2022 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification

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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.[1]

Qualified teams

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Hosts 17 May 2018[2] Flag of Denmark Copenhagen 1  China
2020 IIHF World Rankinga 12 December 2016 – 10 April 2020 Template:N/a 6[1]  United States
 Canada
 Finland
Flag of Russia ROC
 Switzerland
 Japan
Final qualification tournament[3] 11–14 November 2021[4][5] Flag of the Czech Republic Chomutov 1  Czech Republic
Flag of Germany Füssen 1  Denmark
Flag of Sweden Luleå 1  Sweden
Total 10
Notes

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.[1] 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.[6]

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  United States 1200 900 600 600 300 3600
2  Canada 1160 840 580 580 290 3450
3  Finland 1120 870 560 560 280 3390
4  Russia 1100 825 550 550 265 3290
5  Switzerland 1060 795 530 530 255 3170
6  Japan 1040 750 520 520 240 3070
7  Czech Republic 1020 780 500 480 250 3030
8  Germany 1000 765 490 470 275 3000
9  Sweden 920 720 510 510 260 2920
10  France 900 705 480 460 215 2760
11  Denmark 960 675 450 440 225 2750
12  Hungary 940 690 460 410 220 2720
13  Norway 880 660 440 450 230 2660
14  Austria 860 645 470 430 235 2640
15  Slovakia 840 630 430 400 210 2510
16  South Korea 780 585 410 500 180 2455
17  Italy 800 615 420 420 190 2445
18  Netherlands 820 600 360 360 175 2315
Hosts  China 740 555 380 380 195 2250
19  Poland 760 570 370 350 185 2235
20  Kazakhstan 720 540 390 370 205 2225
 Latvia 680 525 400 390 200 2195
21  Great Britain 660 495 350 330 170 2005
22  Slovenia 700 510 320 310 160 2000
23  Spain 640 480 300 340 145 1905
24  Mexico 620 465 310 320 150 1865
25  Turkey 500 375 260 300 130 1565
 North Korea 600 450 340 0 165 1555
 Australia 560 435 330 0 155 1480
26  Chinese Taipei 580 420 290 0 120 1410
27  Iceland 540 390 280 0 135 1345
 New Zealand 520 405 270 0 140 1335
28  Hong Kong 340 285 210 290 100 1225
 Romania 400 345 250 0 125 1120
 Croatia 480 360 240 0 0 1080
 Belgium 420 315 230 0 115 1080
 South Africa 440 300 220 0 110 1070
29  Bulgaria 380 270 200 0 105 955
 Ukraine 460 330 0 0 0 790
30  Lithuania 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.[4][7]

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.[8] 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.[4]

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.[9]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 3 2 0 0 1 13 1 12 6 Final qualification
2  Great Britain (H) 3 2 0 0 1 7 2 5 6
3  Slovenia 3 2 0 0 1 8 6 2 6
4  Iceland 3 0 0 0 3 2 21 −19 0


7 October 2021
14:00 		Slovenia  0–3
(0–0, 0–2, 0–1) 		 South Korea Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 360
7 October 2021
19:15 		Great Britain  5–0
(2–0, 1–0, 2–0) 		 Iceland Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 783
8 October 2021
14:00 		South Korea  10–0
(3–0, 3–0, 4–0) 		 Iceland Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 480
8 October 2021
19:00 		Great Britain  1–2
(1–0, 0–2, 0–0) 		 Slovenia Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 1,027
10 October 2021
13:00 		Iceland  2–6
(1–1, 1–2, 0–3) 		 Slovenia Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 624
10 October 2021
17:00 		South Korea  0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0) 		 Great Britain Motorpoint Arena Nottingham, Nottingham
Attendance: 1,700

Group G

The tournament was held in Torre Pellice, Italy.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy (H) 3 3 0 0 0 13 2 11 9 Final qualification
2  Spain 3 1 1 0 1 8 6 2 5
3  Kazakhstan 3 1 0 1 1 10 6 4 4
4  Chinese Taipei 3 0 0 0 3 1 18 −17 0
7 October 2021
16:00 		Kazakhstan  7–1
(2–0, 4–1, 1–0) 		 Chinese Taipei Olympic Ice Palace, Torre Pellice
Attendance: 100
7 October 2021
20:15 		Spain  1–4
(0–3, 1–0, 0–1) 		 Italy Olympic Ice Palace, Torre Pellice
Attendance: 300
9 October 2021
16:00 		Kazakhstan  2–3 GWS
(0–0, 1–2, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1) 		 Spain Olympic Ice Palace, Torre Pellice
Attendance: 150
9 October 2021
20:15 		Italy  7–0
(1–0, 2–0, 4–0) 		 Chinese Taipei Olympic Ice Palace, Torre Pellice
Attendance: 200
10 October 2021
16:00 		Chinese Taipei  0–4
(0–0, 0–3, 0–1) 		 Spain Olympic Ice Palace, Torre Pellice
Attendance: 100
10 October 2021
20:15 		Italy  2–1
(0–1, 0–0, 2–0) 		 Kazakhstan Olympic Ice Palace, Torre Pellice
Attendance: 300

