Olympic Winter Games 2010 / Ice Hockey (Women) / Qualification

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The qualification for the 2010 Olympic ice hockey tournament took place between September and October 2008. Two places in the final tournament were played. In addition, there were the six best nations in the IIHF world rankings in 2008.

The two places were played out in a two-stage system between 15 participants. The classification was also based on the 2008 IIHF world rankings. In the last qualifying round, Slovakia and the People's Republic of China secured the remaining two free places in the Olympic ice hockey tournament.

Overview

competition	place	date	sub- contractor	viewers total	Games	O
Qualification group C	Bad Tölz	0Nov 6, 2008 - Nov 9, 2008 0	4th	1,068	6th	178
Group D qualification	Shanghai	0Nov 6, 2008 - Nov 9, 2008 0	4th	12,680	6th	2.113
Pre-qualification group A	Liepāja	0Sep 2 2008 - Sep 7 2008 0	5	939	10	93
Pre-qualification group B	Maribor	03rd Sep 2008 - Sep 5 2008 0	4th	1,035	6th	173

Direct qualification

The first six nations of the IIHF world rankings qualified for the Olympic tournament directly after the 2008 World Cup :

rank	country	World Cup 2008 (100%)	World Cup 2007 (75%)	OS 2006 (50%)	World Cup 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
4th	Sweden	1060	1120	1160	1120	2760
5	Switzerland	1100	1060	1020	960	2645
6th	Russia	1040	1020	1040	1000	2575
7th	Germany	980	1000	1060	1060	2525
8th	People's Republic of 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
14th	Norway	860	880	840	840	2150
15th	Italy	760	800	1000	820	2065
16	Slovenia	680	720	820	720	1810
17th	Slovakia	920	820	0	800	1735
18th	Denmark	800	840	0	880	1650
19th	Austria	820	760	0	760	1580
20th	North Korea	780	780	0	780	1560

mode

The national teams from 7th place in the world rankings played the two remaining places in a two-stage system in qualifying tournaments between September and October 2008. A total of 15 countries registered for the four tournaments.

The winners of the pre-qualification (Norway and Slovakia) reached the second qualifying round, in which they then met the six teams that finished 7th to 12th in the world rankings. There was again played in two groups (C & D) with four teams each. The respective group winners finally qualified for the Olympic ice hockey tournament.

The International Ice Hockey Federation formed a ranking among the non-qualified nations that was also included in the 2010 IIHF world rankings .

Pre-qualification

Group A

Olympic qualification, group A.
Number of nations	5
Qualifier	Slovakia
Venue (s)	Liepāja , Latvia
opening	September 2, 2008
Final day	September 7, 2008
spectator	939 (93 per game)
Gates	241 (24.10 per game)
Awards
Top scorer	Martina Veličková (24 points)

The matches in Group A of the found pre-qualifying from 2 to 7 September 2008 at Latvian Liepaja in 1700 seater Olimpiskais Centrs Liepaja instead.

The favored team from Slovakia easily reached the next round of qualification with clear victories over the four competitors. The Latvian hosts lost the all-important game against the eventual winner at the beginning and had to be content with second place. Italy and Croatia followed on the other places. The Bulgarians had to pay a lot of hard work on their debut on the international level, who suffered severe defeats in all four games, including a 0:82 against the Slovaks. They conceded a total of 192 goals in the course of the tournament, while Slovakia scored 105 goals. The record victory of the Slovak women was also the highest victory in a women's game organized by the IIHF.

As the best scorer, Martina Veličková from Slovakia emerged from the tournament with 24 scorer points . Six teammates from Veličková followed on the other places.

A total of 939 spectators attended the ten qualifying games, which corresponds to an average of 93 per game.

venue

Liepāja , Latvia

Liepāja Venue of the qualification

Venue

Olimpiskais Centrs Liepāja Capacity: 1,700

Exterior view of the ice rink at Olimpiskais Centrs Liepāja

September 2, 2008 3:30 p.m. (local time)

Bulgaria

0:41 (0:17, 0:12, 0:12) Game report

Italy

Olimpiskais Centrs, Liepāja Spectators: 45

September 2, 2008 7:00 p.m.

