The 4 Nations Cup is an annual women's ice hockey tournament, held between four major national teams in the sport; currently, these are Canada, the United States, Sweden and Finland. Until 2000, when Sweden joined, the tournament was the 3 Nations Cup. In general, it is held in or around November each year.
The 3 Nations Cup was first held in 1996. Sweden joined the tourney in 2000, but the USA did not attend the 2001 event due to the September 11 attacks; the 4 Nations roster has been constant since 2002.
The format of the tournament is a single round-robin, with each team playing one game against each of the others. The top two teams advance to the gold-medal game. The last two teams play for bronze. When it was the 3 Nations Cup, the third place team was simply awarded bronze. Team Canada has won 14 gold medals since the 4 Nations Cup creation in 1996 and Team USA has won 9 gold medals.
Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Medals |
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Canada | 14 | 9 | 0 | 23 |
United States | 9 | 12 | 1 | 22 |
Finland | 0 | 2 | 14 | 16 |
Sweden | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
Total | 23 | 23 | 23 | 69 |
The Tournament takes place in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada from 7 to 11 November 2006.
The tournament takes place November 7 to 11 on the ice rink of Ejendals Arena in Sweden. [3]
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Sunday November 11, 2007
The tournament took place in November at Lake Placid USA. [6]
Tuesday November 4, 2008
Wednesday November 5, 2008
Thursday November 6, 2008
Friday November 7, 2008
Saturday November 9, 2008
November 3, 4, 6 and 7 at Vierumäki in Finland. [12]
The tournament takes place from November 9 to the 13th in Clarenville, Newfoundland and St. John's, Newfoundland (Canada). [14]
Tuesday November 9, 2010
Wednesday November 10, 2010
Friday November 12, 2010
Rebecca Johnston's goal in extra time period. [20]
The tournament took place from November 9–14, 2011 to Nyköping in Sweden. [21] The competition sets four powers of the Women's ice hockey, Canada, [22] the United States [23] [24] Finland and Sweden. [25] All the matches are played Stora Hallen arena.
After being tied 3–3 at the end of regulation and overtime, a shootout determined the winner. The United States' Goaltender Jessie Vetter gave the Americans the victory [33] by stopping Canada's Hayley Wickenheiser. [34]
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