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Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

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2026 Winter Olympics
Tournament details
Host country Italy
Venues2 (in 1 host city)
Dates5–19 February
Teams10
Tournament statistics
Games played11
Goals scored57 (5.18 per game)
Attendance57,833 (5,258 per game)
Scoring leaderSweden Thea Johansson (5 points)
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The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics takes place in Milan, Italy between 5 and 19 February 2026.[1] Ten countries qualified for the tournament; six of them did so automatically by virtue of their ranking by the International Ice Hockey Federation, one, Italy, automatically qualified as hosts, while the three others took part in a qualification tournament. Russia and Belarus are banned from competing due to the countries' invasion of Ukraine.[2]

Canada are the defending champions, having won the record-extending fifth Olympic title in 2022.

Venues

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Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament venues
Milan
PalaItalia
(Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena) 		Fiera Milano
(Milano Rho Ice Hockey Arena)
Capacity: 16,000 Capacity: 6,500

Qualified teams

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification
Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Hosts N/a 1  Italy
2024 IIHF World Ranking[a] 20 August 2021 – 14 April 2024 United States Utica[b] 5  Canada
 United States
 Finland
 Czech Republic
 Switzerland
Final qualification tournaments 6 – 9 February 2025 Japan Tomakomai 2  Japan
 France[c]
Sweden Gävle 1  Sweden
Germany Bremerhaven 1  Germany
Total 10
Notes
  1. a The 2024 IIHF World Ranking comprised the following events: 2021 World Championship, 2022 World Championship, 2022 Winter Olympic Games, 2023 World Championship and 2024 World Championship.
  2. b Utica was the site of the 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the direct qualification slots were finalized, however final qualification ranking was not determined until the completion of the Division IA tournament in Klagenfurt on 27 April.
  3. c France replaced banned Russia both in the men's and women's tournament, filling the final seed in both.

Format

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The ten teams are split into two groups of five teams each, in which they play against each team once. All teams from Group A and the top-three ranked teams from Group B advance to the quarterfinals. A knockout system will be used after the group stage.

Rosters

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's team rosters

Match officials

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12 referees and ten linesmen were selected for the tournament.[3][4]

Referees Linespeople
  • Austria Julia Kainberger (IIHF)
  • Canada Elizabeth Mantha (PWHL)
  • Canada Michelle McKenna (PWHL)
  • Canada Cianna Murray (PWHL)
  • Canada Shauna Neary (PWHL)
  • Czech Republic Zuzana Svobodová (IIHF)
  • Finland Anniina Nurmi (IIHF)
  • Sweden Ida Henriksson (IIHF)
  • United States Kelly Cooke (PWHL)
  • United States Melissa Doyle (PWHL)
  • United States Samantha Hiller (PWHL)
  • United States Amanada Tassoni (PWHL)
  • Canada Alexandra Clarke (PWHL)
  • Canada Laura Gutauskas (PWHL)
  • Canada Justine Todd (PWHL)
  • Canada Kirsten Welsh (PWHL)
  • Canada Erin Zach (PWHL)
  • Czech Republic Kristýna Hájková (IIHF)
  • Finland Tiina Saarimäki (IIHF)
  • Sweden Jessica Lundgren (IIHF)
  • United States Sarah Buckner (PWHL)
  • United States Jennifer Cameron (PWHL)

Group stage

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All times are local (UTC+1).[5]

