The 1998 Olympic women's ice hockey tournament was the first year that featured women in ice hockey competition. It was anticipated that the women's gold medal match would feature Canada versus the United States. Canada was favored to come out on top as they had won all the competitions in previous years in women's hockey, with the United States perpetually finishing second, while no other national teams could match their level of play. However, the United States beat Canada in the final and became the first country to win gold in women's ice hockey at the Olympics. Petra Vaarakallio scored the first-ever goal in women's ice hockey at the Olympics in 1998. She had won bronze at the 1992 World Ringette Championships but stopped playing

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after receiving a six-month suspension for kicking an opponent who was lying on the ice. There were no qualification tournaments, the host Japan played alongside the top five nations at the previous season's

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Preliminary round

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Final round

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final rankings

Statistics

Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals. ''GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position''
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Leading goaltenders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list. ''TOI = Time on ice (minutes); GA = Goals against; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =

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References

External links

Whockey – Women's Hockey 1998 Winter Olympics

* ttp://www.passionhockey.com/hockeyarchives/mondefem1997.htm – Championats du monde feminins 1997
la84 foundation – Nagano 1998 Official Report (182–187)

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Women's ice hockey in Japan