Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

Women's ice hockey at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games

Venues	Gangneung Hockey Centre Kwandong Hockey Centre
Dates	10–22 February
Competitors	300 from 8 nations

Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Tournament
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Qualification
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Rosters
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The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics will be held in Pyeongchang, Korea between 10–22 February 2018. Eight countries will qualify for the tournament; five of them did so automatically by virtue of their ranking by the International Ice Hockey Federation, one, South Korea, automatically qualified as hosts, while the two others will take part in a qualification tournament.^[1]

Qualification

Canada and United States assured themselves of top four ranking after the 2016 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships by the end of the 2015 Championships and qualified for the A group.

Finland, Russia, and Sweden qualified by their ranking after the 2016 Championships.

The remaining two teams will qualify from qualification tournaments.

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	United States	Advance to Semifinals
2	Canada	Advance to Semifinals
3	Finland	Advance to Quarterfinals
4	Russia	Advance to Quarterfinals

First match(es) will be played on 10 February 2018. Source: IIHF

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Sweden	Advance to Quarterfinals
2	Qualifier 1	Advance to Quarterfinals
3	Qualifier 2	Advance to Classification
4	South Korea (H)	Advance to Classification

First match(es) will be played on 11 February 2018. Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

Events at the 2018 Winter Olympics (PyeongChang, South Korea)

Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing Curling Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ice hockey men women Luge Nordic combined Short track speed skating Skeleton Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating

Women's ice hockey tournaments

Women's Olympic tournaments	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

World Women's Championships	1990 1992 1994 1997 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

World Women's U18 Championships	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

European Women Championships	1989 1991 1993 1995 1996

Women's Pacific Rim Championship	1995 1996

Elite Women's Hockey League	2004 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

European Women's Champions Cup	2004 2005 2006 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

4 Nations Cup	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Meco Cup	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

WHC Directorate Awards 1987 World Tournament 2011 IIHF 12 Nations Tournament

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