Finland at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Finland at the 2022 Winter Olympics
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IOC code	FIN
NOC	Finnish Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympiakomitea.fi  (in Finnish)
in Beijing, China 4–20 February 2022
Competitors	94 (50 men and 44 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer (opening)	Valtteri Filppula
Flag bearer (closing)	Krista Pärmäkoski
Medals Ranked 16th	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 4 Total 8
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Finland competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. ^{[1] [2]}

Ice hockey player Valtteri Filppula was the country's flagbearer during the opening ceremony. ^{[3] [4]} Cross-country skier Krista Pärmäkoski was the flagbearer during the closing ceremony. ^[5]

Finland's final medal haul of two gold and eight total medals, including its first ever ice hockey gold, marked its best showing since winning four golds in 2002 and nine medals in 2006.

Medalists

Further information: 2022 Winter Olympics medal table and List of 2022 Winter Olympics medal winners

The following Finnish competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Gold Iivo Niskanen Cross-country skiing Men's 15 kilometre classical 11 February  Gold Finland men's national ice hockey team Miro Aaltonen Marko Anttila (C) Hannes Björninen Valtteri Filppula Niklas Friman Markus Granlund Teemu Hartikainen Juuso Hietanen Valtteri Kemiläinen Leo Komarov Mikko Lehtonen Petteri Lindbohm Saku Mäenalanen Sakari Manninen Joonas Nättinen Atte Ohtamaa Niko Ojamäki Juho Olkinuora Iiro Pakarinen Harri Pesonen Ville Pokka Toni Rajala Harri Säteri Frans Tuohimaa Sami Vatanen Ice hockey Men's tournament 20 February  Silver Kerttu Niskanen Cross-country skiing Women's 10 kilometre classical 10 February  Silver Iivo Niskanen Joni Mäki Cross-country skiing Men's team sprint 16 February  Bronze Iivo Niskanen Cross-country skiing Men's 30 kilometre skiathlon 6 February  Bronze Krista Pärmäkoski Cross-country skiing Women's 10 kilometre classical 10 February  Bronze Finland women's national ice hockey team Sanni Hakala Jenni Hiirikoski Elisa Holopainen Sini Karjalainen Michelle Karvinen Anni Keisala Nelli Laitinen Julia Liikala Eveliina Mäkinen Petra Nieminen Tanja Niskanen Jenniina Nylund Meeri Räisänen Sanni Rantala Ronja Savolainen Sofianna Sundelin Susanna Tapani Noora Tulus Minttu Tuominen Viivi Vainikka Sanni Vanhanen Emilia Vesa Ella Viitasuo Ice hockey Women's tournament 16 February  Bronze Kerttu Niskanen Cross-country skiing Women's 30 kilometre freestyle 20 February

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	3	4
Biathlon	4	4	8
Cross-country skiing	6	7	13
Figure skating	1	2	3
Freestyle skiing	5	1	6
Ice hockey	25	23	48
Nordic combined	5	—	5
Ski jumping	1	2	3
Snowboarding	2	2	4
Total	50	44	94

Alpine skiing

Main articles: Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

By meeting the basic qualification standards Finland qualified one male and one female alpine skier, and then added two more female quotas during reallocation. ^[6] The four athletes chosen were named on January 24. ^[7]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Samu Torsti	Men's giant slalom	DNF		Did not advance
Riikka Honkanen	Women's giant slalom	DNF		Did not advance
Erika Pykäläinen		DNF		Did not advance
Riikka Honkanen	Women's slalom	56.33	37	56.64	37	1:52.97	37
Rosa Pohjolainen		DNF		Did not advance
Erika Pykäläinen		DNF		Did not advance

