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

Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Qualification
men  women
Rosters
men  women

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

Qualified teams

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host 19 September 2014[2] 1  South Korea
2016 IIHF World Ranking,
comprising the following events:
2013 World Championship
2014 Winter Olympic Games
2014 World Championship
2015 World Championship
2016 World Championship		 7 December 2012–
April 2016		 Canada Kamloops^ 5  Canada
 United States
Final qualification tournament 9–12 February 2017 1
Final qualification tournament 9–12 February 2017 1
TOTAL 8

^ Kamloops will be the site for 2016 World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking will be finalized with regards to the qualification slots

Qualification seeding

To qualify directly, a nation has to be ranked in the top five following the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championships.[1] Using the IIHF World Ranking points system, the 2016 will receive full value, and each preceding year was worth 25% less. Teams that wish to compete must apply in "early spring of 2016".[3] The following is a ranking based on points already accumulated toward Olympic qualification of all countries participating in 2015.

Points are earned based on overall finish, available points for 2016 are 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 ...
     Qualifies directly to Olympic Tournament
     Enters qualifying in the final round
     Enters qualifying in the pre-qualification round
     Enters qualifying in the preliminary round
Seeding Team WC 2016 WC 2015 WC 2014 OLY 2014 WC 2013 Total
1  United States 1040 900 580 580 300 3400
2  Canada 1040 870 600 600 290 3400
3  Finland 1040 840 530 530 275 3215
4  Russia 1040 825 520 520 280 3185
5   Switzerland 1000 780 560 560 260 3160
6  Sweden 1000 795 550 550 255 3150
7  Japan 1000 765 500 500 240 3005
8  Czech Republic 1000 720 480 480 250 2930
9  Germany 860 750 510 510 265 2895
10  Denmark 860 675 460 470 235 2700
11  Norway 860 660 470 460 220 2670
12  Austria 860 705 440 420 225 2650
13  France 860 690 450 410 210 2620
14  Slovakia 860 630 430 440 230 2590
15  China 740 600 410 450 195 2395
16  Latvia 740 645 420 370 215 2390
17  Netherlands 740 615 390 380 205 2330
18  Kazakhstan 740 540 370 430 190 2270
19  Hungary 740 585 400 360 180 2265
20  Italy 740 570 360 400 175 2245
21  Great Britain 620 525 350 390 185 2070
22  Poland 620 495 340 350 160 1965
Host  South Korea 620 510 330 320 150 1930
23  Slovenia 620 450 290 340 155 1855
24  Croatia 620 480 300 310 140 1850
25  North Korea 620 555 380 0 200 1755
26  Spain 500 420 280 330 145 1675
27  New Zealand 500 465 320 0 170 1455
28  Australia 500 390 310 0 165 1365
29  Iceland 500 405 270 0 135 1310
30  Turkey 500 360 250 0 120 1230
31  Mexico 500 435 240 0 0 1175
32  Belgium 380 375 260 0 130 1145
33  South Africa 380 330 230 0 125 1065
34  Bulgaria 380 315 220 0 115 1030
35  Hong Kong 380 345 210 0 0 935

Olympic preliminary qualification

This round will be played on 25–28, August 2016. The teams seeded 18th and 19th reserve the right to host these tournaments. The winner of each group advances to the prequalification tournaments as qualifiers five and six, ranked according their seeding.

Group G

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
18th seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Great Britain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
 Poland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
25th seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group H

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
19th seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20th seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
23rd seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24th seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Olympic pre-qualification

Three round robins will be played 3–6 November 2016. The teams seeded 12th and 13th reserve the right to host these tournaments. The winners of each advance to the final qualification tournaments as qualifiers three and four, ranked according to their seeding.


Group E

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
12th seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15th seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16th seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
qualifier 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group F

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
13th seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14th seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17th seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
qualifier 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Final Olympic qualification

Three round robins will be played from 9–12 February 2017. The teams seeded 6th and 7th reserve the right to host these tournaments. The two group winners qualify for the Olympic tournament Group B.

Group C

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
6th seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9th seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10th seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
qualifier 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Group D

Team GP
 W
 OTW
 OTL
 L
 GF
 GA
 GD
 Pts
7th seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8th seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11th seed 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
qualifier 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "2018 Olympic Winter Games". IIHF.com. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "Korea headed to the Olympics". IIHF.com. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  3. ↑ "2018 Olympic qualification format set". IIHF.com. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

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