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 IIHF Women's World Championship 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.

Qualified teams

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
2008 IIHF World Ranking, comprising the following events: 2005 World Championships 2006 Winter Olympic Games 2007 World Championships 2008 World Championships	March 30, 2004 - April 13, 2008	Harbin^	6	Canada United States Sweden Finland Switzerland Russia
Final qualification tournament 1	November 6–9, 2008	Bad Tölz	1	Slovakia
Final qualification tournament 2	November 6–9, 2008	Shanghai	1	China
TOTAL			8

^Harbin is the site for 2008 World Championships only, thus the site where qualification through the rankings is determined.
Note: Canada, USA, and Sweden had already mathematically qualified after the 2007 World Championships.

First round

The following teams were ranked 13th and below in the IIHF World Ranking. They were seeded according to their ranking, with the two group winners advancing to the final qualification tournaments.

Group A

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Slovakia	4	4	0	0	0	105	2	103	12
Latvia	4	3	0	0	1	53	3	50	9
Italy	4	2	0	0	2	51	8	43	6
Croatia	4	1	0	0	3	31	36	-5	3
Bulgaria	4	0	0	0	4	1	192	-191	0

September 2, 2008 16:30

Bulgaria

0 - 41 (0 - 17, 0 - 12, 0 - 12)

Italy

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	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	4	Shots	122

September 2, 2008 20:00

Slovakia

2 - 0 (2 - 0, 0 - 0, 0 - 0)

Latvia

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		1 - 0 2 - 0
	16 min	Penalties	22 min
	55	Shots	22

September 3, 2008 19:00

Croatia

30 - 1 ( 8 - 0, 13 - 0, 9 - 1 )

Bulgaria

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	22 min	Penalties	22 min
	66	Shots	1

September 4, 2008 16:30

Italy

1 - 3 (1 - 2, 0 - 1, 0 - 0)

Slovakia

Liepāja Arena, Liepāja Attendance: 62

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	22 min	Penalties	14 min
	19	Shots	45

September 4, 2008 20:00

Latvia

9 - 0 ( 1 - 0, 3 - 0, 5 - 0 )

Croatia

Liepāja Arena, Liepāja Attendance: 118

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September 5, 2008 19:00

Bulgaria

0 - 39 ( 0 - 14, 0 - 11, 0 - 14 )

Latvia

Liepāja Arena, Liepāja Attendance: 115

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September 6, 2008 16:30

Slovakia

82 - 0 ( 31 - 0, 24 - 0, 27 - 0 )

Bulgaria

Liepāja Arena, Liepāja Attendance: 37

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September 6, 2008 20:00

Italy

8 - 0 ( 1 - 0, 4 - 0, 3 - 0 )

Croatia

Liepāja Arena, Liepāja Attendance: 82

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September 7, 2008 16:00

Latvia

5 - 1 ( 3 - 0, 1 - 1, 1 - 0 )

Italy

Liepāja Arena, Liepāja Attendance: 114

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September 7, 2008 19:30

Croatia

1 - 18 ( 1 - 5, 0 - 9, 0 - 4 )

Slovakia

Liepāja Arena, Liepāja Attendance: 41

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Group B

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
Norway	3	3	0	0	0	19	2	17	9
Great Britain	3	1	1	0	1	10	7	3	5
Austria	3	1	0	1	1	10	5	5	4
Slovenia	3	0	0	0	3	2	27	-25	0

September 3, 2008 16:00

Norway

3 - 1 ( 1 - 0, 0 - 1, 2 - 0 )

Great Britain

Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena, Maribor Attendance: 125

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September 3, 2008 20:00

Slovenia

0 - 7 ( 0 - 1, 0 - 4, 0 - 2 )

Austria

Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena, Maribor Attendance: 250

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September 4, 2008 16:00

Austria

0 - 1 ( 0 - 0, 0 - 1, 0 - 0 )

Norway

Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena, Maribor Attendance: 120

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September 4, 2008 20:00

Slovenia

1 - 5 ( 0 - 2, 1 - 1, 0 - 2 )

Great Britain

Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena, Maribor Attendance: 240

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September 5, 2008 16:00

Great Britain

4 - 3 (OT) ( 1 - 1, 2 - 1, 0 - 1, 1 - 0 )

Austria

Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena, Maribor Attendance: 100

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September 5, 2008 20:00

Norway

15 - 1 ( 7 - 0, 5 - 0, 3 - 1 )

Slovenia

Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena, Maribor Attendance: 200

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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
Slovakia	3	3	0	0	0	6	1	5	9
Kazakhstan	3	2	0	0	1	9	3	6	6
Germany	3	1	0	0	2	8	7	1	3
France	3	0	0	0	3	4	16	-12	0

November 6, 2008 16:00

Kazakhstan

6 - 1 ( 1 - 0, 2 - 1, 3 - 0 )

France

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November 6, 2008 19:00

Germany

0 - 2 ( 0 - 1, 0 - 1, 0 - 0 )

Slovakia

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November 8, 2008 13:30

Kazakhstan

0 - 1 ( 0 - 0, 0 - 1, 0 - 0)

Slovakia

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November 8, 2008 17:00

France

2 - 7 ( 0 - 1, 0 - 3, 2 - 3 )

Germany

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November 9, 2008 13:30

Slovakia

3 - 1 ( 1 - 0, 1 - 0, 1 - 1 )

France

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November 9, 2008 17:00

Germany

1 - 3 ( 1 - 0, 0 - 2, 0 - 1 )

Kazakhstan

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Group D

Team	GP	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	DIF	PTS
China	3	3	0	0	0	11	3	8	9
Japan	3	2	0	0	1	6	5	1	6
Norway	3	0	1	0	2	3	9	-6	2
Czech Republic	3	0	0	1	2	6	9	-3	1

November 6, 2008 14:30

Japan

3 - 2 ( 2 - 1, 1 - 1, 0 - 0 )

Czech Republic

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November 6, 2008 18:30

China

5 - 0 ( 2 - 0, 2 - 0, 1 - 0 )

Norway

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November 7, 2008 14:30

Japan

3 - 1 ( 1 - 1, 1 - 0, 1 - 0 )

Norway

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November 7, 2008 18:30

Czech Republic

3 - 4 ( 1 - 1, 2 - 1, 0 - 2 )

China

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November 9, 2008 14:30

Norway

2 - 1 (GWS) ( 1 - 0, 0 - 1, 0 - 0, 0 - 0, 1 - 0 )

Czech Republic

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November 9, 2008 18:30

China

2 - 0 ( 0 - 0, 1 - 0, 1 - 0 )

Japan

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References

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