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Ice Hockey, Women

Date5 – 19 February 2026
StatusOlympic
LocationPalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milano Santa Giulia, Milano, Milano / Milano Ice Park, Rho, Milano, Milano
Participants221 from 10 countries
FormatRound-robin pools, followed by single-elimination matches.

After Beijing 2022, the Professional Women’s Hockey League was formed in 2023, an important milestone in establishing a top-level professional league for women’s ice hockey, consisting of players from multiple competing nations. In addition to the PWHL, other players in the women’s tournament played in women’s leagues in Europe and Asia, and in North American college ice hockey. Ten nations contested the tournament in addition to the host nation, six qualifying from their IIHF ranking, and the other four (Germany, Japan, and Sweden) by qualification tournaments held February 2025. As with the men’s tournament, France replaced Russia, who were banned from international competition by the IIHF since 2022.

The United States came into the tournament heavily favoured as the defending world champions, having won their last six games against their archrival Canadians, going back to the 2025 World Championships held at České Budějovice in 2025 and a friendly series played in late 2025. Canada, the defending Olympic champions from Beijing, and the United States had finished either first or second since the debut of the Olympic event in 1998, with Canada winning five golds, and the United States with two, most recently in 2018. After the preliminary round, the United States, Canada, Czechia, Finland, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, and Italy advanced to the quarterfinals. In that round, the defending bronze medallists, Finland, lost in a close 1-0 match to Switzerland, while the United States, Canada, and Sweden won their matches against Italy, Germany, Czechia. The United States and Canada eventually prevailed in the semifinals, with the Americans winning 5-0 over Sweden, and Canada 2-1 over Switzerland with two goals from captain Marie-Philip Poulin.

In the bronze medal match, Switzerland emerged victorious over Sweden, with the game-winning goal scored by Alina Müller in overtime, which captured Switzerland’s second bronze medal at the Olympic Games after Sochi 2014, where Müller, then 16-years-old, also scored the game-winning goal. Despite a lopsided score of 5-0 between the Canadians and USA in the preliminary round, the gold medal match was closely contested. Canada led by a score of 1-0 on a goal by Kristen O’Neill up until within the last five minutes of the third period, when a goal by Hilary Knight tied the game, sending it into overtime. In the extra frame, the winning goal was scored by Meghan Keller 4:07 into the period, earning the Americans their first Olympic gold in women’s ice hockey since Pyeongchang 2018.

Keller and her teammate Caroline Harvey co-led the final individual scoring statistics for the tournament, with each registering 9 points in 7 games. Harvey was later named as the tournament’s Most Valuable Player and best defence player, with Canada’s Poulin being named the best forward and Switzerland’s Andrea Brändli as the best goaltender.