Biathlon

Main articles: Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Biathlon at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Finland has qualified four male and four female biathletes. ^{[8] [9]} The Finnish Olympic Committee named Mari Eder, Olli Hiidensalo and Tero Seppälä on December 20, 2021. ^[10] The rest of the biathletes were named on January 24. ^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Tuomas Harjula	Individual	58:14.9	4 (1+2+1+0)	81
	Sprint	28:21.2	2 (0+2)	92
Olli Hiidensalo	Individual	56:45.6	5 (0+2+0+3)	74
	Pursuit	47:04.9	8 (5+0+1+2)	52
	Sprint	26:15.5	3 (1+2)	38
Heikki Laitinen	Individual	55:52.8	5 (0+2+1+2)	66
	Pursuit	46:47.2	6 (1+1+1+3)	49
	Sprint	26:41.1	2 (1+1)	54
Tero Seppälä	Individual	52:14.3	2 (0+2+0+0)	23
	Mass start	40:47.1	5 (1+0+2+2)	9
	Pursuit	43:30.2	7 (1+1+2+3)	21
	Sprint	25:47.5	3 (1+2)	25
Heikki Laitinen Tero Seppälä Olli Hiidensalo Tuomas Harjula	Relay	1:26:57.7	18 (4+14)	17

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Mari Eder	Individual	48:42.9	3 (1+0+1+1)	32
	Pursuit	39:15.6	4 (0+1+1+2)	30
	Sprint	22:39.8	2 (0+2)	28
Erika Jänkä	Sprint	24:20.9	0 (0+0)	73
Nastassia Kinnunen	Individual	50:13.5	4 (0+1+2+1)	51
	Sprint	24:30.0	3 (1+2)	75
Suvi Minkkinen	Individual	DNS
	Pursuit	40:38.0	0 (0+0+0+0)	43
	Sprint	23:21.7	1 (0+1)	51
Suvi Minkkinen Mari Eder Erika Jänkä Nastassia Kinnunen	Relay	LAP	8 (2+6)	16

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Suvi Minkkinen Mari Eder Tero Seppälä Olli Hiidensalo	Relay	1:10:06.7	13 (1+12)	11

Cross-country skiing

Main articles: Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Finland has qualified six male and seven female cross-country skiers. ^[11] The 13 skiers chosen where fully announced on 12 January 2022. ^[10]

Distance

Men

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Ristomatti Hakola	15 km classical	—				40:49.6	+2:54.8	28
Perttu Hyvärinen	15 km classical	—				39:00.2	+1:05.4	6
	30 km skiathlon	40:13.1	7	38:37.6	9	1:19:22.4	+3:12.6	7
	50 km freestyle a	—				1:14:49.5	+3:16.8	19
Remi Lindholm	15 km classical	—				41:40.0	+3:45.2	45
	30 km skiathlon	41:39.5	30	39:35.9	24	1:21:49.4	+5:39.6	25
	50 km freestyle a	—				1:15:55.6	+4:22.9	28
Iivo Niskanen	15 km classical	—				37:54.8	-
	30 km skiathlon	39:06.1	2	38:33.4	7	1:18:10.0	+2:00.2
Ristomatti Hakola Iivo Niskanen Perttu Hyvärinen Joni Mäki	4 x 10 km relay	—				1:59:28.6	+4:37.9	6

^a Men's 50 km freestyle was shortened to 28.4 km due to weather conditions.

Women

Athlete	Event	Classical		Freestyle		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Deficit	Rank
Anne Kyllönen	10 km classical	—				29:42.6	+1:36.3	16
	15 km skiathlon	24:14.9	18	23:15.3	22	48:10.0	+3:56.3	22
	30 km freestyle	—				1:31:41.0	+6:47.0	20
Johanna Matintalo	10 km classical	—				29:31.2	+1:24.9	14
	15 km skiathlon	23:12.9	9	22:49.6	16	46:36.5	+2:22.8	12
	30 km freestyle	—				1:31:01.7	+7:07.7	23
Kerttu Niskanen	10 km classical	—				28:06.7	+0.4
	15 km skiathlon	22:31.0	2	21:44.1	7	44:49.8	+36.1	4
	30 km freestyle	—				1:27:27.3	+2:33.3
Krista Pärmäkoski	10 km classical	—				28:37.8	+31.5
	15 km skiathlon	22:33.6	4	22:05.2	9	45:12.1	+58.4	7
	30 km freestyle	—				1:28:35.0	+3:41.0	10
Anne Kyllönen Johanna Matintalo Kerttu Niskanen Krista Pärmäkoski	4 x 5 km relay	—				54:02.2	+21.2	4

