Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics
Tournament
men women
Qualification
men
Rosters
men women

The 1998 Olympic women's ice hockey tournament was the first year that featured women in ice hockey competition. It was greatly anticipated that the women's gold medal match would feature Canada versus the United States. Canada was favored to come out on top as they had won all the competitions in previous years in women's hockey, with the United States perpetually finishing second, while no other national teams could match their level of play. However, the United States beat Canada in the final and became the first country to win gold in women's ice hockey at the Olympics.

There were no qualification tournaments, the host Japan played alongside the top five nations at the previous season's world championships.

Women's ice hockey
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games

Medalists

	United States
	Canada
	Finland

First round

The First 4 teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.

Team	GP	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
United States	5	5	0	33	7	10
Canada	5	4	1	28	12	8
Finland	5	3	2	27	10	6
China	5	2	3	10	15	4
Sweden	5	1	4	10	21	2
Japan	5	0	5	2	45	0


8 February
	Sweden	0 – 6	Finland	Aqua Wing (2,208)
		First period		Ref: Marina Zenk
			P. Vaarakallio (S. Huotari) 8:35
			J. Ikonen (M. Selin) (pp) 15:17
		Second period
			T. Reima (S. Fisk) 2:35
			R. Nieminen (T. Reima) 14:07
		Third period
			S. Krooks 15:11
			J. Ikonen 18:20
		Game stats


8 February
	Canada	13 – 0	Japan	Aqua Wing (4,597)
		First period		Ref: Victoria Renfer-Kale
	D. Goyette (H. Wickenheiser) 5:46
	G. Heaney 15:42
	J. Diduck (S. Wilson, C. Campbell) 17:05
		Second period
	D. Goyette (S. Wilson, T. Brisson) 4:23
	T. Brisson (H. Wickenheiser) 8:12
	C. Campbell (J. Diduck) 11:22
	S. Wilson (D. Goyette) 15:43
	B. Kellar (V. Sunohara) 16:14
	H. Wickenheiser (S. Wilson) (pp) 18:08
		Third period
	J. Diduck (C. Campbell) 13:52
	F. St-Louis (G. Heaney, B. Kellar) (pp) 15:26
	D. Goyette 16:21
	F. Smith (F. St-Louis) (pp) 18:06
		Game stats


8 February
	China	0 – 5	United States	Aqua Wing (3,255)
		First period		Ref: Laurie Taylor-Boulton
			C. Granato (G. Ulion, J. Schmidgall) (pp) 7:39
			K. Bye (T. Mounsey) (pp) 19:17
		Second period
			T. Mounsey (K. King) 14:53
		Third period
			J. Schmidgall (K. Bye) 11:05
			C. Granato (K. King) 16:20
		Game stats


9 February
	Finland	11 – 1	Japan	Aqua Wing (4,972)
		First period		Ref: Laurie Taylor-Boulton
	S. Lankosaari (K. Riipi, S. Krooks) 3:54
	K. Riipi (S. Lankosaari) 18:45
		Second period
	T. Reima (S. Fisk, K. Hänninen) 7:22
	K. Hänninen (pp) 13:29
	K. Hänninen (R. Nieminen, J. Ikonen) (pp) 18:23
		Third period
	K. Rantamäki 5:43
			Hatanaka A. (Fujiwara S., Yoshimi N.) (pp) 8:28
	R. Nieminen (K. Lehto) 9:06
	S. Krooks 9:52
	K. Hänninen (R. Nieminen) (pp) 10:42
	K. Lehto (R. Nieminen) 12:55
	R. Nieminen (S. Fisk, M. Lehtimäki) 14:40
		Game stats


9 February
	United States	7 – 1	Sweden	Aqua Wing (3,607)
		First period		Ref: Manuela Groeger
			P. Morelius (T. Sjölander, E. Holst) (pp) 10:02
	L. Baker (S. Merz) 16:27
		Second period
	K. Bye (S. Merz, T. Mounsey) (pp) 12:39
	K. King (A. Blahoski) 14:36
	S. Merz 16:20
	K. Bye (sh) 18:39
		Third period
	G. Ulion (C. Granato) (pp) 14:28
	S. Looney (sh) 15:30
		Game stats


9 February
	Canada	2 – 0	China	Aqua Wing (2,713)
		First period		Ref: Sandra Dombrowski
		no scoring
		Second period
	D. Goyette (H. Wickenheiser) 4:38
	V. Sunohara (G. Heaney) (pp) 15:38
		Third period
		no scoring
		Game stats