PosNumberTeamNOCGPGoalsAssistsPointsPenalties in Minutes (PIM)Plus/MinusSavesSave%Goals Against AverageShots on GoalMinutes Played
1United StatesUSA733579030+1321240.9840.29297Gold
Forward9Kirsten Simms 61016+2101-07:49
Forward12Kelly Pannek 70220+451-32:26
Forward13Grace Zumwinkle 70110+5121-23:39
Forward16Hayley Scamurra 73032+4121-04:19
Forward17Britta Curl-Salemme 71562+6121-39:29
Forward21Hilary Knight 73360+4221-56:00
Forward22Tessa Janecke 70550+7171-41:01
Forward23Hannah Bilka 74370+8231-48:08
Forward24Joy Dunne 72352+7211-30:28
Forward25Alex Carpenter 73360+8211-55:43
Forward26Kendall Coyne Schofield 73030+5191-30:09
Forward27Taylor Heise 72352+9121-55:29
Forward37Abbey Murphy 72576+8181-49:53
Defense2Lee Stecklein 70220+441-35:24
Defense3Cayla Barnes 71012+781-52:34
Defense4Caroline Harvey 72790+14282-39:04
Defense5Megan Keller 73690+9192-29:30
Defense6Rory Guilday 60004+220-27:53
Defense8Haley Winn 71340+11142-13:52
Defense10Laila Edwards 72682+7182-33:13
Goalkeeper30Ava McNaughton 1000001100.0%0.0000-01:48
Goalkeeper31Aerin Frankel 5000009798.0%0.4005-03:48
Goalkeeper33Gwyneth Philips 20002026100.0%0.0001-58:12
CoachJohn Wroblewski
2CanadaCAN722406236+3711792.1%1.43252Silver
Forward7Laura Stacey 71344+3221-50:16
Forward10Sarah Fillier 73366+2232-06:47
Forward19Brianne Jenner 712300101-46:48
Forward20Sarah Nurse 70222+1101-50:06
Forward24Natalie Spooner 71010-1151-14:13
Forward26Emily Clark 72130+1111-44:34
Forward27Emma Maltais 70224+181-42:15
Forward29Marie-Philip Poulin 53142+1161-08:33
Forward40Blayre Turnbull 711260151-52:04
Forward43Kristin O'Neill 73252+671-15:21
Forward88Julia Gosling 73250+2121-12:47
Forward94Jenn Gardiner 71010+230-51:51
Forward95Daryl Watts 72682+2162-04:07
Defense2Sophie Jaques 70330+5141-58:20
Defense3Jocelyne Larocque 70002-172-02:40
Defense4Kati Tabin 60000+240-59:14
Defense14Renata Fast 70442-1172-39:50
Defense17Ella Shelton 70330+4182-20:12
Defense23Erin Ambrose 70220+591-53:02
Defense42Claire Thompson 71344+2152-02:44
Goalkeeper35Ann-Renée Desbiens 5000009591.3%1.8004-56:00
Goalkeeper38Emerance Maschmeyer 3000002295.7%0.3302-08:07
Goalkeeper82Kayle Osborne DNS
CoachTroy Ryan
3SwitzerlandSUI79101938-3327393.8%2.57118Bronze
Forward7Lara Stalder 70222+3152-10:01
Forward8Kaleigh Quennec 70002-340-36:59
Forward11Laura Zimmermann 71014-361-36:29
Forward12Lisa Rüedi 70000-110-49:52
Forward13Ivana Wey 70228+1122-13:40
Forward21Rahel Enzler 71230+2141-55:48
Forward22Sinja Leemann 71012-381-51:42
Forward25Alina Müller 74264+2212-33:46
Forward26Naemi Herzig 70000-521-31:25
Forward28Alina Marti 70112042-05:14
Forward53Vanessa Schaefer 70000-421-04:12
Forward68Leoni Balzer 70000-331-01:42
Forward71Lena Lutz 70004-651-46:24
Defense2Annic Büchi 70004-130-38:15
Defense9Shannon Sigrist 70000-921-39:45
Defense15Laure Mériguet 70000001-36:35
Defense16Nicole Vallario 70002-352-27:09
Defense17Lara Christen 71122+462-55:10
Defense18Stefanie Wetli 70002-711-48:18
Defense82Alessia Baechler 70000+342-49:08
Goalkeeper20Andrea Brändli 40000016195.3%2.0004-07:51
Goalkeeper29Saskia Maurer 30000011291.8%3.3303-04:21
Goalkeeper70Monja Wagner DNS
CoachColin Müller
4SwedenSWE721365736+6514894.3%1.29243
Forward8Hilda Svensson 71670+2271-52:17
Forward11Josefin Bouveng 71120+2171-37:43
Forward15Lisa Johansson 71340+1262-07:10
Forward17Sofie Lundin 70110+2131-41:08
Forward19Sara Hjalmarsson 72355+3192-24:00
