1998 Olympics

The 1998 Winter Olympics were held in Nagano, Japan.
==Venues==
Games were played at The Big Hat and Aqua Wing Arena.
==Men's tournament==
1998 was the first year that the modern NHL took a break to allow its players to participate in the Olympics, allowing the United States and Canada to field teams with professionals of top calibre, as the European teams had been doing since the IIHF first allowed professionals into the Olympics. 
Both Canada and the United States were heavily favoured; they had previously faced off in the final of the 1996 World Cup of Hockey. The United States left the tournament being remembered as the ugly Americans. After a below-expectations performance in the tournament which included only one win, several American players trashed their hotel rooms (the US squad did not stay in the Olympic village), and they left without apologizing. The Canadian team, despite a strong start in the round robin, failed to play well after losing their semifinal match, and disappointed Canadians who wished for Wayne Gretzky to get an Olympic medal, playing a lacklustre bronze medal game.
Memorably, during the shootout in their semifinal match against the Czech Republic, Canadian coach Marc Crawford opted to have defenseman Ray Bourque shoot in the shootout instead of NHL legends Wayne Gretzky and Steve Yzerman. Hockey commentators alternatively criticized Crawford's decision (Bourque, like the other four Canadian shooters, failed to score) and praised it on the grounds that Bourque was one of hockey's most accurate shooters at the time and Gretzky had always been surprisingly mediocre on breakaways. Thanks to the goaltending of Dominik Hašek who was considered the best goaltender throughout Olympic play, the Czech Republic won the shootout and went on to win the semi-final en route to winning the gold medal.
Japanese fans were disappointed when their adopted hero, Paul Kariya, a Canadian of Japanese heritage and one of Team Canada's best stars, failed to make the games due to a vicious crosscheck by Gary Suter during regular season NHL play. The Canadian media has accused Suter and other American players of deliberately attempting to injure Canadian players in the final NHL games leading up to the Olympics. The Japanese shifted their attentions to a Canadian player of Japanese extraction, Vicky Sunohara, and were pleased with a vicarious silver medal from Canada's women's team.
The format of the men's tournament was also criticized because the National Hockey League clubs would not release their players for the preliminary round. This severely hampered the campaigns of Germany and Slovakia, both of whom failed to qualify for the final group stage. Also the final group stage was criticized as being meaningless since all of the teams qualified for the quarter-finals.
The format was eventually changed for the 2006 tournament in an effort to address these criticisms.
===US men's hotel vandalism===
An unknown number of players on the U.S. men's hockey team trashed their rooms at their hotel on February 19 morning, after they were eliminated from the Olympic tournament by losing to the Czech Republic 4-1 about 10 hours earlier. Ten chairs were broken, and three fire extinguishers were emptied inside three apartments. Six of the chairs and one of the fire extinguishers were then thrown from the fifth floor into the courtyard below. One door was dented, as were several walls. Floors and beds were also damaged. No one was injured by the vandalism. No one has ever confessed and no one has ever been punished.
United States captain Chris Chelios was at a restaurant when the rooms were damaged. He wrote a $3000 check for damages and apologized for his teammates, allowing those responsible to remain anonymous.
"Maybe what they're talking about are the chairs." Jeremy Roenick said. "The chairs and furniture that we had were definitely not made for NHL players. The chairs would fall apart right there, just sitting on them. We went through nine chairs with five guys in the apartment. It was ridiculous." 
"That wasn't anything," thundered U.S. assistant coach Lou Vairo. "Who hasn't broken a few chairs? I bet you guys (the media) have busted some furniture when you see the wife's credit card bill at the end of the month."
"This wasn't vandalism or wanton destruction of property," Bob Goodenow said. "This wasn't nearly as bad as people are making it out to be. I saw it. Some folding chairs got broken. They were weak and break when you lean back on them. The fire extinguisher, there's no excuse for that. There's no excuse for any of it. I'm not condoning it, but it wasn't as bad as it appears."
===Preliminaries===
====Group A====
Top team (shaded) advanced to the final round.
Team 	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Kazakhstan	3 	2	0	1	14	11	5
Slovakia 	3 	1	1	1	9 	9 	3
Italy 	3 	1	2	0	11	11	2
Austria 	3 	0	1	2	9 	12	2
*February 7
Kazakhstan	5:3	Italy
Slovakia 	2:2	Austria
*February 8
Slovakia 	4:3	Italy
Kazakhstan	5:5	Austria
*February 10
Italy 	5:2	Austria
Kazakhstan	4:3	Slovakia
====Group B====
