 – Baktıroğlu
10 min	Penalties	12 min
7	Shots	39

8 October 2016
20:00

Mexico

13–0
(5–0, 5–0, 3–0)

Hong Kong

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 1,000


María Meza Monica Renteria	Goalies	Wong Ying Chi Virginia Chau Nga Sze	Referee: Jestina Vichorek
Téllez (Escobedo) – 01:27 J. Rojas – 02:56 F. Hernández (Treviño, Hurtado) – 10:30 J. Rojas (González) – 14:39 Hurtado (Gendrón) (PP) – 16:09 Gendrón (Téllez) – 21:48 A. Hernández (Amaya) – 23:44 Escobedo (Cruz) – 26:26 Gendrón (PP) – 30:42 J. Rojas (Chávez, González) – 39:44 F. Hernández (Toledano) – 52:19 G. Rojas (A. Hernández) – 53:07 Téllez (Gendrón, Chávez) – 57:55	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 5–0 6–0 7–0 8–0 9–0 10–0 11–0 12–0 13–0
24 min	Penalties	18 min
55	Shots	1

9 October 2016
19:00

Turkey

5–11
(1–5, 2–2, 2–4)

Mexico

Ice Dome, Mexico City
Attendance: 700


Didem Deniz	Goalies	María Meza	Referee: Chelsea Rapin
Tayğar (SH) – 14:50 Baktıroğlu (Demirkol) – 23:24 Demirkol (Baktıroğlu) (PP2) – 25:28 Baktıroğlu (Yılmaz) – 45:44 Demir (Baktıroğlu) (PP2) – 51:49	0–1 0–2 0–3 1–3 1–4 1–5 2–5 3–5 3–6 3–7 3–8 4–8 4–9 5–9 5–10 5–11	06:06 – F. Hernández 08:27 – Téllez (Cardenas) 14:34 – Gendrón (Téllez, Cardenas) 16:19 – Cruz (González) (PP) 16:45 – Hurtado (Cardenas) 33:45 – J. Rojas (González, Chávez) 39:36 – J. Rojas (PP) 44:33 – Hurtado (Téllez) (PP) 51:15 – Treviño (Amaya) (SH) 54:39 – Chávez (J. Rojas, González) 57:57 – Gendrón (SH)
20 min	Penalties	53 min
21	Shots	39

Preliminary round 2[]

This round was played between 3–6 November 2016 in Astana, Kazakhstan and San Sebastián, Spain. The winner of each group advanced to the preliminary round 3 as qualifiers five and six, ranked according their seeding.

Group G[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kazakhstan (H)	3	3	0	10	3	+7	9	Preliminary round 3
2	Poland	3	2	1	10	7	+3	6
3	United Kingdom	3	1	2	7	9	−2	3
4	Mexico	3	0	3	3	11	−8	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC+6).

3 November 2016
15:00

United Kingdom

3–2
(0–2, 0–0, 3–0)

Mexico

Barys Arena, Astana
Attendance: 102


Samantha Bolwell	Goalies	Mónica Renteria	Referee: Henna Åberg
Lane (Taylor) – 52:38 Allen (Marsden) – 58:39 Taylor (Henry) – 59:00	0–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 3–2	01:01 – J. Rojas (Cruz) 19:02 – F. Hernández (Larois, Escobedo) (PP)
10 min	Penalties	10 min
39	Shots	11

3 November 2016
19:00

Poland

1–4
(1–1, 0–3, 0–0)

Kazakhstan

Barys Arena, Astana
Attendance: 465


Martyna Sass	Goalies	Darya Dmitriyeva	Referee: Yana Zueva
Łaskawska (Tomczok, Korkuz) – 12:45	1–0 1–1 1–2 1–3 1–4	14:56 – Ryspek (Tukhtieva 29:21 – Tukhtieva (Ryspek) 33:38 – Moldabai (Koroleva) 39:03 – Moldabai (Tatyana Likhaus)
6 min	Penalties	8 min
27	Shots	34

4 November 2016
15:00

United Kingdom

3–4
(0–2, 2–1, 1–1)

