Switzerland looking to upset bronze bombers Finland in women's ice hockey third-place playoff

Finland and Switzerland will take each other in the bronze-medal clash in the women's ice hockey tournament at Beijing 2022 on Wednesday (16 February). 

There will be no time for licking wounds after they suffered semi-finals defeats at the hands of the two powerhouses of women's ice hockey, the USA and Canada.

Canada thrashed Switzerland 10-3 before the United States steamrolled Finland 4-1 in the semi-final clashes. Switzerland and Finland will now face each other in a repeat of their thrilling round-robin match where the former claimed a narrow 3-2 victory.

The two teams had met twice before at the Winter Olympic Games, where the Finns came out on top on both occasions with 4-0 in Torino 2006 and 4-3 in Sochi 2014.

Finland goes into the clash as the perennial bronze medallists finishing third at three Olympic Winter Games since the inaugural women's tournament at Nagano 1998.

In fact, they are the very first country to win the women's ice hockey bronze medal with a 4-1 win over the People's Republic of China.

They did it again at Vancouver 2010, beating Sweden 3-2 in overtime and will be looking to win back-to-back bronzes after their 3-2 win over the OAR in PyeongChang 2018.

Switzerland is no stranger to the third step of the podium, clinching the bronze at Sochi 2014 courtesy of a 4-3 win over Sweden.

The Swiss will be looking to exact revenge on the Finns after their third-place playoff at 2021 at the 2021 Ice Hockey Women's World Championship in Calgary, Canada. Finland won the match 3-1 to win a record 13th bronze medal at the global showpiece.

Finland's record as the bronze bombers will be purely academic when the two sides cross swords in their first third-place playoff against each other at the Olympic Winter