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	T	GF	GA	Pts
United States	5	5	0	0	33	7	10
Canada	5	4	1	0	28	12	8
Finland	5	3	2	0	27	10	6
China	5	2	3	0	10	15	4
Sweden	5	1	4	0	10	21	2
Japan	5	0	5	0	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	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
	United States	3 – 1	Canada		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
	United States	Qualified for the 1999 World Championships
	Canada	Qualified for the 1999 World Championships
	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)