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

Tourney Name:Winter Olympics
Year:2022
Country:China
Dates:3–17 February
Num Teams:10
Venues:Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Wukesong Arena
Type:ihw
Winners:CAN
Count:5
Second:USA
Third:FIN
Fourth:SUI
Games:28
Goals:176
Scoring Leader: Sarah Nurse
Points:18
Mvp: Brianne Jenner
Prevseason:2018
Nextseason:2026

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.

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 the exact repeat of the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship.

Qualified teams

See main article: Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification.

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.

Rosters

See 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.[3] [4]

Referees
Linesmen

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+8).[5]

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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Group B

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Playoff round

Ranking

Winning teams were reseeded for the semi-finals in accordance with the following ranking:[6]

  1. tier of the group played in
  2. rank within group
Rank Team
1 A 1
2 A 2
3 A 3
4 A 4
5 A 5
6 B 1
7 B 2
8 B 3

Bracket

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Medalists

Women's tournament
Erin Ambrose
Ashton Bell
Kristen Campbell
Emily Clark
Mélodie Daoust
Ann-Renée Desbiens
Renata Fast
Sarah Fillier
Brianne Jenner
Rebecca Johnston
Jocelyne Larocque
Emma Maltais
Emerance Maschmeyer
Sarah Nurse
Marie-Philip Poulin
Jamie Lee Rattray
Jill Saulnier
Ella Shelton
Natalie Spooner
Laura Stacey
Claire Thompson
Blayre Turnbull
Micah Zandee-Hart

Cayla Barnes
Megan Bozek
Hannah Brandt
Dani Cameranesi
Alex Carpenter
Alex Cavallini
Jesse Compher
Kendall Coyne Schofield
Brianna Decker
Jincy Roese
Savannah Harmon
Caroline Harvey
Nicole Hensley
Megan Keller
Amanda Kessel
Hilary Knight
Abbey Murphy
Kelly Pannek
Maddie Rooney
Abby Roque
Hayley Scamurra
Lee Stecklein
Grace Zumwinkle

Sanni Hakala
Jenni Hiirikoski
Elisa Holopainen
Sini Karjalainen
Michelle Karvinen
Anni Keisala
Nelli Laitinen
Julia Liikala
Eveliina Mäkinen
Petra Nieminen
Tanja Niskanen
Jenniina Nylund
Meeri Räisänen
Sanni Rantala
Ronja Savolainen
Sofianna Sundelin
Susanna Tapani
Noora Tulus
Minttu Tuominen
Viivi Vainikka
Sanni Vanhanen
Emilia Vesa
Ella Viitasuo

Final ranking

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

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
7 5 13 18 +19 4 F
7 6 11 17 +9 6 F
7 9 5 14+15 2 F
7 3 11 14+12 0 F
7 2 11 13 +23 2 D
7 8 3 11 +13 0 F
7 6 4 10 +6 0 F
7 4 6 10 +1 4 F
7 2 8 10 +8 2 F
7 5 4 9+9 0 F
7 5 4 9–3 2 F
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.

PlayerTOIGAGAASASv%SO
182:46 4 1.31 89 95.51 0
262:03 7 1.60 127 94.49 0
300:00 9 1.80 150 94.00 0
236:51 5 1.27 65 92.31 1
292:54 12 2.46 149 91.95 0
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.[7]

Position Player
Goaltender Klára Peslarová
Defenceman Claire Thompson
Jenni Hiirikoski
Forward Sarah Nurse
Marie-Philip Poulin
Brianne Jenner
Brianne Jenner

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Beijing 2022 Ice Hockey schedule. olympics.com . 29 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Poulin leads Canada to gold again. iihf.com . 17 February 2022.
  3. Web site: Olympic game officials nominated. IIHF.com. 7 January 2022.
  4. Web site: Competition Officials. IIHF.com. 2 February 2022. 29 March 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220329084322/https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/static/owg2022/pdf/OWG2022/IHO/OWG2022_IHO_C35B_IHOWTEAM6-------------------------.pdf. dead.
  5. Web site: Olympic schedule announced. iihf.com . 23 September 2021.
  6. Web site: Tournament Format . IIHF.com . 13 February 2022 .
  7. News: Jenner MVP, all-stars announced. 17 February 2022. 17 February 2022. IIHF.