Qualification for the women's tournament at the

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determined by the

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following the

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. 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

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. Using the

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: *

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is not listed despite having achieved ranking points because they are not currently participating. *Nations with no shading chose not to participate in Olympic qualifying.

Preliminary round 1

This round was played from 7 to 9 October 2016 in

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. The winner advanced to the preliminary round 2 as qualifier seven.

Group J

''All times are local ( UTC–5).''

Preliminary round 2

This round was played between 3–6 November 2016 in

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and San Sebastián,

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. 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 (

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).''

Group H

''All times are local (

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).''

Preliminary round 3

Two round robins were played between 15 and 18 December 2016 in

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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

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).''

Final qualification

Two round robins were played from 9 to 12 February 2017 in

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, Switzerland and

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, Japan. The two group winners qualified for the Olympic tournament Group B.

Group C

''All times are local (

).''

Group D

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).''

References

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