Sprint

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Joni Mäki	Sprint	2:52.38	23 Q	2:57.59	1 Q	2:51.10	2 Q	3:00.18	4
Lauri Vuorinen		2:50.91	11 Q	2:54.64	3	did not advance			14
Iivo Niskanen Joni Mäki	Team sprint	—				20:17.81	3 Q	19:25.45

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jasmi Joensuu	Sprint	3:21.05	18 Q	3:49.93	6	did not advance			27
Jasmin Kähärä		3:20.43	13 Q	3:30.52	6	did not advance			26
Katri Lylynperä		3:22.62	24 Q	3:24.29	5	did not advance			23
Kerttu Niskanen Krista Pärmäkoski	Team sprint	—				23:00.82	2 Q	22:13.71	4

Figure skating

Main articles: Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

In the 2021 World Figure Skating Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, Finland secured one quota in the ladies singles competition. ^[12] Finnish Olympic committee named Juulia Turkkila and Matthias Versluis for the ice dance competition on December 20, 2021. ^[10] Jenni Saarinen was named as the remaining competitor on January 24. ^[7]

Athlete	Event	SP / SD		FS / FD		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jenni Saarinen	Women's singles	56.97	25 Q	96.07	25	153.04	25
Juulia Turkkila Matthias Versluis	Ice dance	68.23	16 Q	105.65	15	173.88	15

Freestyle skiing

Main articles: Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Freestyle skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Freeski

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Simo Peltola	Big air	49.75	41.75	72.00	72.00	29	did not advance
	Slopestyle	35.01	29.25	—	35.01	27	did not advance
Jon Sallinen	Halfpipe	18.00	18.50		18.50	23	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Anni Kärävä	Big air	82.50	52.50	62.00	144.50	12 Q	81.00	54.00	82.50	136.50	9
	Slopestyle	55.80	61.73	—	61.73	15	did not advance

Moguls

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Run 1				Run 2				Run 1				Run 2				Run 3
		Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank	Time	Points	Total	Rank
Olli Penttala	Men's moguls	24.53	60.30	75.95	9 Q	Bye				24.39	58.84	74.68	19	Did not advance							19
Jimi Salonen		24.30	60.43	76.39	4 Q	Bye				DNF				Did not advance							20
Severi Vierelä		26.92	57.16	69.66	25	25.58	54.89	69.16	18	Did not advance											28

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Summary

Key:

• OT – Overtime
• GWS – Match decided by penalty-shootout

Team	Event	Group stage					Qualification playoff	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Finland men's	Men's tournament	Slovakia W 6–2	Latvia W 3–1	Sweden W 4–3 OT	—	1 QQ	Bye	Switzerland W 5–1	Slovakia W 2–0	ROC W 2–1
Finland women's	Women's tournament	United States L 2–5	Canada L 1–11	Switzerland L 2–3	ROC W 5–0	3 Q	—	Japan W 7–1	United States L 1–4	Switzerland W 4–0

Finland has qualified 25 male competitors and 23 female competitors to the ice hockey tournaments. ^[13]

Men's tournament

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

Finland men's national ice hockey team qualified by being ranked 3rd in the 2019 IIHF World Rankings. ^[14]

Team roster

The roster was announced on 20 January 2022. ^[15]

