Ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification

Eight teams qualified for the women's ice hockey tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics. The top six teams in the IIHF World Ranking after the 2008 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships received automatic berths into the Ice Hockey event. Lower ranked teams had an opportunity to qualify for the event. Teams ranked 13th and below were divided into two groups where they played in a first qualification round in September 2008. The two group winners from the round advanced to the second qualification round, where the teams ranked 7th through 12th joined them. In the second qualifying round, played in November 2008, the teams were again divided into two groups. The two group winners China and Slovakia advanced to the Olympic Ice Hockey Tournament.[1][2]

Qualified teams

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
2008 IIHF World Ranking[a]	30 March 2004 – 13 April 2008	Harbin[b]	6	Canada[c]  United States[c]  Finland  Sweden[c]   Switzerland  Russia
Final qualification tournament 1	6–9 November 2008	Bad Tölz	1	Slovakia
Final qualification tournament 2	6–9 November 2008	Shanghai	1	China
TOTAL			8

Notes

1. ^a 2008 IIHF World Ranking were comprising the following events: 2005 World Championships, 2006 Winter Olympic Games, 2007 World Championships and 2008 World Championships.
2. ^b Harbin was the site for 2008 World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking were finalized with regards to the qualification slots.
3. ^c Canada, USA and Sweden had already mathematically qualified after the 2007 World Championships.

IIHF World Ranking

	Qualified directly to Olympic Tournament
	Final qualification tournament
	Pre-qualification tournament

Rank	Team	WC 2008 (100%)	WC 2007 (75%)	OLY 2006 (50%)	WC 2005 (25%)	Total
1	Canada	1160	1200	1200	1160	2950
2	United States	1200	1160	1120	1200	2930
3	Finland	1120	1100	1100	1100	2770
4	Sweden	1060	1120	1160	1120	2760
5	Switzerland	1100	1060	1020	960	2645
6	Russia	1040	1020	1040	1000	2575
7	Germany	980	1000	1060	1060	2525
8	China	1000	1040	940	1040	2510
9	Japan	1020	940	920	940	2420
10	Kazakhstan	940	980	960	1020	2410
11	France	880	900	880	900	2220
12	Czech Republic	900	860	860	920	2205
13	Latvia	840	920	900	860	2195
14	Norway	860	880	840	840	2150
15	Italy	760	800	1000	820	2065
16	Slovenia	680	720	820	720	1810
17	Slovakia	920	820		800	1735
18	Denmark	800	840		880	1650
19	Austria	820	760		760	1580
20	North Korea	780	780		780	1560
21	Netherlands	740	740		740	1480
22	Australia	720	700		640	1405
23	Great Britain	700	680		700	1385
24	Belgium	640	660		680	1305
25	Hungary	620	640		660	1265
26	South Korea	600	620		600	1215
27	New Zealand	560	540		580	1110
28	South Africa	500	600		620	1105
29	Romania	540	560		560	1100
30	Croatia	660	580			1095
31	Iceland	580	500		540	1090
32	Estonia	520	520			910
33	Turkey	480	480			840
	Bulgaria					0

Pre-qualification tournaments

The following teams were ranked 13th and below in the IIHF World Ranking. They were seeded according to their ranking, with the two group winners advancing to the final qualification tournaments.[3]

Group A

Games were played in Liepāja, Latvia.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	4	4	0	0	0	105	2	+103	12	Final qualification tournament
2	Latvia (H)	4	3	0	0	1	53	3	+50	9
3	Italy	4	2	0	0	2	51	8	+43	6
4	Croatia	4	1	0	0	3	31	36	−5	3
5	Bulgaria	4	0	0	0	4	1	192	−191	0

Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host

All times are local (UTC+1).

