Qualification Format
Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016
April 12th, 2016
The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th not already qualified Nations will qualify for the Women's Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2018, the 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th not already qualified Nations will qualify for the Final Qualifying Round, the 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th not already qualified Nations will qualify for the Preliminary Round 3, the 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 24th not already qualified Nations will qualify for the Preliminary Round 2, the other Nations will qualify for the Preliminary Round 1
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Preliminary Round 1
October 7th - October 9th, 2016
3 Nations, Round-Robin, the 1st Nation will qualify for the Preliminary Round 2
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Preliminary Round 2
November 3rd - November 6th, 2016
8 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st Nations from each Group will qualify for the Preliminary Round 3
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Preliminary Round 3
December 15th - December 18th, 2016
8 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st Nations from each Group will qualify for the Preliminary Round 3
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Final Qualifying Round
February 9th - February 12th, 2017
8 Nations, 2 Groups, the 1st Nations from each Group will qualify for the Women's Ice Hockey Tournament at the Winter Olympic Games 2018
Registered Nations
Qualified, Eliminated, In Progress
Australia (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016) Austria (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016, Final Qualifying Round) Belgium (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016) Bulgaria (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016) Canada (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016) China (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016, Preliminary Round 3) Croatia (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016) Czech Republic (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016, Final Qualifying Round) Denmark (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016, Final Qualifying Round) Finland (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016) France (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016, Preliminary Round 3, Final Qualifying Round) Germany (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016, Final Qualifying Round) Great Britain (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016, Preliminary Round 2) Hong Kong (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016, Preliminary Round 1) Hungary (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016, Preliminary Round 3) Iceland (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016) Ireland (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016) Italy (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016, Preliminary Round 2, Preliminary Round 3) Japan (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016, Final Qualifying Round) Kazakhstan (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016, Preliminary Round 2, Preliminary Round 3) Latvia (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016, Preliminary Round 3) Mexico (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016, Preliminary Round 1, Preliminary Round 2) Netherlands (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016, Preliminary Round 2) New Zealand (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016) North Korea (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016) Norway (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016, Preliminary Round 3, Final Qualifying Round) Poland (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016, Preliminary Round 2) Romania (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016) Russia (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016) Slovakia (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016, Preliminary Round 3) Slovenia (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016, Preliminary Round 2) South Africa (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016) Spain (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016, Preliminary Round 2) Sweden (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016) Switzerland (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016, Final Qualifying Round) Turkey (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016, Preliminary Round 1) Unified Korea (Host Nation) United States (Women's Ice Hockey IIHF World Ranking as of April 12th, 2016)
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