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

The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held in Gangneung, South Korea between 10 and 22 February 2018.[1] Eight countries qualified for the tournament; five of them did so automatically by virtue of their ranking by the International Ice Hockey Federation, one, South Korea, automatically qualified as hosts, while the two others took part in a qualification tournament.[2] Under a special agreement with the IOC and the IIHF, twelve North Korean players joined the host team to form a united team.[3] They were allowed to have an expanded roster of 35 where 22 players dress for each game. Three North Korean players were selected for each game by coach Sarah Murray.[4]

The United States winning the gold medal game against Canada marks the first time in 20 years that the United States took home a gold medal in women's hockey. They previously won in 1998 in Nagano, Japan, which was also against Canada.[5] Canada's loss ended their winning streak of four consecutive winter games, having won since 2002.[6]

Qualification

Canada and the United States assured themselves of top four ranking after the 2016 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships by the end of the 2015 Championships and qualified for the A group.

Finland, Russia, and Sweden qualified by their ranking after the 2016 Championships.

South Korea qualified as the host team. The remaining two teams qualified from qualification tournaments.

Qualified teams

Notes
  1. a A unified Korean team consisting of players from both North Korea and South Korea will compete, after talks in Panmunjom on 17 January 2018.[8]
  2. b 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
  3. c Kamloops was the site for 2016 IIHF Women's World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking was finalized with regard to the qualification slots.
  4. d In December 2017, the IOC suspended Russia from competing at the Winter Olympics as part of its sanctions following state-sponsored doping scandal. Russian athletes deemed clean were permitted to compete as Olympic Athletes from Russia.[9]

Format

The top four teams based on the 2016 IIHF World Ranking, the United States, Canada, Finland and Olympic Athletes from Russia, compete in Group A, while the remaining four teams compete in Group B. The top two teams in Group A received a bye to the semifinals. In the quarterfinals, the third placed team in Group A played the second place team in Group B, while the fourth placed team in Group A played the first place team in Group B. The winners advanced to the semifinals, while the two losers, and the third and fourth placed teams in Group B, competed in a classification bracket for places five through eight.

Rosters

Match officials

10 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[10]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+9).

Group A

Source: IIHF

Group B

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Playoff round

Bracket

Fifth place bracket

Quarterfinals

The top two teams in Group A received byes and were deemed the home team in the semifinals as they were seeded to advance.

5–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Medalists

Final ranking

Source: IIHF.com
(H) Host

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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

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

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.

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

Awards

Source: IIHF.com

References

  1. ^ "Pyeongchang 2018 schedule". Pyeongchang2018.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. ^ "2018 Olympic qualification format set". IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  3. ^ "Unity deal brings together North and South Korea in Pyeongchang". CBC.ca. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Together on the ice". IIHF.com. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  5. ^ Rodus, Karyn (22 February 2018). "US women's hockey team finally gets gold in dramatic final against rival Canada". ABC News. Retrieved 22 February 2018.
  6. ^ "U.S. women end Canada's streak to win hockey gold in shootout at 2018 Winter Olympics". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2018-02-22.
  7. ^ "Korea headed to the Olympics". IIHF. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  8. ^ "Koreas to march under single 'united' flag in Olympic Games". BBC News. 17 January 2018.
  9. ^ "IOC suspends Russian NOC and creates a path for clean individual athletes to compete in Pyeongchang 2018 under the Olympic Flag" (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 5 December 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  10. ^ "On-Ice Officials". Archived from the original on 2018-02-12. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
  11. ^ "Daoust named MVP". IIHF. 22 February 2018.

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