# Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification

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 received an automatic berth as host, and all other teams had an opportunity to qualify for the remaining two spots.

## Qualified teams

| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host | | | 1 | Russia |
| 2012 IIHF World Ranking | 4 April 2009 – 14 April 2012 | Burlington | 5 | Canada United States Finland Switzerland Sweden |
| Final qualification tournament | 7–10 February 2013 | Poprad | 1 | Japan |
| Final qualification tournament | 7–10 February 2013 | Weiden | 1 | Germany |
| TOTAL | | | 8 | |

### Notes

* $^a$ 2012 IIHF World Ranking were comprising the following events: 2009 World Championships, 2010 Winter Olympic Games, 2011 World Championships and 2012 World Championships.
* $^b$ Burlington was the site for 2012 World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking were finalized with regards to the qualification slots.

## IIHF World Ranking

* Qualified directly to Olympic Tournament
* Final qualification
* Pre-qualification
* Preliminary qualification
| Rank | Team | WC 2012 (100%) | WC 2011 (75%) | OLY 2010 (50%) | WC 2009 (25%) | Total |
| 1 | Canada | 1200 | 1160 | 1200 | 1160 | 2960 |
| 2 | United States | 1160 | 1200 | 1160 | 1200 | 2940 |
| 3 | Finland | 1100 | 1120 | 1120 | 1120 | 2780 |
| 4 | Switzerland | 1120 | 1040 | 1060 | 1020 | 2685 |
| 5 | Sweden | 1060 | 1060 | 1100 | 1100 | 2680 |
| 6 | Russia | 1040 | 1100 | 1040 | 1060 | 2650 |
| 7 | Slovakia | 1000 | 1020 | 1000 | 940 | 2500 |
| 8 | Germany | 1020 | 960 | 920 | 920 | 2430 |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 860 | 1000 | 960 | 1040 | 2350 |
| 10 | Norway | 940 | 940 | 900 | 900 | 2320 |
| 11 | Japan | 920 | 860 | 940 | 1000 | 2285 |
| 12 | Czech Republic | 960 | 840 | 880 | 860 | 2245 |
| 13 | China | 820 | 880 | 1020 | 980 | 2235 |
| 14 | Latvia | 880 | 920 | 840 | 820 | 2195 |
| 15 | Austria | 900 | 900 | 780 | 880 | 2185 |
| 16 | France | 800 | 820 | 860 | 840 | 2055 |
| 17 | Great Britain | 780 | 760 | 820 | 780 | 1955 |
| 18 | Italy | 740 | 780 | 800 | 760 | 1915 |
| 19 | Denmark | 840 | 800 | | 740 | 1625 |
| 20 | Slovenia | 640 | 660 | 740 | | 1505 |
| 21 | Netherlands | 760 | 720 | | 720 | 1480 |
| 22 | Croatia | 620 | 640 | 760 | | 1480 |
| 23 | Hungary | 700 | 680 | | | 1210 |
| 24 | Australia | 680 | 700 | | | 1205 |
| 25 | New Zealand | 660 | 600 | | | 1110 |
| 26 | South Korea | 560 | 580 | | | 995 |
| 27 | Belgium | 520 | 620 | | | 985 |
| 28 | Poland | 600 | 500 | | | 975 |
| 29 | Iceland | 540 | 560 | | | 960 |
| 30 | Spain | 580 | 480 | | | 940 |
| 31 | North Korea | 720 | 0 | | 800 | 920 |
| 32 | South Africa | 500 | 520 | | | 890 |
| 33 | Bulgaria | | 460 | 720 | | 705 |
| 34 | Romania | | 540 | | | 405 |
| 35 | Turkey | | 440 | | | 330 |
| 36 | Ireland | | 420 | | | 315 |

## 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. 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 |
| Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | +26 | 9 |
| Hungary | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | +12 | 6 |
| Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 3 |
| Croatia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30 | −27 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC+2).

### Group H

| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
| Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 8 |
| Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 6 |
| Slovenia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 4 |
| South Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 0 |
* Team advanced to Olympic Pre-Qualification
All times are local (UTC+2).

## 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. The winners of each group advanced to the final qualification tournaments.

### Group E

| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
| China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 8 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 5 |
| Great Britain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 2 |
All times are local (UTC+8).

### Group F

| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
| Denmark | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 |
| Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 6 |
| Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 3 |
| Latvia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC+2).

## 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 and Weiden. The winners of each group qualified for the olympics.

### Group C

| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 7 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 5 |
| Norway | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 2 |
All times are local (UTC+1).

### Group D

| Team | GP | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | DIF | PTS |
| Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 9 |
| Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 5 |
| China | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | −2 | 4 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 |
All times are local (UTC+1).