2 September 2008 16:30

Bulgaria

0–41 (0–17, 0–12, 0–12)

Italy

Liepāja Arena, Liepāja Attendance: 45

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	Liubomira Shosheva Kamelia Drazheva	Goalies	Chiara Traversa	Referee: Kateřina Ivičičová
	0–1 00:26 – Divonne (Florian) 0–2 00:58 – Bettarini 0–3 01:42 – De Rocco (Da Rugna) 0–4 05:24 – Dalprà (Angeloni) 0–5 06:00 – Croce (Dalcolmo) 0–6 06:44 – De Rocco (Da Rugna) 0–7 06:56 – Vallazza (Dalprà, Friz) 0–8 07:19 – Friz (Angeloni) 0–9 08:27 – De Rocco (Fiorèse, Florian) (PP) 0–10 09:40 – Vallazza (Friz) 0–11 11:27 – Croce (Dalcomo) 0–12 11:37 – Croce Ballardini 0–13 12:25 – Da Rugna (De Rocco) 0–14 12:53 – Dalprà (Messner) 0–15 15:22 – Vallazza (Dalprà) 0–16 17:16 – Da Rugna 0–17 19:30 – Dalprà 0–18 23:20 – Croce (Casassa) 0–19 25:23 – Bettarini (PP) 0–20 27:15 – Casassa 0–21 27:28 – Croce (Dalcomo, Casassa) 0–22 27:55 – De Rocco (Dalprà) 0–23 29:27 – Fiorèse (Vallazza, Da Rugna) 0–24 31:09 – Florian (Bettarini, Divonne) (PP) 0–25 32:14 – Vallazza 0–26 33:36 – Divonne (Florian) 0–27 34:43 – Croce 0–28 36:57 – Dalprà (Divonne) 0–29 37:28 – Friz (Da Rugna) 0–30 40:19 – Divonne (Florian) 0–31 40:53 – De Rocco (Divonne) (SH) 0–32 41:18 – Vallazza (Friz) (SH) 0–33 41:59 – Ballardini 0–34 46:39 – Bettarini (Angeloni) (SH) 0–35 52:51 – De Rocco (Bettarini) 0–36 54:20 – Da Rugna (Angeloni, Vallazza) 0–37 55:50 – Croce (Casassa, Dalcomo) 0–38 56:56 – Messner (Florian, Bettarini) 0–39 58:23 – Caldart (Ballardini) 0–40 59:38 – De Rocco (Florian) 0–41 59:58 – Angleloni (Friz)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	4	Shots	122

2 September 2008 20:00

Slovakia

2–0 (2–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Latvia

Liepāja Arena, Liepāja Attendance: 280

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	Zuzana Tomčíková	Goalies	Lolita Andriševska	Referee: Ulla Sipilä
	Veličková (Pravlíková) – 04:52 1–0 Džurňáková (Vargová) (PP) – 18:42 2–0
	16 min	Penalties	22 min
	55	Shots	22

3 September 2008 19:00

Croatia

30–1 (8–0, 13–0, 9–1)

Bulgaria

Liepāja Arena, Liepāja Attendance: 45

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	Nina Rapo Lana Belić	Goalies	Liubomira Shosheva Kamelia Drazheva	Referee: Debbie Hengst
	Klanac (Širanović) – 00:16 1–0 Posavec (Širanović) (PP) – 03:38 2–0 Širanović (Posavec, Adamović) (PP2) – 05:23 3–0 Mihanović (Matić) – 10:05 4–0 Klanac – 11:44 5–0 Prokopec – 14:10 6–0 Matić (Filipec) (SH) – 14:48 7–0 Matić (Mihanović, Vicković) – 18:22 8–0 Posavec (Širanović, Smolec) – 20:24 9–0 Vicković (Radonić) – 22:22 10–0 Posavec (Smolec, Širanović) (PP) – 23:23 11–0 Posavec (Klanac) – 25:19 12–0 Vicković (Filipec, Pack) – 26:21 13–0 Posavec (Klanac) – 28:07 14–0 Mihanović (Pack, Filipec) – 28:28 15–0 Smolec (Posavec, Mihanović) – 31:02 16–0 Filipec (Matić) (PP) – 32:50 17–0 Posavec (Adamović, Širanović) (PP) – 34:11 18–0 Filipec – 35:46 19–0 Posavec – 38:34 20–0 Širanović (Smolec, Posavec) – 38:53 21–0 Vicković (SH) – 43:04 22–0 Posavec – 43:54 23–0 Filipec (Pintar) (PP) – 48:45 24–0 Klanac (Posavec) – 49:16 25–0 Širanović (Matić, Klanac) – 50:44 26–0 Filipec (Matić) – 51:53 27–0 27–1 53:06 – Gospodinova (Iliycheva, Milanova) Posavec – 53:41 28–1 Posavec (Širanović, Klanac) (SH) – 56:10 29–1 Posavec (Klanac, Širanović) – 59:36 30–1
	22 min	Penalties	22 min
	66	Shots	1

