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

Last updated September 13, 2021

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

^a 2004 IIHF World Ranking were comprising the following events: 2000 World Championship, 2001 World Championship, 2002 Winter Olympic Games and 2004 World Championship.
^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	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia (H)	2	2	0	6	2	+4	4	2006 Winter Olympics
2	Japan	2	1	1	6	4	+2	2
3	Czech Republic	2	0	2	1	7	−6	0

Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host

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

Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host

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

Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host

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

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[cnote_a_grp_1] 2004 IIHF World Ranking were comprising the following events: 2000 World Championship, 2001 World Championship, 2002 Winter Olympic Games and 2004 World Championship.

[cnote_b_grp_1] Halifax was the site for 2004 World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking were finalized with regards to the qualification slots.

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

Contents

Qualified Teams

IIHF World Ranking

Qualification Tournaments

Group A

Group B

Group C

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