Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification

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Qualification for the women's tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics was determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the 2004 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships. 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 World Championship
2002 Winter Olympic Games
2003 World Championship
2004 World Championship
5 March 2001–
6 April 2004
Canada Halifax 4  Canada
 United States
 Finland
 Sweden
Final qualification tournament November 11–14, 2004 Russia Podolsk 1  Russia
Final qualification tournament November 11–14, 2004 Germany Bad Tolz 1  Germany
Final qualification tournament November 11–14, 2004 China Beijing 1   Switzerland
Host 1  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 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 Russia Japan Czech Republic
 Russia 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4 4 3-2 3-0
 Japan 2 1 1 0 6 4 +2 22-3 4-1
 Czech Republic 2 0 2 0 1 7 -6 00-3 1-4
Group B

Played in Bad Tolz Germany.[2]

Team GP W L T GF GA DIF PTS Germany Kazakhstan Latvia Slovenia
 Germany 3 3 0 0 20 2 +18 6 5-0 5-110-1
 Kazakhstan 3 2 1 0 21 6 +15 40-5 4-1 17-0
 Latvia 3 1 2 0 13 11 +2 21-5 1-4 11-2
 Slovenia 3 0 3 0 3 38 -35 01-10 0-17 2-11
Group C

Played in Beijing China.[3]

Team GP W L T GF GA DIF PTS Switzerland China France Norway
  Switzerland 3 3 0 0 15 5 +10 6 3-2 4-3 8-0
 China 3 2 1 0 19 4 +15 42-3 7-1 10-0
 France 3 1 2 0 8 13 -5 23-4 1-7 4-2
 Norway 3 0 3 0 2 22 -20 00-8 0-10 2-4

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