4 September 2008 16:30

Italy

1–3 (1–2, 0–1, 0–0)

Slovakia

Liepāja Arena, Liepāja Attendance: 62

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	Giulia Mazzocchi	Goalies	Zuzana Tomčíková	Referee: Kateřina Ivičičová
	0–1 02:55 – Celárová (Džurňáková) 0–2 15:29 – Karafiátová (Veličková) Divonne (De Rocco) (PP) – 16:38 1–2 1–3 33:01 – Pravlíková (Kapustová, Veličková)
	22 min	Penalties	14 min
	19	Shots	45

4 September 2008 20:00

Latvia

9–0 (1–0, 3–0, 5–0)

Croatia

Liepāja Arena, Liepāja Attendance: 118

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	Evija Tētiņa	Goalies	Petra Belobrk	Referee: Debbie Hengst
	Pone (Agare) – 07:55 1–0 Koka (Dinsberga) – 23:57 2–0 Mihejenko (Dekmeijere) – 24:12 3–0 Koka (Pētersone) – 38:40 4–0 Geca-Miljone (Koka, Apsīte) – 45:17 5–0 Geca-Miljone (Liepiņa, Apsīte) – 50:04 6–0 Geca-Miljone (Koka, Liepina) (PP) – 52:49 7–0 Koka (Geca-Miljone, Liepina) (PP) – 53:23 8–0 Geca-Miljone – 57:17 9–0
	24 min	Penalties	22 min
	41	Shots	14

5 September 2008 19:00

Bulgaria

0–39 (0–14, 0–11, 0–14)

Latvia

Liepāja Arena, Liepāja Attendance: 115

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	Liubomira Shosheva Kamelia Drazheva	Goalies	Evija Tētiņa	Referee: Ulla Sipilä
	0–1 04:37 – Pētersone (Fedcuna) (SH) 0–2 05:04 – Sakne (Dekmeijere) (SH) 0–3 05:32 – Mihejenko (Dekmeijere) (SH) 0–4 07:22 – Saidova (Pētersone) 0–5 08:07 – Fedcuna 0–6 08:51 – Dekmeijere (Mihejenko) 0–7 11:18 – Dekmeijere (Mihejenko) 0–8 13:51 – Mihejenko (Dekmeijere) (SH) 0–9 15:10 – Trezina 0–10 16:43 – Kurme (Dekmeijere, Mihejenko) 0–11 17:56 – Pone (Trezina, Agare) 0–12 18:20 – Saidova (Fedcuna) 0–13 18:44 – Saidova (Pētersone, Fedcuna) 0–14 19:59 – Dekmeijere (Mihejenko) 0–15 21:56 – Trezina (Pone, Agare) 0–16 24:37 – Trezina (Żabicka, Agare) 0–17 24:57 – Trezina (Agare, Pone) 0–18 25:15 – Pētersone 0–19 26:33 – Pētersone (Saidova, Liepiņa) 0–20 28:08 – Pone (Agare) 0–21 Kurme (Mihejenko, Sakne) 0–22 33:24 – Pone (Trezina, Agare) 0–23 36:15 – Dinsberga (Dekmeijere) (PP) 0–24 37:39 – Trezina (Saidova, Kronberga) 0–25 38:57 – Dekmeijere (Sakne) 0–26 42:08 – Kronberga (Trezina) 0–27 44:26 – Kurme (Mihejenko) 0–28 46:23 – Pētersone 0–29 47:29 – Trezina (Dekmeijere) 0–30 48:45 – Pone (Trezina) 0–31 49:22 – Fedcuna (Saidova, Pētersone) 0–32 51:46 – Sakne (Dinsberga) 0–33 54:44 – Fedcuna (Pētersone) 0–34 55:07 – Sakne (Dinsberga, Mihejenko) 0–35 57:01 – Pētersone 0–36 57:43 – Sakne (Mihejenko) 0–37 58:34 – Kurme (Mihejenko) 0–38 58:47 – Trezina (Agare) 0–39 59:19 – Liepiņa (Saidova, Pētersone)
	4 min	Penalties	16 min
	2	Shots	78

