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was held at the

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and

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in Provo, Utah. The men's and women's tournaments were won by

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, who defeated the host United States in both finals.

Medal summary

Medal table

Medalists

Men's tournament

Qualifying

The final standings at the end of the

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were used to determine the path to the Olympic tournament. The top six places were given direct entry to the first round, places seven and eight were given direct entry to the

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, and all other participants were seeded in qualifying tournaments to fill the remaining six spots.
This chart
shows the seeding path for all nations, in detail.

Final rankings

These standings are presented as the IIHF has them, however both the NHL an IOC maintain that all quarterfinal losers are ranked equal at 5th.

Women's tournament

Qualification

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. The nations ranked seven through ten played a

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Switzerland February 8–11, 2001.

Format

The eight teams were split into two equal divisions. All teams played three preliminary games within their division. Following the completion of the preliminary round, the top two teams from each division advanced to the medal round and competed in a playoff to determine the gold medalist. The other four played classification games. Team rosters were allowed to have between 15 and 18 skaters (forwards and defensemen).

Participating nations

A total of eight national teams competed in the women's ice hockey tournament.

References

External links

Official results for men's tournament

Official structure and seeding for men's qualification and Olympic tournament
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