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==
Event 	Date 	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
2008 IIHF World Ranking,comprising the following events:2005 World Championships2006 Winter Olympic Games2007 World Championships2008 World Championships	March 30, 2004 - April 13, 2008	Harbin^ 	6 	
Final qualification tournament 1 	November 6-9, 2008 	Bad Tolz	1 	
Final qualification tournament 2 	November 6-9, 2008 	Shanghai	1 	
TOTAL 	 	 	8 	
^Harbin is the site for 2008 World Championships only, thus the site where qualification through the rankings is determined.
==First Round==
By being ranked 13 through 21 in the final 2008 IIHF World Rankings, the following teams qualified for the pre-qualification tournament. There were two winners from these tournaments that advanced to the qualification tournament.2008 Ranking
===Group A===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF 	GA 	DIF 	PTS
 	4 	4	0 	0 	0	105	2 	103 	12
 	4 	3	0 	0 	1	53 	3 	50 	9
 	4 	2	0 	0 	2	51 	8 	43 	6
 	4 	1	0 	0 	3	31 	36 	-5 	3
 	4 	0	0 	0 	4	1 	192	-191	0
All times are local (UTC+1).
===Group B===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	19	2 	17 	9
 	3 	1	1 	0 	1	10	7 	3 	5
 	3 	1	0 	1 	1	10	5 	5 	4
 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	2 	27	-25	0
All times are local (UTC+2).
==Second Round==
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===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	6 	1 	5 	9
 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	9 	3 	6 	6
 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	8 	7 	1 	3
 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	4 	16	-12	0
All times are local (UTC+1).
===Group D===
Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	11	3 	8 	9
 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	6 	5 	1 	6
 	3 	0	1 	0 	2	3 	9 	-6 	2
 	3 	0	0 	1 	2	6 	9 	-3 	1
All times are local (UTC+8).
==References==
Women's qualification