Qualification for the women's tournament at the 2014 Winter Olympics determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championships. The top five teams in the World Ranking received automatic berths into the Olympics, Russia has received an automatic berth as host, and all other teams had an opportunity to qualify for the remaining two spots.
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Qualified teams
^ Burlington was the site for 2012 World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking was finalized with regards to the qualification slots
Direct qualification
To qualify directly, a nation had to be ranked in the top five following the 2012 IIHF Women's World Championships. The IIHF World Ranking attributes points from 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012 to determine the seeding for the 2014 Olympics.
Olympic preliminary qualification
Group G was played 12–14 October in Barcelona, while Group H was played 27–30 September in Jastrzebie-Zdroj. Denmark and Slovenia were the expected hosts, being the nations ranked 19th and 20th respectively amongst participating nations. The winners of each tournament advanced to the Olympic Pre-Qualification tournaments in November of the same year.
Group G
All times are local (UTC+2).
Group H
All times are local (UTC+2).
Olympic pre-qualification
The two preliminary round winners joined the nations ranked thirteen to eighteen. Two round robins were played from 8–11 November 2012 in Shanghai and Valmiera. The winners of each group advanced to the final qualification tournaments.
Group E
All times are local (UTC+8).
Group F
All times are local (UTC+2).
Final qualification
The two pre-qualification winners joined the nations ranked seventh through twelfth, to determine the final two olympic qualifiers. Two round robins were played from 7–10 February 2013 in Poprad and Weiden. The winners of each group qualified for the olympics.
Group C
All times are local (UTC+1).
Group D
All times are local (UTC+1).