Poland

Barys Arena, Astana
Attendance: 152


Nicole Jackson	Goalies	Martyna Sass	Referee: Debby Hengst
Taylor (PP) – 22:41 Douglas (Herbert, Marsden) – 27:26 Henry (Taylor, Farman) (PP) – 58:21	0–1 0–2 1–2 2–2 2–3 2–4 3–4	11:58 – Czaplik (Późniewska, Czarnecka) 12:19 – Późniewska (Czaplik, Chrapek) 29:21 – Strzelecka (Frąckowiak) (PP) 44:14 – Wieczorek (Frąckowiak)
6 min	Penalties	10 min
32	Shots	25

4 November 2016
19:00

Kazakhstan

3–1
(2–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Mexico

Barys Arena, Astana
Attendance: 446


Darya Dmitriyeva	Goalies	María Meza	Referee: Yana Zueva
Kartanbayeva (Aldabergenova) – 04:46 Felzink – 13:14 Ashimova (Shegebayeva, Olzhabayeva) – 27:51	1–0 2–0 3–0 3–1	45:52 – Chavez
10 min	Penalties	4 min
30	Shots	18

6 November 2016
12:00

Mexico

0–5
(0–0, 0–4, 0–1)

Poland

Barys Arena, Astana
Attendance: 183


Mónica Renteria María Meza	Goalies	Gabriela Mizera	Referee: Debby Hengst
	0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5	20:33 – Późniewska (SH) 24:04 – Wieczorek (Frąckowiak) (PP) 34:29 – Późniewska (Chrapek) (PP) 36:37 – Chrapek (Późniewska, Czaplik) (PP) 58:31 – Tomczok (Chrapek)
31 min	Penalties	10 min
14	Shots	43

6 November 2016
16:00

Kazakhstan

3–1
(2–0, 0–0, 1–1)

United Kingdom

Barys Arena, Astana
Attendance: 861


Darya Dmitriyeva	Goalies	Nicole Jackson	Referee: Henna Åberg
Nurgalieva (Koroleva) – 03:44 Moldabai (Likhaus) (PP) – 18:26 Likhaus (Ryspek) (ENG) – 59:06	1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1	54:07 – Henry (Farman, Taylor) (PP)
31 min	Penalties	12 min
28	Shots	23

Group H[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	15	2	+13	9	Preliminary round 3
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	17	6	+11	6
3	Spain (H)	3	1	2	5	5	0	3
4	Slovenia	3	0	3	3	27	−24	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC+1).

4 November 2016
16:30

Slovenia

1–14
(0–4, 0–6, 1–4)

Netherlands

Palacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin, San Sebastian
Attendance: 174


Ines Confidenti Pia Dukarič	Goalies	Lisa Daams	Referee: Maija Kontturi
E. Dukarič (S. Confidenti, Pren) – 59:45	0–1 0–2 0–3 0–4 0–5 0–6 0–7 0–8 0–9 0–10 0–11 0–12 0–13 0–14 1–14	05:51 – Wielenga 13:16 – Wielenga 17:03 – Martens (Haverkorn van Rijsewijk, Van Nes) 18:22 – Zwarthoed (De Jong, Hardenbol) 26:08 – De Jong (Zwarthoed) 28:06 – Wielenga (Van Nes) 30:13 – De Jong (Dijkema, Hamers) 31:37 – Haverkorn van Rijsewijk (Wielenga) 32:32 – Tjin-A-Ton (Van Nes) 33:07 – Tjin-A-Ton (Tegelaar, Schollaardt) 43:00 – Barton (Van der Zande, Noe) 43:23 – Wielenga (Van Nes) 46:44 – Wielenga (Van Nes) 59:31 – De Jong (Keijzer, Zwarthoed)
2 min	Penalties	4 min
11	Shots	57

4 November 2016
20:00

Italy

2–0
(0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Spain

Palacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin, San Sebastian
Attendance: 252


Daniela Klotz	Goalies	Alba Gonzalo	Referee: Marie Picavet
Gius (Zandegiacomo) – 24:33 Dalprà (De la Forest) – 40:18	1–0 2–0
14 min	Penalties	12 min
38	Shots	4

