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. 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. Match officials. 12 referees and 12 linesmen were selected for the tournament. Preliminary round. "All times are local (UTC+8)." Tiebreak criteria. In each group, teams were ranked according to the following criteria: Group A. Group B.  Playoff round. Ranking. Winning teams were reseeded for the semi-finals in accordance with the following ranking: Bracket. Quarterfinals. Semifinals. Bronze medal game. Gold medal game. 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. 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. Awards. The all-star team was announced on 17 February 2022. Ice hockey at the 2022