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

Ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics
Tournament
men  women
Qualification
men  women
Rosters
men  women

Qualification for the women's tournament at the 2018 Winter Olympics determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the 2016 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships. The top five teams in the World Ranking will receive automatic berths into the Olympics, South Korea has received an automatic berth as host, and all other member nations have an opportunity to qualify for the remaining two spots.^[1]

Qualified teams

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host	19 September 2014[2]	Tenerife	1	South Korea
2016 IIHF World Ranking^[†]	7 December 2012– April 2016	Kamloops^[‡]	5	United States  Canada  Finland  Russia  Sweden
Final qualification tournament	9–12 February 2017	Arosa	1
Final qualification tournament	9–12 February 2017	Tomakomai	1
TOTAL			8

Notes

1. ^† The 2016 IIHF World Ranking includes the following events: 2013 World Championship, 2014 Winter Olympic Games, 2014 World Championship, 2015 World Championship and 2016 World Championship
2. ^‡ Kamloops was the site for 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking was finalized with regards to the qualification slots.

Qualification seeding

To qualify directly, a nation has to be ranked in the top five following the 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship.^[1] Using the IIHF World Ranking points system, the 2016 will receive full value, and each preceding year was worth 25% less. Teams that wish to compete must apply in "early spring of 2016".^[3] The following is a ranking based on points accumulated toward Olympic qualification of all countries.

Points are earned based on overall finish, available points for 2016 are as follows:

Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	...
Points	1200	1160	1120	1100	1060	1040	1020	1000	960	940	920	900	880	860	840	820	800	780	760	740	...

1–5	Qualifies directly to Olympic Tournament
6–11	Enters qualifying in the final round
12–17	Enters qualifying in the preliminary round 3
18–24	Enters qualifying in the preliminary round 2
25–27	Enters qualifying in the preliminary round 1

Seeding	Team	WC 2016	WC 2015	WC 2014	OLY 2014	WC 2013	Total
1	United States	1200	900	580	580	300	3560
2	Canada	1160	870	600	600	290	3520
3	Finland	1100	840	530	530	275	3275
4	Russia	1120	825	520	520	280	3265
5	Sweden	1060	795	550	550	255	3210
6	Switzerland	1020	780	560	560	260	3180
7	Japan	1000	765	500	500	240	3005
8	Germany	960	750	510	510	265	2995
9	Czech Republic	1040	720	480	480	250	2970
10	Denmark	900	675	460	470	235	2740
11	Austria	920	705	440	420	225	2710
12	France	940	690	450	410	210	2700
13	Norway	880	660	470	460	220	2690
14	Slovakia	860	630	430	440	230	2590
15	Latvia	820	645	420	370	215	2470
16	China	760	600	410	450	195	2415
17	Hungary	840	585	400	360	180	2365
18	Kazakhstan	800	540	370	430	190	2330
19	Netherlands	740	615	390	380	205	2330
20	Italy	780	570	360	400	175	2285
21	Great Britain	680	525	350	390	185	2130
22	Poland	720	495	340	350	160	2065
Host	South Korea	700	510	330	320	150	2010
23	Slovenia	640	450	290	340	155	1875
24	Croatia	620	480	300	310	140	1850
25	North Korea	660	555	380	0	200	1795
26	Spain	580	420	280	330	145	1755
27	Australia	600	390	310	0	170	1470
28	New Zealand	520	465	320	0	165	1470
29	Iceland	560	405	270	0	135	1370
30	Turkey	500	360	250	0	120	1230
31	Mexico	540	435	240	0	0	1215
32	South Africa	440	330	230	0	125	1125
33	Bulgaria	420	315	220	0	115	1070
34	Hong Kong	460	345	210	0	0	1015
35	Belgium	0	375	260	0	130	765
36	Romania	480	0	0	0	0	480

• Ireland is not listed despite having achieved ranking points because they are not currently participating.
• Nations with no shading chose not to participate in Olympic qualifying.

Preliminary round 1

This round was played 7–9 October 2016 in Mexico City. The winner (Mexico) advanced to the preliminary round 2 as qualifier seven.