Slovakia

2: 0 (2: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0) game report

Latvia

Olimpiskais Centrs, Liepāja Spectators: 280

September 3, 2008 6:00 p.m.

Croatia

30: 1 (8: 0, 13: 0, 9: 1) game report

Bulgaria

Olimpiskais Centrs, Liepāja Spectators: 45

September 4, 2008 3:30 p.m.

Italy

1: 3 (1: 2, 0: 1, 0: 0) match report

Slovakia

Olimpiskais Centrs, Liepāja Spectators: 62

September 4, 2008 7:00 p.m.

Latvia

9: 0 (1: 0, 3: 0, 5: 0) game report

Croatia

Olimpiskais Centrs, Liepāja Spectators: 118

September 5, 2008 6:00 p.m.

Bulgaria

0:39 (0:14, 0:11, 0:14) Game report

Latvia

Olimpiskais Centrs, Liepāja Spectators: 115

September 6, 2008 3:30 p.m.

Slovakia

82: 0 (31: 0, 24: 0, 27: 0) game report

Bulgaria

Olimpiskais Centrs, Liepāja Spectators: 37

September 6, 2008 7:00 p.m.

Italy

8: 0 (1: 0, 4: 0, 3: 0) game report

Croatia

Olimpiskais Centrs, Liepāja Spectators: 82

September 7, 2008 3:00 p.m.

Latvia

5: 1 (3: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) game report

Italy

Olimpiskais Centrs, Liepāja Spectators: 114

September 7, 2008 6:30 p.m.

Croatia

1:18 (1: 5, 0: 9, 0: 4) match report

Slovakia

Olimpiskais Centrs, Liepāja Spectators: 41

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Slovakia	4th	4th	0	0	0	105: 002	12
2.	Latvia	4th	3	0	0	1	053: 003	9
3.	Italy	4th	2	0	0	2	051: 008	6th
4th	Croatia	4th	1	0	0	3	031: 036	3
5.	Bulgaria	4th	0	0	0	4th	001: 192	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Qualifier for the qualifying round

Group B

Olympic qualification, group B
Number of nations	4th
Qualifier	Norway
Venue (s)	Maribor , Slovenia
opening	September 3, 2008
Final day	September 5, 2008
spectator	1,035 (172 per game)
Gates	41 (6.83 per game)
Awards
Top scorer	Denise Altmann (7 points)

The group B games of the pre-qualification took place from September 3rd to 5th, 2008 in Maribor, Slovenia, in the 3,000-seat Ledna dvorana Tabor .

The favored and best placed team from Norway in the IIHF world rankings in 2008 reached the next round of qualification with clear victories over the three competitors. The Slovenian hosts disappointed and clearly lost their three games. The British women, who, as participants in the World Cup in Division II, narrowly beat the Austrians from Division I and thus secured second place behind Norway, provided a little surprise.

The Austrian Denise Altmann and the Norwegian Helene Martinsen emerged as the best scorers from the tournament with seven points each , whereby Altmann scored one more than Martinsen with three goals.

A total of 1,035 spectators attended the six qualifying games, which corresponds to an average of 172 per game.

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Maribor , Slovenia

Maribor Venue of the qualification

Venue

Ledna dvorana Tabor Capacity: 3,000

Interior view of the Ledna dvorana Tabor

September 3, 2008 4:00 p.m. (local time)

Norway

3: 1 (1: 0, 0: 1, 2: 0) game report

Great Britain

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 125

September 3, 2008 8:00 p.m.

Slovenia

0: 7 (0: 1, 0: 4, 0: 2) game report

Austria

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 250

September 4, 2008 4:00 p.m.

Austria

0: 1 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0) game report

Norway

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor spectators: 120

September 4, 2008 8:00 p.m.

Slovenia

1: 5 (0: 2, 1: 1, 0: 2) game report

Great Britain

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 240

September 5, 2008 4:00 p.m.

