Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification

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Ice hockey at the
2006 Winter Olympics
Qualification
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Tournament
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Rosters
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Qualification for the women's tournament at the 2006 Winter Olympics was determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the 2004 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships. The top four teams in the World Ranking received automatic berths into the Olympics, Italy received an automatic berth as host, and all other teams had an opportunity to qualify for the remaining three spots in the Olympics.

Qualified Teams

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
2004 IIHF World Ranking 5 March 2001 – 6 April 2004 Canada Halifax 4  Canada
 United States
 Finland
 Sweden
Qualification tournament 11–13 November 2004 Russia Podolsk 1  Russia
Qualification tournament 11–14 November 2004 Germany Bad Tölz 1  Germany
Qualification tournament 11–14 November 2004 China Beijing 1   Switzerland
Host 1  Italy
TOTAL 8
Notes
  1. a 2004 IIHF World Ranking were comprising the following events: 2000 World Championship, 2001 World Championship, 2002 Winter Olympic Games and 2004 World Championship.
  2. b Halifax was the site for 2004 World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking were finalized with regards to the qualification slots.

IIHF World Ranking

Qualified directly to Olympic Tournament
Qualification tournament
Rank Team WC 2004
(100%) 		OLY 2002
(75%) 		WC 2001
(50%) 		WC 2000
(25%) 		Total
1  Canada 1200 1200 1200 1200 3000
2  United States 1160 1160 1160 1160 2900
3  Finland 1120 1100 1100 1120 2775
4  Sweden 1100 1120 1020 1100 2725
5  Russia 1060 1060 1120 1060 2680
6  Germany 1040 1040 1060 1020 2605
7  China 1020 1020 1040 1040 2565
8   Switzerland 1000 960 960 940 2435
9  Kazakhstan 940 1000 1000 960 2430
10  Japan 980 940 940 1000 2405
11  Czech Republic 920 920 840 1590
12  Latvia 900 860 860 1545
13  France 880 880 880 1540
14  Norway 860 840 920 1510
15  North Korea 840 900 800 1490
16  Denmark 820 820 900 1455
17  Italy 800 760 820 1385
18  Slovakia 780 800 780 1375
19  Netherlands 760 780 720 1330
20  Great Britain 720 740 760 1280
21  Australia 740 720 680 1270
22  Belgium 640 700 740 1175
23  Hungary 660 660 700 1165
24  Slovenia 680 620 990
25  Romania 620 640 940
26  Austria 700 700
27  South Korea 600 600
28  South Africa 680 660 505
  • North Korea and Denmark chose not to participate in Olympic qualifying.

Qualification Tournaments

Three round-robins were played from 11 to 14 November 2004. The teams ranked 5th, 6th and 7th reserved the right to host these tournaments. The three group winners qualified for the Olympic tournament.

Group A

Games were played in Podolsk, Russia.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia (H) 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4 4 2006 Winter Olympics
2  Japan 2 1 0 1 6 4 +2 2
3  Czech Republic 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6 0
Source: IIHF.com
(H) Hosts
11 November 2004
18:30		Czech Republic 0–3
(0–3, 0–0, 0–0)		 RussiaVityaz Ice Palace, Podolsk
Attendance: 1,700
Game reference
Petra ŠmardováGoaliesMariya Onolbayeva
Linesmen:
Marina Konstantinova
Johanna Suban
0–109:22 – Dil (Khomich)
0–212:27 – Tretiakova (Gavrilova) (PP)
0–317:10 – Smolentseva (Dil)
8 minPenalties8 min
6Shots44
12 November 2004
18:30		Japan 4–1
(0–1, 2–0, 2–0)		 Czech RepublicVityaz Ice Palace, Podolsk
Attendance: 700
Game reference
Tomoko FujimotoGoaliesPetra Šmardová
Linesmen:
Tanja Karahastsu
Marina Konstantinova
0–114:37 – Vojáková (Honická) (PP)
Tamada (Togawa) – 33:061–1
Kawashima (Hatanaka) – 37:032–1
Takashima (Sakagami) – 41:153–1
Nihonyanagi (Ibe) – 43:454–1
14 minPenalties8 min
25Shots10
13 November 2004
17:00		Russia 3–2
(2–0, 1–1, 0–1)		 JapanVityaz Ice Palace, Podolsk
Attendance: 2,100
Game reference
Mariya OnolbayevaGoaliesTomoko Fujimoto
Linesmen:
Johanna Suban
Tanja Karahastsu
Shchelchkova (Gavrilova) – 06:451–0
Gladysheva (Sotnikova) – 16:262–0
Trefilova (Tretiakova) – 22:393–0
3–136:43 – Tsuchida (Yamane)
3–259:05 – Kubo (Wada) (PP)
43 minPenalties12 min
31Shots28

