Qualification for the women's tournament at the
2014 Winter Olympics
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, nations = 88
, events = 98 in 7 sports (15 disciplines)
, athletes = 2,873
, opening = 7 February 2014
, closing = 23 February 2014
, opened_by = President Vladimir Putin
, cauldron =
, stadium = Fisht Olympic ...
determined by the
IIHF World Ranking
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following the
2012 IIHF Women's World Championships
The 2012 IIHF World Women's Championships was the 14th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation and took place in Vermont, United States, at the Gutterson Fieldhouse in Burlington, and the Cairns Arena in South Burlington. Th ...
. 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.
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Qualified teams
;Notes
IIHF World Ranking
Olympic preliminary qualification
Group G was played 12–14 October in
Barcelona
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, while Group H was played 27–30 September in
Jastrzebie-Zdroj.
Denmark
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and
Slovenia
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were the expected hosts, being the nations ranked 19th and 20th respectively amongst participating nations.
[Qualification summary](_blank)
The winners of each tournament advanced to the Olympic Pre-Qualification tournaments in November of the same year.
Group G
All times are local (
UTC+2
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''Principal cities: Cairo, Pretoria, Cape ...
).
Group H
All times are local (
UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
''Principal cities: Cairo, Pretoria, Cape ...
).
Olympic pre-qualification
The two preliminary round winners joined the nations ranked thirteen to eighteen. Two round robins were played from 8–11 November 2012 in
Shanghai
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and
Valmiera
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.
Qualification process
/ref> The winners of each group advanced to the final qualification tournaments.
Group E
All times are local (UTC+8
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With an estimated population of 1.708 billion living within the time zone, roughly 24% of the world population, it is the most populous time zone in the world, as well as a ...
).
Group F
All times are local (UTC+2
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As standard time (year-round)
''Principal cities: Cairo, Pretoria, Cape ...
).
Final qualification
The two pre-qualification winners joined the nations ranked seventh through twelfth, to determine the final two olympic qualifiers. Two round robins were played from 7–10 February 2013 in Poprad
Poprad (; hu, Poprád; german: Deutschendorf) is a city in northern Slovakia at the foot of the High Tatra Mountains, famous for its picturesque historic centre and as a holiday resort. It is the biggest town of the Spiš region and the ten ...
Group C
All times are local (UTC+1
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*Central European Time
*West Africa Time
*Western European Summer Time
** B ...
).
Group D
All times are local (UTC+1
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*Central European Time
*West Africa Time
*Western European Summer Time
** B ...
).
References
External links
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