| Date | 17 February 1998 — 14:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Big Hat, Nagano | |
| Referee | Laurie Anne Taylor-Bolton | CAN |
| Linesman | Johanna Kuisma | FIN |
| Linesman | Evonne Young | USA |
| Attendance | 7,412 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | FIN | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| People's Republic of China | CHN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Time | Score | Nat | Scorer (assists) | Situation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:27 (1) | 0 – 1 | ![]() | Yang Xiuqing | Equal-handed | |
| 23:07 (2) | 1 – 1 | ![]() | Sari Fisk (Riikka Nieminen-Välilä, Katja Lehto) | Equal-handed | |
| 27:08 (2) | 2 – 1 | ![]() | Johanna Ikonen (Petra Vaarakallio, Karoliina Rantamäki) | Equal-handed | |
| 30:15 (2) | 3 – 1 | ![]() | Sanna Lankosaari (Katja Riipi, Sari Krooks) | Equal-handed | |
| 59:52 (3) | 4 – 1 | ![]() | Riikka Nieminen-Välilä (Marika Lehtimäki) | Equal-handed |
| Time | PIM | Nat | Player | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14:48 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Guo Wei | Cross-checking | |
| 38:53 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Gong Ming | Body check | |
| 50:38 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Yang Xiuqing | Interference | |
| 53:32 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Yang Xiuqing | Slashing |
| Time | Nat | Player | In/Out |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 (1) | ![]() | Guo Hong | Goalkeeper In |
| 0:00 (1) | ![]() | Tuula Puputti | Goalkeeper In |
| 60:00 (3) | ![]() | Guo Hong | Goalkeeper Out |
| 60:00 (3) | ![]() | Tuula Puputti | Goalkeeper Out |
Finland| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 9 | Marianne Ihalainen | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 10 | Sari Fisk | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 13 | Riikka Nieminen | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 14 | Maria Selin | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 16 | Tiia Reima | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 17 | Sari Krooks | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 21 | Petra Vaarakallio | – | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 22 | Sanna Lankosaari | – | – | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 26 | Marika Lehtimäki | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 28 | Katja Riipi | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 29 | Karoliina Rantamäki | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 3 | Emma Laaksonen | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 4 | Katja Lehto | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 5 | Satu Huotari | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 15 | Johanna Ikonen | – | – | 1 | 3 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 20 | Kirsi Hänninen | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 25 | Marja-Helena Pälvilä | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 27 | Päivi Salo | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 19 | Tuula Puputti | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 88.9% | |||||
| Coach | Rauno Korpi |
People's Republic of China| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 3 | Liu Hongmei | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 5 | Dang Hong | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 7 | Zhang Lan | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 8 | Yang Xiuqing | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 4 | – | – | |||||
| F | 9 | Sang Hong | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 12 | Diao Ying | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 14 | Guo Wei | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 15 | Xu Lei | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 16 | Guo Lili | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 18 | Ma Jinping | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 19 | Ma Xiaojun | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 2 | Gong Ming | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 4 | Li Xuan | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 6 | Lu Yan | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 10 | Chen Jing | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 13 | Zhang Jing | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 17 | Wang Wei | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 21 | Liu Chunhua | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 20 | Guo Hong | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 19 | 86.4% | |||||
| Coach | Zhang Zhinan |