# Ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Provo and West Valley City, United States, from 11 to 21 February. Eight teams competed, seeded into two groups. Canada won the final by a score of 3–2 over the United States, who were awarded silver. The bronze medal game was won by Sweden with a 2–1 victory over Finland.
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.

## Qualifying

The qualification process, and seedings for the Olympic tournament, came from the final standings of the 2000 IIHF Women's World Championship. The top six nations were given direct entry to the Olympics, the final two spots were contested in a qualification tournament. The nations ranked seven through ten played a round robin in Engelberg, Switzerland from 8 to 11 February 2001.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 4 | 2002 Winter Olympics |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 3 | 2002 Winter Olympics |
| 3 | Switzerland (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 2 | |
* 1 2 Germany 3–1 Switzerland
All times are local (UTC+1).

## Rosters
### Group A

* Canada (roster)
* Sweden (roster)
* Russia (roster)
* Kazakhstan (roster)

### Group B

* United States (roster)
* Finland (roster)
* China (roster)
* Germany (roster)

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC–7).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Canada | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | +25 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 2 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 4 | Kazakhstan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 0 | 5–8th place semifinals |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | United States (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 1 | +26 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Finland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Germany | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 18 | −12 | 1 | 5–8th place semifinals |
| 4 | China | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 21 | −15 | 1 | 5–8th place semifinals |

## Classification round

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | 5th place game | 5th place game | 5th place game |
| A3 | Russia | 4 | | | |
| B4 | China | 1 | | | |
| B4 | China | 1 | A3 | Russia | 5 |
| | | | B3 | Germany | 0 |
| B3 | Germany | 4 | B3 | Germany | 0 |
| A4 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 7th place game | 7th place game | 7th place game |
| | | | B4 | China | 2 |
| | | | A4 | Kazakhstan | 1 |

### Fifth place game
## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal game | Gold medal game | Gold medal game |
| B1 | United States | 4 | | | |
| A2 | Sweden | 0 | | | |
| A2 | Sweden | 0 | B1 | United States | 2 |
| | | | A1 | Canada | 3 |
| A1 | Canada | 7 | A1 | Canada | 3 |
| B2 | Finland | 3 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | B2 | Finland | 1 |
| | | | A2 | Sweden | 2 |

### Final rankings

| Rank | Team |
| | Canada |
| | United States |
| | Sweden |
| 4 | Finland |
| 5 | Russia |
| 6 | Germany |
| 7 | China |
| 8 | Kazakhstan |

## Statistics
### Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
| Hayley Wickenheiser | 5 | 7 | 3 | 10 | +7 | 2 | F |
| Cammi Granato | 5 | 6 | 4 | 10 | +9 | 0 | F |
| Danielle Goyette | 5 | 3 | 7 | 10 | +7 | 0 | F |
| Natalie Darwitz | 5 | 7 | 1 | 8 | +8 | 2 | F |
| Katie King | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | +6 | 4 | F |
| Jayna Hefford | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +7 | 2 | F |
| Jenny Potter | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | +6 | 2 | F |
| Tara Mounsey | 5 | 0 | 7 | 7 | +5 | 4 | D |
| Vicky Sunohara | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | +7 | 6 | F |
| Jennifer Botterill | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +2 | 8 | F |
| Karyn Bye | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +6 | 0 | F |
| Katja Riipi | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +4 | 6 | F |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com Archived 2019-04-05 at the Wayback Machine

### 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 | GAA | SA | Sv% | SO |
| Sarah Tueting | 120:00 | 1 | 0.50 | 20 | 95.00 | 1 |
| Sara Decosta | 179:00 | 3 | 1.01 | 58 | 94.83 | 2 |
| Kim Martin | 180:00 | 5 | 1.67 | 82 | 93.90 | 1 |
| Kim St-Pierre | 240:00 | 5 | 1.25 | 78 | 93.59 | 2 |
| Irina Gashennikova | 300:00 | 12 | 2.40 | 178 | 93.26 | 1 |
TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts

## Awards

* Media All-Stars
** Goaltender: Kim St-Pierre
** Defencemen: Tara Mounsey, Angela Ruggiero
** Forwards: Natalie Darwitz, Cammi Granato, Hayley Wickenheiser
* Most Valuable Player: Hayley Wickenheiser
* Best players selected by the directorate:
** Best Goaltender: Kim St-Pierre
** Best Defenceman: Angela Ruggiero
** Best Forward: Hayley Wickenheiser