Group B

Games were played in Bad Tölz, Germany.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany (H) 3 3 0 0 20 2 +18 6 2006 Winter Olympics
2  Kazakhstan 3 2 0 1 21 6 +15 4
3  Latvia 3 1 0 2 13 11 +2 2
4  Slovenia 3 0 0 3 3 38 −35 0
Source: IIHF.com
(H) Hosts
11 November 2004
16:00		Kazakhstan 17–0
(4–0, 8–0, 5–0)		 SloveniaHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
Attendance: 99
Game reference
Natalya Trunova
Yelena Kuznetsova		GoaliesHedvika Korbar
Špela Globočnik		Referees:
Debbie Hengst
Joy Tottman
Linesmen:
Nina Hahnel
Malene Skovbakke
Potapova (Kryukova) – 06:401–0
Maltseva (Yakovchuk) – 10:462–0
Kryukova – 12:133–0
Yakovchuk (Kryukova, Adyyeva) (PP) – 15:514–0
Yakovchuk (Adyyeva) (PP) – 24:035–0
Alexeyeva (Sazonova) (PP) – 26:166–0
Alexeyeva (Maltseva) – 27:387–0
Atarskaya – 28:388–0
Potapova (Alexeyeva) – 30:229–0
Potapova (Konysheva) – 32:5610–0
Atarskaya (Potapova, Alexeyeva) – 33:5311–0
Sazonova (Potapova) – 35:2412–0
Yakovchuk (Kryukova) – 45:2713–0
Atarskaya (Konysheva) – 47:3514–0
Potapova (Sazonova) – 49:4015–0
Yakovchuk (Maltseva) – 52:4516–0
Potapova – 57:5317–0
6 minPenalties8 min
99Shots21
11 November 2004
19:30		Latvia 1–5
(1–2, 0–1, 0–2)		 GermanyHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
Attendance: 425
Game reference
Lolita AndriševskaGoaliesStephanie Wartosch-KürtenReferees:
Katerina Ivicicova
Joy Tottman
Linesmen:
Annesofie Boniface
Klara Quagliato
0–104:52 – Wolf (Oswald)
0–206:13 – Becker (Oswald) (PP)
Stolte (Lukaševiča) – 18:541–2
1–323:33 – Becker (Lanzl)
1–458:08 – Grundmann (Scheytt)
1–559:04 – Seiler (Lanzl, Becker)
4 minPenalties4 min
19Shots51
13 November 2004
15:00		Kazakhstan 4–1
(1–0, 2–0, 1–1)		 LatviaHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
Attendance: 140
Game reference
Natalya TrunovaGoaliesLolita AndriševskaReferee:
Katerina Ivicicova
Linesmen:
Annesofia Boniface
Nina Hahnel
Potapova (Alexeyeva) – 13:081–0
Atarskaya (Alexeyeva) – 21:182–0
Potapova (Sazonova) (SH) – 24:243–0
3–140:27 – Geca-Miljone
Potapova (Sazonova) (PP) – 49:304–1
16 minPenalties8 min
47Shots26
13 November 2004
18:30		Germany 10–1
(3–0, 4–0, 3–1)		 SloveniaHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
Attendance: 575
Game reference
Viona HarrerGoaliesŠpela GlobočnikReferee:
Joy Tottman
Linesmen:
Malene Skovbakke
Petra Slivkova
Wolf (Evers) – 08:441–0
Götz (Kruck) (SH) – 13:542–0
Evers (Busch) – 16:173–0
Grundmann (Fellner, Götz) (PP) – 34:144–0
Evers (Busch) – 37:445–0
Ritter (Scheytt, Kruck) – 38:566–0
Seiler (Becker) – 39:487–0
Lanzl – 48:008–0
Lanzl (Becker) – 48:499–0
9–151:55 – Ažman (Kavčič)
Scheytt (Ritter) – 58:2610–1
18 minPenalties2 min
73Shots9
14 November 2004
14:30		Slovenia 2–11
(1–2, 0–7, 1–2)		 LatviaHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
Attendance: 67
Game reference
Hedvika Korbar
Špela Globočnik		GoaliesLolita AndriševskaReferee:
Debbie Hengst
Linesmen:
Klara Quagliato
Petra Slivkova
0–101:01 – Stolte (Lukaševiča)
Eržen (Pren) – 02:461–1
1–204:08 – Koka (SH)
1–322:26 – Geca-Miljone (Koka, Švalbe) (PP)
1–423:34 – Karpova (Stolte)
1–526:42 – Bičevska (Lukaševiča, Stolte) (PP2)
1–630:44 – Koka
1–732:57 – Koka (Geca-Miljone) (SH)
1–838:07 – Pētersone (Mihejeva)
1–938:25 – Geca-Miljone (Koka)
1–1041:47 – Stolte (Lukaševiča)
1–1150:03 – Geca-Miljone (Koka) (SH)
Ažman (SH) – 59:262–11
14 minPenalties28 min
14Shots40
14 November 2004
18:00		Germany 5–0
(1–0, 2–0, 2–0)		 KazakhstanHacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz
Attendance: 1,498
Game reference
Stephanie Wartosch-KürtenGoaliesNatalya TrunovaReferee:
Joy Tottman
Linesmen:
Annesofie Boniface
Malene Skovakke
Becker (Kruck, Lanzl) (PP2) – 04:211–0
Lanzl (Ritter, Grundmann) – 28:112–0
Seiler (Becker, Lanzl) – 31:163–0
Becker (Seiler) – 45:014–0
Wolf (Evers) (PP) – 53:415–0
10 minPenalties28 min
42Shots15

