4 Nations Cup

The 4 Nations Cup was an annual women's ice hockey tournament, held between four major national teams in the sport; currently, these are Canada, the United States, Sweden and Finland. Until 2000, when Sweden joined, the tournament was the 3 Nations Cup. In general, it was held in or around November each year.
==History==
The 3 Nations Cup was first held in 1996. Sweden joined the tourney in 2000, but the USA did not attend the 2001 event due to the September 11 attacks; the 4 Nations roster has been constant since 2002. 
The format of the tournament is a single round-robin, with each team playing one game against each of the others. The top two teams advance to the gold-medal game. The last two teams play for bronze. When it was the 3 Nations Cup, the third place team was simply awarded bronze. Team Canada has won 14 gold medals since the four nations cup creation in 1996 and team USA has won six gold medals.
The 2019 and 2020 editions of the tournament were both cancelled, and it was not resumed afterwards.
===Medal table===
Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Tournaments
 	14 	9 	0 	23 	23
 	9 	12 	1 	22 	22
 	0 	2 	14 	16 	23
 	0 	0 	8 	8 	19
===Tournaments===
Year	Gold 	Silver 	Bronze 	Fourth 	Notes
1996	 	 	 	N/A 	The inaugural competition was held in 1996, with Canada, United States and Finland. The final game took place in Ottawa.
1997	 	 	 	N/A 	It took place in Lake Placid (USA)
1998	 	 	 	N/A 	It took place in Kuortane (Finland)
1999	 	 	 	N/A 	It took place in Montreal (Canada)
2000	 	 	 	 	The competition expanded to four countries with the addition of Sweden. It took place in Provo (USA)
2001	 	 	 	N/A 	The United States did not participate due to the Al Qaeda terrorist strike of 11 September 2001. It took place in Vierumäki and Tampere (Finland)
2002	 	 	 	 	It took place in Kitchener, Ontario (Canada)
2003	 	 	 	 	It took place in Skövde (Sweden)
2004	 	 	 	 	It was held in Lake Placid, New York (USA)
2005	 	 	 	 	It took place in Hämeenlinna (Finland)
2006	 	 	 	 	It took place in Kitchener, Ontario (Canada)
2007	 	 	 	 	it took place in Leksand (Sweden)
2008	 	 	 	 	it took place in Lake Placid (USA)
2009	 	 	 	 	It took place in Vierumäki (Finland)
2010	 	 	 	 	It took place in Clarenville, Newfoundland and St. John's, Newfoundland (Canada)
2011	 	 	 	 	Contested in Nyköping (Sweden)
2012	 	 	 	 	Contested in Finland
2013	 	 	 	 	Contested in Lake Placid (USA)
2014	 	 	 	 	Contested in Kamloops, BC (Canada)
2015	 	 	 	 	Contested in Sundsvall (Sweden)
2016	 	 	 	 	Contested in Finland
2017	 	 	 	 	Contested in Tampa (USA)
2018	 	 	 	 	Contested in Saskatoon (Canada)
2019	Cancelled Due to Contract Disputes between Swedish Ice Hockey Association and Swedish Women's Team	Cancelled Due to Contract Disputes between Swedish Ice Hockey Association and Swedish Women's Team	Cancelled Due to Contract Disputes between Swedish Ice Hockey Association and Swedish Women's Team	Cancelled Due to Contract Disputes between Swedish Ice Hockey Association and Swedish Women's Team	Set to be played in Lulea (Sweden)
2020	Not scheduled due to COVID-19 pandemic 	Not scheduled due to COVID-19 pandemic 	Not scheduled due to COVID-19 pandemic 	Not scheduled due to COVID-19 pandemic 	
==External links==
* 2006 4 Nations Cup (Hockey Canada)
* 3/4 Nations Cup at the Women's Hockey Net
Category:Tournaments