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 an exact repeat of the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship.
==Qualified teams==
==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.
==Venues==
Beijing National Indoor StadiumCapacity: 19,418	Wukesong ArenaCapacity: 15,384
 	
Beijing 	Beijing
==Rosters==
==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:
#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);
#In case two teams are tied on points, the result of their head-to-head match will determine the ranking;
#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):
##Points obtained in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
##Goal differential in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
##Number of goals scored in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
##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);
##Place in 2021 IIHF World Ranking.
===Group A===
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===Group B===
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==Playoff round==
===Ranking===
Winning teams were reseeded for the semi-finals in accordance with the following ranking:
#tier of the group played in
#rank within group
Rank	Team	 	
1 	 	A	1
2 	 	A	2
3 	 	A	3
4 	 	A	4
5 	 	A	5
6 	 	B	1
7 	 	B	2
8 	 	B	3
===Bracket===
===Quarterfinals===
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===Semifinals===
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===Bronze medal game===
===Gold medal game===
==Medalists==
Women's tournament	Erin AmbroseAshton BellKristen CampbellEmily ClarkMélodie DaoustAnn-Renée DesbiensRenata FastSarah FillierBrianne JennerRebecca JohnstonJocelyne LarocqueEmma MaltaisEmerance MaschmeyerSarah NurseMarie-Philip PoulinJamie Lee RattrayJill SaulnierElla SheltonNatalie SpoonerLaura StaceyClaire ThompsonBlayre TurnbullMicah Zandee-Hart	Cayla BarnesMegan BozekHannah BrandtDani CameranesiAlexandra CarpenterAlex CavalliniJesse CompherKendall Coyne SchofieldBrianna DeckerJincy DunneSavannah HarmonCaroline HarveyNicole HensleyMegan KellerAmanda KesselHilary KnightAbbey MurphyKelly PannekMaddie RooneyAbby RoqueHayley ScamurraLee SteckleinGrace Zumwinkle	Sanni HakalaJenni HiirikoskiElisa HolopainenSini KarjalainenMichelle KarvinenAnni KeisalaNelli LaitinenJulia LiikalaEveliina MäkinenPetra NieminenTanja NiskanenJenniina NylundMeeri RäisänenSanni RantalaRonja SavolainenSofianna SundelinSusanna TapaniNoora TulusMinttu TuominenViivi VainikkaSanni VanhanenEmilia VesaElla Viitasuo
==Final ranking==
The places five to eight are ranked by their preliminary round group and then placement.
==Statistics==
===Scoring leaders===
List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player 	GP	G	A 	Pts	+/−	PIM	POS
Sarah Nurse 	7 	5	13	18 	+19	4 	F
Marie-Philip Poulin	7 	6	11	17 	+9 	6 	F
Brianne Jenner 	7 	9	5 	14 	+15	2 	F
Natalie Spooner 	7 	3	11	14 	+12	0 	F
Claire Thompson 	7 	2	11	13 	+23	2 	D
Sarah Fillier 	7 	8	3 	11 	+13	0 	F
Hilary Knight 	7 	6	4 	10 	+6 	0 	F
Alina Müller 	7 	4	6 	10 	+1 	4 	F
Rebecca Johnston 	7 	2	8 	10 	+8 	2 	F
Jamie Lee Rattray 	7 	5	4 	9 	+9 	0 	F
Lara Stalder 	7 	5	4 	9 	–3 	2 	F
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.
Player 	TOI 	GA	GAA 	SA 	Sv% 	SO
Zhou Jiaying 	182:46	4 	1.31	89 	95.51	0
Klára Peslarová 	262:03	7 	1.60	127	94.49	0
Ann-Renée Desbiens	300:00	9 	1.80	150	94.00	0
Alex Cavallini 	236:51	5 	1.27	65 	92.31	1
Nana Fujimoto 	292:54	12	2.46	149	91.95	0
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.
Position 	Player
Goaltender	Klára Peslarová
Defenceman	Claire Thompson Jenni Hiirikoski
Forward 	Sarah Nurse Marie-Philip Poulin Brianne Jenner
MVP 	Brianne Jenner
==References==
==External links==
*Ice hockey – women's schedule at International Olympic Committee
*IIHF website
 
Women's tournament
Category:2021–22 in women's ice hockey