Group J

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mexico (H)	2	2	0	0	0	24	5	+19	6	Preliminary round 2
2	Turkey	2	1	0	0	1	13	13	0	3
3	Hong Kong	2	0	0	0	2	2	21	−19	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Results

All times are local (UTC–5).

7 October 2016 20:30

Hong Kong

2–8 (1–4, 1–3, 0–1)

Turkey

Ice Dome, Mexico City Attendance: 50

Game reference
	Wong Ying Chi Virginia	Goalies	Didem Deniz Büșra Kanat	Referee: Chelsea Rapin Linesmen: Cianna Lieffers Amanda Wilson
	0–1 01:45 – Demir (Uygun) (PP) 0–2 07:07 – Baktıroğlu (Yılmaz) Li – 08:08 1–2 1–3 15:06 – Tayğar (A. Lökbaş) 1–4 15:41 – Uygun (Baktıroğlu) 1–5 21:08 – Demirkol (Baktıroğlu) 1–6 28:30 – Baktıroğlu Li (Low) – 39:04 2–6 2–7 39:26 – Toygar (D. Lökbaş) 2–8 44:45 – Baktıroğlu
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	7	Shots	39

8 October 2016 20:00

Mexico

13–0 (5–0, 5–0, 3–0)

Hong Kong

Ice Dome, Mexico City Attendance: 1,000

Game reference
	María Meza Monica Renteria	Goalies	Wong Ying Chi Virginia Chau Nga Sze	Referee: Jestina Vichorek Linesmen: Marie-Pierre Jalbert Cianna Lieffers
	Téllez (Escobedo) – 01:27 1–0 J. Rojas – 02:56 2–0 F. Hernández (Treviño, Hurtado) – 10:30 3–0 J. Rojas (González) – 14:39 4–0 Hurtado (Gendrón) (PP) – 16:09 5–0 Gendrón (Téllez) – 21:48 6–0 A. Hernández (Amaya) – 23:44 7–0 Escobedo (Cruz) – 26:26 8–0 Gendrón (PP) – 30:42 9–0 J. Rojas (Chávez, González) – 39:44 10–0 F. Hernández (Toledano) – 52:19 11–0 G. Rojas (A. Hernández) – 53:07 12–0 Téllez (Gendrón, Chávez) – 57:55 13–0
	24 min	Penalties	18 min
	55	Shots	1

9 October 2016 19:00

Turkey

5–11 (1–5, 2–2, 2–4)

Mexico

Ice Dome, Mexico City Attendance: 700

Game reference
	Didem Deniz	Goalies	María Meza	Referee: Chelsea Rapin Linesmen: Marie-Pierre Jalbert Amanda Wilson
	0–1 06:06 – F. Hernández 0–2 08:27 – Téllez (Cardenas) 0–3 14:34 – Gendrón (Téllez, Cardenas) Tayğar (SH) – 14:50 1–3 1–4 16:19 – Cruz (González) (PP) 1–5 16:45 – Hurtado (Cardenas) Baktıroğlu (Demirkol) – 23:24 2–5 Demirkol (Baktıroğlu) (PP2) – 25:28 3–5 3–6 33:45 – J. Rojas (González, Chávez) 3–7 39:36 – J. Rojas (PP) 3–8 44:33 – Hurtado (Téllez) (PP) Baktıroğlu (Yılmaz) – 45:44 4–8 4–9 51:15 – Treviño (Amaya) (SH) Demir (Baktıroğlu) (PP2) – 51:49 5–9 5–10 54:39 – Chávez (J. Rojas, González) 5–11 57:57 – Gendrón (SH)
	20 min	Penalties	53 min
	21	Shots	39

Preliminary round 2

This round was played on 3–6, November 2016 in Astana, Kazakhstan and San Sebastián, Spain. The winner of each group advanced to the preliminary round 3 as qualifiers five and six, ranked according their seeding.

Group G

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kazakhstan (H)	3	3	0	0	0	10	3	+7	9	Preliminary round 3
2	Poland	3	2	0	0	1	10	7	+3	6
3	Great Britain	3	1	0	0	2	7	9	−2	3
4	Mexico	3	0	0	0	3	3	11	−8	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Results

All times are local (UTC+6).