Forward22Hanna Thuvik 72240+382-05:11
Forward23Thea Johansson 74378+4212-03:02
Forward24Ebba Hedqvist 60110+250-43:03
Forward25Lina Ljungblom 72020+291-29:04
Forward26Hanna Olsson 73470+1112-09:50
Forward29Felizia Wikner Zienkiewicz 60110-120-42:11
Forward34Mira Hallin 72020+171-15:37
Forward89Nicole Hall 70002+281-00:53
Defense4Linnéa Andersson 50110+320-34:12
Defense7Mira Jungåker 72026-2262-44:20
Defense9Jessica Adolfsson 71012+582-15:22
Defense12Maja Nylén-Persson 70330-1132-51:44
Defense14Ida Karlsson 70114+311-46:47
Defense55Jenna Raunio 60440+491-11:44
Defense71Anna Kjellbin 70228+882-27:02
Goalkeeper1Ebba Svensson Träff 60000012493.9%1.3305-45:19
Goalkeeper30Emma Söderberg 2000002496.0%0.5001-23:50
Goalkeeper35Tindra Holm DNS
CoachUlf Lundberg
5CzechiaCZE5781534-2113990.8%2.80122
Forward3Adéla Šapovalivová 50110-2121-19:28
Forward6Linda Vocetková 40000-130-30:19
Forward8Tereza Pištěková 51012051-01:04
Forward10Denisa Křížová 50000-131-14:01
Forward12Klára Hymlarová 50110-231-26:42
Forward16Kateřina Mrázová 50112-171-38:19
Forward18Michaela Pejzlová 40000-340-49:12
Forward19Natálie Mlýnková 53140+2201-36:13
Forward20Barbora Juríčková 51124030-46:35
Forward21Tereza Vanišová 501140111-29:47
Forward22Tereza Plosová 51010-281-10:02
Forward26Vendula Přibylová 50000-230-48:59
Forward98Kristýna Kaltounková 51128-2121-32:26
Defense2Aneta Tejralová 50002+141-37:55
Defense4Daniela Pejšová 50000+161-41:58
Defense7Klára Seroiszková 50000-340-59:50
Defense14Dominika Lásková 50006+131-13:03
Defense15Andrea Trnková 50114-250-52:54
Defense24Sára Čajanová 50002-331-34:53
Defense28Noemi Neubauerová 50000-231-28:12
Goalkeeper1Michaela Hesová 2000004890.6%2.5001-51:09
Goalkeeper29Klára Peslarová 3000008393.3%2.0002-59:14
Goalkeeper32Julie Pejšová 100000872.7%3.0000-13:51
CoachCarla MacLeod
6FinlandFIN536926-5511188.8%2.80124
Forward10Elisa Holopainen 50000-1161-18:36
Forward12Sanni Vanhanen 51120-431-11:51
Forward16Petra Nieminen 50114-4131-20:28
Forward18Jenniina Nylund 50110-361-12:52
Forward19Ida Kuoppala 40000-240-43:05
Forward22Julia Schalin 50112-451-09:58
Forward24Viivi Vainikka 51010-4101-28:00
Forward32Emilia Vesa 50110-110-44:41
Forward33Michelle Karvinen 50114-1121-25:04
Forward40Noora Tulus 50004-241-15:49
Forward61Emma Nuutinen 50000-451-07:55
Forward77Susanna Tapani 40006-251-10:40
Forward91Julia Liikala 50000-240-48:18
Defense2Sini Karjalainen 50000-421-06:45
Defense5Siiri Yrjölä 50000-520-57:09
Defense6Jenni Hiirikoski 40002-131-02:14
Defense7Sanni Rantala 50002-351-30:51
Defense8Elli Suoranta 50000-151-27:53
Defense9Nelli Laitinen 50000-391-52:50
Defense88Ronja Savolainen 50002-4101-46:10
Goalkeeper1Sanni Ahola 4000008988.1%3.0003-58:23
Goalkeeper36Anni Keisala 1000002291.7%2.0000-58:32
Goalkeeper30Emilia Kyrkkö DNS
CoachTero Lehterä
7GermanyGER511193040+212790.7%2.60127
Forward7Franziska Feldmeier 51012091-23:40
Forward9Svenja Voigt 50000-461-27:44
Forward10Katharina Häckelsmiller 10000000-00:05
Forward11Nicola Hadraschek-Eisenschmid 52240+371-38:01
Forward13Luisa Welcke 50332-2181-32:01
Forward16Jule Schiefer 50002041-07:34
Forward17Emily Nix 52134+4141-33:51
Forward23Lilli Welcke 50112-361-36:15
Forward25Laura Kluge 53472+681-41:36
Forward29Nina Christof 50004010-19:06
Forward34Celina Haider 50116-141-13:40
Forward41Mathilda Heine 50000000-18:05
Forward71Anne Bartsch 50002-100-37:01
