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

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 [a]	5 March 2001 – 6 April 2004	Halifax [b]	4	Canada   United States   Finland   Sweden
Qualification tournament	11–13 November 2004	Podolsk	1	Russia
Qualification tournament	11–14 November 2004	Bad Tölz	1	Germany
Qualification tournament	11–14 November 2004	Beijing	1	Switzerland
Host			1	Italy
TOTAL			8

Notes

1. ^a 2004 IIHF World Ranking were comprising the following events: 2000 World Championship, 2001 World Championship, 2002 Winter Olympic Games and 2004 World Championship.
2. ^b Halifax was the site for 2004 World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking were finalized with regards to the qualification slots.

IIHF World Ranking

	Qualified directly to Olympic Tournament
	Qualification tournament

Rank	Team	WC 2004 (100%)	OLY 2002 (75%)	WC 2001 (50%)	WC 2000 (25%)	Total
1	Canada	1200	1200	1200	1200	3000
2	United States	1160	1160	1160	1160	2900
3	Finland	1120	1100	1100	1120	2775
4	Sweden	1100	1120	1020	1100	2725
5	Russia	1060	1060	1120	1060	2680
6	Germany	1040	1040	1060	1020	2605
7	China	1020	1020	1040	1040	2565
8	Switzerland	1000	960	960	940	2435
9	Kazakhstan	940	1000	1000	960	2430
10	Japan	980	940	940	1000	2405
11	Czech Republic	920		920	840	1590
12	Latvia	900		860	860	1545
13	France	880		880	880	1540
14	Norway	860		840	920	1510
15	North Korea	840		900	800	1490
16	Denmark	820		820	900	1455
17	Italy	800		760	820	1385
18	Slovakia	780		800	780	1375
19	Netherlands	760		780	720	1330
20	Great Britain	720		740	760	1280
21	Australia	740		720	680	1270
22	Belgium	640		700	740	1175
23	Hungary	660		660	700	1165
24	Slovenia	680		620		990
25	Romania	620		640		940
26	Austria	700				700
27	South Korea	600				600
28	South Africa			680	660	505

• North Korea and Denmark chose not to participate in Olympic qualifying.

Qualification Tournaments

Three round-robins were played from 11 to 14 November 2004. The teams ranked 5th, 6th and 7th reserved the right to host these tournaments. The three group winners qualified for the Olympic tournament.

Group A

Games were played in Podolsk, Russia.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia (H)	2	2	0	0	6	2	+4	4	2006 Winter Olympics
2	Japan	2	1	0	1	6	4	+2	2
3	Czech Republic	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	0

Source: IIHF.com
(H) Hosts

11 November 2004 18:30

Czech Republic

0–3 (0–3, 0–0, 0–0)

Russia

Vityaz Ice Palace, Podolsk Attendance: 1,700

Game reference
	Petra Šmardová	Goalies	Mariya Onolbayeva	Linesmen: Marina Konstantinova Johanna Suban
	0–1 09:22 – Dil (Khomich) 0–2 12:27 – Tretiakova (Gavrilova) (PP) 0–3 17:10 – Smolentseva (Dil)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	6	Shots	44

12 November 2004 18:30

Japan

4–1 (0–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Czech Republic

Vityaz Ice Palace, Podolsk Attendance: 700

Game reference
	Tomoko Fujimoto	Goalies	Petra Šmardová	Linesmen: Tanja Karahastsu Marina Konstantinova
	0–1 14:37 – Vojáková (Honická) (PP) Tamada (Togawa) – 33:06 1–1 Kawashima (Hatanaka) – 37:03 2–1 Takashima (Sakagami) – 41:15 3–1 Nihonyanagi (Ibe) – 43:45 4–1
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	25	Shots	10

13 November 2004 17:00

Russia

3–2 (2–0, 1–1, 0–1)

Japan

Vityaz Ice Palace, Podolsk Attendance: 2,100

Game reference
	Mariya Onolbayeva	Goalies	Tomoko Fujimoto	Linesmen: Johanna Suban Tanja Karahastsu
	Shchelchkova (Gavrilova) – 06:45 1–0 Gladysheva (Sotnikova) – 16:26 2–0 Trefilova (Tretiakova) – 22:39 3–0 3–1 36:43 – Tsuchida (Yamane) 3–2 59:05 – Kubo (Wada) (PP)
	43 min	Penalties	12 min
	31	Shots	28

Group B

Games were played in Bad Tölz, Germany.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	3	3	0	0	20	2	+18	6	2006 Winter Olympics
2	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	21	6	+15	4
3	Latvia	3	1	0	2	13	11	+2	2
4	Slovenia	3	0	0	3	3	38	−35	0

Source: IIHF.com
(H) Hosts

11 November 2004 16:00

Kazakhstan

17–0 (4–0, 8–0, 5–0)