Group A

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  United States 2 2 0 0 0 10 1 +9 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Czechia 3 1 0 1 1 6 9 −3 4
3  Canada 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 +4 3
4   Switzerland 2 0 1 0 1 4 7 −3 2
5  Finland 2 0 0 0 2 0 7 −7 0
Updated to match(es) played on 7 February 2026. Source: IIHF
5 February 2026 (2026-02-05)
16:40
v		United States 5–1
(1–0, 3–1, 1–0)		 CzechiaFiera Milano, Milan
Attendance: 3,766
Game reference
Aerin FrankelGoaliesKlára PeslarováReferees:
Austria Julia Kainberger
Canada Cianna Murray
Linesmen:
Sweden Jessica Lundgren
Canada Justine Todd
Carpenter (Keller, Edwards) (PP) – 15:551–0
Dunne (Janecke) – 23:132–0
Scamurra (Janecke) – 24:363–0
3–128:37 – Juříčková (Mlýnková)
Knight (Carpenter, Bilka) – 37:504–1
Scamurra (Pannek) – 44:225–1
2 minPenalties6 min
42Shots14
6 February 2026 (2026-02-06)
14:40
v		Czechia 3–4 GWS
(2–1, 0–0, 1–2)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)		  SwitzerlandPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 8,927
Game reference
Michaela HesováGoaliesSaskia MaurerReferees:
Sweden Ida Henriksson
United States Samantha Hiller
Linesmen:
Canada Alexandra Clarke
Canada Erin Zach
Kaltounková (Šapovalivová, Hymlárová) – 01:321–0
1–107:16 – Zimmermann
Mlýnková (Mrázová) – 08:332–1
Plosová – 46:093–1
3–249:33 – Müller (Wey, Stalder) (PP)
3–357:40 – Christen (Enzler, Müller)
Mrázová GOAL
Mlýnková MISS
Hymlárová GOAL
Kaltounková MISS
Šapovalivová GOAL
Mrázová MISS
Hymlárová MISS
Šapovalivová MISS		ShootoutGOAL Stalder
GOAL Müller
GOAL Wey
MISS Marti
MISS Herzig
MISS Müller
MISS Stalder
GOAL Wey
4 minPenalties2 min
36Shots31
7 February 2026 (2026-02-07)
16:40
v		United States 5–0
(1–0, 3–0, 1–0)		 FinlandFiera Milano, Milan
Attendance: 3,843
Game reference
Aerin FrankelGoaliesSanni AholaReferees:
Sweden Ida Henriksson
Canada Elizabeth Mantha
Linesmen:
United States Jennifer Cameron
Canada Justine Todd
Carpenter (Edwards, Keller) (PP) – 15:191–0
Heise (Murphy, Curl-Salemme) – 22:312–0
Keller – 23:373–0
Knight (Edwards, Keller) (PP) – 29:174–0
Murphy (Curl-Salemme, Harvey) – 55:565–0
0 minPenalties12 min
49Shots11
7 February 2026 (2026-02-07)
21:10
v		Switzerland 0–4
(0–0, 0–1, 0–3)		 CanadaFiera Milano, Milan
Attendance: 3,885
Game reference
Saskia MaurerGoaliesEmerance MaschmeyerReferees:
United States Kelly Cooke
Austria Julia Kainberger
Linesmen:
United States Sarah Buckner
Finland Tiina Saarimäki
0–127:02 – Spooner (Poulin, Fillier) (PP)
0–244:03 – Fillier (Fast, Watts) (PP)
0–353:36 – Gosling (Ambrose, Thompson) (PP)
0–456:44 – Watts (Nurse, Thompson)
12 minPenalties4 min
6Shots55
8 February 2026 (2026-02-08)
21:10
v		Czechia 2–0
(2–0, 0–0, 0–0)		 FinlandFiera Milano, Milan
Attendance: 3,805
Game reference
Klára PeslarováGoaliesAnni KeisalaReferees:
Canada Cianna Murray
United States Amanada Tassoni
Linesmen:
Canada Kirsten Welsh
Canada Erin Zach
Pištěková (Juříčková) – 02:571–0
Mlýnková (Trnková) – 17:542–0
6 minPenalties6 min
24Shots25
9 February 2026 (2026-02-09)
20:10
v		Switzerland v United StatesPalaItalia, Milan
9 February 2026 (2026-02-09)
21:10
v		Canada v CzechiaFiera Milano, Milan
10 February 2026 (2026-02-10)
20:10
v		Canada v United StatesPalaItalia, Milan
10 February 2026 (2026-02-10)
21:10
v		Finland v  SwitzerlandFiera Milano, Milan
12 February 2026 (2026-02-12)[note 1]
14:30
v		Finland v CanadaFiera Milano, Milan