Head coach: Jukka Jalonen

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
2	D	Ville Pokka	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1994-06-03)3 June 1994 (aged 27)	Avangard Omsk
3	D	Niklas Friman	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	(1993-08-30)30 August 1993 (aged 28)	Jokerit
4	D	Mikko Lehtonen	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	(1994-01-16)16 January 1994 (aged 28)	SKA Saint Petersburg
12	F	Marko Anttila	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)	108 kg (238 lb)	(1985-05-27)27 May 1985 (aged 36)	Jokerit
13	D	Valtteri Kemiläinen	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1991-12-16)16 December 1991 (aged 30)	HC Vityaz
15	F	Miro Aaltonen	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1993-06-07)7 June 1993 (aged 28)	HC Vityaz
20	F	Niko Ojamäki	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1995-06-17)17 June 1995 (aged 26)	HC Vityaz
24	F	Hannes Björninen	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	89 kg (196 lb)	(1995-10-19)19 October 1995 (aged 26)	Jokerit
25	F	Toni Rajala	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	76 kg (168 lb)	(1991-03-29)29 March 1991 (aged 30)	EHC Biel
28	F	Joonas Nättinen	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1991-01-03)3 January 1991 (aged 31)	Severstal Cherepovets
29	G	Harri Säteri	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1989-12-29)29 December 1989 (aged 32)	HC Sibir Novosibirsk
35	G	Frans Tuohimaa	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	87 kg (192 lb)	(1991-08-19)19 August 1991 (aged 30)	HC Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk
38	D	Juuso Hietanen	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	83 kg (183 lb)	(1985-06-14)14 June 1985 (aged 36)	HC Ambrì-Piotta
40	D	Petteri Lindbohm	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(1993-09-23)23 September 1993 (aged 28)	Jokerit
42	D	Sami Vatanen	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)	84 kg (185 lb)	(1991-06-03)3 June 1991 (aged 30)	Genève-Servette HC
45	G	Juho Olkinuora	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	(1990-11-04)4 November 1990 (aged 31)	Metallurg Magnitogorsk
51	F	Valtteri Filppula (C)	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	86 kg (190 lb)	(1984-03-20)20 March 1984 (aged 37)	Genève-Servette HC
55	D	Atte Ohtamaa (A)	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	92 kg (203 lb)	(1987-11-06)6 November 1987 (aged 34)	Oulun Kärpät
60	F	Markus Granlund	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	85 kg (187 lb)	(1993-04-16)16 April 1993 (aged 28)	Salavat Yulaev Ufa
65	F	Sakari Manninen	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	71 kg (157 lb)	(1992-02-10)10 February 1992 (aged 29)	Salavat Yulaev Ufa
70	F	Teemu Hartikainen	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	91 kg (201 lb)	(1990-05-03)3 May 1990 (aged 31)	Salavat Yulaev Ufa
71	F	Leo Komarov (A)	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	93 kg (205 lb)	(1987-01-23)23 January 1987 (aged 35)	SKA Saint Petersburg
80	F	Saku Mäenalanen	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)	94 kg (207 lb)	(1994-05-24)24 May 1994 (aged 27)	Oulun Kärpät
81	F	Iiro Pakarinen	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)	90 kg (200 lb)	(1991-08-25)25 August 1991 (aged 30)	Jokerit
82	F	Harri Pesonen	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	88 kg (194 lb)	(1988-08-06)6 August 1988 (aged 33)	SCL Tigers

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	3	2	1	0	0	13	6	+7	8	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	0	10	7	+3	7
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	0	2	8	12	−4	3	Playoffs
4	Latvia	3	0	0	0	3	5	11	−6	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: Preliminary round tiebreakers

10 February 2022 (2022-02-10) 16:40 v

Finland

6–2 (3–1, 1–1, 2–0)

Slovakia

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 929

Game reference
	Harri Säteri	Goalies	Branislav Konrád	Referees: Stephen Reneau Evgenii Romasko Linesmen: David Obwegeser Brian Oliver
	0–1 05:33 – Slafkovský (Roman) Manninen (Hartikainen, Pokka) – 10:17 1–1 Pesonen (Aaltonen, Filppula) (PP) – 14:22 2–1 Aaltonen (Nättinen) – 18:20 3–1 Manninen (Granlund, Lehtonen) – 29:28 4–1 4–2 31:49 – Slafkovský (Čerešňák, Regenda) Manninen (Hartikainen) – 40:16 5–2 Aaltonen (Ojamäki, Vatanen) (PP) – 54:57 6–2
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	33

