The US women’s hockey team was one win away from gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
The Americans were looking to repeat as gold medalists, but once again, ran into Canada. For the fourth straight Olympics, the two teams played in the final.
Here’s all the results.
2022 Winter Olympics: Women’s ice hockey results
(All times eastern)
Quarterfinals
United States 4, Czech Republic 1 (read more here)
Canada 11, Sweden 0
Switzerland 4, ROC 2
Finland 7, Japan 1
Semifinals
Canada 10, Switzerland 3 (Read more here)
US 4, Finland 1 (Read more here)
Bronze medal game
Finland 4, Switzerland 0
Advertisement
Gold medal game
Canada 3, US 2
How we got here
The US knew it would advance because of the structure of the pools.
The US was among the Group A teams (along with Canada, Finland, ROC, and Switzerland), and all of them were moving on to the quarterfinals.
Japan, China, the Czech Republic, Sweden, and Denmark competed in Group B, and the top three — Japan, Sweden, and the Czech Republic — advanced to the quarterfinals.
Olympics: Women’s ice hockey history
Women’s ice hockey debuted at the Games in 1998, with six teams competing. From 2002 through 2018, eight teams participated.
This year, 10 teams were in the competition.
Here’s the Americans’ history
Nagano 1998: Gold
3-1 win over Canada, Finland beats China 4-1 for bronze
Salt Lake City 2002: Silver
3-2 loss to Canada, Sweden beats Finland 2-1 for bronze
Turin 2006: Bronze
4-0 win over Finland; Canada beats Sweden 4-1 for gold
Vancouver 2010: Silver
2-0 loss to Canada, Finland beats Sweden 3-2 (OT) for bronze
Sochi 2014: Silver
3-2 OT loss to Canada, Switzerland beats Finland 4-3 for bronze
PyeongChang 2018: Gold
3-2 shootout win over Canada; Finland beats ROC 3-2 for bronze
Katie McInerney can be reached at katie.mcinerney@globe.com. Follow her on Twitter at @k8tmac.