Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification
Qualification for the women's tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championships. The top five teams in the World Ranking received automatic berths into the Olympics, Russia received an automatic berth as host, and all other teams had an opportunity to qualify for the remaining two spots.
Qualified teams
;NotesIIHF World Ranking
Rank | Team | WC 2012 | WC 2011 | OLY 2010 | WC 2009 | Total |
1 | 1200 | 1160 | 1200 | 1160 | 2960 | |
2 | 1160 | 1200 | 1160 | 1200 | 2940 | |
3 | 1100 | 1120 | 1120 | 1120 | 2780 | |
4 | 1120 | 1040 | 1060 | 1020 | 2685 | |
5 | 1060 | 1060 | 1100 | 1100 | 2680 | |
6 | 1040 | 1100 | 1040 | 1060 | 2650 | |
7 | 1000 | 1020 | 1000 | 940 | 2500 | |
8 | 1020 | 960 | 920 | 920 | 2430 | |
9 | 860 | 1000 | 960 | 1040 | 2350 | |
10 | 940 | 940 | 900 | 900 | 2320 | |
11 | 920 | 860 | 940 | 1000 | 2285 | |
12 | 960 | 840 | 880 | 860 | 2245 | |
13 | 820 | 880 | 1020 | 980 | 2235 | |
14 | 880 | 920 | 840 | 820 | 2195 | |
15 | 900 | 900 | 780 | 880 | 2185 | |
16 | 800 | 820 | 860 | 840 | 2055 | |
17 | 780 | 760 | 820 | 780 | 1955 | |
18 | 740 | 780 | 800 | 760 | 1915 | |
19 | 840 | 800 | 740 | 1625 | ||
20 | 640 | 660 | 740 | 1505 | ||
21 | 760 | 720 | 720 | 1480 | ||
22 | 620 | 640 | 760 | 1480 | ||
23 | 700 | 680 | 1210 | |||
24 | 680 | 700 | 1205 | |||
25 | 660 | 600 | 1110 | |||
26 | 560 | 580 | 995 | |||
27 | 520 | 620 | 985 | |||
28 | 600 | 500 | 975 | |||
29 | 540 | 560 | 960 | |||
30 | 580 | 480 | 940 | |||
31 | 720 | 0 | 800 | 920 | ||
32 | 500 | 520 | 890 | |||
33 | 460 | 720 | 705 | |||
34 | 540 | 405 | ||||
35 | 440 | 330 | ||||
36 | 420 | 315 |
Olympic preliminary qualification
Group G was played 12–14 October in Barcelona, while Group H was played 27–30 September in Jastrzebie-Zdroj. Denmark and Slovenia were the expected hosts, being the nations ranked 19th and 20th respectively amongst participating nations. The winners of each tournament advanced to the [|Olympic Pre-Qualification] tournaments in November of the same year.Group G
All times are local.Group H
Team advanced to Olympic Pre-Qualification |
All times are local.