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

1998 Winter Olympics
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	8–17 February
Teams	6
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	United States of America (1st title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Finland
Fourth place	China
Tournament statistics
Matches played	17
Goals scored	119 (7 per match)
Attendance	81,707 (4,806 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Riikka Nieminen; (12 points)
	2002 →

The 1998 Olympic women's ice hockey tournament was the first year that featured women in ice hockey competition.^[1] 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.^[2]

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

Preliminary round[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	United States of America	5	5	0	33	7	+26	10	Gold medal game
2	Canada	5	4	1	28	12	+16	8	Gold medal game
3	Finland	5	3	2	27	10	+17	6	Bronze medal game
4	China	5	2	3	10	15	−5	4	Bronze medal game
5	Sweden	5	1	4	10	21	−11	2
6	Japan (H)	5	0	5	2	45	−43	0

Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

All times are local (UTC+9).

8 February 1998
12:00

Sweden

0–6
(0–2, 0–2, 0–2)

Finland

Aqua Wing Arena
Attendance: 2,208


Annica Åhlén	Goalies	Tuula Puputti	Referee: Marina Zenk
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5 / 0–6	08:35 – Vaarakallio (Huotari) / 15:17 – Ikonen (Selin) (PP) / 22:35 – Reima (Fisk) / 34:07 – Nieminen (Reima) / 55:11 – Krooks / 58:20 – Ikonen
16 min	Penalties	12 min
12	Shots	28

8 February 1998
16:00

Canada

13–0
(3–0, 6–0, 4–0)

Japan

Aqua Wing Arena
Attendance: 4,597


Lesley Reddon Manon Rhéaume	Goalies	Haruka Watanabe Yuka Oda	Referee: Victoria Renfer-Kale
Goyette (Wickenheiser) – 05:46 / Heaney – 15:42 / Wickenheiser (Wilson, Campbell) – 17:05 / Goyette (Wilson, Brisson) – 24:23 / Brisson (Wickenheiser) – 28:12 / Campbell (Diduck) – 31:22 / Wilson (Goyette) – 35:43 / Kellar (Sunohara) – 36:14 / Wickenheiser (Wilson) (PP) – 38:08 / Diduck (Campbell) – 53:52 / St-Louis (Heaney, Kellar) (PP) – 55:26 / Goyette – 56:21 / Smith (St-Louis) (PP) – 58:06	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0 / 8–0 / 9–0 / 10–0 / 11–0 / 12–0 / 13–0
12 min	Penalties	12 min
64	Shots	3

8 February 1998
20:00

China

0–5
(0–2, 0–1, 0–2)

United States of America

Aqua Wing Arena
Attendance: 3,255


Guo Hong	Goalies	Sarah Tueting	Referee: Laurie Taylor-Bolton
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5	07:39 – Granato (Ulion, Schmidgall) (PP) / 19:17 – Bye (Mounsey) (PP) / 34:53 – Mounsey (King) / 51:05 – Schmidgall (Bye) / 56:20 – Granato (King)
14 min	Penalties	10 min
10	Shots	31

9 February 1998
12:00

Finland

11–1
(2–0, 3–0, 6–1)

Japan

Aqua Wing Arena
Attendance: 4,972


Liisa-Maria Sneck	Goalies	Haruka Watanabe Yuka Oda	Referee: Laurie Taylor-Bolton
Lankosaari (Riipi, Krooks) – 03:54 / Riipi (Lankosaari) – 18:45 / Reima (Fisk, Hänninen) – 27:22 / Hänninen (PP) – 33:29 / Hänninen (Nieminen, Ikonen) (PP) – 38:23 / Rantamäki – 45:43 / Nieminen (Lehto) – 49:06 / Krooks – 49:52 / Hänninen (Nieminen) (PP) – 50:42 / Lehto (Nieminen) – 52:55 / Nieminen (Fisk, Lehtimäki) – 54:40	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 6–1 / 7–1 / 8–1 / 9–1 / 10–1 / 11–1	48:28 – Hatanaka (Fujiwara, Yoshimi) (PP)
16 min	Penalties	42 min
49	Shots	9

9 February 1998
16:00

United States of America

7–1
(1–1, 4–0, 2–0)

Sweden

Aqua Wing Arena
Attendance: 3,607


Sara DeCosta	Goalies	Annica Åhlén	Referee: Manuela Gröger
Baker (Merz) – 16:27 / Bye (Merz, Mounsey) (PP) – 32:39 / King (Blahoski) – 34:26 / Merz – 36:20 / Bye (SH) – 38:39 / Ulion (Granato) (PP) – 54:28 / Looney (SH) – 55:30	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1 / 7–1	10:02 – Morelius (Sjölander, Holst) (PP)
14 min	Penalties	24 min
47	Shots	3

9 February 1998
20:00

Canada

2–0
(0–0, 2–0, 0–0)