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11 February 2022 (2022-02-11) 21:10 v

Latvia

1–3 (0–0, 0–1, 1–2)

Finland

Wukesong Arena, Beijing Attendance: 904

Game reference
	Jānis Kalniņš	Goalies	Harri Säteri	Referees: Oliver Gouin Mikael Nord Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Dmitry Shishlo
	0–1 37:59 – Kemiläinen (Lehtonen, Nättinen) Ābols (Krastenbergs, Smirnovs) (PP) – 43:01 1–1 1–2 54:42 – Komarov (Hietanen, Ohtamaa) 1–3 58:43 – Anttila (Mäenalanen, Lindbohm)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	20	Shots	38

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13 February 2022 (2022-02-13) 16:40 v

Finland

4–3 OT (0–0, 0–3, 3–0) (OT: 1–0)

Sweden

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 963

Game reference
	Juho Olkinuora	Goalies	Magnus Hellberg	Referees: Michael Campbell Roman Gofman Linesmen: William Hancock Nikita Shalagin
	0–1 24:24 – Wallmark (Tömmernes, Pudas) (PP) 0–2 28:39 – Bengtsson (Tömmernes, Bromé) (PP) 0–3 31:36 – Lander (Pudas, Klingberg) (PP) Hartikainen (Manninen, Vatanen) (PP) – 45:34 1–3 Pakarinen (Hartikainen, Manninen) (PP) – 55:30 2–3 Pakarinen (Lehtonen, Hartikainen) – 57:11 3–3 Pesonen – 62:01 4–3
	37 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	30

Quarterfinals

16 February 2022 (2022-02-16) 16:40 v

Finland

5–1 (2–0, 1–1, 2–0)

Switzerland

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 948

Game reference
	Harri Säteri	Goalies	Reto Berra Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Andris Ansons Oliver Gouin Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Brian Oliver
	Aaltonen (Friman, Nättinen) – 08:37 1–0 Lehtonen (Hietanen, Manninen) – 10:45 2–0 Anttila (Björninen) – 23:08 3–0 3–1 37:49 – Ambühl (Corvi, Haas) (PP) Pakarinen (Filppula, Pesonen) (ENG) – 55:28 4–1 Hartikainen (ENG) – 56:47 5–1
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	23	Shots	34

Semifinals

18 February 2022 (2022-02-18) 12:10 v

Finland

2–0 (1–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 1,071

Game reference
	Harri Säteri	Goalies	Patrik Rybár	Referees: Tobias Björk Yevgeni Romasko Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Dustin McCrank
	Manninen (Lindbohm, Vatanen) – 15:58 1–0 Pesonen (Hartikainen, Pokka) (ENG) – 59:21 2–0
	0 min	Penalties	6 min
	27	Shots	28

Gold medal game

20 February 2022 (2022-02-20) 12:10 v

Finland

2–1 (0–1, 1–0, 1–0)

ROC

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 1,288

Game reference
	Harri Säteri	Goalies	Ivan Fedotov	Referees: Tobias Björk Andrew Bruggeman Linesmen: William Hancock Dustin McCrank
	0–1 07:17 – Grigorenko (Nesterov, Gusev) (PP) Pokka (Björninen, Ohtamaa) – 23:28 1–1 Björninen (Anttila, Ohtamaa) – 40:31 2–1
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	17

Women's tournament

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

Finland women's national ice hockey team qualified by being ranked 3rd in the 2020 IIHF World Rankings. ^[14]

Team roster

The roster was announced on 20 January 2022. ^[16]