6 September 2008 16:30

Slovakia

82–0 (31–0, 24–0, 27–0)

Bulgaria

Liepāja Arena, Liepāja Attendance: 37

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	Monika Kvaková	Goalies	Liubomira Shosheva Kamelia Drazheva	Referee: Debbie Hengst Linesmen: Olga Davydkina Sandra Minakovska
	Karafiátová (Brémová) – 00:57 1–0 Gápová (Veličková, Brémová) – 01:10 2–0 Daňková (Džurňáková, Čulíková) – 02:37 3–0 Karafiátová – 03:55 4–0 Veličková (Celárová) – 04:06 5–0 Veličková (Celárová) – 04:33 6–0 Gápová (Moravčíková, Herichová) – 04:54 7–0 Moravčíková (Herichová, Gápová) – 05:05 8–0 Moravčíková (Gápová) – 05:24 9–0 Vargová (Čulíková, Daňková) – 05:44 10–0 Džurňáková (Daňková) – 05:52 11–0 Čulíková (Daňková, Vargová) – 06:03 12–0 Celárová (Sroková, Brémová) – 06:38 13–0 Celárová (Sroková, Brémová) – 06:48 14–0 Sroková (Celárová) – 07:42 15–0 Kapustová – 08:54 16–0 Vargová (Daňková, Čulíková) – 09:07 17–0 Čulíková (Daňková, Džurňáková) – 09:26 18–0 Sroková (Karafiátová) (PP) – 09:44 19–0 Konečná (Kapustová) (PP) – 10:48 20–0 Čulíková (Daňková) – 11:46 21–0 Džurňáková (Čulíková, Daňková) – 12:22 22–0 Veličková (Sroková, Celárová) – 13:12 23–0 Celárová (Karafiátová) – 13:20 24–0 Celárová (Veličková) – 13:49 25–0 Herichová – 15:23 26–0 Daňková (Džurňáková, Čulíková) – 16:17 27–0 Čulíková (Daňková) – 16:48 28–0 Brémová (Veličková, Karafiátová) – 17:43 29–0 Kapustová – 18:49 30–0 Herichová (Konečná) – 19:43 31–0 Vargová (Džurňáková) (PP) – 20:34 32–0 Čulíková (Országhová, Džurňáková)– 20:56 33–0 Veličková (Sroková, Celárová) – 21:39 34–0 Moravčíková (Herichová) – 23:01 35–0 Džurňáková (Čulíková, Vargová) – 24:00 36–0 Karafiátová (Veličková) – 24:50 37–0 Herichová (Moravčíková) – 25:51 38–0 Čulíková (Džurňáková, Daňková) – 26:45 39–0 Karafiátová (Veličková) – 28:12 40–0 Vargová (Džurňáková) (PP) – 29:35 41–0 Čulíková (Daňková, Országhová) – 29:55 42–0 Veličková (Brémová) – 30:30 43–0 Herichová (Konečná) (PP) – 31:31 44–0 Moravčíková – 32:17 45–0 Vargová – 33:15 46–0 Veličková (Sroková, Celárová) – 33:24 47–0 Celárová (Brémová) – 34:33 48–0 Gápová (Kapustová, Moravčíková) – 35:29 49–0 Gápová (Herichová, Kapustová) – 36:21 50–0 Čulíková (Džurňáková) – 37:21 51–0 Čulíková (Džurňáková, Daňková) – 38:04 52–0 Sroková (Veličková) – 38:35 53–0 Veličková (Karafiátová) – 38:51 54–0 Gápová (Kapustová) – 39:59 55–0 Vargová – 41:21 56–0 Veličková (Celárová) – 41:39 57–0 Veličková (Celárová) – 41:55 58–0 Kapustová (Moravčíková) – 42:56 59–0 Daňková (Vargová) – 43:06 60–0 Karafiátová (Brémová) – 44:02 61–0 Celárová (Veličková, Sroková) (PP) – 44:39 62–0 Gápová (Herichová) – 44:51 63–0 Celárová (Sroková)– 47:13 64–0 Karafiátová (Veličková, Celárová) – 47:42 65–0 Herichová – 50:24 66–0 Daňková (Džurňáková) – 50:53 67–0 Čulíková (Džurňáková, Daňková) – 51:40 68–0 Celárová (Karafiátová) – 51:49 69–0 Sroková – 52:10 70–0 Gápová (Herichová) – 52:59 71–0 Moravčíková (Herichová, Gápová) – 53:18 72–0 Moravčíková (Herichová) – 53:28 73–0 Kapustová (PP) – 55:38 74–0 Gápová (Herichová) – 55:51 75–0 Herichová – 56:11 76–0 Vargová (Čulíková) – 56:30 77–0 Vargová (PS) – 57:09 78–0 Sroková (PS) – 58:35 79–0 Herichová – 58:44 80–0 Kapustová (Herichová) (ENG) – 59:01 81–0 Herichová (Gápová) (ENG) – 59:11 82–0
	37 min	Penalties	39 min
	139	Shots	0

