2012 IIHF Women's World Ranking

		Points	Movement
1	Canada	2960	+1
2	United States	2940	-1
3	Finland	2780	0
4	Switzerland	2685	+2
5	Sweden	2680	-1
6	Russia	2650	-1
7	Slovakia	2500	+1
8	Germany	2430	+2
9	Kazakhstan	2350	-2
10	Norway	2320	+2
11	Japan	2285	0
12	Czech Republic	2245	+2
13	China	2235	-4
14	Latvia	2195	-1
15	Austria	2185	0
16	France	2055	0
17	Great Britain	1955	+1
18	Italy	1915	-1
19	Denmark	1625	+2
20	Slovenia	1505	-1
21	Netherlands	1480	+1
22	Croatia	1480	-2
23	Hungary	1210	+2
24	Australia	1205	0
25	New Zealand	1110	+2
26	Korea	995	+2
27	Belgium	985	-1
28	Poland	975	+6
29	Iceland	960	0
30	Spain	940	+5
31	DPR Korea	920	+1
32	South Africa	890	-1
33	Bulgaria	705	-10
34	Romania	405	-4
35	Turkey	330	-2
36	Ireland	315	0

Note: The top-6 teams of the 2012 IIHF Women’s World Ranking will be qualified automatically for the Women’s Ice Hockey Tournament at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games. The other two teams in Sochi 2014 will be determined through the Olympic Qualification tournaments to be played in the 2012/2013 season. Teams in Sochi 2014 and in the Olympic Qualification will be seeded according to the 2012 IIHF Women’s World Ranking.