4 Nations Cup

The 4 Nations Cup was an annual women's ice hockey tournament, held between four major national teams in the sport; currently, these are Canada, the United States, Sweden and Finland. Until 2000, when Sweden joined, the tournament was the 3 Nations Cup. In general, it was held in or around November each year.

History

The 3 Nations Cup was first held in 1996. Sweden joined the tourney in 2000, but the USA did not attend the 2001 event due to the September 11 attacks; the 4 Nations roster has been constant since 2002.

The format of the tournament is a single round-robin, with each team playing one game against each of the others. The top two teams advance to the gold-medal game. The last two teams play for bronze. When it was the 3 Nations Cup, the third place team was simply awarded bronze. Team Canada has won 14 gold medals since the four nations cup creation in 1996 and team USA has won six gold medals.

The 2019 and 2020 editions of the tournament were both cancelled, and it was not resumed afterwards.

Medal table

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Tournaments
Canada	14	9	0	23	23
United States	9	12	1	22	22
Finland	0	2	14	16	23
Sweden	0	0	8	8	19

Tournaments

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth	Notes
1996	Canada	United States	Finland	N/A	The inaugural competition was held in 1996, with Canada, United States and Finland. The final game took place in Ottawa.
1997	United States	Canada	Finland	N/A	It took place in Lake Placid (USA)
1998	Canada	United States	Finland	N/A	It took place in Kuortane (Finland)
1999	Canada	United States	Finland	N/A	It took place in Montreal (Canada)
2000	Canada	United States	Finland	Sweden	The competition expanded to four countries with the addition of Sweden. It took place in Provo (USA)
2001	Canada	Finland	Sweden	N/A	The United States did not participate due to the Al Qaeda terrorist strike of 11 September 2001. It took place in Vierumäki and Tampere (Finland)
2002	Canada	United States	Finland	Sweden	It took place in Kitchener, Ontario (Canada)
2003	United States	Canada	Finland	Sweden	It took place in Skövde (Sweden)
2004	Canada	United States	Sweden	Finland	It was held in Lake Placid, New York (USA)
2005	Canada	United States	Finland	Sweden	It took place in Hämeenlinna (Finland)
2006	Canada	United States	Sweden	Finland	It took place in Kitchener, Ontario (Canada)
2007	Canada	United States	Finland	Sweden	it took place in Leksand (Sweden)
2008	United States	Canada	Sweden	Finland	it took place in Lake Placid (USA)
2009	Canada	United States	Sweden	Finland	It took place in Vierumäki (Finland)
2010	Canada	United States	Finland	Sweden	It took place in Clarenville, Newfoundland and St. John's, Newfoundland (Canada)
2011	United States	Canada	Sweden	Finland	Contested in Nyköping (Sweden)
2012	United States	Canada	Sweden	Finland	Contested in Finland
2013	Canada	Finland	United States	Sweden	Contested in Lake Placid (USA)
2014	Canada	United States	Sweden	Finland	Contested in Kamloops, BC (Canada)
2015	United States	Canada	Finland	Sweden	Contested in Sundsvall (Sweden)
2016	United States	Canada	Finland	Sweden	Contested in Finland
2017	United States	Canada	Finland	Sweden	Contested in Tampa (USA)
2018	United States	Canada	Finland	Sweden	Contested in Saskatoon (Canada)
2019	Cancelled Due to Contract Disputes between Swedish Ice Hockey Association and Swedish Women's Team				Set to be played in Lulea (Sweden)
2020	Not scheduled due to COVID-19 pandemic