5 November 2016
16:30

Italy

8–1
(2–1, 1–0, 5–0)

Slovenia

Palacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin, San Sebastian
Attendance: 120


Daniela Klotz Elisa Biondi	Goalies	Pia Dukarič	Referee: Ramona Weiss
Masperi (Elliscasis) – 02:57 Zandegiacomo (Gius, Saletta) – 15:46 De Rocco (Zandegiacomo, Saletta) – 24:22 Furlani (De la Forest, De Rocco) – 40:44 Dalprà (De Rocco, De la Forest) (PP) – 42:09 Furlani (Dalprà, De la Forest) – 45:42 Mattivi (De la Forest) – 52:34 Carignano (Ricca, Elliscasis) – 54:13	1–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–1 5–1 6–1 7–1 8–1	16:40 – Pren (S. Confidenti)
10 min	Penalties	14 min
46	Shots	7

5 November 2016
20:00

Netherlands

2–0
(1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Spain

Palacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin, San Sebastian
Attendance: 357


Bianka Bos	Goalies	Alba Gonzalo	Referee: Maija Kontturi
Zwarthoed (Hardenbol) – 09:21 Hardenbol (De Jong) – 26:20	1–0 2–0
12 min	Penalties	6 min
60	Shots	14

6 November 2016
16:30

Netherlands

1–5
(0–3, 1–2, 0–0)

Italy

Palacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin, San Sebastian
Attendance: 276


Bianka Bos Lisa Daams	Goalies	Daniela Klotz	Referee: Marie Picavet
De Jong (Zwarthoed) – 23:46	0–1 0–2 0–3 1–3 1–4 1–5	00:29 – Dalprà (De la Forest) 07:03 – Furlani (Dalprà, De la Forest) (PP) 10:50 – Carignano (Masperi) 29:16 – Dalprà (De Rocco) (PP) 32:31 – De la Forest (Dalprà) (PP)
53 min	Penalties	10 min
12	Shots	31

6 November 2016
20:00

Spain

5–1
(4–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Slovenia

Palacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin, San Sebastian
Attendance: 168


Alba Gonzalo	Goalies	Ines Confidenti	Referee: Ramona Weiss
Merino (V. Abrisqueta, Muñoz) (PP) – 03:02 L. Abrisqueta (Merino, Senac Gómez) – 03:27 Munoz (L. Danielsson, S. Danielsson) – 08:25 Merino (Álvarez, L. Abrisqueta) – 12:51 Villar (V. Abrisqueta, Moreno) (PP) – 45:17	1–0 2–0 3–0 4–0 4–1 5–1	15:44 – Pren (Dukarič, S. Confidenti)
10 min	Penalties	8 min
30	Shots	26

Preliminary round 3[]

Two round robins were played between 15 and 18 December 2016 in Cergy-Pontoise France, and Stavanger Norway. The winners of each advanced to the final qualification tournaments as qualifiers three and four, ranked according to their seeding.

Group E[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	3	3	0	14	2	+12	9	Final qualification
2	Italy	3	2	1	7	5	+2	6
3	Latvia	3	1	2	7	13	−6	3
4	China	3	0	3	2	10	−8	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC+1).

15 December 2016
16:00

Latvia

2–3
(2–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Italy

Aren'Ice, Cergy-Pontoise
Attendance: 92


Kristiana Apsīte	Goalies	Daniela Klotz	Referees: Aina Hove Melissa Szkola
Miljone (Pētersone) – 02:32 / Miljone (Kublina, Pētersone) – 19:19	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 2–3	28:09 – Elliscasis (De Rocco, Orlandini) / 33:45 – Mistrotofolo (De Rocco, Saletta) / 46:18 – Ricca (Gius)
4 min	Penalties	10 min
22	Shots	31

15 December 2016
19:30

China

0–3
(0–0, 0–2, 0–1)

France

Aren'Ice, Cergy-Pontoise
Attendance: 707


He Siye	Goalies	Caroline Baldin	Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Katarina Timglas
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3	28:47 – Jouanny (Fohrer) (EA) / 32:07 – Baudrit (Duvin, Fohrer) / 45:06 – Duvin (Fohrer)
8 min	Penalties	4 min
8	Shots	36