6 September 2008 20:00

Italy

8–0 (1–0, 4–0, 3–0)

Croatia

Liepāja Arena, Liepāja Attendance: 82

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	Chiara Traversa	Goalies	Petra Belobrk	Referee: Ulla Sipilä
	Fiorèse (Florian) – 12:45 1–0 Divonne (Florian) – 20:12 2–0 Divonne (De Rocco, Florian) (PP) – 28:13 3–0 Dalprà (Croce) – 28:51 4–0 Fiorèse (Da Rugna) – 32:04 5–0 Angeloni (Vallazza) (PP) – 44:04 6–0 Bettarini – 56:19 7–0 Da Rugna (Fiorèse) – 56:55 8–0
	16 min	Penalties	16 min
	40	Shots	14

7 September 2008 16:00

Latvia

5–1 (3–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Italy

Liepāja Arena, Liepāja Attendance: 114

Game reference
	Lolita Andriševska	Goalies	Giulia Mazzocchi	Referee: Debbie Hengst
	Geca-Miljone (PP) – 09:26 1–0 Mihejenko (PP2) – 15:06 2–0 Pone (Apsīte, Liepiņa) (PP2) – 16:05 3–0 3–1 26:55 – Florian (Angeloni, Fiorèse) (PP) Koka (Dekmeijere) (SH) – 30:59 4–1 Geca-Miljone (Żabicka) (SH) – 58:02 5–1
	16 min	Penalties	20 min
	29	Shots	31

7 September 2008 19:30

Croatia

1–18 (1–5, 0–9, 0–4)

Slovakia

Liepāja Arena, Liepāja Attendance: 41

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	Petra Belobrk	Goalies	Monika Kvaková	Referee: Kateřina Ivičičová
	0–1 08:51 – Karafiátová (Celárová) 0–2 10:02 – Moravčíková (Herichová, Gápová) (PP) Filipec – 13:24 1–2 1–3 14:40 – Čulíková (Kapustová, Daňková) 1–4 15:29 – Karafiátová (Veličková, Brémová) 1–5 15:56 – Matejová (Gápová) (PP) 1–6 22:55 – Gápová (Herichová) 1–7 23:52 – Gápová (Matejová) 1–8 25:31 – Čulíková (Kapustová) 1–9 27:57 – Moravčíková (Gápová, Herichová) 1–10 29:07 – Vargová 1–11 36:27 – Gápová (Moravčíková) 1–12 36:55 – Vargová (Daňková, Kapustová) 1–13 37:34 – Daňková (Čulíková, Kapustová) 1–14 37:45 – Celárová (Veličková) 1–15 41:39 – Celárová (Veličková) 1–16 49:20 – Veličková (Celárová) 1–17 54:34 – Matejová (Sroková) 1–18 58:08 – Celárová (Matejová) (SH)
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	22	Shots	75