Head coach: Pasi Mustonen

No.	Pos.	Name	Height	Weight	Birthdate	Team
1	G	Eveliina Mäkinen	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	(1995-04-12)12 April 1995 (aged 26)	Brynäs IF
2	D	Sini Karjalainen	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	(1999-01-30)30 January 1999 (aged 23)	Vermont Catamounts
6	D	Jenni Hiirikoski	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	(1987-03-30)30 March 1987 (aged 34)	Luleå HF
7	D	Sanni Rantala	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	(2002-07-08)8 July 2002 (aged 19)	Kiekko-Espoo
8	D	Ella Viitasuo	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)	69 kg (152 lb)	(1996-05-27)27 May 1996 (aged 25)	Kiekko-Espoo
9	D	Nelli Laitinen	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	62 kg (137 lb)	(2002-04-29)29 April 2002 (aged 19)	Kiekko-Espoo
10	F	Elisa Holopainen	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)	58 kg (128 lb)	(2001-12-27)27 December 2001 (aged 20)	Kiekko-Espoo
12	F	Sanni Vanhanen	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	57 kg (126 lb)	(2005-07-01)1 July 2005 (aged 16)	Tappara U16
15	D	Minttu Tuominen	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	73 kg (161 lb)	(1990-06-26)26 June 1990 (aged 31)	Kiekko-Espoo
16	F	Petra Nieminen	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	(1999-05-04)4 May 1999 (aged 22)	Luleå HF
18	G	Meeri Räisänen	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	(1989-12-02)2 December 1989 (aged 32)	JYP U20 Akatemia
23	F	Sanni Hakala	1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)	54 kg (119 lb)	(1997-10-31)31 October 1997 (aged 24)	HV71
24	F	Viivi Vainikka	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)	67 kg (148 lb)	(2001-12-23)23 December 2001 (aged 20)	Luleå HF
27	F	Julia Liikala	1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)	63 kg (139 lb)	(2001-03-20)20 March 2001 (aged 20)	HIFK
28	F	Jenniina Nylund	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)	64 kg (141 lb)	(1999-06-18)18 June 1999 (aged 22)	St. Cloud State Huskies
32	F	Emilia Vesa	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	66 kg (146 lb)	(2001-01-03)3 January 2001 (aged 21)	Kiekko-Espoo
33	F	Michelle Karvinen	1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)	65 kg (143 lb)	(1990-03-27)27 March 1990 (aged 31)	Malmö Redhawks
34	F	Sofianna Sundelin	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)	55 kg (121 lb)	(2003-01-13)13 January 2003 (aged 19)	Team Kuortane
36	G	Anni Keisala	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)	80 kg (180 lb)	(1997-04-05)5 April 1997 (aged 24)	Ilves
40	F	Noora Tulus	1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)	56 kg (123 lb)	(1995-08-15)15 August 1995 (aged 26)	Luleå HF
61	F	Tanja Niskanen	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	72 kg (159 lb)	(1992-09-11)11 September 1992 (aged 29)	KalPa
77	F	Susanna Tapani	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	68 kg (150 lb)	(1993-03-02)2 March 1993 (aged 28)	KRS Vanke Rays
88	D	Ronja Savolainen	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)	75 kg (165 lb)	(1997-11-29)29 November 1997 (aged 24)	Luleå HF

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	4	4	0	0	0	33	5	+28	12	Quarterfinals
2	United States	4	3	0	0	1	20	6	+14	9
3	Finland	4	1	0	0	3	10	19	−9	3 [lower-alpha 1]
4	ROC	4	1	0	0	3	6	18	−12	3 [lower-alpha 1]
5	Switzerland	4	1	0	0	3	6	27	−21	3 [lower-alpha 1]

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Finland 3 Pts, +4 GD; ROC 3 Pts, −2 GD; Switzerland 3 Pts, −2 GD. ROC defeated Switzerland 5–2.

