Ice hockey at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament


The 1998 Olympic women's ice hockey tournament was the first year that featured women in ice hockey competition. It was anticipated that the women's gold medal match would feature Canada versus the United States. Canada was favored to come out on top as they had won all the competitions in previous years in women's hockey, with the United States perpetually finishing second, while no other national teams could match their level of play. However, the United States beat Canada in the final and became the first country to win gold in women's ice hockey at the Olympics.
There were no qualification tournaments. The top five nations at the previous season's world championships were entered, along with host nation Japan.

Preliminary round

All times are local.
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Final round

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final rankings

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.
PlayerGPGAPts+/−PIMPOS
Riikka Nieminen67512+144F
Danielle Goyette6819+1010F
Karyn Bye6538+44F
Cammi Granato6448+20F
Katie King6448+102F
Gretchen Ulion635834F
Hayley Wickenheiser6268+74F
Thérèse Brisson6527+56D
Laurie Baker6437+106F
Kirsi Hänninen6437+136D

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
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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.
PlayerTOIGASASv%SO
Sarah Tueting21046493.751
Manon Rhéaume20845492.591
Charlotte Göthesson12055390.571
Tuula Puputti27176789.551
Guo Hong3501615089.330

TOI = Time on Ice ; GA = Goals Against; SA = Shots Against; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts