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The '''women's tournament in ice hockey at the [[2010 Winter Olympics]]''' was held in Vancouver, British Columbia, [[Canada]], from 13 to 25 February. Eight teams competed, seeded into two groups. [[Canada]] won the final by a score of 2–0 over the [[United States]], who were awarded silver. The bronze medal game was won by [[Finland]] with a 3–2 victory over [[Sweden]] in overtime.

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.<ref name="Format">{{cite web |url=http://www.iihf.com/de/channels10/olympics-2010/home/men/format.html |accessdate=18 February 2010 |title=2010 OWG Women's Tournament Playing Format |publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation]]}}</ref>

The tournament had a total attendance of 162,419, an average of 8,120 spectators per game, making it the most attended IIHF-run women's hockey tournament of all-time.<ref>http://www.iihf.com/de/channels10/olympics-2010/statistics.html</ref>

==Qualification==
{{main|2010 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification}}
==First round==

===Group A===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=165|
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP |Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W  |Wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|OTW|Overtime wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|OTL|Overtime losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|L  |Losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF |Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA |Goals against}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GD |Goal difference}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background-color:#ccffcc"
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ihw|CAN}}
| 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 41 || 2 || 39 || '''9'''
|- style="background-color:#ccffcc"
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ihw|SWE}}
| 3 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 10 || 15 || -5 || '''6'''
|- style="background-color:#ffcccc"
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ihw|SUI}}
| 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 6 || 15 || -9 || '''3'''
|- style="background-color:#ffcccc"
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ihw|SVK}}
| 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 4 || 29 || -25 || '''0'''
|}
*{{SWE}} - {{SUI}} 3-0 (1-0, 1-0, 1-0)
*{{CAN}} - {{SVK}} 18-0 (7-0, 6-0, 5-0)
*{{SUI}} - {{CAN}} 1-10 (0-2, 1-3, 0-5)
*{{SWE}} - {{SVK}} 6-2 (3-2, 1-0, 2-0)
*{{CAN}} - {{SWE}} 13-1 (5-0, 7-0, 1-1)
*{{SVK}} - {{SUI}} 2-5 (1-0, 0-1, 1-4)
===Group B===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=165|
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP |Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W  |Wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|OTW|Overtime wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|OTL|Overtime losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|L  |Losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF |Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA |Goals against}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GD |Goal difference}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|Pts|Points}}
|- style="background-color:#ccffcc"
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ihw|USA}}
| 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 31 || 1 || 30 || '''9'''
|- style="background-color:#ccffcc"
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ihw|FIN}}
| 3 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 1 || 7 || 8 || -1 || '''6'''
|- style="background-color:#ffcccc"
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ihw|RUS}}
| 3 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 3 || 19 || -16 || '''3'''
|- style="background-color:#ffcccc"
| style="text-align:left;" | {{ihw|CHN}}
| 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 16 || -13 || '''0'''
|}
*{{USA}} - {{CHN}} 12-1 (5-0, 3-0, 4-1)
*{{FIN}} - {{RUS}} 5-1 (1-1, 2-0, 2-0)
*{{RUS}} - {{USA}} 0-13 (0-5, 0-7, 0-1)
*{{FIN}} - {{CHN}} 2-1 (0-1, 2-0, 0-0)
*{{USA}} - {{FIN}} 6-0 (4-0, 1-0, 1-0)
*{{CHN}} - {{RUS}} 1-2 (0-0, 1-2, 0-0)

==Classification round==

{{4TeamBracket-with 3rd
<!-- Classification number 1 -->
|RD1=5th place semifinal
|RD1-seed1=A3
|RD1-team1='''{{ihw|SUI}}'''
|RD1-score1= '''6'''
|RD1-seed2=B4
|RD1-team2={{ihw|CHN}}
|RD1-score2=0
<!-- Classification number 2 -->
|RD1-seed3=B3
|RD1-team3='''{{ihw|RUS}}'''
|RD1-score3= '''4'''
|RD1-seed4=A4
|RD1-team4={{ihw|SVK}}
|RD1-score4= 2
<!-- 7th place game -->
|RD2=7th place game
|RD2-seed1=B4
|RD2-team1='''{{ihw|CHN}}'''
|RD2-score1='''3'''
|RD2-seed2=A4
|RD2-team2={{ihw|SVK}}
|RD2-score2=1
<!-- Classification 2 Number 2 -->
|RD3=5th place game
|RD3-seed1=A3
|RD3-team1='''{{ihw|SUI}}'''
|RD3-score1='''2'''
|RD3-seed2=B3
|RD3-team2={{ihw|RUS}}
|RD3-score2=1
}}

===Fifth place semifinal===
*{{SUI}} - {{CHN}} 6-0 (2-0, 2-0, 2-0)
*{{RUS}} - {{SVK}} 4-2 (2-0, 1-1, 1-1)

===Seventh place game===
*{{CHN}} - {{SVK}} 3-1 (0-1, 1-0, 2-0)

===Fifth place game===
*{{SUI}} - {{RUS}} 2-1 SO (0-1, 1-0, 0-0, 0-0, 2/3-1/3)
==Final round==
{{4TeamBracket-with 3rd
<!-- Semifinal number 1 -->
|RD1-seed1=A1
|RD1-team1='''{{ihw|CAN}}'''
|RD1-score1='''5'''
|RD1-seed2=B2
|RD1-team2={{ihw|FIN}}
|RD1-score2=0

<!-- Semifinal number 2 -->
|RD1-seed3=B1
|RD1-team3='''{{ihw|USA}}'''
|RD1-score3='''9'''
|RD1-seed4=A2
|RD1-team4={{ihw|SWE}}
|RD1-score4=1

<!-- Bronze-medal game -->
|RD2-seed1=B2
|RD2-team1='''{{ihw|FIN}}'''
|RD2-score1='''3'''
|RD2-seed2=A2
|RD2-team2={{ihw|SWE}}
|RD2-score2=2
<!-- Gold-medal game -->
|RD3-seed1=A1
|RD3-team1='''{{ihw|CAN}}'''
|RD3-score1='''2'''
|RD3-seed2=B1
|RD3-team2={{ihw|USA}}
|RD3-score2=0
}}

===Semifinals===
*{{SWE}} - {{USA}} 1-9 (0-2, 1-3, 0-4)
*{{FIN}} - {{CAN}} 0-5 (0-2, 0-1, 0-2)

<ref>http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/olympics/olympics-women.html</ref>

===Bronze medal game===
*{{SWE}} - {{FIN}} 2-3 OT (0-0, 1-2, 1-0, 0-1)
===Final===
*{{CAN}} - {{USA}} 2-0 (2-0, 0-0, 0-0)

==Final rankings==
The final rankings of the 2010 Winter Olympics Women's Ice Hockey Tournament are as follows:

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!width=15|Rank
!width=120|Team
|- bgcolor="#F7F6A8"
| align="center" style="height:23px"| {{goca}} ||align=left| {{ihw|CAN}}
|- bgcolor="#DCE5E5"
| align="center" style="height:23px"| {{sica}} ||align=left| {{ihw|USA}}
|- bgcolor="#FFDAB9"
| align="center" style="height:23px"| {{brca}} ||align=left| {{ihw|FIN}}  
|-
| 4th ||align=left| {{ihw|SWE}}
|-
| 5th ||align=left| {{ihw|SUI}}
|- 
| 6th ||align=left| {{ihw|RUS}}
|-
| 7th ||align=left| {{ihw|CHN}}
|- 
| 8th ||align=left| {{ihw|SVK}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.iihf.com/de/channels10/olympics-2010/home/men/format.html Official IIHF website — 2010 OWG Women's Tournament Playing Format]
*[http://www.iihf.com/de/channels10/olympics-2010/schedule.html Official IIHF website — Game Schedule]
*[http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey-schedule-results/ Vancouver 2010 Official website — Ice Hockey Schedule and Results]

{{IIHF Women's Ice Hockey championships}}
{{Wikipedia}}
[[Category:2010 in ice hockey]]
[[Category:Ice hockey at the Olympic Games]]