16 December 2016
16:00

Latvia

4–2
(2–0, 1–2, 1–0)

China

Aren'Ice, Cergy-Pontoise
Attendance: 85


Kristiana Apsīte	Goalies	He Siye Wang Yuqing	Referees: Aina Hove Katarina Timglas
Bičevska (Koka) – 03:22 / Bičevska (Koka) – 07:20 / Ag. Apsīte (Koka, Bičevska) – 20:53 / Pētersone (Mihejenko) – 52:13	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 4–2	27:52 – Zhang (Baiwei, Kong) (PP2) / 39:49 – Fang
6 min	Penalties	0 min
22	Shots	20

16 December 2016
19:30

France

3–1
(0–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Italy

Aren'Ice, Cergy-Pontoise
Attendance: 800


Caroline Lambert	Goalies	Daniela Klotz	Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Melissa Szkola
Allemoz (Locatelli, Passard) – 24:44 / Allemoz (Passard, Aurard) – 58:18 / Jouanny (Baudrit, Fohrer) (ENG) – 59:13	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1	50:09 – Furlani (Gius)
8 min	Penalties	16 min
38	Shots	14

18 December 2016
16:00

Italy

3–0
(0–0, 1–0, 2–0)

China

Aren'Ice, Cergy-Pontoise
Attendance: 153


Daniela Klotz	Goalies	Wang Yuqing	Referees: Nikoleta Celárová Aina Hove
Elliscasis (Galtieri) – 28:16 / Furlani (De Rocco, Dalpra) – 40:09 / Mattivi (Saletta) (ENG) – 58:58	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0
0 min	Penalties	6 min
33	Shots	17

18 December 2016
19:30

France

8–1
(4–0, 3–0, 1–1)

Latvia

Aren'Ice, Cergy-Pontoise
Attendance: 928


Caroline Baldin	Goalies	Kristiana Apsīte	Referees: Melissa Szkola Katarina Timglas
Fohrer (Baudrit) – 01:46 / Passard (Parment) – 05:48 / Aurard (Passard) – 08:06 / Passard (Allemoz) – 11:12 / Escudero (Bouché) – 23:25 / Jouanny (Vix) – 23:52 / Fohrer (Gendarme) (PP) – 34:55 / Allemoz (Locatelli) (PP) – 52:47	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0 / 7–1 / 8–1	42:57 – Ag. Apsīte (Miljone)
12 min	Penalties	6 min
49	Shots	22

Group F[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway (H)	3	3	0	15	2	+13	9	Final qualification
2	Hungary	3	2	1	7	6	+1	6
3	Slovakia	3	1	2	5	8	−3	3
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	3	2	13	−11	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC+1).

16 December 2016
15:00

Slovakia

3–0
(1–0, 0–0, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

DNB Arena, Stavanger
Attendance: 48


Romana Kiapešová	Goalies	Daria Dmitrieva	Referees: Gabriella Gran Kaisa Ketonen
Mikesková (Kapustová) – 18:51 / Ištocyová (PP) – 45:25 / Ihnaťová (Mikesková, Kapustová) – 57:30	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0
10 min	Penalties	12 min
31	Shots	17

16 December 2016
18:30

Hungary

0–4
(0–1, 0–3, 0–0)

Norway

DNB Arena, Stavanger
Attendance: 331


Anikó Németh	Goalies	Ena Nystrøm	Referees: Deana Cuglietta Katie Guay
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4	16:17 – Morset (Haug-Hansen) (PP) / 33:11 – Martinsen / 36:59 – Haug-Hansen (Olafsen) (PP) / 37:43 – Bergesen (Pedersen)
6 min	Penalties	8 min
23	Shots	30

17 December 2016
15:00

Slovakia

0–2
(0–0, 0–0, 0–2)

