Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held in Beijing, China between 3 and 17 February 2022. Ten countries qualified for the tournament; six of them did so automatically by virtue of their ranking by the International Ice Hockey Federation, one, China, automatically qualified as hosts, while the three others took part in a qualification tournament.

The United States had been the defending champion. Canada won the gold medal, defeating the United States in the final 3–2. Finland defeated Switzerland 4–0 for the bronze medal. The final standings were the exact repeat of the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship.

Format
The ten teams were split into two groups of five teams each, in which they played against each team once. All teams from Group A and the top-three ranked teams from Group B advanced to the quarterfinals. A knockout system was used after the group stage.

Match officials
12 referees and 12 linesmen were selected for the tournament.


 * Referees
 * 🇨🇦 Cianna Lieffers
 * 🇨🇦 Elizabeth Mantha
 * 🇨🇦 Lacey Senuk
 * 🇫🇮 Anniina Nurmi
 * 🇩🇪 Tijana Haack
 * 🇷🇺 Daria Abrosimova
 * 🇷🇺 Daria Ermak
 * 🇸🇰 Nikoleta Celárová
 * 🇸🇪 Maria Furberg
 * Anna Wiegand
 * 🇺🇸 Kelly Cooke
 * 🇺🇸 Chelsea Rapin


 * Linesmen
 * 🇦🇹 Julia Kainberger
 * 🇨🇦 Alex Clarke
 * 🇨🇦 Justine Todd
 * 🇫🇮 Jenni Heikkinen
 * 🇫🇮 Linnea Sainio
 * 🇩🇪 Lisa Linnek
 * 🇷🇺 Diana Mokhova
 * 🇸🇪 Anna Hammar
 * 🇸🇪 Veronica Lovensnö
 * 🇺🇸 Kendall Hanley
 * 🇺🇸 Jacqueline Spresser
 * 🇺🇸 Sara Strong

Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+8).

Tiebreak criteria
In each group, teams were ranked according to the following criteria:
 * 1) Number of points (three points for a regulation-time win, two points for an overtime or shootout win, one point for an overtime or shootout defeat, no points for a regulation-time defeat);
 * 2) In case two teams are tied on points, the result of their head-to-head match will determine the ranking;
 * 3) In case three or four teams are tied on points, the following criteria will apply (if, after applying a criterion, only two teams remain tied, the result of their head-to-head match will determine their ranking):
 * 4) Points obtained in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
 * 5) Goal differential in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
 * 6) Number of goals scored in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
 * 7) If three teams remain tied, result of head-to-head matches between each of the teams concerned and the remaining team in the group (points, goal difference, goals scored);
 * 8) Place in 2021 IIHF World Ranking.

Group A


 



 



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Ranking
Winning teams were reseeded for the semi-finals in accordance with the following ranking:


 * 1) tier of the group played in
 * 2) rank within group

Bracket
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Quarterfinals
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Semifinals
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Bronze medal game
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Gold medal game
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Final ranking
The places five to eight are ranked by their preliminary round group and then placement.

Scoring leaders
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals. GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF

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. TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots against; GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts Source: IIHF

Awards
The all-star team was announced on 17 February 2022.