Top team (shaded) advanced to the final round.
Team 	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Belarus	3 	2	0	1	14	4 	5
Germany	3 	2	1	0	7 	9 	4
France 	3 	1	2	0	5 	8 	2
Japan 	3 	0	2	1	5 	10	1
*February 7
Belarus	4:0	France
Japan 	1:3	Germany
*February 9
Japan 	2:5	France
Belarus	8:2	Germany
*February 10
Germany	2:0	France
Japan 	2:2	Belarus
===Consolation round===
====13th place match====
*February 11
Japan	4:3	Austria
====11th place match====
*February 11
France	5:1	Italy
====9th place match====
*February 11
Germany	4:2	Slovakia
===Final round===
====Group A====
Team 	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Canada 	3 	3	0	0	12	3 	6
Sweden 	3 	2	1	0	11	7 	4
United States	3 	1	2	0	8 	10	2
Belarus 	3 	0	3	0	4 	15	0
*February 13
Canada	5:0	Belarus
Sweden	4:2	United States
*February 14
United States	5:2	Belarus
Canada 	3:2	Sweden
*February 16
Sweden	5:2	Belarus
Canada	4:1	United States
====Group B====
Team 	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
Russia 	3 	3	0	0	15	6 	6
Czech Republic	3 	2	1	0	12	4 	4
Finland 	3 	1	2	0	11	9 	2
Kazakhstan 	3 	0	3	0	6 	25	0
*February 13
Russia 	9:2	Kazakhstan
Czech Republic	3:0	Finland
*February 15
Czech Republic	8:2	Kazakhstan
Russia 	4:3	Finland
*February 16
Finland	8:2	Kazakhstan
Russia 	2:1	Czech Republic
===Medal round===
Quarterfinals	Quarterfinals	Quarterfinals 	 		Semifinals	Semifinals	Semifinals 	 		Gold medal game	Gold medal game 	Gold medal game 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	C1 	Canada 	4		 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	D4 	Kazakhstan 	1		 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	D4 	Kazakhstan 	1		 	C1 	Canada 	1		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	C1 	Canada 	1		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	D2 	Czech Republic	2		 	 	 	 	
 	D2 	Czech Republic	4		 	D2 	Czech Republic	2		 	 	 	 	
 	D2 	Czech Republic	4		 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	C3 	United States 	1		 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 		 	D1 	Czech Republic 	1 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 		 	C3 	Russia 	0 	
 	C2 	Sweden 	1		 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	D3 	Finland 	2		 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 	
 	D3 	Finland 	2		 	D3 	Finland 	4		 	Bronze medal game	Bronze medal game	Bronze medal game	Bronze medal game
 	 	 	 		 	D3 	Finland 	4		 	Bronze medal game	Bronze medal game	Bronze medal game	Bronze medal game
 	 	 	 		 	D1 	Russia 	7		 	 	 	 	
 	D1 	Russia 	4		 	D1 	Russia 	7		 	D3 	Finland 	3 	
 	D1 	Russia 	4		 	 	 	 		 	D3 	Finland 	3 	
 	C4 	Belarus 	1		 	 	 	 		 	C1 	Canada 	2 	
 	 	 	 		 	 	 	 		 	C1 	Canada 	2 	
====Quarter-finals====
*February 18
Canada 	4:1	Kazakhstan
Czech Republic	4:1	United States
Sweden 	1:2	Finland
Russia 	4:1	Belarus
====Semi-finals====
*February 20
Canada 	1:2	Czech Republic
Finland	4:7	Russia
====Bronze medal game====
*February 21
Finland	3:2	Canada
====Gold medal game====
*February 21
Czech Republic	1:0	Russia
===Leading scorers===
Rk	Team 	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1 	Teemu Selänne 	5 	4	6	10 	8
2 	Saku Koivu 	6 	2	8	10 	4
3 	Pavel Bure 	6 	9	0	9 	2
4 	Alexander Koreshkov	7 	3	6	9 	2
5 	Philippe Bozon 	4 	5	2	7 	4
6 	K. Shafranov 	7 	4	3	7 	6
7 	Dominic Lavoie 	4 	5	1	6 	8
8 	Jere Lehtinen 	6 	4	2	6 	2
9 	Alexei Yashin 	6 	3	3	6 	0
10	Serge Poudrier 	6 	2	4	6 	4
11	Sergei Fedorov 	6 	1	5	6 	8
===Medal-winning rosters===
Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Czech Republic
Josef BeránekJan CalounRoman Čechmánek Jiří Dopita Roman HamrlíkDominik HašekMilan HejdukMilan HnilickaJaromír JágrFrantišek Kučera Robert LangDavid MoravecPavel PateraLibor ProcházkaMartin ProcházkaRobert ReichelMartin RucinskyVladimír Růžička -CJiří ŠlégrRichard ŠmehlíkMartin StrakaJaroslav ŠpacekPetr Svoboda	Russia
Pavel Bure-CValeri BureMikhail ShtalenkovAlexei GusarovAlexei YashinDmitri YushkevichAlexei ZhamnovAlexei ZhitnikValeri KamenskyDarius KasparaitisAndrei KovalenkoIgor KravchukSergei KrivokrasovBoris MironovDmitri MironovAleksey MorozovSergei NemchinovGerman TitovAndrei TrefilovOleg ShevtsovSergei GoncharSergei FedorovValeri Zelepukin	Finland
Teemu SelänneAki BergTuomas GrönmanRaimo HelminenSami KapanenSaku Koivu-CJari KurriJanne LaukkanenJere LehtinenJuha LindJyrki LummeJarmo MyllysMika NieminenJanne NiinimaaTeppo NumminenVille PeltonenKimmo RintanenAri SulanderJukka TammiEsa TikkanenKimmo TimonenAntti TörmänenJuha Ylönen
===Final rankings===
# Czech Republic
# Russia
# Finland
# Canada
# Sweden
# United States
# Belarus
# Kazakhstan
# Germany
# Slovakia
# France
# Italy
# Japan
# Austria
==Women's tournament==
1998 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 having won all the competitions in previous years in women's hockey, and 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.
1st and 2nd place (shaded gold) advanced to gold medal game.
3rd and 4th place (shaded green) advanced to bronze medal game.
Team 	Pld	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
==== Preliminary round ====
 	 	 	 		
