The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held in

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, China between 3 and 17 February 2022. Ten countries qualified for the tournament; six of them did so automatically by virtue of their

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, one,

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, automatically qualified as hosts, while the three others took part in a qualification tournament. The

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had been the defending champion.

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won the gold medal, defeating the United States in the final 3–2.

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defeated

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4–0 for the bronze medal. The final standings were the exact repeat of the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship.

Qualified teams

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

Rosters

Match officials

12 referees and 12 linesmen were selected for the tournament. ;Referees * Cianna Lieffers * Elizabeth Mantha * Lacey Senuk * Anniina Nurmi * Tijana Haack * Daria Abrosimova * Daria Ermak * Nikoleta Celárová * Maria Furberg * Anna Wiegand * Kelly Cooke * Chelsea Rapin ;Linesmen * Julia Kainberger * Alex Clarke * Justine Todd * Jenni Heikkinen * Linnea Sainio * Lisa Linnek * Diana Mokhova * Anna Hammar * Veronica Lovensnö * Kendall Hanley * Jacqueline Spresser * Sara Strong

Preliminary round

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Tiebreak criteria

In each group, teams were ranked according to the following criteria: #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); #In case two teams are tied on points, the result of their head-to-head match will determine the ranking; #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): ##Points obtained in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned; ##Goal differential in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned; ##Number of goals scored in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned; ##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); ##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: #tier of the group played in #rank within group

Bracket

Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Medalists

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.

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.

Awards

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

References

External links

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