Ice hockey at the 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 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships 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 Tolz	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.

Pre-qualifier tournament

By being ranked 13 through 21 in the final 2008 IIHF World Rankings, the following teams qualified for the pre-qualification tournament. There were two winners from these tournaments that advanced to the qualification tournament.

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

All times are local (UTC+1).

September 2, 2008 16:30

Bulgaria

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

Italy

Liepaja Arena, Liepaja Attendance: 45

September 2, 2008 20:00

Slovakia

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

Latvia

Liepaja Arena, Liepaja Attendance: 280

	M. Velickova (P. Pravikova) (4:52) A. Dzurnakova (R. Vargova) (18:42) (PP) Goals

September 3, 2008 19:00

Croatia

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

Bulgaria

Liepaja Arena, Liepaja Attendance: 45

September 4, 2008 16:30

Italy

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

Slovakia

Liepaja Arena, Liepaja Attendance: 62

	A. de la Forest de Divonne (L. de Rocco) (16:38) (PP) Goals N. Celarova (A. Dzurnakova) (2:55) I. Karafiatova (M. Velickova) (15:29) P. Pravlikova (J. Kapustova, M. Velickova) (33:01)

September 4, 2008 20:00

Latvia

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

Croatia

Liepaja Arena, Liepaja Attendance: 118

September 5, 2008 19:00

Bulgaria

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

Latvia

Liepaja Arena, Liepaja Attendance: 115

September 6, 2008 16:30

Slovakia

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

Bulgaria

Liepaja Arena, Liepaja Attendance: 37

September 6, 2008 20:00

Italy

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

Croatia

Liepaja Arena, Liepaja Attendance: 82

September 7, 2008 16:00

Latvia

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

Italy

Liepaja Arena, Liepaja Attendance: 114

September 7, 2008 19:30

Croatia

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

Slovakia

Liepaja Arena, Liepaja Attendance: 41

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

All times are local (UTC+2).

September 3, 2008 16:00

Norway

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

Great Britain

Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena, Maribor Attendance: 125

	H. Sletbak (M. Dahlstrom) (15:28) L.B. Oien (M. Iversen) (45:14) (SH) L.B. Oien (I. Farstad, M. Carlsson) (48:14) Goals H. Glenn (N. Aldridge) (25:25)

September 3, 2008 20:00

Slovenia

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

Austria

Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena, Maribor Attendance: 250

September 4, 2008 16:00

Austria

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

Norway

Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena, Maribor Attendance: 120

	Goals C. Hille (I. Lien) (32:54)

September 4, 2008 20:00

Slovenia

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

Great Britain

Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena, Maribor Attendance: 240

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

September 5, 2008 20:00

Norway

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

Slovenia

Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena, Maribor Attendance: 200

Qualification tournament

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

All times are local (UTC+1).

November 6, 2008 16:00

Kazakhstan

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

France

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tolz Attendance: 70

November 6, 2008 19:00

Germany

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

Slovakia

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tolz Attendance: 294

	Goals J. Kapustova (P. Babiakova) (13:36) I. Karafiatova (P. Pravlikova, M. Velickova) (32:41)

November 8, 2008 13:30

Kazakhstan

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

Slovakia

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tolz Attendance: 85

	Goals M. Velickova (P. Pravlikova) (23:47)

November 8, 2008 17:00

France

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

Germany

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tolz Attendance: 310

November 9, 2008 13:30

Slovakia

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

France

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tolz Attendance: 54

	I. Karafiatova (M. Herichova) (06:16) J. Kapustova (M. Velickova) (33:55) J. Kapustova (M. Velickova) (49:03) Goals S. Serre (M. Allemoz, F. Bihaud) (46:43) (PP)

November 9, 2008 17:00

Germany

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

Kazakhstan

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tolz Attendance: 255

	C. Grundmann (N. Kamenik) (13:51) Goals L. Sviridova (G. Shu) (23:50) L. Sviridova (S. Vassina, A. Fux) (32:10) A. Babushkina (59:29) (ENG)

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

All times are local (UTC+8).

November 6, 2008 14:30

Japan

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

Czech Republic

S.U.S. Sport Complex, Shanghai Attendance: 1,500

	Kumano H. (Fujii A.) (01:00) (PP) Yamanaka C. (Takahashi M., Wada E.) (10:02) (PP) Yamanaka C. (Wada E., Kumano H.) (36:23) Goals A. Polenska (S. Studentova, A. Peluchova) (15:28) A. Polenska (I. Jandikova) (37:58)

November 6, 2008 18:30

China

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

Norway

S.U.S. Sport Complex, Shanghai Attendance: 3,180

	Jin F. (Sun R.) (10:04) Qi X. (Jin F., Sun R.) (11:41) (PP2) Wang L. (Zhang B.) (24:19) Sun R. (32:03) Sun R. (44:39) Goals

November 7, 2008 14:30

Japan

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

Norway

S.U.S. Sport Complex, Shanghai Attendance: 1,800

	Sakagami T. (11:49) (PP2) Kawashima Y. (Hirano Y.) (32:23) (PP) Kumano H. (Fujii A., Yamanaka C.) (44:30) (PP) Goals I. Farstad (00:57) (PP)

November 7, 2008 18:30

Czech Republic

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

China

S.U.S. Sport Complex, Shanghai Attendance: 2,200

	A. Polenska (K. Mrazova) (19:10) R. Mastna (L. Povova) (33:05) K. Mrazova (S. Studentova, A. Polenska) (34:10) (PP) Goals Gao F. (Zhang B., Ma R.) (16:22) Sun R. (28:57) Qi X. (Wang L., Sun R.) (49:40) (PP) Zhang B. (Wang L., Sun R.) (57:57) (PP2)

November 9, 2008 14:30

Norway

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

Czech Republic

S.U.S. Sport Complex, Shanghai Attendance: 1,800

	L. Oien (I. Lien, H. Martinsen) (4:32) (SH) E. Dahl (GWS) (65:00) Goals A. Polenska (I. Jandikova) (27:56) (PP)

November 9, 2008 18:30

China

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

Japan

S.U.S. Sport Complex, Shanghai Attendance: 2,200

	Tang L. (Sun R.) (28:28) (PP) Jin F. (Tang L., Sun R.) (43:57) Goals