Great Britain

4: 3 n.V. (1: 1, 2: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0) game report

Austria

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor audience: 100

September 5, 2008 8:00 p.m.

Norway

15: 1 (7: 0, 5: 0, 3: 1) game report

Slovenia

Ledna dvorana Tabor, Maribor Spectators: 200

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Norway	3	3	0	0	0	19: 02	9
2.	Great Britain	3	1	1	0	1	10: 07	5
3.	Austria	3	1	0	1	1	10: 05	4th
4th	Slovenia	3	0	0	0	3	02:27	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Qualifier for the qualifying round

First qualifying round

Group C

Olympic qualification, group C
Number of nations	4th
Qualifier	Slovakia
Venue (s)	Bad Toelz , Germany
opening	November 6, 2008
Final day	November 9, 2008
spectator	1,068 (178 per game)
Gates	27 (4.50 per game)
Awards
Best goalkeeper	Zuzana Tomčíková
Best defender	Galina Schu
Best striker	Bettina Evers
Top scorer	Martina Veličková (4 points)

The qualification group C games took place from November 6th to 9th, 2008 in the Hacker-Pschorr Arena in Bad Tölz .

The Slovaks caused a big surprise, who only qualified for the tournament in Germany by winning the tournament in the pre-qualification. After an opening victory over the hosts and the best-positioned Germans in the IIHF world rankings, they also won the decisive match against Kazakhstan, which means that after Germany's victory over France, the tournament victory for the outsider was already certain after the second match day. With a final victory over France, they finished the tournament flawlessly with three wins and only one goal. The Germans disappointed across the board with defeats against Slovakia and Kazakhstan and clearly missed the goal of qualifying for the Olympics as third place.

As the best scorer, Martina Veličková from Slovakia emerged from the tournament with four scorer points . She had already finished the pre-qualification tournament as the player with the best points. With three tournament goals, her teammate Jana Kapustová scored the most goals.

A total of 1,068 spectators attended the six qualifying games, which corresponds to an average of 178 per game.

venue

Bad Toelz , Germany

Bad Tölz Venue of the qualification

Venue

Hacker-Pschorr Arena Capacity: 4,115

Exterior view of the Hacker-Pschorr Arena

November 6, 2008 4:00 p.m. (local time)

Kazakhstan T. Korojowa (15:07) T. Korojowa (21:27) N. Jakowtschuk (25:20) A. Babushkina (56:19) L. Ibragimowa (56:38) O. Potapowa (58:27)

6: 1 (1: 0, 2: 1, 3: 0) game report

France M. Allemoz (37:05)

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Spectators: 70

November 6, 2008 7:30 p.m.

Germany

0: 2 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0) game report

Slovakia J. Kapustová (13:36) I. Karafiátová (32:41)

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Spectators: 294

November 8, 2008 1:30 p.m.

Kazakhstan

0: 1 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0) game report

Slovakia M. Veličková (23:47)

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Spectators: 85

November 8, 2008 5:00 p.m.

France A. Bouché (52:09) A. Fuster (56:26)

2: 7 (0: 1, 0: 3, 2: 3) game report

Germany A. Lanzl (9:21) F. Busch (20:42) A. Lanzl (23:06) B. Evers (32:25) N. Kamenik (46:18) B. Evers (46:43) L . Shoemaker (59:44)

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Spectators: 310

November 9, 2008 1:30 p.m.

Slovakia I. Karafiátová (6:16) J. Kapustová (33:55) J. Kapustová (49:03)

3: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1) game report

France S. Serre (46:43)

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Spectators: 54

November 9, 2008 5:00 p.m.

