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.
==Qualified teams==
Event 	Date 	Location 	Vacancies	Qualified
Hosts 	19 September 2014 	Tenerife 	1 	
2016 IIHF World Ranking 	7 December 2012 – 10 April 2016	Kamloops 	5 	
Final qualification tournament	9–12 February 2017 	Arosa 	1 	
Final qualification tournament	9–12 February 2017 	Tomakomai	1 	
TOTAL 	 	 	8 	
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==Qualification seeding==
To qualify directly, a nation had to be ranked in the top five following the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship. 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". 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 	 	1200 	900 	580 	580 	300 	3560
2 	 	1160 	870 	600 	600 	290 	3520
3 	 	1100 	840 	530 	530 	275 	3275
4 	 	1120 	825 	520 	520 	280 	3265
5 	 	1060 	795 	550 	550 	255 	3210
6 	 	1020 	780 	560 	560 	260 	3180
7 	 	1000 	765 	500 	500 	240 	3005
8 	 	960 	750 	510 	510 	265 	2995
9 	 	1040 	720 	480 	480 	250 	2970
10 	 	900 	675 	460 	470 	235 	2740
11 	 	920 	705 	440 	420 	225 	2710
12 	 	940 	690 	450 	410 	210 	2700
13 	 	880 	660 	470 	460 	220 	2690
14 	 	860 	630 	430 	440 	230 	2590
15 	 	820 	645 	420 	370 	215 	2470
16 	 	760 	600 	410 	450 	195 	2415
17 	 	840 	585 	400 	360 	180 	2365
18 	 	800 	540 	370 	430 	190 	2330
19 	 	740 	615 	390 	380 	205 	2330
20 	 	780 	570 	360 	400 	175 	2285
21 	 	680 	525 	350 	390 	185 	2130
22 	 	720 	495 	340 	350 	160 	2065
Hosts 	 	700 	510 	330 	320 	150 	2010
23 	 	640 	450 	290 	340 	155 	1875
24 	 	620 	480 	300 	310 	140 	1850
25 	 	660 	555 	380 	0 	200 	1795
26 	 	580 	420 	280 	330 	145 	1755
27 	 	600 	390 	310 	0 	170 	1470
28 	 	520 	465 	320 	0 	165 	1470
29 	 	560 	405 	270 	0 	135 	1370
30 	 	500 	360 	250 	0 	120 	1230
31 	 	540 	435 	240 	0 	0 	1215
32 	 	440 	330 	230 	0 	125 	1125
33 	 	420 	315 	220 	0 	115 	1070
34 	 	460 	345 	210 	0 	0 	1015
35 	 	0 	375 	260 	0 	130 	765
36 	 	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===
All times are local (UTC–5).
==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===
All times are local (UTC+6).
===Group H===
All times are local (UTC+1).
==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===
All times are local (UTC+1).
===Group F===
All times are local (UTC+1).
==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===
All times are local (UTC+1).
===Group D===
All times are local (UTC+9).
==References==
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Category:Qualification for the 2018 Winter Olympics
Category:2016 in ice hockey
Category:2017 in ice hockey