Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification


Qualification for the women's tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the 2016 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships. The top five teams in the World Ranking received automatic berths into the Olympics, South Korea has received an automatic berth as host, and all other member nations had an opportunity to qualify for the remaining two spots.

Qualified teams

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Qualification seeding

To qualify directly, a nation had to be ranked in the top five following the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship. Using the IIHF World Ranking points system, the 2016 received full value, and each preceding year was worth 25% less. Teams that wished to compete must apply in "early spring of 2016". The following is a ranking based on points accumulated toward Olympic qualification of all countries.
Points were earned based on overall finish, available points for 2016 were as follows:
Place1234567891011121314151617181920...
Points12001160112011001060104010201000960940920900880860840820800780760740...

1–5Qualified directly to Olympic Tournament
6–11Entered qualifying in the [|final round]
12–17Entered qualifying in the [|preliminary round 3]
18–24Entered qualifying in the [|preliminary round 2]
25–27Entered qualifying in the [|preliminary round 1]

SeedingTeamWC 2016WC 2015WC 2014OLY 2014WC 2013Total
112009005805803003560
211608706006002903520
311008405305302753275
411208255205202803265
510607955505502553210
610207805605602603180
710007655005002403005
89607505105102652995
910407204804802502970
109006754604702352740
119207054404202252710
129406904504102102700
138806604704602202690
148606304304402302590
158206454203702152470
167606004104501952415
178405854003601802365
188005403704301902330
197406153903802052330
207805703604001752285
216805253503901852130
227204953403501602065
Hosts7005103303201502010
236404502903401551875
246204803003101401850
2566055538002001795
265804202803301451755
2760039031001701470
2852046532001651470
2956040527001351370
3050036025001201230
31540435240001215
3244033023001251125
3342031522001151070
34460345210001015
3503752600130765
364800000480

This round was played from 7 to 9 October 2016 in Mexico City. The winner advanced to the preliminary round 2 as qualifier seven.

Group J

All times are local.

Preliminary round 2

This round was played between 3–6 November 2016 in Astana, Kazakhstan and San Sebastián, Spain. The winner of each group advanced to the preliminary round 3 as qualifiers five and six, ranked according their seeding.

Group G

All times are local.

Group H

All times are local.

Preliminary round 3

Two round robins were played between 15 and 18 December 2016 in Cergy-Pontoise France, and Stavanger Norway. The winners of each advanced to the final qualification tournaments as qualifiers three and four, ranked according to their seeding.

Group E

All times are local.

Group F

All times are local.

Final qualification

Two round robins were played from 9 to 12 February 2017 in Arosa, Switzerland and Tomakomai, Japan. The two group winners qualified for the Olympic tournament Group B.

Group C

All times are local.

Group D

All times are local.