2006 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification

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Qualification for the women's tournament at the ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics was determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the 2004 IIHF Women's World Championship. The top four teams in the World Ranking received automatic berths into the Olympics, Italy received an automatic berth as host, and all other teams had an opportunity to qualify for the remaining three spots in the Olympics.

Qualified Teams

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
2004 IIHF World Ranking,
comprising the following events:
2001 IIHF Women's World Championship
2002 Winter Olympic Games
2003 IIHF Women's World Championship
2004 IIHF Women's World Championship
5 March 2001–
6 April 2004
Flag of Canada Halifax 4 Flag of Canada.svg.png Canada
Flag of the United States.svg.png United States
Flag of Finland.svg.png Finland
Flag of Sweden.svg.png Sweden
Final qualification tournament November 11–14, 2004 Flag of Russia Podolsk 1 Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia
Final qualification tournament November 11–14, 2004 Flag of Germany Bad Tolz 1 Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany
Final qualification tournament November 11–14, 2004 Flag of China Beijing 1 Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland
Host 1 Flag of Italy.svg.png Italy
TOTAL 8

^Halifax was the site for 2004 World Championship only, thus the site where qualification through the rankings is determined.

Note: Canada had already mathematically qualified after the 2003 World Championships.

Final Qualification Tournaments

Three round robins were played from November 11–14, 2004. The hosts were Nations ranked 5th, 6th, and 7th following the 2004 IIHF Women's World Championship. The three group winners qualified for the Olympic tournament.

Group A

Played in Podolsk Russia.[1]

Team GP W L T GF GA DIF PTS Flag of Russia Flag of Japan Flag of the Czech Republic
Flag of Russia.svg.png Russia 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4 4 3-2 3-0
Flag of Japan.svg.png Japan 2 1 1 0 6 4 +2 2 2-3 4-1
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg.png Czech Republic 2 0 2 0 1 7 -6 0 0-3 1-4
Group B

Played in Bad Tolz Germany.[2]

Team GP W L T GF GA DIF PTS Flag of Germany Flag of Kazakhstan Flag of Latvia Flag of Slovenia
Flag of Germany.svg.png Germany 3 3 0 0 20 2 +18 6 5-0 5-1 10-1
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg.png Kazakhstan 3 2 1 0 21 6 +15 4 0-5 4-1 17-0
Flag of Latvia.svg.png Latvia 3 1 2 0 13 11 +2 2 1-5 1-4 11-2
Flag of Slovenia.svg.png Slovenia 3 0 3 0 3 38 -35 0 1-10 0-17 2-11
Group C

Played in Beijing China.[3]

Team GP W L T GF GA DIF PTS Flag of Switzerland Flag of China Flag of France Flag of Norway
Flag of Switzerland.svg.png Switzerland 3 3 0 0 15 5 +10 6 3-2 4-3 8-0
Flag of China.svg.png China 3 2 1 0 19 4 +15 4 2-3 7-1 10-0
Flag of France.svg.png France 3 1 2 0 8 13 -5 2 3-4 1-7 4-2
Flag of Norway.svg.png Norway 3 0 3 0 2 22 -20 0 0-8 0-10 2-4

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