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The 1998 Olympic women's ice hockey tournament was the first year that featured women in ice hockey competition. It was greatly 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 host Japan played alongside the top five nations at the previous season's world championships.

First round[]

The First 4 teams (shaded green) advanced to medal round games.

Team GP W L T GF GA Pts
Flag of the United States.svg United States 5 5 0 0 33 7 10
Flag of Canada.svg Canada 5 4 1 0 28 12 8
Flag of Finland.svg Finland 5 3 2 0 27 10 6
Flag of China.svg China 5 2 3 0 10 15 4
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 5 1 4 0 10 21 2
Flag of Japan.svg Japan 5 0 5 0 2 45 0

Final round[]

3rd place game
Gold medal game

Final rankings[]

Rk. Team Notes
Gold medal icon Flag of the United States.svg United States Qualified for the 1999 World Championships
Silver medal icon Flag of Canada.svg Canada Qualified for the 1999 World Championships
Bronze medal icon Flag of Finland.svg Finland Qualified for the 1999 World Championships
4. Flag of China.svg China Qualified for the 1999 World Championships
5. Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden Qualified for the 1999 World Championships
6. Flag of Japan.svg Japan Qualified for the 1999 World Championship Pool B


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