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 		
 	 	 	 		
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 	 	 		
 	 	 	 		
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 		
 	 	 	 		
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 	 	 		
 	 	 	 		
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 	 	 		
 	 	 	 		
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 	 		
 	 	 	 		
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 	 	 		
 	 	 	 		
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 		
 	 	 	 		
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 	 		
 	 	 	 		
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	 	 		
 	 	 	 		
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 	 	 		
 	 	 	 		
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	 	 		
 	 	 	 		
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 		
 	 	 	 		
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 	 	 		
 	 	 	 		
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 		
==== 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 	 	 		
==== 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 	 	 		
===Medal-winning rosters===
Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
United States
Chris BaileyLaurie BakerAlana BlahoskiLisa Brown-MillerKaryn ByeColleen CoyneSara DecostaTricia DunnCammi GranatoKatie KingShelley LooneySue MerzAllison MleczkoTara MounseyVicki MovsessianAngela RuggieroJenny PotterJen SchmidgallSarah TuetingGretchen UlionSandra Whyte	Canada
Jennifer BotterillThérèse BrissonCassie CampbellJudy DiduckNancy DroletLori DupuisDanielle GoyetteGeraldine HeaneyJayna HeffordBecky KellarKatheryn MccormackKaren NystromLesley ReddonManon RhéaumeFrance Saint-LouisLaura SchulerFiona SmithVicky SunoharaHayley WickenheiserStacy Wilson	Finland
Sari FiskKirsi HänninenSatu HuotariMarianne IhalainenJohanna IkonenSari KrooksEmma LaaksonenSanna LankosaariKatja LehtoMarika LehtimäkiRiikka NieminenMarja-Helena PälviläTuula PuputtiKaroliina RantamäkiTiia ReimaKatja RiipiPäivi SaloMaria SelinLiisa-Maria SneckPetra Vaarakallio
===Final rankings===
# United States
# Canada
# Finland
# China
# Sweden
# Japan
Rk. 	Team 	Notes
Gold 	United States	Qualified for the 1999 World Championships
Silver	Canada 	Qualified for the 1999 World Championships
Bronze	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
==See Also==
*1998 Austria men's national ice hockey team
*1998 Belarus men's national ice hockey team
*1997-98 Canada men's national ice hockey team
*1998 Canada women's national ice hockey team
*1998 China women's national ice hockey team
*1998 Czech Republic men's national ice hockey team
*1998 Finland men's national ice hockey team
*1998 Finland women's national ice hockey team
*1998 France men's national ice hockey team
*1998 Germany men's national ice hockey team
*1998 Italy men's national ice hockey team
*1998 Japan men's national ice hockey team
*1998 Japan women's national ice hockey team
*1998 Kazakhstan men's national ice hockey team
*1998 Russia Men's national ice hockey team
*1998 Slovakia men's national ice hockey team
*1998 Sweden men's national ice hockey team
*1998 Sweden women's national ice hockey team
*1998 United States men's national ice hockey team
*1998 United States women's national ice hockey team
*Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics match stats (women)
Category:Olympic Games
Category:International competitions
Olympics, Winter