The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics was held in Provo and West Valley City, United States, from 11 to 21 February. Eight teams competed, seeded into two groups. Canada won the gold medal game by a score of 3–2 over the United States, who were awarded silver.nThe bronze medal game was won by Sweden, who defeated Finland 2–1.

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.

Qualification The qualification process, and seedings for the Olympic tournament, came from the final standings of the 2000 IIHF Women's World Championship. 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 The nations ranked seven through ten played a round robin in Engelberg, Switzerland from 8 to 11 February 2001.

All times are local (UTC+1).

Rosters

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Preliminary round All times are local (UTC–7).

Group A

Group B

Classification round

5–8th place semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Knockout stage Bracket

Semi-finals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Statistics Scoring leaders List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals. Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS Hayley Wickenheiser57310+72 F Cammi Granato56410+90 F Danielle Goyette53710+70 F Natalie Darwitz5718+82 F Katie King5437+64 F Jayna Hefford5347+72 F Jenny Potter5167+62 F Tara Mounsey5077+54 D Vicky Sunohara5426+76 F Jennifer Botterill5336 +28F Karyn Bye5336+60F Katja Riipi5336 +46F GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = P Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties in minutes; POS = Position Source: IIHF.com

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. Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO Sarah Tueting120:0010.502095.001 Sara Decosta179:0031.015894.832 Kim Martin180:0051.678293.901 Kim St-Pierre240:0051.257893.592 Irina Gashennikova300:00122.4017893.261 TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = Shutouts

Final rankings RankTeam 4 5 6 7 8

Awards Media All-Stars Goaltender: Kim St-Pierre Defencemen: Tara Mounsey, Angela Ruggiero Forwards: Natalie Darwitz, Cammi Granato, Hayley Wickenheiser Most Valuable Player: Hayley Wickenheiser Best players selected by the directorate: Best Goaltender: Kim St-Pierre Best Defenceman: Angela Ruggiero Best Forward: Hayley Wickenheiser

References

External links Official results for women's tournament Salt Lake City 2002 – Results – Ice hockey – Women