Slovenia

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Attendance: 99

Game reference
	Natalya Trunova Yelena Kuznetsova	Goalies	Hedvika Korbar Špela Globočnik	Referees: Debbie Hengst Joy Tottman Linesmen: Nina Hahnel Malene Skovbakke
	Potapova (Kryukova) – 06:40 1–0 Maltseva (Yakovchuk) – 10:46 2–0 Kryukova – 12:13 3–0 Yakovchuk (Kryukova, Adyyeva) (PP) – 15:51 4–0 Yakovchuk (Adyyeva) (PP) – 24:03 5–0 Alexeyeva (Sazonova) (PP) – 26:16 6–0 Alexeyeva (Maltseva) – 27:38 7–0 Atarskaya – 28:38 8–0 Potapova (Alexeyeva) – 30:22 9–0 Potapova (Konysheva) – 32:56 10–0 Atarskaya (Potapova, Alexeyeva) – 33:53 11–0 Sazonova (Potapova) – 35:24 12–0 Yakovchuk (Kryukova) – 45:27 13–0 Atarskaya (Konysheva) – 47:35 14–0 Potapova (Sazonova) – 49:40 15–0 Yakovchuk (Maltseva) – 52:45 16–0 Potapova – 57:53 17–0
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	99	Shots	21

11 November 2004 19:30

Latvia

1–5 (1–2, 0–1, 0–2)

Germany

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Attendance: 425

Game reference
	Lolita Andriševska	Goalies	Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten	Referees: Katerina Ivicicova Joy Tottman Linesmen: Annesofie Boniface Klara Quagliato
	0–1 04:52 – Wolf (Oswald) 0–2 06:13 – Becker (Oswald) (PP) Stolte (Lukaševiča) – 18:54 1–2 1–3 23:33 – Becker (Lanzl) 1–4 58:08 – Grundmann (Scheytt) 1–5 59:04 – Seiler (Lanzl, Becker)
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	19	Shots	51

13 November 2004 15:00

Kazakhstan

4–1 (1–0, 2–0, 1–1)

Latvia

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Attendance: 140

Game reference
	Natalya Trunova	Goalies	Lolita Andriševska	Referee: Katerina Ivicicova Linesmen: Annesofia Boniface Nina Hahnel
	Potapova (Alexeyeva) – 13:08 1–0 Atarskaya (Alexeyeva) – 21:18 2–0 Potapova (Sazonova) (SH) – 24:24 3–0 3–1 40:27 – Geca-Miljone Potapova (Sazonova) (PP) – 49:30 4–1
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	47	Shots	26

13 November 2004 18:30

Germany

10–1 (3–0, 4–0, 3–1)

Slovenia

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Attendance: 575

Game reference
	Viona Harrer	Goalies	Špela Globočnik	Referee: Joy Tottman Linesmen: Malene Skovbakke Petra Slivkova
	Wolf (Evers) – 08:44 1–0 Götz (Kruck) (SH) – 13:54 2–0 Evers (Busch) – 16:17 3–0 Grundmann (Fellner, Götz) (PP) – 34:14 4–0 Evers (Busch) – 37:44 5–0 Ritter (Scheytt, Kruck) – 38:56 6–0 Seiler (Becker) – 39:48 7–0 Lanzl – 48:00 8–0 Lanzl (Becker) – 48:49 9–0 9–1 51:55 – Ažman (Kavčič) Scheytt (Ritter) – 58:26 10–1
	18 min	Penalties	2 min
	73	Shots	9

14 November 2004 14:30

Slovenia

2–11 (1–2, 0–7, 1–2)

Latvia

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Attendance: 67

Game reference
	Hedvika Korbar Špela Globočnik	Goalies	Lolita Andriševska	Referee: Debbie Hengst Linesmen: Klara Quagliato Petra Slivkova
	0–1 01:01 – Stolte (Lukaševiča) Eržen (Pren) – 02:46 1–1 1–2 04:08 – Koka (SH) 1–3 22:26 – Geca-Miljone (Koka, Švalbe) (PP) 1–4 23:34 – Karpova (Stolte) 1–5 26:42 – Bičevska (Lukaševiča, Stolte) (PP2) 1–6 30:44 – Koka 1–7 32:57 – Koka (Geca-Miljone) (SH) 1–8 38:07 – Pētersone (Mihejeva) 1–9 38:25 – Geca-Miljone (Koka) 1–10 41:47 – Stolte (Lukaševiča) 1–11 50:03 – Geca-Miljone (Koka) (SH) Ažman (SH) – 59:26 2–11
	14 min	Penalties	28 min
	14	Shots	40

14 November 2004 18:00

Germany

5–0 (1–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Attendance: 1,498

Game reference
	Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten	Goalies	Natalya Trunova	Referee: Joy Tottman Linesmen: Annesofie Boniface Malene Skovakke
	Becker (Kruck, Lanzl) (PP2) – 04:21 1–0 Lanzl (Ritter, Grundmann) – 28:11 2–0 Seiler (Becker, Lanzl) – 31:16 3–0 Becker (Seiler) – 45:01 4–0 Wolf (Evers) (PP) – 53:41 5–0
	10 min	Penalties	28 min
	42	Shots	15

