The women's tournament in

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was held in Provo and

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, from 11 to 21 February. Eight teams competed, seeded into two groups.

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won the final by a score of 3–2 over the

, who were awarded silver. The bronze medal game was won by

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with a 2–1 victory over

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. The tournament consisted of 20 games: 12 in the preliminary round (teams play the other teams in their own group); 4 final classification games; 2 semifinal games; 1 bronze medal game; and 1 final.

Qualifying

The qualification process, and seedings for the Olympic tournament, came from the final standings of the

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. The top six nations were given direct entry to the Olympics, the final two spots were contested in a qualification tournament.Women's seeding and qualification
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from 8 to 11 February 2001. ''All times are local (

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Rosters

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Preliminary round

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Group A

Group B

Classification round

5–8th place semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Final round

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final rankings

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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Leading goaltenders

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; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =

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Awards

*Media All-Stars **

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Kim St-Pierre Kim St-Pierre (born December 14, 1978 in Châteauguay, Quebec) is a Canadian ice hockey player. She is a three-time Olympic gold medallist and five-time IIHF world champion. She was announced as a Hockey Hall of Fame inductee on June 24, 2020. ...

Defencemen Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the latter a reference to ...

Tara Mounsey Tara Lynn Mounsey (born March 12, 1978

Angela Ruggiero Angela Marie Ruggiero (born January 3, 1980) is an American former ice hockey defenseman, gold medalist, and four-time Olympian. She was a member of the International Olympic Committee from 2010 to 2018 and served as a member of the Executive Bo ...

** Forwards:

Natalie Darwitz Natalie Rose Darwitz (born October 13, 1983) is an American ice hockey player. Natalie was the Captain of the US Women's National Team for several seasons beginning with the 2007–08 season. She won three World Championships between 2005 and 2 ...

Cammi Granato Catherine Michelle Granato (born March 25, 1971) is an American former ice hockey player and one of the first women to be inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in November 2010. She currently works as an assistant general manager for the Vancou ...

Hayley Wickenheiser Hayley Wickenheiser (born August 12, 1978) is a Canadian former ice hockey player, resident physician and assistant general manager for the Toronto Maple Leafs. She was the first woman to play full-time professional men’s hockey in a positio ...

*Most Valuable Player: Hayley Wickenheiser *Best players selected by the directorate: **Best

: Kim St-Pierre **Best

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: Angela Ruggiero **Best

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: Hayley Wickenheiser

References

External links

Official results for women's tournament

Salt Lake City 2002 – Results – Ice hockey – Women
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