Defense5Charlott Schaffrath 50002031-05:41
Defense8Ronja Hark 50222+151-45:33
Defense14Carina Strobel 50114-331-58:11
Defense20Daria Gleißner 51344+2101-49:52
Defense26Tara Schmitz 10000000-00:47
Defense28Nina Jobst-Smith 521320272-12:40
Defense44Hanna Hoppe 50000020-57:49
Goalkeeper35Sandra Abstreiter 50000012790.7%2.6005-01:07
Goalkeeper70Lisa Hemmerle DNS
Goalkeeper75Chiara Schultes DNS
CoachJeff MacLeod
8ItalyITA59101938-3914989.8%3.40110
Forward3Manuela Heidenberger 50000-131-00:56
Forward4Carola Saletta 50002+160-43:25
Forward8Anna Caumo 51124-4121-57:57
Forward10Aurora Abatangelo 50002-161-27:00
Forward11Justine Reyes 51120-3131-49:19
Forward12Rebecca Roccella 50110-220-50:28
Forward14Eleonora Bonafini 51010+170-24:05
Forward15Greta Niccolai 50110+230-50:52
Forward17Matilde Fantin 531410-3231-37:27
Forward19Kristin Della Rovere 51120-392-04:32
Forward21Marta Mazzocchi 50000000-34:53
Forward22Sara Kaneppele 50004010-30:57
Forward82Kayla Tutino 50110-431-26:17
Defense2Amie Varano 50000-210-35:26
Defense13Laura Lobis 51122-151-21:52
Defense18Franziska Stocker 51014-151-40:01
Defense27Kristen Guerriero 50002-210-43:11
Defense56Jacquie Pierri 50000-310-36:53
Defense77Laura Fortino 50110-752-04:54
Defense93Nadia Mattivi 50118-641-59:43
Goalkeeper1Gabriella Durante 40000010890.8%2.7503-11:48
Goalkeeper25Martina Fedel 2000004187.2%3.0001-46:53
Goalkeeper66Margherita Ostoni DNS
CoachEric Bouchard
9JapanJPN47121920-259487.0%3.50109
Forward11Akane Shiga 41232-1161-25:48
Forward13Yumeka Wajima 41010-2111-13:34
Forward14Haruka Toko 40000-391-15:53
Forward15Rui Ukita 42022-1121-29:53
Forward17Ai Tada 40000010-14:25
Forward18Suzuka Maeda 41010-321-14:15
Forward19Makoto Ito 41012-250-58:48
Forward24Mei Miura 41230-191-17:22
Forward27Remi Koyama 40110-120-28:11
Forward40Rio Noro 40110+160-59:02
Forward41Riri Noro 40110-221-00:40
Forward91Umeka Odaira 40000010-11:15
Defense2Shiori Koike 40000-471-09:31
Defense3Aoi Shiga 40222+151-25:34
Defense4Ayaka Toko-Hitosato 40000-261-08:55
Defense5Shiori Yamashita 30000000-15:58
Defense6Kohane Sato 40224+171-26:38
Defense7Kanami Seki 40114-220-58:14
Defense8Akane Hosoyamada 40002-451-21:09
Defense9Nana Akimoto 40002010-11:56
Goalkeeper20Miyuu Masuhara 3000005286.7%2.6702-20:00
Goalkeeper30Rei Halloran 1000005100.0%0.0000-13:18
Goalkeeper31Riko Kawaguchi 2000003786.0%3.0001-26:42
CoachYuji Iizuka
10FranceFRA4461026-4416292.6%3.2568
Forward6Margot Huot-Marchand 40004-461-21:15
Forward8Jade Barbirati 40002071-05:43
Forward12Estelle Duvin 41120-471-32:40
Forward16Clara Rozier 40118-421-30:00
Forward17Chloé Aurard-Bushee 40116-471-20:36
Forward18Anaé Simon 20000010-00:05
Forward19Lore Baudrit 41012-241-16:28
Forward21Julia Mesplède 40000-460-42:54
Forward22Manon le Scodan 40220+161-19:05
Forward24Emma Nonnenmacher 30000-200-08:44
Forward44Anaïs Peyne-Dingival 40110-200-42:55
Forward55Sehana Galbrun 30000-220-08:44
Forward85Clémence Boudin 40000-250-45:03
Defense5Gabrielle De Serres 42020-631-44:30
Defense7Lucie Quarto 40000-111-09:43
Defense10Sophie Leclerc 40000-341-12:29
Defense11Léa Villiot 40002-221-00:25
Defense13Marie-Pierre Pelissou 40000-211-32:45
Defense29Léa Berger 10000000-00:41
Defense91Elina Zilliox 40002-141-05:36
Goalkeeper32Alice Philbert 40000016292.6%3.2503-59:47
Goalkeeper1Margaux Mameri DNS
Goalkeeper31Violette Pianel-Couriaut DNS
CoachGrégory Tarlé