3 February 2022 (2022-02-03) 21:10 v

Finland

2–5 (0–2, 0–2, 2–1)

United States

Wukesong Arena, Beijing Attendance: 335

Game reference
	Anni Keisala	Goalies	Maddie Rooney	Referees: Kelly Cooke Lacey Senuk Linesmen: Alex Clarke Sara Strong
	0–1 10:37 – Kessel (Harmon) 0–2 13:00 – Carpenter (Pannek, Dunne) (PP) 0–3 25:32 – Coyne Schofield (Barnes, Compher) 0–4 26:36 – Coyne Schofield (Harmon, Knight) Tapani (Laitinen, Nieminen) (PP) – 43:15 1–4 1–5 48:01 – Carpenter (Roque, Kessel) Tapani (Karvinen) (PP) – 57:40 2–5
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	12	Shots	52

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5 February 2022 (2022-02-05) 12:10 v

Canada

11–1 (2–1, 5–0, 4–0)

Finland

Wukesong Arena, Beijing Attendance: 670

Game reference
	Ann-Renée Desbiens	Goalies	Meeri Räisänen Anni Keisala	Referees: Chelsea Rapin Anna Wiegand Linesmen: Lisa Linnek Veronica Lovensnö
	Fillier (Spooner, Thompson) – 01:01 1–0 Nurse – 12:45 2–0 2–1 18:27 – Tuominen Fillier (Fast, Spooner) – 23:22 3–1 Nurse (Spooner, Rattray) – 30:01 4–1 Jenner (Larocque, Poulin) – 31:20 5–1 Jenner (Zandee-Hart, Poulin) – 34:27 6–1 Stacey (Maltais, Shelton) – 36:35 7–1 Rattray (Jenner, Bell) – 47:06 8–1 Nurse (Ambrose, Spooner) – 53:07 9–1 Stacey (Shelton, Bell) – 54:10 10–1 Jenner (Clark, Poulin) – 54:45 11–1
	14 min	Penalties	8 min
	48	Shots	29

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7 February 2022 (2022-02-07) 21:10 v

Switzerland

3–2 (1–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Finland

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 742

Game reference
	Andrea Brändli	Goalies	Anni Keisala	Referees: Cianna Lieffers Elizabeth Mantha Linesmen: Kendall Hanley Diana Mokhova
	Christen (Müller, Stalder) (PP2) – 11:52 1–0 1–1 27:49 – Laitinen (Savolainen, Tuominen) (PP) Rüegg (Müller, Leemann) (PP, EA) – 30:00 2–1 Stalder (Müller, Sigrist) – 41:21 3–1 3–2 50:11 – Holopainen (Vainikkaa, Tulus)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	24	Shots	40

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8 February 2022 (2022-02-08) 21:10 v

Finland

5–0 (2–0, 3–0, 0–0)

ROC

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 797

Game reference
	Anni Keisala	Goalies	Maria Sorokina Valeria Merkusheva	Referees: Kelly Cooke Anna Wiegand Linesmen: Alex Clarke Sara Strong
	Rantala (Niskanen) – 09:06 1–0 Karvinen (Nieminen, Tulus) (PP) – 18:18 2–0 Nylund (Vanhanen, Rantala) – 27:09 3–0 Tuominen (Laitinen) (PP) – 30:37 4–0 Tapani (Hiirikoski, Tulus) (PP) – 31:06 5–0
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	30	Shots	19

Quarterfinals

12 February 2022 (2022-02-12) 16:40 v

Finland

7–1 (2–1, 2–0, 3–0)

Japan

Wukesong Arena, Beijing Attendance: 675

Game reference
	Anni Keisala	Goalies	Nana Fujimoto Akane Konishi	Referees: Cianna Lieffers Anna Wiegand Linesmen: Lisa Linnek Veronica Lovensnö
	Nieminen (Tulus, Hiirikoski) (PP) – 02:08 1–0 Vainikka (Laitinen, Holopainen) – 04:32 2–0 2–1 15:01 – Shiga (H. Toko) Karvinen (Nieminen, Tapani) – 25:01 3–1 Nieminen (Karvinen, Laitinen) – 28:29 4–1 Nieminen (Tapani, Hiirikoski) – 40:18 5–1 Tapani (Karvinen, Nieminen) – 48:28 6–1 Hakala (Niskanen, Laitinen) – 52:29 7–1
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	49	Shots	25

