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Qualification for the '''women's tournament''' at the ice hockey at the [[2006 Winter Olympics|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==

{| class="wikitable" width=700
|-
!Event
!Date
!Location
!Vacancies
!Qualified
|-
|2004 [[IIHF World Ranking]],<br>comprising the following events:<br>[[2001 IIHF Women's World Championship]]<br>[[2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Winter Olympic Games]]<br>[[2003 IIHF Women's World Championship]]<br>[[2004 IIHF Women's World Championship]]
|5 March 2001–<br>6 April 2004
|{{flagicon|CAN}} Halifax
|align=center|4
|{{ihw|CAN}} <br> {{ihw|USA}} <br> {{ihw|FIN}} <br> {{ihw|SWE}}
|-
|Final qualification tournament
|November 11–14, 2004
|{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Podolsk]] 
|align=center|1
|{{ihw|RUS}}
|-
|Final qualification tournament
|November 11–14, 2004
|{{Flagicon|GER}} [[Bad Tolz]] 
|align=center|1
|{{ihw|GER}}
|-
|Final qualification tournament
|November 11–14, 2004
|{{Flagicon|CHN}} [[Beijing]] 
|align=center|1
|{{ihw|SWI}}
|-
|Host
|
|
|align=center|1
|{{ihw|ITA}}
|-
! TOTAL !! colspan="2"| !! 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]].<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_05/output/ogqwa/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=1000000029 Group A official results]</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|T|Ties}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|DIF|Goal difference}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|PTS|Points}}
!rowspan=40|
! {{flagicon|RUS}}
! {{flagicon|JPN}}
! {{flagicon|CZE}}
|-bgcolor=ccffcc 
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ihw|RUS}}
| 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 6 || 2 || +4 ||  '''4'''|| ||3-2 ||3-0
|- 
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ihw|JPN}}
| 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 6 || 4 || +2 ||  '''2'''||2-3 || ||4-1
|- 
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ihw|CZE}}
| 2 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 7 || -6 || '''0'''||0-3 ||1-4 ||
|}
;Group B
Played in [[Bad Tolz]] [[Germany]].<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_05/output/ogqwb/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=1000000030 Group B official results]</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|T|Ties}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|DIF|Goal difference}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|PTS|Points}}
!rowspan=40|
! {{flagicon|GER}}
! {{flagicon|KAZ}}
! {{flagicon|LAT}}
! {{flagicon|SLO}}
|-bgcolor=ccffcc 
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ihw|GER}}
| 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 20 || 2 || +18 ||  '''6'''|| ||5-0 || 5-1||10-1
|- 
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ihw|KAZ}}
| 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 21 || 6 || +15 ||  '''4'''||0-5 || ||4-1 ||17-0
|- 
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ihw|LAT}}
| 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 13 || 11 || +2 || '''2'''||1-5 ||1-4 || ||11-2
|- 
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ihw|SLO}}  
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 3 || 38 || -35 || '''0'''||1-10 ||0-17 ||2-11 ||
|}
;Group C
Played in [[Beijing]] [[China]].<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/Hydra/Tournaments_05/output/ogqwc/hydra.iihf.com/IIHF_Core/jsp/content/web_output/index.jsp@compId=1000000031 Group C official results]</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=165|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|T|Ties}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|DIF|Goal difference}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|PTS|Points}}
!rowspan=40|
! {{flagicon|SUI}}
! {{flagicon|CHN}}
! {{flagicon|FRA}}
! {{flagicon|NOR}}
|-bgcolor=ccffcc 
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ihw|SWI}}
| 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 15 || 5 || +10 ||  '''6'''|| ||3-2 ||4-3 ||8-0
|- 
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ihw|CHN}}
| 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 19 || 4 || +15 ||  '''4'''||2-3 || ||7-1 ||10-0
|- 
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ihw|FRA}}
| 3 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 8 || 13 || -5 || '''2'''||3-4 ||1-7 || ||4-2
|- 
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ihw|NOR}}  
| 3 || 0 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 22 || -20 || '''0'''||0-8 ||0-10 ||2-4 ||
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/history/past-tournaments/iihf-championships-2005.html Qualifier results at IIHF.com]
*[http://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/QualifJO2006fem.htm Qualifier results at passionhockey.com]
*[http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/history/past-tournaments/iihf-championships-2001.html World Ice Hockey Championships 2001]
*[http://www.iihf.com/hockey/x/0102/OGW/0102/pg000001.htm Official 2002 Olympic results]
*[http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/history/past-tournaments/iihf-championships-2003.html World Ice Hockey Championships 2003]
*[http://www.iihf.com/sk/iihf-home/history/past-tournaments/iihf-championships-2004.html World Ice Hockey Championships 2004]

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