Preliminary Round

Date5 – 12 February 2026

Group A

Date5 – 12 February 2026
FormatRound-robin pool. All five teams from this pool, the stronger pool, advanced to the quarter-finals.
PosTeamNOCGPWinsOvertime WinsOvertime LossesLossesPointsGoals
1United StatesUSA440001220-1
2CanadaCAN43001914-6
3CzechiaCZE4101247-14
4FinlandFIN4100333-13
5SwitzerlandSUI4010325-15
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #105 Feb 16:40United StatesUSA5 – 1CzechiaCZE
Match #212 Feb 14:30CanadaCAN5 – 0FinlandFIN
Match #306 Feb 14:40SwitzerlandSUI4 – 3CzechiaCZE
Match #407 Feb 16:40United StatesUSA5 – 0FinlandFIN
Match #507 Feb 21:10CanadaCAN4 – 0SwitzerlandSUI
Match #608 Feb 21:10CzechiaCZE2 – 0FinlandFIN
Match #709 Feb 20:40United StatesUSA5 – 0SwitzerlandSUI
Match #809 Feb 21:10CanadaCAN5 – 1CzechiaCZE
Match #910 Feb 20:10United StatesUSA5 – 0CanadaCAN
Match #1010 Feb 21:10FinlandFIN3 – 1SwitzerlandSUI

Group B

Date5 – 10 February 2026
FormatRound-robin pool. The first three teams qualified for the quarter-finals.
PosTeamNOCGPWinsOvertime WinsOvertime LossesLossesPointsGoals
1SwedenSWE440001218-2
2GermanyGER42101810-8
3ItalyITA4200269-11
4JapanJPN4100337-14
5FranceFRA4001314-13
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #105 Feb 12:10SwedenSWE4 – 1GermanyGER
Match #205 Feb 14:40ItalyITA4 – 1FranceFRA
Match #306 Feb 12:10JapanJPN3 – 2FranceFRA
Match #407 Feb 12:10GermanyGER5 – 2JapanJPN
Match #507 Feb 14:40SwedenSWE6 – 1ItalyITA
Match #608 Feb 16:40SwedenSWE4 – 0FranceFRA
Match #709 Feb 12:10ItalyITA3 – 2JapanJPN
Match #809 Feb 16:40GermanyGER2 – 1FranceFRA
Match #910 Feb 12:10SwedenSWE4 – 0JapanJPN
Match #1010 Feb 16:40GermanyGER2 – 1ItalyITA

Quarter-Finals

Date13 – 14 February 2026
FormatSingle elimination matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #113 Feb 16:40SwedenSWE2 – 0CzechiaCZE
Match #213 Feb 21:10United StatesUSA6 – 0ItalyITA
Match #314 Feb 16:40CanadaCAN5 – 1GermanyGER
Match #414 Feb 21:10SwitzerlandSUI1 – 0FinlandFIN

Semi-Finals

Date16 February 2026
FormatSingle elimination matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #116 Feb 16:40United StatesUSA5 – 0SwedenSWE
Match #216 Feb 21:10CanadaCAN2 – 1SwitzerlandSUI

Final Round

Date19 February 2026
FormatClassification matches.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/219 Feb 19:10United StatesUSA2 – 1CanadaCAN
Match 3/419 Feb 14:40SwitzerlandSUI2 – 1SwedenSWE