3 November 2016 15:00

Great Britain

3–2 (0–2, 0–0, 3–0)

Mexico

Barys Arena, Astana Attendance: 102

Game reference
	Samantha Bolwell	Goalies	Mónica Renteria	Referee: Henna Åberg Linesmen: Ivana Besedičová Diana Mokhova
	0–1 01:01 – J. Rojas (Cruz) 0–2 19:02 – F. Hernández (Larois, Escobedo) (PP) Lane (Taylor) – 52:38 1–2 Allen (Marsden) – 58:39 2–2 Taylor (Henry) – 59:00 3–2
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	39	Shots	11

3 November 2016 19:00

Poland

1–4 (1–1, 0–3, 0–0)

Kazakhstan

Barys Arena, Astana Attendance: 465

Game reference
	Martyna Sass	Goalies	Darya Dmitriyeva	Referee: Yana Zueva Linesmen: Nataša Pagon Linnea Sainio
	Łaskawska (Tomczok, Korkuz) – 12:45 1–0 1–1 14:56 – Ryspek (Tukhtieva 1–2 29:21 – Tukhtieva (Ryspek) 1–3 33:38 – Moldabai (Koroleva) 1–4 39:03 – Moldabai (Tatyana Likhaus)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	34

4 November 2016 15:00

Great Britain

3–4 (0–2, 2–1, 1–1)

Poland

Barys Arena, Astana Attendance: 152

Game reference
	Nicole Jackson	Goalies	Martyna Sass	Referee: Debby Hengst Linesmen: Linnea Sainio Svenja Strohmenger
	0–1 11:58 – Czaplik (Późniewska, Czarnecka) 0–2 12:19 – Późniewska (Czaplik, Chrapek) Taylor (PP) – 22:41 1–2 Douglas (Herbert, Marsden) – 27:26 2–2 2–3 29:21 – Strzelecka (Frąckowiak) (PP) 2–4 44:14 – Wieczorek (Frąckowiak) Henry (Taylor, Farman) (PP) – 58:21 3–4
	6 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	25

4 November 2016 19:00

Kazakhstan

3–1 (2–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Mexico

Barys Arena, Astana Attendance: 446

Game reference
	Darya Dmitriyeva	Goalies	María Meza	Referee: Yana Zueva Linesmen: Diana Mokhova Nataša Pagon
	Kartanbayeva (Aldabergenova) – 04:46 1–0 Felzink – 13:14 2–0 Ashimova (Shegebayeva, Olzhabayeva) – 27:51 3–0 3–1 45:52 – Chavez
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	30	Shots	18

6 November 2016 12:00

Mexico

0–5 (0–0, 0–4, 0–1)

Poland

Barys Arena, Astana Attendance: 183

Game reference
	Mónica Renteria María Meza	Goalies	Gabriela Mizera	Referee: Debby Hengst Linesmen: Ivana Besedičová Nataša Pagon
	0–1 20:33 – Późniewska (SH) 0–2 24:04 – Wieczorek (Frąckowiak) (PP) 0–3 34:29 – Późniewska (Chrapek) (PP) 0–4 36:37 – Chrapek (Późniewska, Czaplik) (PP) 0–5 58:31 – Tomczok (Chrapek)
	31 min	Penalties	10 min
	14	Shots	43

6 November 2016 16:00

Kazakhstan

3–1 (2–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Great Britain

Barys Arena, Astana Attendance: 861

Game reference
	Darya Dmitriyeva	Goalies	Nicole Jackson	Referee: Henna Åberg Linesmen: Linnea Sainio Svenja Strohmenger
	Nurgalieva (Koroleva) – 03:44 1–0 Moldabai (Likhaus) (PP) – 18:26 2–0 2–1 54:07 – Henry (Farman, Taylor) (PP) Likhaus (Ryspek) (ENG) – 59:06 3–1
	31 min	Penalties	12 min
	28	Shots	23

Group H

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	0	15	2	+13	9	Preliminary round 3
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	0	1	17	6	+11	6
3	Spain (H)	3	1	0	0	2	5	5	0	3
4	Slovenia	3	0	0	0	3	3	27	−24	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

