The 2022 Winter Olympics got underway before the official start of the Games. Women’s hockey was one of the sports that began competition ahead of the Feb. 4 opening ceremony in Beijing.
The women’s hockey tournament is composed of 10 countries divided into groups of five teams each. Each team is scheduled to compete in four preliminary-round games, with eight teams advancing to the quarterfinals.
The preliminary round will take place Feb. 3-8, followed by the quarterfinals on Feb. 11-12, the semifinals on Feb. 14, the bronze-medal game on Feb. 16 and the gold-medal game on Feb. 17.
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The Sporting News has you covered with everything you need to know about how the women’s hockey standings will work for the 2022 Winter Olympics, plus a full tournament schedule.
Olympic women’s hockey standings
The 10 teams were divided into two groups of five ahead of the tournament. The five highest-ranked teams were placed together in Group A. All teams from Group A and the top three finishers in Group B will advance to the quarterfinals.
Czechia made its Olympic debut with a 3-1 victory over host nation China on Feb. 3. It has a shot at advancing to the final after reaching the quarterfinals against Finland at the 2021 IIHF Women’s World Championship.
Group A
Team |
W |
L |
Canada |
one |
0 |
USES |
one |
0 |
ROC |
0 |
0 |
Finland |
0 |
one |
Switzerland |
0 |
one |
Group B
Team |
W |
L |
Czechia |
one |
0 |
Japanese |
one |
0 |
denmark |
0 |
0 |
Sweden |
0 |
one |
China |
0 |
one |
Women’s Olympic hockey schedule 2022
Wednesday, Feb. 2
Game |
Time (ET) |
Czechia 3Chinese 1 |
11:10 p.m. |
Canadian 12Swiss 1 |
11:10 p.m. |
Thursday, Feb. 3
Game |
Time (ET) |
Japanese 3Sweden 1 |
3:40 a.m. |
USA 5Finland 2 |
8:10 a.m. |
Denmark vs. China |
11:10 p.m. |
ROC vs. Switzerland |
11:10 p.m. |
Friday, Feb. 4
Game |
Time (ET) |
Finland vs. Canada |
11:10 p.m. |
Saturday, Feb. 5
Game |
Time (ET) |
Czechia vs. Switzerland |
3:40 a.m. |
Denmark vs. Japanese |
3:40 a.m. |
USA vs. ROC |
8:10 a.m. |
Sunday, Feb. 6
Game |
Time (ET) |
Chinese vs. Japanese |
3:40 a.m. |
USA vs. Switzerland |
8:10 a.m. |
Canada vs. ROC |
11:10 p.m. |
Monday, Feb. 7
Game |
Time (ET) |
Czechia vs. denmark |
3:40 a.m. |
Sweden vs. China |
8:10 a.m. |
Finland vs. Switzerland |
8:10 a.m. |
USA vs. Canada |
11:10 p.m. |
Tuesday, Feb. 8
Game |
Time (ET) |
Japan vs. Czechia |
3:40 a.m. |
ROC vs. Finland |
8:10 a.m. |
Denmark vs. Sweden |
8:10 a.m. |
Thursday, Feb. 10
Game |
Time (ET) |
quarterfinal 1 |
11:10 p.m. |
Friday, Feb. 11
Game |
Time (ET) |
quarterfinal 2 |
8:10 a.m. |
quarterfinal 3 |
11:10 p.m. |
Saturday, Feb. 12
Game |
Time (ET) |
quarterfinal 4 |
3:40 a.m. |
Sunday, Feb. 13
Game |
Time (ET) |
semi-final 1 |
11:10 p.m. |
Monday, Feb. 14
Game |
Time (ET) |
semi-final 2 |
8:10 a.m. |
Wednesday, Feb. 16
Game |
Time (ET) |
Bronze-medal game |
6:30 a.m |
Thursday, Feb. 17
Game |
Time (ET) |
Gold-medal game |
11:10 p.m. |
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