The Finnish women's national ice hockey team represents

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at the

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(IIHF)

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, the

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, the

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, and other international-level women's

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competitions. The women's national team is overseen by the

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and its general manager is

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. Finland's national women's program is ranked third in the world by the IIHF and had 5,858 active players . Finland national women's ice hockey team

History

Finland has finished third or fourth in almost every World Championships and Olympics, with one exception being a fifth place finish at the 2014 Winter Olympics and second place at the 2019 World Championship. They are ranked behind

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(#2) and the

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(#1). Historically, Finland's primary rival was Sweden, which finished second to Canada at the

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. Finland finished fourth, losing the game for the bronze medal to the United States. Finland defeated the United States for the first time, at the 2008 World Championship in China, 1–0 in overtime. Finland defeated Canada 4–3 for the first time at the 2017 World Championship in the United States. However, Finland lost the semi-final game against Canada in the same tournament, proceeding to win the bronze medal game. At the 2019 World Championship, Finland reached the championship final for the first time in tournament history after beating Canada 4–2 in the semi-final. During the

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Petra Nieminen Petra Nieminen (born 4 May 1999) is a Finnish ice hockey player and alternate captain of the Finnish national team, currently playing in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) with Luleå HF/MSSK. She is considered one of the top young talent ...

scored in overtime but her goal was overturned after a video review for goalie interference. The IIHF released a press statement the next day citing rules 186 and 183ii as the reasons for overturning the goal. Finland finished as runners-up and won a silver medal after losing to the United States in a shootout.

Tournament record

Olympic Games

World Championships

''Breaks indicate Olympic years.''

European Championship

3/4 Nations Cup

*1995 – Finished in 4th place (4 Nations Cup) *1996 – Won Bronze Medal *1997 – Won Bronze Medal *1998 – Won Bronze Medal *1999 – Won Bronze Medal *2000 – Won Bronze Medal (4 nations Cup) *2001 – Won Silver Medal *2002 – Won Bronze Medal (4 Nations Cup) *2003 – Won Bronze Medal (4 Nations Cup) *2004 – Finished in 4th place (4 Nations Cup) *2005 – Won Bronze Medal (4 Nations Cup) * 2006 – Finished in 4th place (4 Nations Cup) * 2007 – Won Bronze Medal (4 Nations Cup) *

2008 File:2008 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Lehman Brothers went bankrupt following the Subprime mortgage crisis; Cyclone Nargis killed more than 138,000 in Myanmar; A scene from the opening ceremony of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing; ...

– Finished in 4th place (4 Nations Cup) * 2009 – Finished in 4th place (4 Nations Cup) * 2010 – Won Bronze Medal (4 Nations Cup) * 2011 – Finished in 4th place (4 Nations Cup) *

2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gat ...

– Finished in 4th place (4 Nations Cup) *

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fa ...

– Won Silver Medal (4 Nations Cup) *

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– Finished in 4th place (4 Nations Cup) * 2015 – Won Bronze Medal (4 Nations Cup) *

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the Impeachment of Dilma Rousseff, impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses duri ...

– Won Bronze Medal (4 Nations Cup) *

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a s ...

– Won Bronze Medal (4 Nations Cup) *

2018 File:2018 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2018 Winter Olympics opening ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea; Protests erupt following the Assassination of Jamal Khashoggi; March for Our Lives protests take place across the Unit ...

– Won Bronze Medal (4 Nations Cup)

Women's Nations Cup

Formerly known as the Air Canada Cup, the MLP Nations Cup and the Meco Cup. * 2003 – Won Bronze Medal (Air Canada Cup) * 2004 – Finished in 4th place (Air Canada Cup) * 2005 – Won Silver Medal (Air Canada Cup) * 2006 – Won Silver Medal (Air Canada Cup) * 2007 – Finished in 6th place (Air Canada Cup) *

– Won Silver Medal (Air Canada Cup) * 2009 – Finished in 5th place ( MLP Nations Cup) * 2010 – Finished in 5th place ( MLP Nations Cup) * 2011 – Finished in 6th place ( MLP Nations Cup) *

