| Date | 9 February 1998 — 12:00 | |
|---|---|---|
| Location | Aqua Wing Arena, Nagano | |
| Referee | Laurie Anne Taylor-Bolton | CAN |
| Linesman | Sigrid Lise Nonås | NOR |
| Linesman | Evonne Young | USA |
| Attendance | 4,972 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | FIN | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| Japan | JPN | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Time | Score | Nat | Scorer (assists) | Situation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:54 (1) | 1 – 0 | ![]() | Sanna Lankosaari (Katja Riipi, Sari Krooks) | Equal-handed | |
| 18:45 (1) | 2 – 0 | ![]() | Katja Riipi (Sanna Lankosaari) | Equal-handed | |
| 27:22 (2) | 3 – 0 | ![]() | Tiia Reima (Sari Fisk, Kirsi Hänninen) | Equal-handed | |
| 33:29 (2) | 4 – 0 | ![]() | Kirsi Hänninen | Power play (1) | |
| 38:23 (2) | 5 – 0 | ![]() | Kirsi Hänninen (Riikka Nieminen-Välilä, Johanna Ikonen) | Power play (1) | |
| 45:43 (3) | 6 – 0 | ![]() | Karoliina Rantamäki | Equal-handed | |
| 48:28 (3) | 6 – 1 | ![]() | Akiko Hatanaka (Shiho Fujiwara, Naho Yoshimi) | Equal-handed | |
| 49:06 (3) | 7 – 1 | ![]() | Riikka Nieminen-Välilä (Katja Lehto) | Equal-handed | |
| 49:52 (3) | 8 – 1 | ![]() | Sari Krooks | Equal-handed | |
| 50:42 (3) | 9 – 1 | ![]() | Kirsi Hänninen (Riikka Nieminen-Välilä) | Power play (1) | |
| 52:55 (3) | 10 – 1 | ![]() | Katja Lehto (Riikka Nieminen-Välilä) | Equal-handed | |
| 54:40 (3) | 11 – 1 | ![]() | Riikka Nieminen-Välilä (Sari Fisk, Marika Lehtimäki) | Equal-handed |
| Time | PIM | Nat | Player | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1:00 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Yukari Ohno | Body check | |
| 5:11 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Satomi Ono | High sticking | |
| 5:58 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Johanna Ikonen | Slashing | |
| 13:27 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Aki Sudo | Elbowing | |
| 16:00 (1) | 2 | ![]() | Sanna Lankosaari | Tripping | |
| 23:09 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Aki Sudo | Checking from behind | |
| 23:09 (2) | 10 | ![]() | Aki Sudo | Checking from behind | |
| 31:56 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Aki Tsuchida | Tripping | |
| 34:22 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Aki Tsuchida | Body check | |
| 35:34 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Sari Fisk | High sticking | |
| 37:12 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Yuki Togawa | Checking from behind | |
| 37:12 (2) | 10 | ![]() | Yuki Togawa | Checking from behind | |
| 37:45 (2) | 2 | ![]() | Masako Sato | Holding | |
| 41:17 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Yukari Ohno | Holding | |
| 41:17 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Maria Selin | Roughing | |
| 46:01 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Sanna Lankosaari | Body check | |
| 46:29 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Sari Krooks | Charging | |
| 50:14 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Chie Sakuma | Hooking | |
| 52:08 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Katja Riipi | Hooking | |
| 52:28 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Akiko Hatanaka | Tripping | |
| 58:30 (3) | 2 | ![]() | Petra Vaarakallio | Cross-checking |
| Time | Nat | Player | In/Out |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0:00 (1) | ![]() | Liisa-Maria Sneck | Goalkeeper In |
| 0:00 (1) | ![]() | Haruka Watanabe | Goalkeeper In |
| 50:08 (3) | ![]() | Haruka Watanabe | Goalkeeper Out |
| 50:08 (3) | ![]() | Yuka Oda | Goalkeeper In |
| 60:00 (3) | ![]() | Liisa-Maria Sneck | Goalkeeper Out |
| 60:00 (3) | ![]() | Yuka Oda | 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 | – | 0 | 7 | 2 | +4 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 13 | Riikka Nieminen | 1 | – | 2 | 3 | 3 | +4 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 14 | Maria Selin | – | – | 0 | 3 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 16 | Tiia Reima | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 17 | Sari Krooks | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 21 | Petra Vaarakallio | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 22 | Sanna Lankosaari | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | +3 | 4 | – | – | |||||
| F | 26 | Marika Lehtimäki | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 28 | Katja Riipi | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 29 | Karoliina Rantamäki | – | – | 1 | 3 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 3 | Emma Laaksonen | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 4 | Katja Lehto | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | +4 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 5 | Satu Huotari | – | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 15 | Johanna Ikonen | – | – | 0 | 4 | 1 | +2 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 20 | Kirsi Hänninen | 1 | – | 3 | 0 | 1 | +4 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 25 | Marja-Helena Pälvilä | – | – | 0 | 3 | 0 | +2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 27 | Päivi Salo | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 1 | Liisa-Maria Sneck | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 88.9% | |||||
| Coach | Rauno Korpi |
Japan| Pos | Nr | Player | Shift | Mins | Goals | Shots | Assists | +/- | PIM | Saves | Save % | GK In | GK Out | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | 7 | Satomi Ono | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 10 | Yuki Togawa | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 12 | – | – | |||||
| F | 11 | Miharu Araki | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 12 | Ayumi Sato | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 13 | Mitsuko Igarashi | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 14 | Yukari Ohno | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -5 | 4 | – | – | |||||
| F | 15 | Masako Sato | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | -2 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| F | 16 | Aki Sudo | 1 | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | -2 | 14 | – | – | |||||
| F | 17 | Shiho Fujiwara | – | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| F | 18 | Aki Tsuchida | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | – | – | |||||
| F | 19 | Akiko Naka | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 2 | Yoko Kondo | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 3 | Rie Sato | – | – | 0 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 4 | Akiko Hatanaka | – | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 5 | Chie Sakuma | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | – | – | |||||
| D | 6 | Maiko Obikawa | 1 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 8 | Naho Yoshimi | – | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| D | 9 | Yukio Satomi | – | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | – | – | |||||
| GK | 1 | Yuka Oda | – | 9:52 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 8 | 72.7% | |||||
| GK | 20 | Haruka Watanabe | 1 | 50:08 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | 30 | 78.9% | |||||
| Coach | Toru Itabashi |