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 has received an automatic berth as host, and all other teams had an opportunity to qualify for the remaining two spots.IIHF Olympics press release
==Qualified teams==
Event 	Date 	Location 	Vacancies	Qualified
Host 	 	 	1 	
2012 IIHF World Ranking,comprising the following events:2009 World Championship2010 Winter Olympic Games2011 World Championship2012 World Championship	4 April 2009–14 April 2012	Burlington 	5 	
Final qualification tournament 	7–10 February 2013 	Poprad Official web Slovak Ice-hockey Federation	1 	
Final qualification tournament 	7–10 February 2013 	Weiden 	1 	
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. The IIHF World Ranking attributes points from 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 to determine the seeding for the 2014 Olympics.http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-ranking.html
    	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 	 	1200 	870 	600 	290 	2960
2 	 	1160 	900 	580 	300 	2940
3 	 	1100 	840 	560 	280 	2780
4 	 	1120 	780 	530 	255 	2685
5 	 	1060 	795 	550 	275 	2680
6 	 	1040 	825 	520 	265 	2650
7 	 	1000 	765 	500 	235 	2500
8 	 	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.Qualification summary The winners of each tournament advanced to the Olympic Pre-Qualification tournaments in November of the same year.
===Group G===
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	3	0	0	0	30	4 	+26	9
 	3	2	0	0	1	18	6 	+12	6
 	3	1	0	0	2	3 	14	−11	3
 	3	0	0	0	3	3 	30	−27	0
All times are local (UTC+2).
===Group H===
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	2	1	0	0	14	6 	+8	8
 	3	1	1	1	0	11	10	+1	6
 	3	1	0	1	1	5 	8 	−3	4
 	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.Qualification process The winners of each group advanced to the final qualification tournaments.
===Group E===
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	2	1	0	0	14	5 	+9 	8
 	3	1	0	2	0	13	8 	+5 	5
 	3	1	0	0	2	2 	13	−11	3
 	3	0	1	0	2	7 	10	−3 	2
All times are local (UTC+8).
===Group F===
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	3	0	0	0	8 	2 	+6	9
 	3	2	0	0	1	10	3 	+7	6
 	3	1	0	0	2	4 	10	−6	3
 	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	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	2	0	1	0	9	4	+5	7
 	3	1	1	0	1	4	7	−3	5
 	3	1	0	1	1	9	9	0 	4
 	3	0	1	0	2	5	7	−2	2
All times are local (UTC+1).
===Group D===
Team	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	
 	3	3	0	0	0	11	2 	+9 	9
 	3	1	1	0	1	9 	6 	+3 	5
 	3	1	0	1	1	5 	7 	−2 	4
 	3	0	0	0	3	2 	12	−10	0
All times are local (UTC+1).
==References==
==External links==
*2009 Official Site
*Official 2010 Olympic Site
*Official 2011 Site
*Official 2012 Site
*2014 Olympic format and qualification
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