Group C

Games were played in Beijing, China.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	15	5	+10	6	2006 Winter Olympics
2	China (H)	3	2	0	1	19	4	+15	4
3	France	3	1	0	2	8	13	−5	2
4	Norway	3	0	0	3	2	22	−20	0

Source: IIHF.com
(H) Hosts

11 November 2004 14:30

Switzerland

8–0 (2–0, 2–0, 4–0)

Norway

Beijing Attendance: 270

Game reference
	Patricia Sautter	Goalies	Christine Smestad	Referee: Danyel Howard Linesmen: Dai Liping Irina Mogilnikova
	Diaz (J. Marty, Cattaneo) – 14:16 1–0 Mosimann (Riechsteiner, Leuenberger) (PP) – 16:22 2–0 Riechsteiner – 33:59 3–0 Meier, (Diaz) – 34:37 4–0 Riechsteiner (Lehmann, S. Marty) – 46:55 5–0 Lehmann (Leuenberger) – 47:10 6–0 Diaz – 54:36 7–0 Diaz – 59:13 8–0
	16 min	Penalties	35 min
	62	Shots	12

11 November 2004 18:30

France

1–7 (1–3, 0–3, 0–1)

China

Beijing Attendance: 500

Game reference
	Nolwenn Rousselle	Goalies	Guo Hong	Referee: Anne Haanpaa Linesmen: Kotoe Nashida Lisa Albers
	0–1 07:47 – Li Xi. Bidaud (Serre) – 11:42 1–1 1–2 18:16 – Wang L. (Jin) 1–3 19:07 – Li Xi. (Guan) 1–4 21:50 – Sun 1–5 26:34 – Sun (Qi) 1–6 37:53 – Jin (Su) 1–7 55:25 – Su (Sun, Wang L.)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	11	Shots	34

12 November 2004 14:30

Switzerland

4–3 (0–1, 3–1, 1–1)

France

Beijing Attendance: 280

Game reference
	Patricia Sautter	Goalies	Orane Leenders	Referee: Mamiko Utsumi Linesmen: Liu Chunhua Lisa albers
	0–1 13:30 – Serre (Duchamp) Lehmann (Fuhrer) (PP) – 20:20 1–1 S. Marty (Bullo) (PP) – 24:26 2–1 Marty – 25:01 3–1 3–2 26:11 – Personne (Serre, Iszraelewicz) (PP) Ruhnke – 45:02 4–2 4–3 49:20 – Roy
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	26

12 November 2004 18:30

China

10–0 (1–0, 2–0, 7–0)

Norway

Beijing Attendance: 600

Game reference
	Guo Hong	Goalies	Christine Smestad	Referee: Anne Haanpaa Linesmen: Irina Mogilnikova Kotoe Nashida
	Ma X. (Zhang J., Wang L.) (PP) – 08:07 1–0 Zhang B. (Sun) – 31:52 2–0 Sun (Su) – 32:46 3–0 Wang L. (Sun) – 41:41 4–0 Jin (Ma J.) (PP) – 44:14 5–0 Ma X. (Zhang J., Wang L.) (PP) – 44:55 6–0 Jin (Sun) (PP) – 45:32 7–0 Zhang J. (Ma X.) (PP) – 45:54 8–0 Jin (Sun) (PP) – 46:29 9–0 Wang L. (SH) – 55:10 10–0
	8 min	Penalties	33 min
	41	Shots	14

14 November 2004 14:30

Norway

2–4 (1–0, 0–4, 1–0)

France

Beijing Attendance: 300

Game reference
	Christine Smestad	Goalies	Nolwenn Rousselle	Referee: Mamiko Utsumi Linesmen: Liu Chunhua Dai Liping
	Carlsson (Ask) – 07:16 1–0 1–1 25:36 – Iszraelewicz (Duchamp (PP) 1–2 27:24 – Duchamp 1–3 38:57 – Roy (Personne) 1–4 39:35 – Duchamp Martinsen – 42:52 2–4
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	20	Shots	34

14 November 2004 18:30

China

2–3 (0–0, 0–0, 2–3)

Switzerland

Beijing Attendance: 890

Game reference
	Guo Hong	Goalies	Patricia Sautter	Referee: Danyel Howard Linesmen: Lisa Albers Irina Mogilnikova
	Ma X. (Zhang J.) – 40:48 1–0 1–1 49:38 – Diaz (Fuhrer) Zhang B. (Guan) – 52:46 2–1 2–2 54:17 – Ruhnke (Diaz) 2–3 59:54 – Riechensteiner (EA)
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	25	Shots	25

External links

• Qualifier results at IIHF.com
• Qualifier results at passionhockey.com
• World Ice Hockey Championships 2001
• Official 2002 Olympic results
• World Ice Hockey Championships 2003
• World Ice Hockey Championships 2004