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden (A) 3 3 0 0 0 14 2 +12 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Germany 2 1 0 0 1 6 6 0 3
3  Italy (H) 2 1 0 0 1 5 7 −2 3
4  Japan 2 1 0 0 1 5 7 −2 3
5  France 3 0 0 0 3 3 11 −8 0
Updated to match(es) played on 8 February 2026. Source: IIHF
(A) Advances to a further round; (H) Host
5 February 2026 (2026-02-05)
12:10
v		Sweden 4–1
(1–1, 2–0, 1–0)		 GermanyFiera Milano, Milan
Attendance: 2,455
Game reference
Ebba Svensson TräffGoaliesSandra AbstreiterReferees:
Canada Shauna Neary
Finland Anniina Nurmi
Linesmen:
United States Sarah Buckner
Finland Tiina Saarimäki
0–108:30 – Jobst-Smith (Lu. Welcke, Strobel) (PP)
Ljungblom (Wikner, Raunio) – 11:531–1
Ljungblom (L. Johansson, Lundin) (PP) – 27:032–1
Jungåker (L. Johansson, Raunio) (PP) – 39:203–1
T. Johansson (Svensson, Olsson) – 51:204–1
2 minPenalties8 min
37Shots16
5 February 2026 (2026-02-05)
14:40
v		Italy 4–1
(1–1, 1–0, 2–0)		 FrancePalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 9,356
Game reference
Martina FedelGoaliesAlice PhilbertReferees:
United States Kelly Cooke
Canada Elizabeth Mantha
Linesmen:
United States Jennifer Cameron
Canada Laura Gutauskas
0–109:42 – De Serres (Rozier) (PP)
Tutino (Mattivi) – 10:421–1
Roccella (Della Rovere, Lobis) – 35:172–1
Fantin – 40:143–1
Della Rovere (Caumo) – 44:594–1
6 minPenalties6 min
46Shots15
6 February 2026 (2026-02-06)
12:10
v		France 2–3
(0–0, 1–1, 1–2)		 JapanFiera Milano, Milan
Attendance: 3,424
Game reference
Alice PhilbertGoaliesMiyuu MasuharaReferees:
United States Melissa Doyle
Canada Michelle McKenna
Linesmen:
Czech Republic Kristýna Hájková
Canada Kirsten Welsh
0–138:34 – Ukita (Ak. Shiga, Sato)
Baudrit (Le Scodan, Peyne-Dingival) – 39:421–1
1–256:30 – Ito (Koyama, Miura)
1–357:50 – Maeda (Rir. Noro) (EN)
De Serres (Duvin, Aurard-Bushee) (PP, EA) – 59:482–3
2 minPenalties2 min
25Shots28
7 February 2026 (2026-02-07)
12:10
v		Germany 5–2
(3–0, 2–2, 0–0)		 JapanFiera Milano, Milan
Attendance: 3,777
Game reference
Sandra AbstreiterGoaliesMiyuu Masuhara
Riko Kawaguchi		Referees:
Czech Republic Zuzana Svobodová
United States Amanada Tassoni
Linesmen:
Canada Laura Gutauskas
Sweden Jessica Lundgren
Gleißner (Lu. Welcke, Kluge) – 00:441–0
Nix (Hark, Hadraschek) – 08:442–0
Handraschek (Nix, Kluge) – 13:033–0
Handraschek (Kluge, Gleißner) – 25:244–0
Kluge (Haider, Hark) – 30:305–0
5–136:45 – Miura (Ak. Shiga, Ao. Shiga)
5–237:07 – Wajima (Seki, Miura)
6 minPenalties6 min
29Shots22
7 February 2026 (2026-02-07)
14:40
v		Sweden 6–1
(1–0, 3–1, 2–0)		 ItalyPalaItalia, Milan
Attendance: 10,727
Game reference
Ebba Svensson TräffGoaliesMartina Fedel
Gabriella Durante		Referees:
United States Melissa Doyle
Canada Shauna Neary
Linesmen:
Canada Alexandra Clarke
Czech Republic Kristýna Hájková
Adolfsson (Thuvik, Hjalmarsson) – 09:501–0
Lundin (Raunio, Kjellbin) – 29:362–0
Hjalmarsson (Karlsson) – 31:473–0
3–133:30 – Stocker
Olsson (Andersson, Johansson) – 34:394–1
Johansson (Ljungblom) – 46:535–1
Johansson (Olsson, Svensson) – 54:326–1
2 minPenalties4 min
47Shots19
8 February 2026 (2026-02-08)
16:40
v		France 0–4
(0–3, 0–1, 0–0)		 SwedenFiera Milano, Milan
Attendance: 3,868
Game reference
Alice PhilbertGoaliesEmma SöderbergReferees:
Finland Anniina Nurmi
Czech Republic Zuzana Svobodová
Linesmen:
United States Jennifer Cameron
Sweden Jessica Lundgren
0–103:30 – T. Johansson (Svensson, Olsson)
0–207:08 – Hjalmarsson (Olsson, Svensson) (PP)
0–313:14 – Thuvik (L. Johansson)
0–420:45 – L. Johansson (Thuvik, Hjalmarsson)
10 minPenalties6 min
14Shots49
9 February 2026 (2026-02-09)
12:10
v		Japan v ItalyFiera Milano, Milan
9 February 2026 (2026-02-09)
16:40
v		Germany v FranceFiera Milano, Milan
10 February 2026 (2026-02-10)
12:10
v		Japan v SwedenFiera Milano, Milan
10 February 2026 (2026-02-10)
16:40
v		Italy v GermanyFiera Milano, Milan

