2002 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Provo, Utah, United States, from 11 to 21 February. Eight teams competed, seeded into two groups. Canada won the final by a score of 3–2 over the United States, who were awarded silver. The bronze medal game was won by Sweden with a 2–1 victory over Finland.

The tournament consisted of 20 games: 12 in the preliminary round (teams play the other teams in their own group); 4 final classification games; 2 semifinal games; 1 bronze medal game; and 1 final.

Qualifying

The qualification process, and seedings for the Olympic tournament, came from the final standings of the 2000 IIHF Women's World Championship. The top six nations were given direct entry to the Olympics, the final two spots were contested in a qualification tournament. The nations ranked seven through ten played a round robin in Engelberg Switzerland February 8–11, 2001.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	PTS
Kazakhstan	3	2	1	0	9	10	4			2 - 1	2 - 7	5 - 2
Germany	3	1	1	1	7	6	3		1 - 2		3 - 1	3 - 3
Switzerland	3	1	1	1	10	7	3		7 - 2	1 - 3		2 - 2
Japan	3	0	1	2	7	10	2		2 - 5	3 - 3	2 - 2

First Round

First round

Group A

Top two teams (shaded) advanced to semifinals.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Canada	3	3	0	0	25	0	+25	6
Sweden	3	2	1	0	10	13	−3	4
Russia	3	1	2	0	6	11	−5	2
Kazakhstan	3	0	3	0	1	18	−17	0

All times are local (UTC-7).

11 February 2002 11:00

Canada

7 – 0 (3–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 7,321

Game reference

11 February 2002 14:00

Sweden

3 – 2 (2–0, 1–2, 0–0)

Russia

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 5,241

Game reference

13 February 2002 11:00

Russia

0 – 7 (0–2, 0–2, 0–3)

Canada

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,213

Game reference

13 February 2002 14:00

Sweden

7 – 0 (3–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 5,349

Game reference

15 February 2002 14:00

Kazakhstan

1 – 4 (1–1, 0–2, 0–1)

Russia

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 5,618

Game reference

16 February 2002 19:00

Canada

11 – 0 (1–0, 4–0, 6–0)

Sweden

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 6,306

Game reference

Group B

Top two teams (shaded) advanced to semifinals.

Team	GP	W	L	T	GF	GA	GD	Pts
United States	3	3	0	0	28	1	+27	6
Finland	3	2	1	0	7	6	+1	4
Germany	3	0	2	1	6	18	−12	1
China	3	0	2	1	6	21	−15	1

All times are local (UTC-7).

12 February 2002 11:00

United States

10 – 0 (2–0, 4–0, 4–0)

Germany

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,504

Game reference

12 February 2002 14:00

Finland

4 – 0 (0–0, 2–0, 2–0)

China

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 4,977

Game reference

14 February 2002 11:00

Finland

3 – 1 (1–0, 2–0, 0–1)

Germany

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 4,769

Game reference

14 February 2002 16:00

China

1 – 12 (0–3, 1–5, 0–4)

United States

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 6,325

Game reference

16 February 2002 11:00

United States

5 – 0 (3–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Finland

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,507

Game reference

16 February 2002 14:00

Germany

5 – 5 (1–1, 1–4, 3–0)

China

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 5,418

Game reference

Classification round

Fifth place semifinals

All times are local (UTC-7).

17 February 2002 14:00

Russia

4 – 1 (0–1, 3–0, 1–0)

China

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 5,719

Game reference

17 February 2002 21:00

Germany

4 – 0 (1–0, 3–0, 0–0)

Kazakhstan

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 7,773

Game reference

Seventh place game

All times are local (UTC-7).

19 February 2002 14:00

China

2 – 1 OT (1–0, 0–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Kazakhstan

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 5,490

Game reference

Fifth place game

All times are local (UTC-]).

19 February 2002 19:00

Russia

5 – 0 (2–0, 1–0, 2–0)

Germany

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 5,781

Game reference

Final round

Semifinals

All times are local (UTC-7).

19 February 2002 11:05

Canada

7 – 3 (2–1, 0–2, 5–0)

Finland

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 7,289

Game reference

19 February 2002 16:30

United States

4 – 0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Sweden

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 7,738

Game reference

Bronze medal game

All times are local (UTC-7).

21 February 2002 12:10

Finland

1 – 2 (0–2, 1–0, 0–0)

Sweden 1 !

Peaks Ice Arena, Provo Attendance: 6,298

Gold medal game

All times are local (UTC-7).

21 February 2002 17:10

1 ! United States

2 – 3 (0-1, 1-2, 1-0)

Canada 1 !

E Center, West Valley City Attendance: 8,599

Final rankings

	Team
1 !	Canada
1 !	United States
1 !	Sweden
4th	Finland
5th	Russia
6th	Germany
7th	China
8th	Kazakhstan

External links

• Official results for women's tournament
• Official structure and seeding for men's qualification and Olympic tournament

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