China

Aqua Wing Arena
Attendance: 2,713


Manon Rhéaume	Goalies	Guo Hong	Referee: Sandra Dombrowski
Goyette (Wickenheiser) – 24:38 / Sunohara (Heaney) (PP) – 35:38	1–0 / 2–0
6 min	Penalties	14 min
40	Shots	8

11 February 1998
12:00

Sweden

3–5
(0–2, 2–2, 1–1)

Canada

Aqua Wing Arena
Attendance: 5,429


Charlotte Göthesson	Goalies	Lesley Reddon	Referee: Victoria Renfer-Kale
Rooth (Almblad) – 28:38 / Burholm (Holst) (PP) – 38:11 / Månsson (Sjölander) – 42:11	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 2–4 / 2–5 / 3–5	09:30 – Goyette / 10:06 – Nystrom (Drolet) / 26:23 – Drolet (Kellar) (PP) / 35:05 – Brisson (SH) / 40:34 – Goyette (Wickenheiser, Wilson)
34 min	Penalties	20 min
11	Shots	38

11 February 1998
16:00

Japan

1–6
(0–0, 0–3, 1–3)

China

Aqua Wing Arena
Attendance: 5,863


Yuka Oda	Goalies	Guo Hong	Referee: Manuela Gröger
Sato (Obikawa) (PP) – 22:25	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 1–5 / 1–6	32:21 – Yang (Li, Liu H.) / 32:35 – Guo W. (Yang) / 33:45 – Zhang L. (Lu) / 46:31 – Guo W. (Gong) (PP) / 52:24 – Sang (Xu) / 55:19 – Guo W. (Liu H.)
12 min	Penalties	18 min
7	Shots	44

11 February 1998
20:00

United States of America

4–2
(1–1, 3–1, 0–0)

Finland

Aqua Wing Arena
Attendance: 3,688


Sarah Tueting	Goalies	Tuula Puputti	Referee: Marina Zenk
Movsessian (King) – 02:48 / Bye (Schmidgall) – 21:22 / Mounsey (Bye, Merz) (PP) – 26:49 / Ulion (Bye) – 36:56	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 2–2 / 3–2 / 4–2	18:09 – Hänninen (Lehto, Nieminen) (PP) / 25:27 – Nieminen (SH)
18 min	Penalties	10 min
25	Shots	22

12 February 1998
12:00

China

3–1
(0–0, 0–1, 3–0)

Sweden

Aqua Wing Arena
Attendance: 3,670


Guo Hong	Goalies	Annica Åhlén	Referee: Marina Zenk
Zhang L. (Yang, Liu H.) – 46:42 / Liu H. (Wang) – 50:38 / Yang (Zhang L., Guo W.) – 58:08	0–1 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1	31:10 – Sjölander (Almblad)
8 min	Penalties	10 min
23	Shots	23

12 February 1998
16:00

United States of America

10–0
(5–0, 2–0, 3–0)

Japan

Aqua Wing Arena
Attendance: 5,015


Sara DeCosta	Goalies	Haruka Watanabe Yuka Oda	Referee: Laurie Taylor-Bolton
Looney – 03:55 / Mleczko (Merz) – 09:08 / Whyte (Granato) – 13:32 / Looney (Ulion, Schmidgall) (PP) – 14:14 / Mleczko (Brown-Miller, Looney) – 14:36 / King (Baker, Bailey) – 29:18 / King (Blahoski, Baker) – 39:34 / Baker (Granato) (PP) – 45:37 / Bye (Mounsey, Ulion) (PP) – 51:46 / King (Baker) – 53:03	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 4–0 / 5–0 / 6–0 / 7–0 / 8–0 / 9–0 / 10–0
8 min	Penalties	12 min
56	Shots	4

12 February 1998
20:00

Finland

2–4
(0–2, 1–2, 1–0)

Canada

Aqua Wing Arena
Attendance: 3,133


Liisa-Maria Sneck Tuula Puputti	Goalies	Manon Rhéaume	Referee: Sandra Dombrowski
Vaarakallio (Fisk) – 33:25 / Rantamäki (Vaarakallio) – 53:32	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 1–3 / 1–4 / 2–4	12:45 – Brisson (Sunohara) (PP) / 16:50 – Heaney (Drolet) (PP) / 28:53 – Brisson (St-Louis) / 36:26 – Goyette (Heaney, Diduck) (PP)
10 min	Penalties	10 min
21	Shots	23

14 February 1998
12:00

Japan

0–5
(0–2, 0–2, 0–1)

Sweden

Aqua Wing Arena
Attendance: 6,009


Yuka Oda	Goalies	Charlotte Götesson	Referee: Sandra Dombrowski
	0–1 / 0–2 / 0–3 / 0–4 / 0–5	10:58 – Andersson (PP) / 18:33 – Holst (Elfsberg) / 25:34 – Gustafsson (Elfving) / 31:15 – Rooth (Andersson, Holst) (PP) / 59:18 – Holst (Rooth)
12 min	Penalties	14 min
15	Shots	30

