Women’s Hockey Olympic Preview: Full schedule, how to watch, team rosters

To help you get up to speed on everything you need to know about women’s hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, On Her Turf has compiled some helpful resources: from a full tournament schedule to a complete history of the U.S.-Canada rivalry to rosters for all 10 teams. This guide will be updated with results as the women’s Olympic ice hockey tournament progresses.

The women’s ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics begins on February 3 and will conclude with the gold medal game on February 17 (the night of February 16 in the United States).

The men’s tournament begins next week (February 9) and concludes with the medal games on February 20 (the night of February 19 in the U.S.). More details on the men’s tournament can be found here.

A total of 10 women’s hockey teams will compete in Beijing, up from eight at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics.

Since 2014, the women’s Olympic ice hockey tournament has used weighted pools. The top five teams in the world compete in Group A, while the remaining five teams compete in Group B. At the end of pool play, all five Group A teams and the top three Group B teams will progress to the quarterfinal round.

Two venues are being used for the women’s hockey tournament: Wukesong Sports Center and National Indoor Stadium. During the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, Wukesong Sports Center hosted basketball, while National Indoor Stadium was the home of gymnastics, trampoline, and handball.

If you know just one thing about women’s hockey, it’s probably that the United States and Canada are the best two teams in the world.

Since the first official women’s world championship in 1990 – and the inaugural Olympic tournament in 1998 – the United States and Canada have combined to