11 February
	Sweden	3 – 5	Canada	Aqua Wing (5,429)
		First period		Ref: Victoria Renfer-Kale
			D. Goyette 9:30
			K. Nystrom (N. Drolet) 10:06
		Second period
			N. Drolet (B. Kellar) (pp) 6:23
	M. Rooth (L. Almblad) 8:38
			T. Brisson (sh) 15:05
	P. Burholm (E. Holst) (pp) 18:11
		Third period
			D. Goyette (H. Wickenheiser, S. Wilson) 0:34
	T. Månsson (T. Sjölander) 2:11
		Game stats


11 February
	Japan	1 – 6	China	Aqua Wing (5,863)
		First period		Ref: Manuela Groeger
		no scoring
		Second period
			Yang X. (Li X., Liu H.) 12:21
			Guo W. (Yang Q.) 12:35
			Zhang L. (Lu Y.) 13:45
		Third period
	Sato M. (Obikawa M.) (pp) 2:25
			Guo W. (Gong M.) (pp) 6:31
			Sang H. (Xu L.) 12:24
			Guo W. (Liu H.) 15:19
		Game stats


11 February
	United States	4 – 2	Finland	Aqua Wing (3,688)
		First period		Ref: Marina Zenk
	V. Movsessian (K. King) 2:48
			K. Hänninen (K. Lehto, R. Nieminen) (pp) 18:09
		Second period
	K. Bye (J. Schmidgall) 1:22
			R. Nieminen (sh) 5:27
	T. Mounsey (K. Bye, S. Merz) (pp) 6:49
	G. Ulion (K. Bye) 16:56
		Third period
		no scoring
		Game stats


12 February
	China	3 – 1	Sweden	Aqua Wing (3,670)
		First period		Ref: Marina Zenk
		no scoring
		Second period
			T. Sjölander (L. Almblad) 11:10
		Third period
	Zhang L. (Yang X., Liu H.) 6:42
	Liu H. (Wang W.) 10:38
	Yang X. (Zhang L., Guo W.) 18:08
		Game stats


12 February
	United States	10 – 0	Japan	Aqua Wing (5,015)
		First period		Ref: Laurie Taylor-Boulton
	S. Looney 3:55
	A. Mleczko (S. Merz) 9:08
	S. Whyte (C. Granato) 13:32
	S. Looney (G. Ulion, J. Schmidgall) (pp) 14:14
	A. Mleczko (L. Brown-Miller, S. Looney) 14:36
		Second period
	K. King (L. Baker, C. Bailey) 9:18
	K. King (A. Blahoski, L. Baker) 19:34
		Third period
	L. Baker (C. Granato) (pp) 5:37
	K. Bye (T. Mounsey, G. Ulion) (pp) 11:46
	K. King (L. Baker) 13:03
		Game stats


12 February
	Finland	2 – 4	Canada	Aqua Wing (3,133)
		First period		Ref: Sandra Dombrowski
			T. Brisson (V. Sunohara) (pp) 12:45
			G. Heaney (N. Drolet) (pp) 16:50
		Second period
			T. Brisson (F. St-Louis) 8:53
	P. Vaarakallio (S. Fisk) 13:25
			D. Goyette (G. Heaney, J. Diduck) 16:26
		Third period
	K. Rantamäki (P. Vaarakallio) 13:32
		Game stats


14 February
	Japan	0 – 5	Sweden	Aqua Wing (6,009)
		First period		Ref: Sandra Dombrowski
			G. Andersson (pp) 10:58
			E. Holst (J. Elfsberg) 18:33
		Second period
			M. Gustafsson (Å. Elfving) 5:34
			M. Rooth (G. Andersson, E. Holst) (pp) 11:15
		Third period
			E. Holst (M. Rooth) 19:18
		Game stats


14 February
	Finland	6 – 1	China	Aqua Wing (5,638)
		First period		Ref: Victoria Renfer-Kale
	J. Ikonen 1:08
	M. Lehtimäki (K. Hänninen) 9:56
		Second period
	S. Fisk (M. Lehtimäki) 4:37
			Liu H. (Wang W.) 4:50
	R. Nieminen (sh) 7:57
		Third period
	M. Lehtimäki (K. Hänninen) 4:20
	R. Nieminen 17:09
		Game stats