14 February 1998
16:00

Finland

6–1
(2–0, 2–1, 2–0)

China

Aqua Wing Arena
Attendance: 5,638


Tuula Puputti	Goalies	Huo Lina Guo Hong	Referee: Victoria Renfer-Kale
Ikonen – 01:08 / Lehtimäki (Hänninen) – 09:56 / Fisk (Lehtimäki) – 24:37 / Nieminen (SH) – 27:57 / Lehtimäki (Hänninen) – 44:20 / Nieminen – 57:09	1–0 / 2–0 / 3–0 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 5–1 / 6–1	24:50 – Liu H. (Wang)
8 min	Penalties	6 min
33	Shots	9

14 February 1998
20:00

Canada

4–7
(1–1, 0–0, 3–6)

United States of America

Aqua Wing Arena
Attendance: 5,872


Lesley Reddon	Goalies	Sarah Tueting Sara DeCosta	Referee: Manuela Gröger
Dupuis (Sunohara) (PP) – 03:01 / Dupuis (Brisson) (PP) – 41:24 / Hefford (Dupuis) (PP2) – 45:28 / Brisson (Wilson, Wickenheiser) (PP) – 45:53	1–0 / 1–1 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1 / 4–2 / 4–3 / 4–4 / 4–5 / 4–6 / 4–7	19:20 – Granato (PP) / 47:05 – Baker (King) / 50:57 – Granato (Ulion, Mounsey) (PP2) / 52:25 – Schmidgall (Granato) (PP) / 52:48 – Dunn (Mleczko) / 57:06 – Brown-Miller (Mleczko) / 58:58 – Baker (ENG)
18 min	Penalties	30 min
35	Shots	30

Final round[]

Bronze medal game[]

17 February 1998
14:00

Finland

4–1
(0–1, 3–0, 1–0)

China

Big Hat
Attendance: 7,412


Tuula Puputti	Goalies	Guo Hong	Referee: Laurie Taylor-Bolton
Fisk (Nieminen, Lehto) − 23:07 / Ikonen (Vaarakallio, Rantamäki) − 27:08 / Lankosaari (Riipi, Krooks) − 30:15 / Nieminen (Lehtimäki) (ENG) − 59:52	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1 / 4–1	09:27 − Yang
0 min	Penalties	8 min
23	Shots	9

Gold medal game[]

17 February 1998
18:00

United States of America

3–1
(0–0, 1–0, 2–1)

Canada

Big Hat
Attendance: 8,626


Sarah Tueting	Goalies	Manon Rhéaume	Referee: Marina Zenk
Ulion (Whyte, Merz) (PP) − 22:38 / Looney (Whyte, Ulion) (PP) − 50:57 / Whyte (ENG) − 59:52	1–0 / 2–0 / 2–1 / 3–1	55:59 − Goyette (Wickenheiser, Heaney) (PP)
8 min	Penalties	6 min
24	Shots	22

Final rankings[]

Rank	Team
1	United States of America
2	Canada
3	Finland
4	China
5	Sweden
6	Japan

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	GP	G	A	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Riikka Nieminen	6	7	5	12	+14	4	F
Danielle Goyette	6	8	1	9	+10	10	F
Karyn Bye	6	5	3	8	+4	4	F
Cammi Granato	6	4	4	8	+2	0	F
Katie King	6	4	4	8	+10	2	F
Gretchen Ulion	6	3	5	8	3	4	F
Hayley Wickenheiser	6	2	6	8	+7	4	F
Thérèse Brisson	6	5	2	7	+5	6	D
Laurie Baker	6	4	3	7	+10	6	F
Kirsi Hänninen	6	4	3	7	+13	6	D

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: eurohockey.com

Leading goaltenders[]

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player	TOI	GA	SA	Sv%	SO
Sarah Tueting	210	4	64	93.75	1
Manon Rhéaume	208	4	54	92.59	1
Charlotte Göthesson	120	5	53	90.57	1
Tuula Puputti	271	7	67	89.55	1
Guo Hong	350	16	150	89.33	0

TOI = Time on Ice (minutes); GA = Goals Against; SA = Shots Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts

References[]

↑ "Ice Hockey | Ice Hockey – Move over boys", BBC News, 1998-02-13. Retrieved on 2016-10-27.
↑ Grogan, Maura (2014-02-14). Olympic OK crucial for growth. Retrieved on 2016-10-27.

External links[]

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)

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[1] "Ice Hockey | Ice Hockey – Move over boys", BBC News, 1998-02-13. Retrieved on 2016-10-27.

[2] Grogan, Maura (2014-02-14). Olympic OK crucial for growth. Retrieved on 2016-10-27.

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