Group H

The tournament was held in Bytom, Poland.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Poland (H) 3 3 0 0 0 23 3 20 9 Final qualification
2  Netherlands 3 2 0 0 1 32 4 28 6
3  Mexico 3 1 0 0 2 8 16 −8 3
4  Turkey 3 0 0 0 3 1 41 −40 0
7 October 2021
15:30 		Poland  12–0
(5–0, 5–0, 2–0) 		 Turkey Arena Pulaskiego, Bytom
Attendance: 250
7 October 2021
19:30 		Netherlands  7–1
(1–0, 2–1, 4–0) 		 Mexico Arena Pulaskiego, Bytom
Attendance: 50
8 October 2021
16:00 		Turkey  0–23
(0–8, 0–6, 0–9) 		 Netherlands Arena Pulaskiego, Bytom
Attendance: 50
8 October 2021
20:00 		Poland  8–1
(5–0, 1–1, 2–0) 		 Mexico Arena Pulaskiego, Bytom
Attendance: 250
10 October 2021
12:15 		Netherlands  2–3
(0–0, 1–0, 1–3) 		 Poland Arena Pulaskiego, Bytom
Attendance: 300
10 October 2021
16:15 		Mexico  6–1
(1–0, 0–1, 5–0) 		 Turkey Arena Pulaskiego, Bytom
Attendance: 50

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.[4]

Group C

The tournament was held in Chomutov, Czech Republic.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic (H) 3 3 0 0 0 24 2 22 9 2022 Winter Olympics
2  Hungary 3 2 0 0 1 17 9 8 6
3  Norway 3 1 0 0 2 11 9 2 3
4  Poland 3 0 0 0 3 2 34 −32 0
11 November 2021
12:00 		Hungary  11–1
(3–1, 4–0, 4–0) 		 Poland Rocknet aréna, Chomutov
Attendance: 110
11 November 2021
16:00 		Czech Republic  3–1
(2–1, 0–0, 1–0) 		 Norway Rocknet aréna, Chomutov
Attendance: 753
13 November 2021
16:00 		Poland  0–16
(0–5, 0–7, 0–4) 		 Czech Republic Rocknet aréna, Chomutov
Attendance: 1,139
13 November 2021
20:00 		Hungary  5–3
(0–0, 2–3, 3–0) 		 Norway Rocknet aréna, Chomutov
Attendance: 250
14 November 2021
16:00 		Czech Republic  5–1
(3–0, 1–0, 1–1) 		 Hungary Rocknet aréna, Chomutov
Attendance: 1,853
14 November 2021
20:00 		Norway  7–1
(2–0, 2–1, 3–0) 		 Poland Rocknet aréna, Chomutov
Attendance: 110

Group D

The tournament was held in Füssen, Germany.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Denmark 3 2 0 1 0 7 3 4 7 2022 Winter Olympics
2  Austria 3 2 0 0 1 9 2 7 6
3  Germany (H) 3 1 1 0 1 7 6 1 5
4  Italy 3 0 0 0 3 2 14 −12 0
11 November 2021
17:15 		Germany  0–3
(0–1, 0–1, 0–1) 		 Austria Arena Füssen, Füssen
Attendance: 386
11 November 2021
20:45 		Denmark  4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0) 		 Italy Arena Füssen, Füssen
Attendance: 78
13 November 2021
12:00 		Italy  1–4
(0–1, 1–1, 0–2) 		 Germany Arena Füssen, Füssen
Attendance: 452
13 November 2021
15:30 		Denmark  1–0
(0–0, 1–0, 0–0) 		 Austria Arena Füssen, Füssen
Attendance: 207
14 November 2021
12:00 		Germany  3–2 GWS
(0–0, 2–1, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0) 		 Denmark Arena Füssen, Füssen
Attendance: 565
14 November 2021
15:30 		Austria  6–1
(2–1, 1–0, 3–0) 		 Italy Arena Füssen, Füssen
Attendance: 89

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  Sweden (H) 3 3 0 0 0 21 2 19 9 2022 Winter Olympics
2  France 3 2 0 0 1 9 4 5 6
3  Slovakia 3 1 0 0 2 8 7 1 3
4  South Korea 3 0 0 0 3 1 26 −25 0
11 November 2021
15:00 		France  4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0) 		 South Korea Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå
Attendance: 112
11 November 2021
19:00 		Slovakia  0–3
(0–1, 0–0, 0–2) 		 Sweden Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå
Attendance: 1,011
13 November 2021
12:00 		France  3–1
(1–0, 1–0, 1–1) 		 Slovakia Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå
Attendance: 157
13 November 2021
16:00 		Sweden  15–0
(7–0, 4–0, 4–0) 		 South Korea Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå
14 November 2021
12:00 		South Korea  1–7
(1–4, 0–2, 0–1) 		 Slovakia Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå
Attendance: 52
14 November 2021
19:00 		Sweden  3–2
(1–0, 1–1, 1–1) 		 France Coop Norrbotten Arena, Luleå
Attendance: 1,149

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Race to Olympics for women starts soon". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/ww/news/18190/race-to-olympics-for-women-starts-soon. 
  2. ↑ "China set for Olympic ice hockey", IIHF, 17 May 2018. 
  3. ↑ "IIHF World Rankings published", IIHF, 24 April 2020. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Olympic Winter Games: Groups & Qualification Women, IIHF, https://www.iihf.com/en/static/5478/olympic. Retrieved 2 January 2021 
  5. ↑ "Dates for Olympic Qualification", IIHF, 10 March 2021. 
  6. ↑ "Tournaments for 2021 assigned". IIHF. https://www.iihf.com/en/news/19675/tournaments-for-2021-assigned. 
  7. ↑ "Men's U20, women's U18 cancellations", IIHF, 17 September 2020. 
  8. ↑ "Tournament in Iceland cancelled", IIHF, 9 August 2021. 
  9. ↑ "Olympic Qualification moved to Great Britain", IIHF, 3 September 2021. 

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