Semifinals

14 February 2022 (2022-02-14) 21:10 v

United States

4–1 (0–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Finland

Wukesong Arena, Beijing Attendance: 642

Game reference
	Alex Cavallini	Goalies	Anni Keisala	Referees: Kelly Cooke Cianna Lieffers Linesmen: Anna Hammar Julia Kainberger
	Barnes (Brandt, Knight) (PP) – 23:39 1–0 Knight (Harmon, Coyne Schofield) – 38:53 2–0 Scamurra (Barnes) – 55:20 3–0 3–1 59:34 – Tapani (Karvinen, Hiirikoski) (EA) Roque (Carpenter, Kessel) (ENG) – 59:55 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	42	Shots	26

Bronze medal game

16 February 2022 (2022-02-16) 19:30 v

Finland

4–0 (1–0, 0–0, 3–0)

Switzerland

Wukesong Arena, Beijing Attendance: 724

Game reference
	Anni Keisala	Goalies	Andrea Brändli	Referees: Elizabeth Mantha Lacey Senuk Linesmen: Alex Clarke Sara Strong
	Vainikkaa (Tulus, Holopainen) – 11:38 1–0 Tapani (SH) – 43:24 2–0 Laitinen (Holopainen, Savolainen) (PP) – 54:24 3–0 Karvinen (Nieminen, Hiirikoski) (PP) – 59:03 4–0
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	47	Shots	15

Nordic Combined

Main articles: Nordic combined at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Nordic combined at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Athlete	Event	Ski jumping			Cross-country		Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ilkka Herola	Large hill/10 km	117.5	95.9	25	26:02.1	7	28:58.1	16
	Normal hill/10 km	100.0	115.7	8	24:24.1	=4	25:33.1	6
Eero Hirvonen	Large hill/10 km	123.0	94.6	26	26:16.3	9	29:17.3	20
	Normal hill/10 km	93.0	104.1	19	25:06.3	15	27:02.3	17
Arttu Mäkiaho	Large hill/10 km	121.0	87.9	28	26:21.0	12	29:49.0	24
	Normal hill/10 km	95.5	95.1	27	25:14.3	19	27:46.3	23
Otto Niittykoski	Large hill/10 km	118.0	79.2	37	28:00.3	38	32:02.3	37
Perttu Reponen	Normal hill/10 km	90.0	94.2	28	25:09.7	18	27:44.7	22
Ilkka Herola Arttu Mäkiaho Perttu Reponen Eero Hirvonen	Team large hill/4 x 5km	481.0	385.1	8	51:24.1	3	53:24.1	8

Ski jumping

Main articles: Ski jumping at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Ski jumping at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Athlete	Event	Qualification			First round			Final			Total
		Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Distance	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Antti Aalto	Men's normal hill	98.5	105.0	8 Q	101.5	130.5	10 Q	99.5	125.6	9	256.1	12
	Men's large hill	126.5	123.0	7 Q	131.0	124.3	24 Q	134.0	132.9	13	257.2	17
Julia Kykkänen	Women's normal hill	—			82.5	72.6	25 Q	75.0	67.5	26	140.1	27
Jenny Rautionaho		—			66.5	48.5	32	did not advance			48.5	32

Snowboarding

Main articles: Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics and Snowboarding at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Freestyle

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Kalle Järvilehto	Big air	22.75	85.75	22.00	107.75	18	Did not advance
Rene Rinnekangas		78.75	12.25	60.75	139.50	13	Did not advance
Kalle Järvilehto	Slopestyle	15.06	28.73	—	28.73	28	did not advance
Rene Rinnekangas		67.10	60.10	—	67.10	13	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification					Final
		Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Carola Niemelä	Big air	12.75	58.50	42.25	100.75	20	Did not advance
Enni Rukajärvi		25.75	17.25	63.50	89.25	22	Did not advance
Carola Niemelä	Slopestyle	22.36	38.43	—	38.43	21	did not advance
Enni Rukajärvi		66.75	78.83	—	78.83	3 Q	30.51	71.45	23.43	71.45	7

See also

• Finland at the 2022 Winter Paralympics

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