Group B

Games were played in Maribor, Slovenia.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	3	3	0	0	0	19	2	+17	9	Final qualification tournament
2	Great Britain	3	1	1	0	1	10	7	+3	5
3	Austria	3	1	0	1	1	10	5	+5	4
4	Slovenia (H)	3	0	0	0	3	2	27	−25	0

Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host

All times are local (UTC+2).

3 September 2008 16:00

Norway

3–1 (1–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Great Britain

Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena, Maribor Attendance: 125

Game reference
	Christine Smestad Jorid Dagfinrud Øiestad	Goalies	Kelly Herring	Referee: Ludmila Nelibová
	Sletbak (Dahlström) – 15:28 1–0 1–1 25:25 – Glenn (Aldridge) Øien (Iversen) (SH) – 45:14 2–1 Øien (Farstad, Carlsson) – 48:14 3–1
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	13

3 September 2008 20:00

Slovenia

0–7 (0–1, 0–4, 0–2)

Austria

Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena, Maribor Attendance: 250

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	Anja Jeršin	Goalies	Nina Geyer	Referee: Diane Michaud
	0–1 17:08 – Kantor (Altmann, Schwärzler) 0–2 22:34 – Altmann (Verworner) (PP) 0–3 29:02 – Weber (B. Strer, Wirl) 0–4 30:42 – Schwärzler (Rothböck, Ban) 0–5 31:10 – Kantor (Altmann, Schwärzler) 0–6 41:24 – Weber (Hybler) 0–7 43:51 – Schwärzler (Altmann, Kantor)
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	14	Shots	59

4 September 2008 16:00

Austria

0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Norway

Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena, Maribor Attendance: 120

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	Sandra Borschke	Goalies	Christine Smestad Jorid Dagfinrud Øiestad	Referee: Diane Michaud
	0–1 32:54 – Hille (Lien)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	40

4 September 2008 20:00

Slovenia

1–5 (0–2, 1–1, 0–2)

Great Britain

Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena, Maribor Attendance: 240

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	Anja Jeršin	Goalies	Laura Saunders Kelly Herring	Referee: Michaela Kiefer
	0–1 03:12 – Henry (Aldridge) 0–2 08:07 – Turner (Taylor) 0–3 27:49 – Taylor (Aldridge) (PP) Pren (Tominc) – 36:33 1–3 1–4 44:22 – Kavanagh (Simpson) 1–5 57:19 – Kavanagh (Turner, Taylor)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	17	Shots	55

5 September 2008 16:00

Great Britain

4–3 OT (1–1, 2–1, 0–1) (OT: 1–0)

Austria

Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena, Maribor Attendance: 100

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	Kelly Herring Laura Saunders	Goalies	Sandra Borschke Nina Geyer	Referee: Michaela Kiefer
	Henry (Wiggins) (PP) – 05:35 1–0 1–1 16:05 – Altmann (Kantor) Taylor (Turner) (PP) – 25:45 2–1 Turner (Taylor) – 29:36 3–1 3–2 34:32 – Altmann (Schwärzler) (PP) 3–3 56:19 – Kantor (Altmann, Schwärzler) Turner (Taylor) (PP) – 62:08 4–3
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	55	Shots	35

5 September 2008 20:00

Norway

15–1 (7–0, 5–0, 3–1)