4 November 2016 16:30

Slovenia

1–14 (0–4, 0–6, 1–4)

Netherlands

Palacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin, San Sebastian Attendance: 174

Game reference
	Ines Confidenti Pia Dukarič	Goalies	Lisa Daams	Referee: Maija Kontturi Linesmen: Anina Egli Julia Johansson
	0–1 05:51 – Wielenga 0–2 13:16 – Wielenga 0–3 17:03 – Martens (Haverkorn van Rijsewijk, Van Nes) 0–4 18:22 – Zwarthoed (De Jong, Hardenbol) 0–5 26:08 – De Jong (Zwarthoed) 0–6 28:06 – Wielenga (Van Nes) 0–7 30:13 – De Jong (Dijkema, Hamers) 0–8 31:37 – Haverkorn van Rijsewijk (Wielenga) 0–9 32:32 – Tjin-A-Ton (Van Nes) 0–10 33:07 – Tjin-A-Ton (Tegelaar, Schollaardt) 0–11 43:00 – Barton (Van der Zande, Noe) 0–12 43:23 – Wielenga (Van Nes) 0–13 46:44 – Wielenga (Van Nes) 0–14 59:31 – De Jong (Keijzer, Zwarthoed) E. Dukarič (S. Confidenti, Pren) – 59:45 1–14
	2 min	Penalties	4 min
	11	Shots	57

4 November 2016 20:00

Italy

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Spain

Palacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin, San Sebastian Attendance: 252

Game reference
	Daniela Klotz	Goalies	Alba Gonzalo	Referee: Marie Picavet Linesmen: Alexandra Klaffki Joanna Pobożniak
	Gius (Zandegiacomo) – 24:33 1–0 Dalprà (De la Forest) – 40:18 2–0
	14 min	Penalties	12 min
	38	Shots	4

5 November 2016 16:30

Italy

8–1 (2–1, 1–0, 5–0)

Slovenia

Palacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin, San Sebastian Attendance: 120

Game reference
	Daniela Klotz Elisa Biondi	Goalies	Pia Dukarič	Referee: Ramona Weiss Linesmen: Julia Johansson Lucie Svobodová
	Masperi (Elliscasis) – 02:57 1–0 Zandegiacomo (Gius, Saletta) – 15:46 2–0 2–1 16:40 – Pren (S. Confidenti) De Rocco (Zandegiacomo, Saletta) – 24:22 3–1 Furlani (De la Forest, De Rocco) – 40:44 4–1 Dalprà (De Rocco, De la Forest) (PP) – 42:09 5–1 Furlani (Dalprà, De la Forest) – 45:42 6–1 Mattivi (De la Forest) – 52:34 7–1 Carignano (Ricca, Elliscasis) – 54:13 8–1
	10 min	Penalties	14 min
	46	Shots	7

5 November 2016 20:00

Netherlands

2–0 (1–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Spain

Palacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin, San Sebastian Attendance: 357

Game reference
	Bianka Bos	Goalies	Alba Gonzalo	Referee: Maija Kontturi Linesmen: Anina Egli Joanna Pobożniak
	Zwarthoed (Hardenbol) – 09:21 1–0 Hardenbol (De Jong) – 26:20 2–0
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	60	Shots	14

6 November 2016 16:30

Netherlands

1–5 (0–3, 1–2, 0–0)

Italy

Palacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin, San Sebastian Attendance: 276

Game reference
	Bianka Bos Lisa Daams	Goalies	Daniela Klotz	Referee: Marie Picavet Linesmen: Julia Johansson Alexandra Klaffki
	0–1 00:29 – Dalprà (De la Forest) 0–2 07:03 – Furlani (Dalprà, De la Forest) (PP) 0–3 10:50 – Carignano (Masperi) De Jong (Zwarthoed) – 23:46 1–3 1–4 29:16 – Dalprà (De Rocco) (PP) 1–5 32:31 – De la Forest (Dalprà) (PP)
	53 min	Penalties	10 min
	12	Shots	31

6 November 2016 20:00

Spain

5–1 (4–1, 0–0, 1–0)

