Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament
| Women's ice hockey at the XXIII Olympic Winter Games
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Gangneung Hockey Centre Kwandong Hockey Centre |
| Dates | 10–22 February |
| Competitors | 300 from 8 nations |
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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.
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.
South Korea qualified as host team in 2018 Winter Olympics.
The remaining two teams will qualify from qualification tournaments.
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