Hungary

DNB Arena, Stavanger
Attendance: 70


Romana Kiapešová	Goalies	Anikó Németh	Referees: Gabriella Gran Katie Guay
	0–1 / 0–2	49:07 – Gowie (T. Horváth, Dabasi) / 59:07 – Kiss (Grković) (SH, ENG)
6 min	Penalties	10 min
29	Shots	26

17 December 2016
18:30

Norway

5–0
(1–0, 1–0, 3–0)

Kazakhstan

DNB Arena, Stavanger
Attendance: 216


Ena Nystrøm	Goalies	Daria Dmitrieva Aizhan Raushanova	Referees: Deana Cuglietta Kaisa Ketonen
Fischer (Holøs) – 13:01 / Morset (Dalen, Sirum) – 25:12 / Sirum (Engmann) – 48:00 / Bialik (Fischer) – 48:28 / Engmann (Fischer, Olafsen) – 57:59	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0
6 min	Penalties	8 min
53	Shots	11

18 December 2016
14:30

Kazakhstan

2–5
(0–0, 1–3, 1–2)

Hungary

DNB Arena, Stavanger
Attendance: 34


Daria Dmitrieva Aizhan Raushanova	Goalies	Anikó Németh	Referees: Deana Cuglietta Gabriella Gran
Koroleva (Aldabergenova, Konysheva) – 37:35 / Ryspek (Fux) – 56:10	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 2–5	23:03 – H. Pintér (L. Pintér, Medgyes) (PP) / 27:47 – Somogyi (Medgyes, Kiss) / 29:07 – H. Pintér / 45:01 – Medgyes (Dabasi, Gowie) (PP) / 50:13 – T. Horváth (Dabasi) (PP)
16 min	Penalties	2 min
26	Shots	37

18 December 2016
18:00

Norway

6–2
(1–0, 2–2, 3–0)

Slovakia

DNB Arena, Stavanger
Attendance: 244


Ena Nystrøm	Goalies	Romana Kiapešová	Referees: Katie Guay Kaisa Ketonen
Martinsen (Haug-Hansen, Tendenes) – 13:36 / Sirum (Morset, Olafsen) (PP2) – 25:41 / Fischer (Dalen, Bialik) – 28:15 / Tendenes (Hjelm, Sirum) – 41:04 / Fischer (Bialik) – 48:15 / Holos (Martinsen, Dalen) (PP2) – 55:02	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 5–2 / 6–2	20:45 – Ištocyová (Klimešová) (PP) / 30:14 – Ihnaťová (Klimešová, Gápová)
33 min	Penalties	16 min
38	Shots	21

Final qualification[]

Two round robins were played from 9 to 12 February 2017 in Arosa, Switzerland and Tomakomai, Japan. The two group winners qualified for the Olympic tournament Group B.

Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland (H)	3	3	0	14	3	+11	9	2018 Winter Olympics
2	Czech Republic	3	2	1	10	7	+3	6
3	Norway	3	1	2	6	10	−4	3
4	Denmark	3	0	3	5	15	−10	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC+1).

9 February 2017
16:00

Denmark

1–6
(0–2, 0–3, 1–1)

Switzerland

Sport- und Kongresszentrum, Arosa
Attendance: 450


Lisa Jensen	Goalies	Florence Schelling	Referees: Dina Allen Nicole Hertrich
Langsager – 49:48	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 1–5 / 1–6	09:18 – Müller (Waidacher, Stalder) / 14:06 – Meier (Stalder, Müller) (PP) / 33:18 – Stalder (Müller, Zollinger) / 35:44 – Zollinger (Bullo) / 39:00 – Stalder (Meier, Müller) (SH) / 51:43 – Stalder (PS)
10 min	Penalties	12 min
14	Shots	41

9 February 2017
20:00

Czech Republic

5–0
(2–0, 3–0, 0–0)

Norway

Sport- und Kongresszentrum, Arosa
Attendance: 150


Klára Peslarová	Goalies	Ena Nystrøm	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Miyuki Nakayama
Křížová (Mrázová, Lédlová) – 04:15 / Pejzlová (Přibylová, Vanišová) – 17:25 / Lédlová (Polenská, Škrdlová) – 32:09 / Křížová (Tejralová, Zíková) (PP) – 35:35 / Manhartová (Povová, Studentová) (PP) – 38:30	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0
6 min	Penalties	10 min
38	Shots	18