Group C

Games were played in Beijing, China.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Switzerland 3 3 0 0 15 5 +10 6 2006 Winter Olympics
2  China (H) 3 2 0 1 19 4 +15 4
3  France 3 1 0 2 8 13 −5 2
4  Norway 3 0 0 3 2 22 −20 0
Source: IIHF.com
(H) Hosts
11 November 2004
14:30		Switzerland 8–0
(2–0, 2–0, 4–0)		 NorwayBeijing
Attendance: 270
Game reference
Patricia SautterGoaliesChristine SmestadReferee:
Danyel Howard
Linesmen:
Dai Liping
Irina Mogilnikova
Diaz (J. Marty, Cattaneo) – 14:161–0
Mosimann (Riechsteiner, Leuenberger) (PP) – 16:222–0
Riechsteiner – 33:593–0
Meier, (Diaz) – 34:374–0
Riechsteiner (Lehmann, S. Marty) – 46:555–0
Lehmann (Leuenberger) – 47:106–0
Diaz – 54:367–0
Diaz – 59:138–0
16 minPenalties35 min
62Shots12
11 November 2004
18:30		France 1–7
(1–3, 0–3, 0–1)		 ChinaBeijing
Attendance: 500
Game reference
Nolwenn RousselleGoaliesGuo HongReferee:
Anne Haanpaa
Linesmen:
Kotoe Nashida
Lisa Albers
0–107:47 – Li Xi.
Bidaud (Serre) – 11:421–1
1–218:16 – Wang L. (Jin)
1–319:07 – Li Xi. (Guan)
1–421:50 – Sun
1–526:34 – Sun (Qi)
1–637:53 – Jin (Su)
1–755:25 – Su (Sun, Wang L.)
6 minPenalties4 min
11Shots34
12 November 2004
14:30		Switzerland 4–3
(0–1, 3–1, 1–1)		 FranceBeijing
Attendance: 280
Game reference
Patricia SautterGoaliesOrane LeendersReferee:
Mamiko Utsumi
Linesmen:
Liu Chunhua
Lisa albers
0–113:30 – Serre (Duchamp)
Lehmann (Fuhrer) (PP) – 20:201–1
S. Marty (Bullo) (PP) – 24:262–1
Marty – 25:013–1
3–226:11 – Personne (Serre, Iszraelewicz) (PP)
Ruhnke – 45:024–2
4–349:20 – Roy
14 minPenalties10 min
33Shots26
12 November 2004
18:30		China 10–0
(1–0, 2–0, 7–0)		 NorwayBeijing
Attendance: 600
Game reference
Guo HongGoaliesChristine SmestadReferee:
Anne Haanpaa
Linesmen:
Irina Mogilnikova
Kotoe Nashida
Ma X. (Zhang J., Wang L.) (PP) – 08:071–0
Zhang B. (Sun) – 31:522–0
Sun (Su) – 32:463–0
Wang L. (Sun) – 41:414–0
Jin (Ma J.) (PP) – 44:145–0
Ma X. (Zhang J., Wang L.) (PP) – 44:556–0
Jin (Sun) (PP) – 45:327–0
Zhang J. (Ma X.) (PP) – 45:548–0
Jin (Sun) (PP) – 46:299–0
Wang L. (SH) – 55:1010–0
8 minPenalties33 min
41Shots14
14 November 2004
14:30		Norway 2–4
(1–0, 0–4, 1–0)		 FranceBeijing
Attendance: 300
Game reference
Christine SmestadGoaliesNolwenn RousselleReferee:
Mamiko Utsumi
Linesmen:
Liu Chunhua
Dai Liping
Carlsson (Ask) – 07:161–0
1–125:36 – Iszraelewicz (Duchamp (PP)
1–227:24 – Duchamp
1–338:57 – Roy (Personne)
1–439:35 – Duchamp
Martinsen – 42:522–4
8 minPenalties6 min
20Shots34
14 November 2004
18:30		China 2–3
(0–0, 0–0, 2–3)		  SwitzerlandBeijing
Attendance: 890
Game reference
Guo HongGoaliesPatricia SautterReferee:
Danyel Howard
Linesmen:
Lisa Albers
Irina Mogilnikova
Ma X. (Zhang J.) – 40:481–0
1–149:38 – Diaz (Fuhrer)
Zhang B. (Guan) – 52:462–1
2–254:17 – Ruhnke (Diaz)
2–359:54 – Riechensteiner (EA)
14 minPenalties12 min
25Shots25

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