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was held in

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between 10 and 22 February 2018. Under a special agreement with the IOC and the IIHF, twelve North Korean players joined the host team to form a united team. They were allowed to have an expanded roster of 35 where 22 players dress for each game. Three North Korean players were selected for each game by coach Sarah Murray. Eight countries qualified for the tournament, five by their

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, the South Korea women's national ice hockey team as hosts, while the two others took part in a qualification tournament. The United States winning the gold medal game against Canada marks the first time in 20 years that the United States took home a gold medal in women's hockey, previously won against Canada in

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in Nagano, Japan. Canada's loss ended their winning streak of four consecutive winter games since

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Qualification

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and the

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assured themselves of top four ranking after the 2016 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships by the end of the 2015 Championships and qualified for the A group.

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, and

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qualified by their ranking after the 2016 Championships.

qualified as the host team. The remaining two teams qualified from qualification tournaments.

Qualified teams

;Notes

Format

The top four teams based on the 2016

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, the United States, Canada, Finland and Olympic Athletes from Russia, compete in Group A, while the remaining four teams compete in Group B. The top two teams in Group A received a bye to the semifinals. In the quarterfinals, the third placed team in Group A played the second place team in Group B, while the fourth placed team in Group A played the first place team in Group B. The winners advanced to the semifinals, while the two losers, and the third and fourth placed teams in Group B, competed in a classification bracket for places five through eight.

Rosters

Match officials

10 referees and 9 linesmen were selected for the tournament. ;Referees * Gabrielle Ariano-Lortie * Nicole Hertrich * Aina Hove * Drahomira Fialova * Nikoleta Celárová * Gabriella Gran * Katarina Timglas * Dina Allen * Katie Guay * Melissa Szkola ;Linesmen * Justine Todd * Zuzana Svobodová * Jenni Heikkinen * Johanna Tauriainen * Charlotte Girard-Fabre * Lisa Linnek * Nataša Pagon * Veronica Johansson * Jessica Leclerc

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Group B

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Playoff round

Bracket

;Fifth place bracket

Quarterfinals

The top two teams in Group A received byes and were deemed the home team in the semifinals as they were seeded to advance.

5–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Medalists

Final ranking

Statistics

Scoring leaders

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Leading goaltenders

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; Sv% = Save percentage; SO =

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Awards

*Media All-Stars **

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: Noora Räty ** Defencemen: Jenni Hiirikoski,

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** Forwards: Mélodie Daoust, Jocelyne Lamoureux, Alina Müller *Most Valuable Player: Mélodie Daoust *Best players selected by the directorate: **Best

: Shannon Szabados **Best

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: Jenni Hiirikoski **Best Forward: Alina Müller Source
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References

External links

Official IIHF website
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