11 February 2017
16:00

Switzerland

4–1
(1–1, 1–0, 2–0)

Norway

Sport- und Kongresszentrum, Arosa
Attendance: 1,123


Florence Schelling	Goalies	Ena Nystrøm	Referees: Dina Allen Miyuki Nakayama
Stalder (Raselli) (PP) – 02:27 / Stalder (Thalmann) – 33:15 / Raselli (Meier, Müller) (PP) – 54:49 / Stalder (Bullo) (ENG) – 59:48	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1	06:50 – Holos (Dalen, Bialik)
6 min	Penalties	18 min
45	Shots	17

11 February 2017
20:00

Czech Republic

4–3
(1–1, 3–1, 0–1)

Denmark

Sport- und Kongresszentrum, Arosa
Attendance: 106


Klára Peslarová	Goalies	Lisa Jensen	Referees: Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie Nicole Hertrich
Přibylová (Horálková, Pejzlová) – 12:53 / Povová – 22:36 / Kolowratová (Mrázová, Křížová) (PP) – 31:18 / Přibylová (Pejzlová, Vanišová) – 33:59	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 3–2 / 4–2 / 4–3	07:13 – Jakobsen (Jensen) (PP2) / 32:22 – Persson (Ernst)/ 48:35 – Andersen (Asperup)
10 min	Penalties	14 min
38	Shots	16

12 February 2017
16:00

Switzerland

4–1
(0–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Czech Republic

Sport- und Kongresszentrum, Arosa
Attendance: 1,342


Florence Schelling	Goalies	Klára Peslarová	Referees: Dina Allen Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie
Müller (Stalder, Raselli) – 34:19 / Stalder (Müller, Waidacher) (PP) – 39:42 / Müller (Meier, Stalder) (PP) – 49:06 / Stalder (Müller) (ENG) – 59:26	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1	17:57 – Lédlová (Křížová, Mrázová)
16 min	Penalties	12 min
21	Shots	20

12 February 2017
20:00

Norway

5–1
(0–1, 4–0, 1–0)

Denmark

Sport- und Kongresszentrum, Arosa
Attendance: 104


Linnea Holterud	Goalies	Lisa Jensen Martine Terrida	Referees: Nicole Hertrich Miyuki Nakayama
Dalen (Martinsen, Morset) (PP2) – 27:23 / Olafsen (Fischer, Hansen) (PP) – 27:54 / Hansen – 30:50 / Sirum (Dalen) – 36:55 / Dalen (Engmann) – 44:40	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1	04:31 – Brix (Weis)
6 min	Penalties	10 min
34	Shots	15

Group D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan (H)	3	3	0	0	0	13	3	+10	9	2018 Winter Olympics
2	Germany	3	1	1	0	1	8	6	+2	5
3	France	3	1	0	1	1	6	8	−2	4
4	Austria	3	0	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC+9).

9 February 2017
14:30

Germany

3–2 GWS
(0–1, 1–0, 1–1)
(OT 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)

France

Hakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai
Attendance: 450


Jennifer Harß	Goalies	Caroline Baldin	Referees: Melanie Bordeleau Drahomira Fialova
Kratzer (Spielberger, Zorn) (PP) — 34:58 / Delarbre (Rothemund) — 58:56	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 2–2	16:07 — Allemoz (Fohrer) / 44:54 — Baudrit (Duvin)
10 min	Penalties	14 min
45	Shots	20

9 February 2017
18:00

Austria

1–6
(1–1, 0–2, 0–3)

Japan

Hakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai
Attendance: 1,835


Theresa Hornich	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto	Referees: Anna Eskola Jamie Huntley-Park
Kantor (Altmann) — 19:29	0–1 / 1–1 / 1–2 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 1–6	17:27 — Kubo (Ukita, A. Toko) (PP) / 22:53 — Koike (Nakamura) / 26:53 — Kubo (H. Toko, Suzuki) / 43:41 — Ono (Osawa) / 56:50 — Kubo (Nakamura, H. Toko) (PP) / 58:10 — Nakamura (Hosoyamada, Adachi)
6 min	Penalties	2 min
23	Shots	42