Slovenia

Dvorana Tabor Ledna Arena, Maribor Attendance: 200

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	Christine Smestad Jorid Dagfinrud Øiestad	Goalies	Anja Jeršin	Referee: Ludmila Nelibová
	Øien (Dahl) – 05:38 1–0 Farstad (Martinsen) – 06:58 2–0 Øien (Martinsen) (PP) – 07:38 3–0 Dahl (Harmens) – 09:01 4–0 Dalen (Renli) – 11:46 5–0 Øien – 12:43 6–0 Renli (Sletbak, Dalen) – 19:40 7–0 Farstad (Martinsen) – 25:04 8–0 Dahl (Harmens) – 26:05 9–0 Carlsson (Martinsen) – 28:02 10–0 Carlsson (Farstad, Martinsen) – 32:26 11–0 Martinsen (Carlsson) – 35:51 12–0 12–1 43:02 – Kraner (Lahajnar) Dalen (Sletbak, Renli) – 45:56 13–1 Harmens (Dahl) – 46:06 14–1 Martinsen – 49:33 15–1
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	62	Shots	5

Final Qualification Tournaments

By being ranked 7 through 12 in the final 2008 IIHF World Rankings, the following teams qualified for the qualification tournament. There were two winners from these tournaments that advanced to the Olympic tournament.[3]

Group C

Games were played in Bad Tölz, Germany.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovakia	3	3	0	0	0	6	1	+5	9	2010 Winter Olympics
2	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	0	1	9	3	+6	6
3	Germany (H)	3	1	0	0	2	8	7	+1	3
4	France	3	0	0	0	3	4	16	−12	0

Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host

All times are local (UTC+1).

6 November 2008 16:00

Kazakhstan

6–1 (1–0, 2–1, 3–0)

France

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Attendance: 70

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	Darya Obydennova	Goalies	Maïwenn Lombard	Referee: Leah Wrazidlo
	Koroleva (Fux) – 15:07 1–0 Koroleva (Konysheva) – 21:27 2–0 Yakovchuk (Shu) – 25:20 3–0 3–1 37:05 – Allemoz (Boehrer) Babushkin (Yakovchuk) – 56:19 4–1 Ibragimova (Potapova) (ENG) – 56:38 5–1 Potapova – 58:27 6–1
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	42	Shots	25

6 November 2008 19:00

Germany

0–2 (0–1, 0–1, 0–0)

Slovakia

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Attendance: 294

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	Jennifer Harß	Goalies	Zuzana Tomčíková	Referee: Joy Tottman
	0–1 13:36 – Kapustová (Babiaková) 0–2 32:41 – Karafiátová (Pravlíková, Veličková)
	8 min	Penalties	18 min
	36	Shots	9

8 November 2008 13:30

Kazakhstan

0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

Slovakia

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Attendance: 85

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	Daria Obydennova	Goalies	Zuzana Tomčíková	Referee: Leah Wrazidlo
	0–1 23:47 – Veličková (Pravlíková)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	26	Shots	22

8 November 2008 17:00

France

2–7 (0–1, 0–3, 2–3)

Germany

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Attendance: 310

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	Maïwenn Lombard Orane Leenders	Goalies	Ivonne Schröder	Referee: Aina Hove
	0–1 09:21 – A. Lanzl (Bittner) 0–2 20:42 – Busch (Anwander, Evers) 0–3 23:06 – A. Lanzl (Tamas) 0–4 32:25 – Evers 0–5 46:18 – Kamenik 0–6 46:43 – Evers (Becker, Götz) Bouché (PP2) – 52:09 1–6 Fuster – 56:26 2–6 2–7 59:44 Schuster (Kaminik)
	2 min	Penalties	35 min
	26	Shots	57

9 November 2008 13:30

Slovakia

3–1 (1–0, 1–0, 1–1)

France

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Attendance: 54

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	Monika Kvaková	Goalies	Maïwenn Lombard Orane Leenders	Referee: Aina Hove
	Karafiátová (Herichová) – 06:16 1–0 Kapustová (Veličková) – 33:55 2–0 2–1 46:43 – Serre (Allemoz, Bihaud) (PP) Kapustová (Velickova) – 49:03 3–1
	4 min	Penalties	12 min
	23	Shots	23

9 November 2008 17:00

Germany

1–3 (1–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Kazakhstan

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Attendance: 255

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	Jennifer Harß Ivonne Schröder	Goalies	Daria Obydennova	Referee: Joy Tottman
	Grundmann (Kamenik) – 13:51 1–0 1–1 23:50 – Sviridova (Shu) 1–2 32:10 – Sviridova (Vassina, Fux) 1–3 59:29 – Babushkina (ENG)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	55	Shots	23

Group D

Games were played in Shanghai, China.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	China (H)	3	3	0	0	0	11	3	+8	9	2010 Winter Olympics
2	Japan	3	2	0	0	1	6	5	+1	6
3	Norway	3	0	1	0	2	3	9	−6	2
4	Czech Republic	3	0	0	1	2	6	9	−3	1

Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host

All times are local (UTC+8).