– Won Silver Medal (Meco Cup) *

– Won Bronze Medal (Meco Cup) *

– Won Gold Medal (Meco Cup) * 2015 – Won Bronze Medal (Meco Cup) *

– Won Silver Medal (Women's Nations Cup) *

– Won Gold Medal (Women's Nations Cup) *

– Won Bronze Medal (Women's Nations Cup)

Canada Cup

*2009 Canada Cup – Won Bronze Medal

Team

Current roster

The roster for the

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. Head coach: Juuso Toivola

Awards and honors

IIHF Women's World Championship

Directorate awards

*Best Goalie **

Noora Räty Noora Helena Räty (born 29 May 1989) is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender, playing in the Naisten Liiga (NSML) with HPK Kiekkonaiset. She is affiliated with the Minnesota chapter of the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association (PWHPA) and ...

: 2007,

, 2011,

2019 File:2019 collage v1.png, From top left, clockwise: Hong Kong protests turn to widespread riots and civil disobedience; House of Representatives votes to adopt articles of impeachment against Donald Trump; CRISPR gene editing first used to experim ...

Anni Keisala Anni Keisala (born 5 April 1997) is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender and member of the Finland women's national ice hockey team, Finnish national team, currently signed with HV71 Dam of the Swedish Women's Hockey League (SDHL) for the 2022–23 SD ...

2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October 2021 coup in Sudan; Crowd shortly after t ...

*Best Defenceman **

Kirsi Hänninen Kirsi Maaria Hänninen (born 3 October 1976 in Joensuu, Finland) is a Finnish retired ice hockey Defenceman (ice hockey), defenceman and pesäpallo player. She played 116 games with the Finland women's national ice hockey team, Finnish national ...

1999 File:1999 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The funeral procession of King Hussein of Jordan in Amman; the 1999 İzmit earthquake kills over 17,000 people in Turkey; the Columbine High School massacre, one of the first major school shoot ...

Jenni Hiirikoski Jenni Hiirikoski (born 30 March 1987) is a Finnish ice hockey player and captain of Luleå HF/MSSK in the Swedish Women's Hockey League (; SDHL) and the Finnish national team. She is widely considered one of the best active ice hockey defence ...

: 2009,

, 2015,

*Best Forward **

Katja Riipi Katja Hannele Riipi (born 26 October 1975) is a Finnish retired ice hockey player and former member of the Finnish national ice hockey team. She won an Olympic bronze medal representing Finland in the women's ice hockey tournament at the 1998 ...

2000 File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...

Riikka Nieminen Hanna-Riikka Sallinen ( Nieminen, previously Välilä; born 12 June 1973) is a Finnish retired ice hockey, bandy, rinkball, and pesäpallo player. She is one of the most highly decorated players to have ever competed in international ice hockey. ...

1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of humanity on Earth, astrophysicist ...

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson ...

*Most Valuable Player **Noora Räty:

**Jenni Hiirikoski:

All-Star teams

1997 File:1997 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The movie set of ''Titanic'', the highest-grossing movie in history at the time; '' Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone'', is published; Comet Hale-Bopp passes by Earth and becomes one of ...

: Riikka Nieminen (F) *

: Noora Räty (G) * 2009:

Michelle Karvinen Michelle Karvinen (born 27 March 1990) is a Danish-Finnish ice hockey player and member of the Finnish national team, currently signed with Frölunda HC Dam of the Damettan. Karvinen has been described as "the world's best technical player" an ...

(F) * 2011: Michelle Karvinen (F) *

: Noora Räty (G) * 2015: Jenni Hiirikoski (D),

Meeri Räisänen Meeri Räisänen (born 2 December 1989) is a Finnish ice hockey goaltender and member of the Finnish national ice hockey team, currently playing in the Premier Hockey Federation (PHF) with the Connecticut Whale. As a member of the Finnish natio ...

(G) *

: Jenni Hiirikoski (D), Meeri Räisänen (G) *

: Jenni Hiirikoski (D), Noora Räty (G) *

: Jenni Hiirikoski (D), Michelle Karvinen (F), Noora Räty (G) *

: Anni Keisala (G),

(F)

References

External links

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IIHF profile
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