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Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

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The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held in Beijing, China between 3 and 17 February 2022.[1] Ten countries qualified for the tournament; six of them did so automatically by virtue of their ranking by the International Ice Hockey Federation, one, China, automatically qualified as hosts, while the three others took part in a qualification tournament.

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The United States had been the defending champion. Canada won the gold medal, defeating the United States in the final 3–2.[2] Finland defeated Switzerland 4–0 for the bronze medal. The final standings were an exact repeat of the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship.

Qualified teams

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification
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Notes
  1. a 2020 IIHF World Ranking and formulated from the following events: 2017 World Championship, 2018 World Championship, 2018 Winter Olympic Games, 2019 World Championship and 2020 World Championship
  2. b Halifax and Truro were the sites for 2020 IIHF World Championship; the conclusion of the tournament the ranking was to be finalized with regards to the direct qualification slots, but several 2020 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Seeding for 2020 was used in lieu of placement to determine ranking for unplayed tournaments.

Format

The ten teams were split into two groups of five teams each, in which they played against each team once. All teams from Group A and the top-three ranked teams from Group B advanced to the quarterfinals. A knockout system was used after the group stage.

Venues

More information Beijing National Indoor Stadium Capacity: 19,418, Wukesong Arena Capacity: 15,384 ...

Rosters

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's team rosters

Match officials

12 referees and 12 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[8][9]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+8).[10]

Tiebreak criteria

In each group, teams were ranked according to the following criteria:

  1. Number of points (three points for a regulation-time win, two points for an overtime or shootout win, one point for an overtime or shootout defeat, no points for a regulation-time defeat);
  2. In case two teams are tied on points, the result of their head-to-head match will determine the ranking;
  3. In case three or four teams are tied on points, the following criteria will apply (if, after applying a criterion, only two teams remain tied, the result of their head-to-head match will determine their ranking):
    1. Points obtained in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
    2. Goal differential in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
    3. Number of goals scored in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
    4. If three teams remain tied, result of head-to-head matches between each of the teams concerned and the remaining team in the group (points, goal difference, goals scored);
    5. Place in 2021 IIHF World Ranking.

Group A

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Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Finland 3 Pts, +4 GD; ROC 3 Pts, −2 GD; Switzerland 3 Pts, −2 GD. ROC defeated Switzerland 5–2.
3 February 2022 (2022-02-03)
12:10
v		Canada 12–1
(3–0, 5–0, 4–1)		  SwitzerlandBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 821
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3 February 2022 (2022-02-03)
21:10
v		Finland 2–5
(0–2, 0–2, 2–1)		 United StatesWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 335
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4 February 2022 (2022-02-04)
12:10
v		ROC 5–2
(2–1, 2–1, 1–0)		  SwitzerlandBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
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5 February 2022 (2022-02-05)
12:10
v		Canada 11–1
(2–1, 5–0, 4–0)		 FinlandWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 670
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5 February 2022 (2022-02-05)
21:10
v		United States 5–0
(1–0, 1–0, 3–0)		 ROCWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 581
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6 February 2022 (2022-02-06)
21:10
v		Switzerland 0–8
(0–5, 0–2, 0–1)		 United StatesWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 545
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7 February 2022 (2022-02-07)
13:15
v		ROC 1–6
(0–2, 1–2, 0–2)		 CanadaWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 545
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7 February 2022 (2022-02-07)
21:10
v		Switzerland 3–2
(1–0, 1–1, 1–1)		 FinlandBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 742
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8 February 2022 (2022-02-08)
12:10
v		United States 2–4
(0–1, 2–3, 0–0)		 CanadaWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 591
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8 February 2022 (2022-02-08)
21:10
v		Finland 5–0
(2–0, 3–0, 0–0)		 ROCBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 797
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Group B

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Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(H) Host
3 February 2022 (2022-02-03)
12:10
v		Czech Republic 3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)		 ChinaWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 499
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3 February 2022 (2022-02-03)
16:40
v		Sweden 1–3
(0–1, 1–0, 0–2)		 JapanWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 482
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4 February 2022 (2022-02-04)
12:10
v		Denmark 1–3
(1–0, 0–1, 0–2)		 ChinaWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 580
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5 February 2022 (2022-02-05)
16:40
v		Japan 6–2
(3–0, 2–1, 1–1)		 DenmarkWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 476
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5 February 2022 (2022-02-05)
16:40
v		Czech Republic 3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)		 SwedenBeijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 438
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6 February 2022 (2022-02-06)
16:40
v		China 2–1 GWS
(0–1, 0–0, 1–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		 JapanWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 506
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7 February 2022 (2022-02-07)
16:40
v		Denmark 3–2
(1–1, 1–1, 1–0)		 Czech RepublicWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 637
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7 February 2022 (2022-02-07)
21:10
v		China 1–2
(1–0, 0–2, 0–0)		 SwedenWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 588
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8 February 2022 (2022-02-08)
16:40
v		Japan 3–2 GWS
(1–0, 0–1, 1–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)		 Czech RepublicWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 638
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8 February 2022 (2022-02-08)
21:10
v		Sweden 3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)		 DenmarkWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 696
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Playoff round

Ranking

Winning teams were reseeded for the semi-finals in accordance with the following ranking:[11]

  1. tier of the group played in
  2. rank within group
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Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal game
 
          
 
11 February
 
 
 Canada11
 
14 February
 
 Sweden0
 
 Canada10
 
12 February
 
  Switzerland3
 
 ROC2
 
17 February
 
  Switzerland4
 
 Canada3
 
11 February
 
 United States2
 
 United States4
 
14 February
 
 Czech Republic1
 
 United States4
 
12 February
 
 Finland1 Bronze medal game
 
 Finland7
 
16 February
 
 Japan1
 
 Finland4
 
 
  Switzerland0
 

Quarterfinals

11 February 2022 (2022-02-11)
12:10
v		United States 4–1
(0–0, 1–1, 3–0)		 Czech RepublicWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 636
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11 February 2022 (2022-02-11)
21:10
v		Canada 11–0
(4–0, 5–0, 2–0)		 SwedenWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 669
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12 February 2022 (2022-02-12)
12:10
v		ROC 2–4
(0–0, 1–1, 1–3)		  SwitzerlandWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 670
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12 February 2022 (2022-02-12)
16:40
v		Finland 7–1
(2–1, 2–0, 3–0)		 JapanWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 675
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Semifinals

14 February 2022 (2022-02-14)
12:10
v		Canada 10–3
(5–1, 3–2, 2–0)		  SwitzerlandWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 645
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14 February 2022 (2022-02-14)
21:10
v		United States 4–1
(0–0, 2–0, 2–1)		 FinlandWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 642
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Bronze medal game

16 February 2022 (2022-02-16)
19:30
v		Finland 4–0
(1–0, 0–0, 3–0)		  SwitzerlandWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 724
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Gold medal game

17 February 2022 (2022-02-17)
12:10
v		Canada 3–2
(2–0, 1–1, 0–1)		 United StatesWukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 834
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Medalists

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Final ranking

The places five to eight are ranked by their preliminary round group and then placement.

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Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

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GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF

Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

More information Player, TOI ...

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF

Awards

The all-star team was announced on 17 February 2022.[12]

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