Germany C. Grundmann (13:51)

1: 3 (1: 0, 0: 2, 0: 1) game report

Kazakhstan L. Swiridova (23:50) L. Swiridova (32:10) A. Babushkina (59:29)

Hacker-Pschorr Arena, Bad Tölz Spectators: 255

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Slovakia	3	3	0	0	0	06: 01	9
2.	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	0	1	09: 03	6th
3.	Germany	3	1	0	0	2	08: 07	3
4th	France	3	0	0	0	3	04:16	0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Qualifier for the Olympic ice hockey tournament

Group D

Olympic qualification, group D.
Number of nations	4th
Qualifier	People's Republic of China
Venue (s)	Shanghai , People's Republic of China
opening	November 6, 2008
Final day	November 9, 2008
spectator	12,680 (2,113 per game)
Gates	26 (4.33 per game)
Awards
Top scorer	Sun Rui (9 points)

The games of qualifying Group D found from 6 to 9 November 2008 at the China Shanghai sports complex of the Shanghai University of Sports instead.

After the first four games, the two Chinese and Japanese women belonging to the top division emerged as favorites to win the tournament by defeating the Norwegians and Czechs. So on the last day of the match there was the “final” for the group win. The hosts from China won this with a narrow 2-0 victory and thus secured the remaining ticket for the Olympic tournament. The Norwegians, who had only secured their place in the group through the pre-qualification, made it to third place. They defeated the Czech Republic in a close encounter 2-1 in a shootout .

As the best scorer, the Chinese Sun Rui emerged from the tournament with nine scorer points , including six assists . With four tournament goals, the Czech Alena Polenská scored the most goals.

A total of 12,680 spectators attended the six qualifying games, which corresponds to an average of 2,113 per game.

venue

Shanghai , People's Republic of China

Shanghai Venue of the qualification

Venue

Shanghai University of Sports Sports Complex Capacity:

November 6, 2008 2:30 p.m. (local time)

November 6, 2008 7:30 a.m. ( CET )

Japan H. Kumano (1:00) C. Yamanaka (10:02) C. Yamanaka (36:23)

3: 2 (2: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0) game report

Czech Republic A. Polenská (15:28) A. Polenská (37:58)

SUS Sports Complex, Shanghai Spectators: 1,500

November 6, 2008 6:30 p.m.

November 6, 2008 11:30 a.m.

People's Republic of China Jin F. (10:04) Qi X. (11:41) Wang L. (24:19) Sun R. (32:03) Sun R. (44:39)

5: 0 (2: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0) game report

Norway

SUS Sports Complex, Shanghai Spectators: 3,180

November 7, 2008 2:30 p.m.

November 7, 2008 7:30 am

Japan T. Sakagami (11:49) Y. Kawashima (32:23) H. Kumano (44:30)

3: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Norway I. Farstad (0:57)

SUS Sports Complex, Shanghai Spectators: 1,800

November 7, 2008 6:30 p.m.

November 7, 2008 11:30 a.m.

Czech Republic A. Polenská (19:10) R. Mastná (33:05) K. Mrázová (34:10)

3: 4 (1: 1, 2: 1, 0: 2) game report

People's Republic of China Gao F. (16:22) Sun R. (28:57) Qi X. (49:40) Zhang B. (57:57)

SUS Sports Complex, Shanghai Spectators: 2,200

November 9, 2008 2:30 p.m.

November 9, 2008 7:30 am

Norway L. Bialik (4:32) E. Dahl (PS)

2: 1 n.P. (1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report

Czech Republic A. Polenská (27:56)

SUS Sports Complex, Shanghai Spectators: 1,800

November 9, 2008 6:30 p.m.

November 9, 2008 11:30 a.m.

People's Republic of China Tang L. (28:28) Jin F. (43:57)

2: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0) game report

Japan

SUS Sports Complex, Shanghai Spectators: 2,200

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	People's Republic of China	3	3	0	0	0	11: 03	9
2.	Japan	3	2	0	0	1	06: 05	6th
3.	Norway	3	0	1	0	2	03: 09	2
4th	Czech Republic	3	0	0	1	2	06: 09	1

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Qualifier for the Olympic ice hockey tournament

Web links

• Overview of qualifications at iihf.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IIHF World Ranking List for Women 2008
2. ↑ iihf.com, Slovakia also advances
3. ↑ iihf.com, Norway advances in qualifier
4. ↑ iihf.com, Welcome to Vancouver, Slovakia
5. ↑ iihf.com, China joins Slovakia in Vancouver