Ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament
Women's ice hockey at the XXII Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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Venues | Bolshoy Ice Dome Shayba Arena | |||||||||
Dates | 8–20 February 2014 | |||||||||
Competitors | 168 from 8 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held in Sochi, Russia.
For the first time, the women's gold medal game was decided in overtime, with Canada defeating the United States 3–2. Switzerland defeated Sweden for their first Olympic ice hockey medal in 66 years, and first ever medal in the women's tournament. With the win, the Canadian women's national ice hockey team won its fourth consecutive gold medal, a feat only previously accomplished by the Soviet Union men's team in 1964–76, and the Canadian men's team in 1920–32.
Canadians Hayley Wickenheiser, Jayna Hefford and Caroline Ouellette became the first hockey players to win four Olympic gold medals. They also joined Soviet biathlete Alexander Tikhonov and German speed skater Claudia Pechstein as the only athletes to win gold medals in four straight Winter Olympics.[1]
On December 6, 2017 six Russian ice hockey players were disqualified for doping violations. Results of the Russian team were annulled.[2] The IIHF was requested to modify the results accordingly. Tatiana Burina and Anna Shukina were also disqualified ten days later.[3]
Qualification
Russia qualified as the host. Canada, the United States, Finland, Switzerland, and Sweden qualified as the top five teams in the IIHF World Ranking. Germany and Japan qualified via the qualification tournament.[4][5]
Rosters
Group A | Group B |
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Officials
The IIHF selected six referees and nine linesmen to work the 2014 Winter Olympics. They were the following:[6]
Preliminary round
Format
The top four teams based on the 2012 IIHF World Ranking,[7] Canada, United States, Finland and Switzerland, competed in Group A, while the remaining four teams competed in Group B. The top two teams in Group A received a bye to the semifinals. In the quarterfinals, the third place team in Group A played the second place team in Group B, while the fourth placed team in Group A played the first place team in Group B. The winners advanced to the semifinals, while the two losers, and the third and fourth placed teams in Group B, competed in a classification bracket for places five through eight.[8] This format was introduced to create more competitive games in response to blowout victories in the previous Olympics where Canada and the United States outscored their competition by a cumulative 86–4 margin. It has been used in the IIHF Women's World Championship since 2012.[9]
Tiebreak criteria
In each group, teams were ranked according to the following criteria:[10]
- 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 2012 IIHF World Ranking.
All times are local (UTC+4).
Group A
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Group B
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Final round
Bracket
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Quarterfinals
The top two teams (A1–A2) received byes and were deemed the home team in the semifinals as they were seeded to advance.
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Semifinals
Teams seeded A1 and A2 were the home teams.
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Bronze medal game
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Gold medal game
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5–8th place bracket
5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place game | |||||
Finland | 2 | |||||
Germany | 1 | |||||
Finland | 4 | |||||
Russia | 0 | |||||
Russia | 6 | |||||
Japan | 3 | |||||
Seventh place game | ||||||
Germany | 3 | |||||
Japan | 2 |
5–8th place semifinals
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Seventh place game
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Fifth place game
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Final rankings
The final rankings of the 2014 Winter Olympics Women's Ice Hockey Tournament are as follows:
Rank | Team |
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Canada | |
United States | |
Switzerland | |
4 | Sweden |
5 | Finland |
6 | Germany |
7 | Japan |
DSQ |
Statistics
Scoring leaders
List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.
Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/− | PIM | POS |
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Michelle Karvinen | 6 | 5 | 2 | 7 | +4 | 4 | F |
Pernilla Winberg | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | +3 | 2 | F |
Amanda Kessel | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +8 | 0 | F |
Hilary Knight | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | +1 | 6 | F |
Kendall Coyne | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +8 | 2 | F |
Brianna Decker | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | +8 | 6 | F |
Yekaterina Smolentseva | 5 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 2 | F |
Alexandra Carpenter | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | −1 | 2 | F |
Franziska Busch | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −4 | 2 | F |
Marie-Philip Poulin | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | +6 | 0 | F |
GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com
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 |
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Shannon Szabados | 187:30 | 3 | 0.96 | 65 | 95.38 | 1 |
Viona Harrer | 180:00 | 6 | 2.00 | 96 | 93.75 | 1 |
Noora Räty | 358:57 | 13 | 2.17 | 183 | 92.90 | 1 |
Valentina Wallner | 269:16 | 13 | 2.90 | 152 | 91.45 | 1 |
Anna Prugova | 265:46 | 9 | 2.03 | 105 | 91.43 | 0 |
TOI = Time on Ice (minutes:seconds); SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com
Tournament awards
- Media All-Stars[11]
- Goaltender: Florence Schelling (SUI)
- Defence: Megan Bozek (USA), Jenni Hiirikoski (FIN)
- Forwards: Amanda Kessel (USA), Meghan Agosta-Marciano (CAN), Hilary Knight (USA)
- Most Valuable Player: Florence Schelling (SUI)
- Individual Awards as selected by the Tournament Directorate
- Best Goaltender: Florence Schelling (SUI)
- Best Defenceman: Jenni Hiirikoski (FIN)
- Best Forward: Michelle Karvinen (FIN)
References
- ^ "Poulin scores OT winner, Canada wins gold over U.S." The Sports Network. 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
- ^ "IOC sanctions six Russian athletes and closes one case as part of the Oswald Commission findingsdate=December 12, 2017". olympic.org. Retrieved December 13, 2017.
- ^ "IOC sanctions 11 Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings". International Olympic Committee. 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
- ^ Archived IIHF page showing Russia qualifying as host
- ^ "2014 Olympic Winter Games". IIHF.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2014. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
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- ^ Pingue, Frank (7 February 2014). "PREVIEW-Olympics-Ice Hockey-IOC to watch new women's format with interest". Reuters. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
- ^ "Tournament Format". IIHF.com. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
- ^ "Three honours for Schelling". IIHF. 21 February 2014.