Finland women's national ice hockey team

The Finnish women's national ice hockey team represents Finland at the International Ice Hockey Federation's IIHF World Women's Championships. The women's national team is controlled by the Finnish Ice Hockey Association. Finland has 4,694 female players in 2011.Profile
==History==
Finland has finished third or fourth in almost every World Championships and Olympics, with one exception being a fifth place finish at the 2014 Winter Olympics and second place at the 2019 World Championship. They are ranked behind Canada (#2) and the United States (#1). Historically, Finland's primary rival was Sweden, which finished second to Canada at the 2006 Winter Olympics. Finland finished fourth, losing the game for the bronze medal to the United States. Finland defeated the United States for the first time, at the 2008 World Championship in China, 1–0 in overtime. Finland defeated Canada 4–3 for the first time at the 2017 World Championship in the United States. However, Finland lost the semi-final game against Canada in the same tournament, proceeding to win the bronze medal game.
At the 2019 World Championship, Finland reached the championship final for the first time in tournament history after beating Canada 4–2 in the semi-final. During the gold medal game, Petra Nieminen scored in overtime but her goal was overturned after a video review for goalie interference. The IIHF released a press statement the next day citing rules 186 and 183ii as the reasons for overturning the goal. Finland finished as runners-up and won a silver medal after losing to the United States in a shootout.
==Tournament record==
===Olympic Games===
Games 	Finish
1998 Nagano 	
2002 Salt Lake City	4th
2006 Turin 	4th
2010 Vancouver 	
2014 Sochi 	5th
2018 Pyeongchang 	
2022 Beijing 	
===World Championship===
Breaks indicate Olympic years.
Year	Location 	Result
1990	Ottawa 	
1992	Tampere 	
1994	Lake Placid 	
1997	Ontario 	
 	 	
1999	Espoo 	
2000	Ontario 	
2001	Minnesota 	4th
 	 	
2003	Beijing 	Cancelled
2004	Halifax and Dartmouth 	
2005	Linköping and Norrköping 	4th
 	 	
2007	Winnipeg and Selkirk 	4th
2008	Harbin 	
2009	Hämeenlinna 	
 	 	
2011	Zürich 	
2012	Burlington 	4th
2013	Ottawa 	4th
 	 	
2015	Malmö 	
2016	Kamloops 	4th
2017	Plymouth 	
 	 	
2019	Espoo 	
2020	Halifax and Truro 	Cancelled
2021	Calgary 	
2022	Frederikshavn and Herning	6th
2023	Brampton 	5th
2024	Utica, New York 	
2025	České Budějovice 	
===European Championship===
Year	Location 	Result
1989	Füssen, Landsberg am Lech and Kaufbeuren	
1991	Frýdek-Místek, Havířov 	
1993	Esbjerg 	
1995	Riga 	
1996	Yaroslavl 	
===3/4 Nations Cup===
*1995 – Finished in 4th place (4 Nations Cup)
*1996 – Won Bronze Medal 
*1997 – Won Bronze Medal 
*1998 – Won Bronze Medal 
*1999 – Won Bronze Medal 
*2000 – Won Bronze Medal (4 nations Cup)
*2001 – Won Silver Medal 
*2002 – Won Bronze Medal (4 Nations Cup)
*2003 – Won Bronze Medal (4 Nations Cup)
*2004 – Finished in 4th place (4 Nations Cup)
*2005 – Won Bronze Medal (4 Nations Cup)
*2006 – Finished in 4th place (4 Nations Cup)
*2007 – Won Bronze Medal (4 Nations Cup)
*2008 – Finished in 4th place (4 Nations Cup)
*2009 – Finished in 4th place (4 Nations Cup)
*2010 – Won Bronze Medal (4 Nations Cup)
*2011 – Finished in 4th place (4 Nations Cup)
*2012 – Finished in 4th place (4 Nations Cup)
*2013 – Won Silver Medal (4 Nations Cup)
*2014 – Finished in 4th place (4 Nations Cup)
*2015 – Won Bronze Medal (4 Nations Cup)
*2016 – Won Bronze Medal (4 Nations Cup)
*2017 – Won Bronze Medal (4 Nations Cup)
*2018 – Won Bronze Medal (4 Nations Cup)
===Women's Nations Cup===
Formerly known as the Air Canada Cup, the MLP Nations Cup and the Meco Cup.
*2003 – Won Bronze Medal (Air Canada Cup)
*2004 – Finished in 4th place (Air Canada Cup)
*2005 – Won Silver Medal (Air Canada Cup)
*2006 – Won Silver Medal (Air Canada Cup)
*2007 – Finished in 6th place (Air Canada Cup)
*2008 – Won Silver Medal (Air Canada Cup)
*2009 – Finished in 5th place ( MLP Nations Cup)
*2010 – Finished in 5th place ( MLP Nations Cup)
*2011 – Finished in 6th place ( MLP Nations Cup)
*2012 – Won Silver Medal (Meco Cup)
*2013 – Won Bronze Medal (Meco Cup)
*2014 – Won Gold Medal (Meco Cup)
*2015 – Won Bronze Medal (Meco Cup)
*2016 – Won Silver Medal (Women's Nations Cup)
*2017 – Won Gold Medal (Women's Nations Cup)
*2018 – Won Bronze Medal (Women's Nations Cup)
===Canada Cup===
*2009 Canada Cup – Won Bronze Medal
==References==
==External links==
*Official website
*IIHF profile
Category:Women's national ice hockey teams in Europe