2022 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification

Qualification for the women's tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics was determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the 2020 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships. The host along with the top six teams in the world ranking received automatic berths into the Olympics, while all other teams had an opportunity to qualify for the remaining three spots in the Olympics.
==Qualified teams==
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|Hosts
|17 May 2018
| Copenhagen
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|2020 IIHF World Rankinga
|12 December 2016 – 10 April 2020
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| ROC
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|rowspan=3|Final qualification tournament
|rowspan=3|11–14 November 2021
| Chomutov
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| Füssen
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| Luleå
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a 2020 IIHF World Ranking and formulated from the following events: 2017 World Championship, 2018 World Championship, 2018 Winter Olympic Games, 2019 World Championship and 2020 World Championship. b Halifax and Truro were the sites for 2020 IIHF World Championship; the conclusion of the tournament the ranking was to be finalized with regards to the direct qualification slots, but several 2020 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Seeding for 2020 was used in lieu of placement to determine ranking for unplayed tournaments.
==Qualification seeding==
To qualify directly, a nation had to be ranked in the top six following the 2020 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships. Using the IIHF World Ranking points system, the current year received full value, and each preceding year was worth 25% less. The following is a ranking based on points that were accumulated toward Olympic qualification.
Note: Several WC 2020 tournaments were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic so points for that year were earned based on overall finish in 2019.
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	...
 	Qualified directly to Olympic Tournament
    	Enter qualifying in the final round
    	Enter qualifying in the pre-qualification round 2
    	Enter qualifying in the pre-qualification round 1 (cancelled)
Seeding	Team	WC 2020	WC 2019	WC 2018	OLY 2018	WC 2017	Total
1 	 	1200 	900 	600 	600 	300 	3600
2 	 	1160 	840 	580 	580 	290 	3450
3 	 	1120 	870 	560 	560 	280 	3390
4 	 	1100 	825 	550 	550 	265 	3290
5 	 	1060 	795 	530 	530 	255 	3170
6 	 	1040 	750 	520 	520 	240 	3070
7 	 	1020 	780 	500 	480 	250 	3030
8 	 	1000 	765 	490 	470 	275 	3000
9 	 	920 	720 	510 	510 	260 	2920
10 	 	900 	705 	480 	460 	215 	2760
11 	 	960 	675 	450 	440 	225 	2750
12 	 	940 	690 	460 	410 	220 	2720
13 	 	880 	660 	440 	450 	230 	2660
14 	 	860 	645 	470 	430 	235 	2640
15 	 	840 	630 	430 	400 	210 	2510
16 	 	780 	585 	410 	500 	180 	2455
17 	 	800 	615 	420 	420 	190 	2445
18 	 	820 	600 	360 	360 	175 	2315
Hosts 	 	740 	555 	380 	380 	195 	2250
19 	 	760 	570 	370 	350 	185 	2235
20 	 	720 	540 	390 	370 	205 	2225
 	 	680 	525 	400 	390 	200 	2195
21 	 	660 	495 	350 	330 	170 	2005
22 	 	700 	510 	320 	310 	160 	2000
23 	 	640 	480 	300 	340 	145 	1905
24 	 	620 	465 	310 	320 	150 	1865
25 	 	500 	375 	260 	300 	130 	1565
 	 	600 	450 	340 	0 	165 	1555
 	 	560 	435 	330 	0 	155 	1480
26 	 	580 	420 	290 	0 	120 	1410
27 	 	540 	390 	280 	0 	135 	1345
 	 	520 	405 	270 	0 	140 	1335
28 	 	340 	285 	210 	290 	100 	1225
 	 	400 	345 	250 	0 	125 	1120
 	 	480 	360 	240 	0 	0 	1080
 	 	420 	315 	230 	0 	115 	1080
 	 	440 	300 	220 	0 	110 	1070
29 	 	380 	270 	200 	0 	105 	955
 	 	460 	330 	0 	0 	0 	790
30 	 	360 	0 	0 	0 	0 	360
*Solid shading indicate the nation is assured of being in that round.
*If a nation does not register for olympic qualification those ranked lower move up.
==Pre-qualification Round 1==
Teams ranked 27th and lower would have played off to advance to the next round. The tournament was scheduled to take place from 17 to 19 December 2020, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic until 26 to 29 August 2021.
The tournament was supposed to be held in Reykjavík, Iceland and feature Iceland, Hong Kong, Bulgaria and Lithuania. However, it was cancelled on 9 August 2021 after Bulgaria withdrew and the other teams raised concerns because of the pandemic. As a result Iceland, the highest seeded team, automatically advanced to the next round.
==Pre-qualification Round 2==
Teams ranked 16th to 26th, plus one qualifier from Round 1 played in three tournaments to determine qualifiers for the next round. Each tournament winner was ranked by their qualification seeding and entered the next round as qualifier four, five or six. These tournaments were scheduled to take place from 11 to 14 February 2021, but were postponed to 7 to 10 October 2021.
===Group F===
The tournament was scheduled to be held in Gangneung, South Korea. On 3 September 2021, the IIHF announced that it had moved the tournament to Nottingham, Great Britain due to COVID-19 restrictions in South Korea.
Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	13	1 	12 	6 	Final qualification
2 	(H) 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	7 	2 	5 	6 	
3 	 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	8 	6 	2 	6 	
4 	 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	2 	21	−19	0 	
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===Group G===
The tournament was held in Torre Pellice, Italy.
Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	(H) 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	13	2 	11 	9 	Final qualification
2 	 	3 	1	1 	0 	1	8 	6 	2 	5 	
3 	 	3 	1	0 	1 	1	10	6 	4 	4 	
4 	 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	1 	18	−17	0 	
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===Group H===
The tournament was held in Bytom, Poland.
Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	(H) 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	23	3 	20 	9 	Final qualification
2 	 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	32	4 	28 	6 	
3 	 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	8 	16	−8 	3 	
4 	 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	1 	41	−40	0 	
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==Final qualification==
Teams ranked 7th to 15th, plus three qualifiers played in three tournaments to determine qualifiers for the Olympic tournament. Each tournament winner was ranked by their qualification seeding and played in Group B as qualifier one, two, or three. These tournaments were scheduled to take place from 26 to 29 August 2021, but were postponed until 11 to 14 November 2021.
===Group C===
The tournament was held in Chomutov, Czech Republic.
Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	(H) 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	24	2 	22 	9 	2022 Winter Olympics
2 	 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	17	9 	8 	6 	
3 	 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	11	9 	2 	3 	
4 	 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	2 	34	−32	0 	
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===Group D===
The tournament was held in Füssen, Germany.
Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	 	3 	2	0 	1 	0	7 	3 	4 	7 	2022 Winter Olympics
2 	 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	9 	2 	7 	6 	
3 	(H) 	3 	1	1 	0 	1	7 	6 	1 	5 	
4 	 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	2 	14	−12	0 	
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===Group E===
The tournament was held at the Coop Norrbotten Arena in Luleå, Sweden.
Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD 	Pts	Qualification
1 	(H) 	3 	3	0 	0 	0	21	2 	19 	9 	2022 Winter Olympics
2 	 	3 	2	0 	0 	1	9 	4 	5 	6 	
3 	 	3 	1	0 	0 	2	8 	7 	1 	3 	
4 	 	3 	0	0 	0 	3	1 	26	−25	0 	
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==References==
==External links==
*Official IOC/IIHF 2022 qualification document 
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