11 February 2017
14:30

Germany

4–1
(2–1, 0–0, 2–0)

Austria

Hakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai
Attendance: 851


Jennifer Harß	Goalies	Theresa Hornich	Referees: Drahomira Fialova Jamie Huntley-Park
Lanzl (Kluge, Anwander) — 06:00 / Eisenschmid (Anwander) (PP) — 13:46 / Gleissner (Kluge, Lanzl) (PP) — 53:00 / Spielberger (Kratzer, Zorn) — 53:22	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1	06:52 — Kantor (Meixner)
6 min	Penalties	18 min
45	Shots	15

11 February 2017
18:00

Japan

4–1
(1–0, 1–1, 2–0)

France

Hakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai
Attendance: 2,597


Nana Fujioto	Goalies	Caroline Baldin	Referees: Melanie Bordeleau Anna Eskola
Nakamura (Kubo, Takeuchi) — 02:21 / H. Toko — 23:26 / Kubo (A. Toko) (PP) — 53:03 / Ukita (H. Toko) — 57:37	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1	31:35— Allemoz (PP)
14 min	Penalties	10 min
46	Shots	22

12 February 2017
14:30

France

3–1
(0–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Austria

Hakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai
Attendance: 1,167


Caroline Baldin	Goalies	Nicole Arnberger	Referees: Anna Eskola Drahomira Fialova
Allemoz (Parment) — 36:27 / Gendarme (Duvin) (PP) — 51:40 / Duvin (ENG) — 59:59	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1	39:45 — Beiter (PP)
6 min	Penalties	14 min
28	Shots	34

12 February 2017
18:00

Japan

3–1
(0–0, 2–1, 1–0)

Germany

Hakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai
Attendance: 3,111


Nana Fujimoto	Goalies	Jennifer Harß	Referees: Melanie Bordeleau Jamie Huntley-Park
M. Fujimoto (Hori, Adachi) — 27:44 / Ono (Hosoyamada, Koike) (PP) — 30:50 / Kubo (H. Toko) — 54:43	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1	36:30 — Eisenschmid (Lanzl, Anwander) (PP)
8 min	Penalties	6 min
25	Shots	15

References[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 2018 Olympic Winter Games. IIHF.com. Retrieved on 21 March 2015.
↑ Korea headed to the Olympics. IIHF.com. Retrieved on 21 March 2015.
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↑ International Olympic Committee (5 December 2017). IOC suspends Russian NOC and creates a path for clean individual athletes to compete in Pyeongchang 2018 under the Olympic Flag. Press release. Retrieved on 5 December 2017.
↑ 2018 Olympic qualification format set. IIHF.com. Retrieved on 21 March 2015.

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[cnote_a_grp_1] After talks in Panmunjom on 17 January 2018, a unified Korean team consisting of players from both North Korea and South Korea was created to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics.^[3]

[cnote_b_grp_1] The 2016 IIHF World Ranking includes the following events: 2013 World Championship, 2014 Winter Olympic Games, 2014 World Championship, 2015 World Championship and 2016 World Championship

[cnote_c_grp_1] Kamloops was the site for 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking was finalized with regards to the qualification slots.

[cnote_d_grp_1] In December 2017, the IOC suspended Russia from competing at the Winter Olympics as part of its sanctions following state-sponsored doping allegations. Russian athletes deemed clean were permitted to compete as Olympic Athletes from Russia.^[4]

[official-1] 1.0 ^1.1 2018 Olympic Winter Games. IIHF.com. Retrieved on 21 March 2015.

[2] Korea headed to the Olympics. IIHF.com. Retrieved on 21 March 2015.

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[:0-4] International Olympic Committee (5 December 2017). IOC suspends Russian NOC and creates a path for clean individual athletes to compete in Pyeongchang 2018 under the Olympic Flag. Press release. Retrieved on 5 December 2017.

[5] 2018 Olympic qualification format set. IIHF.com. Retrieved on 21 March 2015.

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