6 November 2008 14:30

Japan

3–2 (2–1, 1–1, 0–0)

Czech Republic

S.U.S. Sport Complex, Shanghai Attendance: 1,500

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	Azusa Nakaoku	Goalies	Petra Šmardová	Referee: Nicole Hertrich
	Kumano (Fujii) (PP) – 01:00 1–0 Yamanaka (Takahashi, Wada) (PP) – 10:02 2–0 2–1 15:28 – Polenská (Studentová, Pěluchová) Yamanaka (Wada, Kumano) – 36:23 3–1 3–2 37:58 – Polenská (Jandíková)
	12 min	Penalties	16 min
	21	Shots	26

6 November 2008 18:30

China

5–0 (2–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Norway

S.U.S. Sport Complex, Shanghai Attendance: 3,180

Game reference
	Jia Dandan	Goalies	Christine Smestad	Referee: Arina Ustinova
	Jin (Sun) – 10:04 1–0 Qi (Jin, Sun) (PP2) – 11:41 2–0 Wang L. (Zhang B.) – 24:19 3–0 Sun – 32:03 4–0 Sun – 44:39 5–0
	10 min	Penalties	24 min
	40	Shots	13

7 November 2008 14:30

Japan

3–1 (1–1, 1–0, 1–0)

Norway

S.U.S. Sport Complex, Shanghai Attendance: 1,800

Game reference
	Nana Fujimoto	Goalies	Jorid Dagfinrud Øiestad	Referee: Arina Ustinova
	0–1 00:57 – Farstad (PP) Sakagami (PP2) – 11:49 1–1 Kawashima (Hirano) (PP) – 32:23 2–1 Haruna (Fujii, Yamanaka) (PP) – 44:30 3–1
	18 min	Penalties	22 min
	40	Shots	15

7 November 2008 18:30

Czech Republic

3–4 (1–1, 2–1, 0–2)

China

S.U.S. Sport Complex, Shanghai Attendance: 2,200

Game reference
	Petra Šmardová	Goalies	Jia Dandan Shi Yao	Referee: Mary Ann Gage
	0–1 16:22 – Gao (Zhang B., Ma) Polenská (Mrázová) – 19:10 1–1 1–2 28:57 – Sun Mastná (Povová) – 33:05 2–2 Mrázová (Studentová, Polenská) (PP) – 34:10 3–2 3–3 49:40 – Qi (Wang L., Sun) (PP) 3–4 57:57 – Zhang B. (Wang L., Sun) (PP2)
	16 min	Penalties	8 min
	14	Shots	32

9 November 2008 14:30

Norway

2–1 GWS (1–0, 0–1, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Czech Republic

S.U.S. Sport Complex, Shanghai Attendance: 1,800

Game reference
	Christine Smestad	Goalies	Petra Šmardová	Referee: Nicole Hertrich
	Øien (Lien, Martinsen) (SH) – 04:32 1–0 1–1 27:56 – Polenská (Jandíková) (PP)
	Dahl	Shootout
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	28	Shots	23

9 November 2008 18:30

China

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Japan

S.U.S. Sport Complex, Shanghai Attendance: 2,200

Game reference
	Shi Yao	Goalies	Azusa Nakaoku	Referee: Mary Anne Gage
	Tang (Sun) (PP) – 28:28 1–0 Jin (Tang, Sun) – 43:57 2–0
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	14	Shots	22

References

1. "Women's Tournament Programme & Schedules". IIHF.
2. Switzerland and Russia qualify
3. 2008 Ranking

• Official Qualification site