14 February
	Canada	4 – 7	United States	Aqua Wing (5,872)
		First period		Ref: Manuela Groeger
	L. Dupuis (V. Sunohara) (pp) 3:01
			C. Granato (pp) 19:20
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
	L. Dupuis (T. Brisson) (pp) 1:24
	J. Hefford (L. Dupuis) (pp) 5:28
	T. Brisson (S. Wilson, H. Wickenheiser) (pp) 5:53
			L. Baker (K. King) 7:05
			C. Granato (G. Ulion, T. Mounsey) (pp) 10:57
			J. Schmidgall (C. Granato) (pp) 12:25
			T. Dunn (A. Mleczko) 12:48
			L. Brown-Miller (A. Mleczko) 17:06
			L. Baker (en) 18:58
		Game stats

Final Round

Bronze medal game


17 February
	Finland 03 !	4 – 1	China	Big Hat (7,412)
		First period		Ref: Laurie Taylor-Boulton
			Yang X. 9:27
		Second period
	S. Fisk (R. Nieminen, K. Lehto) 3:07
	J. Ikonen (P. Vaarakallio, K. Rantamäki) 7:08
	S. Lankosaari (K. Riipi, S. Krooks) 10:15
		Third period
	R. Nieminen (M. Lehtimäki) (en) 19:52
		Game stats

Gold medal game


17 February
	01 !United States	3 – 1	Canada02 !	Big Hat (8,626)
		First period		Ref: Marina Zenk
		no scoring
		Second period
	G. Ulion (S. Whyte, S. Merz) (pp) 2:38
		Third period
	S. Looney (S. Whyte, G. Ulion) (pp) 10:57
			D. Goyette (H. Wickenheiser, G. Heaney) (pp) 15:59
	S. Whyte (en) 19:52
		Game stats

Medal-winning rosters

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
United States (USA) Chris Bailey Laurie Baker Alana Blahoski Lisa Brown-Miller Karyn Bye Colleen Coyne Sara Decosta Tricia Dunn Cammi Granato-C Katie King Shelley Looney Sue Merz Allison Mleczko Tara Mounsey Vicki Movsessian Angela Ruggiero Jenny Potter Sarah Tueting Gretchen Ulion Sandra Whyte	Canada (CAN) Jennifer Botterill Thérèse Brisson Cassie Campbell Judy Diduck Nancy Drolet Lori Dupuis Danielle Goyette Geraldine Heaney Jayna Hefford Becky Kellar Kathy McCormack Karen Nystrom Lesley Reddon Manon Rhéaume France St-Louis Laura Schuler Fiona Smith Vicky Sunohara Hayley Wickenheiser Stacy Wilson-C	Finland (FIN) Sari Fisk Kirsi Hänninen Satu Huotari Marianne Ihalainen Johanna Ikonen Sari Krooks Emma Laaksonen Sanna Lankosaari Katja Lehto Marika Lehtimäki Riikka Nieminen Marja-Helena Pälvilä Tuula Puputti Karoliina Rantamäki Tiia Reima Katja Riipi Päivi Salo Maria Selin Liisa-Maria Sneck Petra Vaarakallio

Final rankings

Rk.	Team	Notes
01 !	United States	Qualified for the 1999 World Championships
02 !	Canada	Qualified for the 1999 World Championships
03 !	Finland	Qualified for the 1999 World Championships
4.	China	Qualified for the 1999 World Championships
5.	Sweden	Qualified for the 1999 World Championships
6.	Japan	Qualified for the 1999 World Championship Pool B

References

Whockey - Women's Hockey 1998 Winter Olympics (English)
SFRP Hockey Archine: Winter Olympic Games 1998 (English)
The Hockey Nut: Women's Olympic Hockey 1998 (English)
Hockeyarchives - Jeux Olympiques de Nagano 1998 Compétition féminine (French)
– Championats du monde feminins 1997 (French)
la84 foundation - Nagano 1998 Official Report (182-187) (English)
IIHF: Nagano 1998 in Web Archivessa (English)

Events at the 1998 Winter Olympics (Nagano)

Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross-country skiing Curling Figure skating Freestyle skiing Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Short track speed skating Ski jumping Snowboarding Speed skating

Ice hockey at the Olympic Games

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List of medalists List of venues

Women's ice hockey tournaments

Women's Olympic tournaments	1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

World Women's Championships	1990 1992 1994 1997 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

World Women's U18 Championships	2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

European Women Championships	1989 1991 1993 1995 1996

Women's Pacific Rim Championship	1995 1996

Elite Women's Hockey League	2004 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

European Women's Champions Cup	2004 2005 2006 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

4 Nations Cup	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Meco Cup	2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

WHC Directorate Awards 1987 World Tournament 2011 IIHF 12 Nations Tournament

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