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.Switzerland and Russia qualify

Qualified teams EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified2008 IIHF World Ranking30 March 2004 – 13 April 2008Harbin6Final qualification tournament 16–9 November 2008 Bad Tölz1Final qualification tournament 26–9 November 2008 Shanghai1 TOTAL 8 Notes

IIHF World Ranking Qualified directly to Olympic Tournament Final qualification tournament Pre-qualification tournament RankTeamWC 2008(100%)WC 2007(75%)OLY 2006(50%)WC 2005(25%)Total 1 116012001200116029502 120011601120120029303 112011001100110027704 106011201160112027605 11001060102096026456 104010201040100025757 98010001060106025258 10001040940104025109 1020940920940242010 9409809601020241011 880900880900222012 900860860920220513 840920900860219514 860880840840215015 7608001000820206516 680720820720181017 920820800173518 800840880165019 820760760158020 780780780156021 740740740148022 720700640140523 700680700138524 640660680130525 620640660126526 600620600121527 560540580111028 500600620110529 540560560110030 660580109531 580500540109032 52052091033 480480840 0

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.2008 Ranking

Group A Games were played in Liepāja, Latvia.

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group B Games were played in Maribor, Slovenia.

All times are local (UTC+2).

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.

Group C Games were played in Bad Tölz, Germany.

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group D Games were played in Shanghai, China.

All times are local (UTC+8).

References

Official Qualification site

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