Knockout stage

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There will be a re-seeding after the quarterfinals.

Bracket

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal game
 
          
 
13 February – Milan (Fiera Milano)
 
 
 
 
 16 February – Milan (PalaItalia)
 
 
 
 
 
13 February – Milan (Fiera Milano)
 
 
 
 
 
 19 February – Milan (PalaItalia)
 
 
 
 
 
14 February – Milan (Fiera Milano)
 
 
 
 
 
 16 February – Milan (PalaItalia)
 
 
 
 
 
14 February – Milan (Fiera Milano)
 
 Bronze medal game
 
 
 
 19 February – Milan (PalaItalia)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarter-finals

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13 February 2026 (2026-02-13)
16:40
v		TBDvTBDFiera Milano, Milan
13 February 2026 (2026-02-13)
21:10
v		TBDvTBDFiera Milano, Milan
14 February 2026 (2026-02-14)
16:40
v		TBDvTBDFiera Milano, Milan
14 February 2026 (2026-02-14)
21:10
v		TBDvTBDFiera Milano, Milan

Semi-finals

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16 February 2026 (2026-02-16)
16:40
v		TBDvTBDPalaItalia, Milan
16 February 2026 (2026-02-16)
21:10
v		TBDvTBDPalaItalia, Milan

Bronze medal game

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19 February 2026 (2026-02-19)
14:40
v		TBDvTBDPalaItalia, Milan

Gold medal game

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19 February 2026 (2026-02-19)
19:10
v		TBDvTBDPalaItalia, Milan

Final ranking

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The places five to ten were ranked by their preliminary round group placement and then points and goal difference.

Pos Grp Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Champions
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Runners-up
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Third place
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fourth place
5 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eliminated in
quarter-finals
6 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eliminated in
group stage
10 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 5 February 2025. Source: [citation needed]

Notes

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  1. ^ The Finland v Canada match, originally scheduled on 5 February 2026, 21:10, was postponed to 12 February 2026, 14:30, due to cases of norovirus in the Finnish team.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Milano Cortina 2026: Complete ice hockey schedule. Register to see your favourite ice hockey stars at the Games". olympics.com. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  2. ^ Kaplan, Emily (4 February 2025). "IIHF extends competition ban for Russia, Belarus". ESPN.com. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Selecting Officials to Women's Olympic Winter Games". IIHF. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  4. ^ "THE ULTIMATE AWAY GAME: PWHL SET FOR UNPRECEDENTED OLYMPIC IMPACT". PWHL. Retrieved 3 February 2026.
  5. ^ "Olympic schedule: 58 games, 22 teams, two gold medals". iihf.com. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
  6. ^ "Statement on postponement of Olympic women's ice hockey game between Finland and Canada". iihf.com. 5 February 2026. Retrieved 5 February 2026.
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