Slovenia

Palacio del Hielo Txuri Urdin, San Sebastian Attendance: 168

Game reference
	Alba Gonzalo	Goalies	Ines Confidenti	Referee: Ramona Weiss Linesmen: Anina Egli Lucie Svobodová
	Merino (V. Abrisqueta, Muñoz) (PP) – 03:02 1–0 L. Abrisqueta (Merino, Senac Gómez) – 03:27 2–0 Munoz (L. Danielsson, S. Danielsson) – 08:25 3–0 Merino (Álvarez, L. Abrisqueta) – 12:51 4–0 4–1 15:44 – Pren (Dukarič, S. Confidenti) Villar (V. Abrisqueta, Moreno) (PP) – 45:17 5–1
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	26

Preliminary round 3

Two round robins will be played 15–18 December 2016 in Cergy-Pontoise France, and Stavanger Norway. The winners of each advance to the final qualification tournaments as qualifiers three and four, ranked according to their seeding.

Group E

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final qualification
2	Latvia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	China	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Italy	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 15 December 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

15 December 2016 16:00

Latvia

v

Italy

Aren'Ice, Cergy-Pontoise

15 December 2016 19:30

China

v

France

Aren'Ice, Cergy-Pontoise

16 December 2016 16:00

Latvia

v

China

Aren'Ice, Cergy-Pontoise

16 December 2016 19:30

France

v

Italy

Aren'Ice, Cergy-Pontoise

18 December 2016 16:00

Italy

v

China

Aren'Ice, Cergy-Pontoise

18 December 2016 19:30

France

v

Latvia

Aren'Ice, Cergy-Pontoise

Group F

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Final qualification
2	Slovakia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Hungary	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Kazakhstan	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 16 December 2016. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

16 December 2016 15:00

Slovakia

v

Kazakhstan

DNB Arena, Stavanger

16 December 2016 18:30

Hungary

v

Norway

DNB Arena, Stavanger

17 December 2016 15:00

Slovakia

v

Hungary

DNB Arena, Stavanger

17 December 2016 18:30

Norway

v

Kazakhstan

DNB Arena, Stavanger

18 December 2016 14:30

Kazakhstan

v

Hungary

DNB Arena, Stavanger

18 December 2016 18:00

Norway

v

Slovakia

DNB Arena, Stavanger

Final qualification

Two round robins will be played from 9–12 February 2017 in Arosa, Switzerland and Tomakomai, Japan. The two group winners qualify for the Olympic tournament Group B.

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2018 Winter Olympics
2	Czech Republic	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Denmark	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Qualifier 4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 9 February 2017. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

9 February 2017 16:00

Denmark

v

Switzerland

Sport- und Kongresszentrum, Arosa

9 February 2017 20:00

Czech Republic

v

Q

Sport- und Kongresszentrum, Arosa

11 February 2017 16:00

Switzerland

v

Q

Sport- und Kongresszentrum, Arosa

11 February 2017 20:00

Czech Republic

v

Denmark

Sport- und Kongresszentrum, Arosa

12 February 2017 16:00

Switzerland

v

Czech Republic

Sport- und Kongresszentrum, Arosa

12 February 2017 20:00

Q

v

Denmark

Sport- und Kongresszentrum, Arosa

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2018 Winter Olympics
2	Germany	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Qualifier 3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played on 9 February 2017. Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host.

Results

All times are local (UTC+9).

9 February 2017 14:30

Germany

v

Q

Hakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai

9 February 2017 18:00

Austria

v

Japan

Hakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai

11 February 2017 14:30

Germany

v

Austria

Hakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai

11 February 2017 18:00

Japan

v

Q

Hakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai

12 February 2017 14:30

Q

v

Austria

Hakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai

12 February 2017 18:00

Japan

v

Germany

Hakucho Oji Ice Arena, Tomakomai

References

1. "2018 Olympic Winter Games". IIHF.com. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
2. "Korea headed to the Olympics". IIHF.com. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
3. "2018 Olympic qualification format set". IIHF.com. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

External links

• World Ice Hockey Championships 2014
• World Ice Hockey Championships 2013
• 2014 Olympic Games
• 2018 Olympic format and qualification