Olympic women's hockey bracket, explained: How group play, standings work for 2022 tournament

Danielle Mohr

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The 2022 Winter Olympics got underway before the official start of the Games. Women's hockey was one of the sports that began competition ahead of the Feb. 4 opening ceremony in Beijing. 

The women's hockey tournament is composed of 10 countries divided into groups of five teams each. Each team is scheduled to compete in four preliminary-round games, with eight teams advancing to the quarterfinals. 

The preliminary round will take place Feb. 3-8, followed by the quarterfinals on Feb. 11-12, the semifinals on Feb. 14, the bronze-medal game on Feb. 16 and the gold-medal game on Feb. 17.

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The Sporting News has you covered with everything you need to know about how the women's hockey standings will work for the 2022 Winter Olympics, plus a full tournament schedule. 

Olympic women's hockey standings

The 10 teams were divided into two groups of five ahead of the tournament. The five highest-ranked teams were placed together in Group A. All teams from Group A and the top three finishers in Group B will advance to the quarterfinals.

Czechia is making its Olympic debut. It has a shot at advancing to the final after reaching the quarterfinals against Finland at the 2021 IIHF Women's World Championship. 

Group A

Team W OTW L OTL PTS
Canada 4 0 0 0 12
USA 3 0 1 0 9
Finland 1 0 3 0 3
ROC 1 0 3 0 3
Switzerland 1 0 3 0 3

Group B

Team W OTW L OTL PTS
Japan 2 1 0 1 9
Czechia 2 0 1 1 7
Sweden 2 0 2 0 6
China-x 1 1 2 0 5
Denmark-x 1 0 3 0 3

(x-eliminated)

Women's Olympic hockey schedule 2022

Wednesday, Feb. 2

Game Time (ET)
Czechia 3, China 1 11:10 p.m.
Canada 12, Switzerland 1 11:10 p.m.

Thursday, Feb. 3

Game Time (ET)
Japan 3, Sweden 1 3:40 a.m.
USA 5, Finland 2 8:10 a.m.
China 3, Denmark 1 11:10 p.m.
ROC 5, Switzerland 2 11:10 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 4

Game Time (ET)
Canada 11, Finland 1 11:10 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 5

Game Time (ET)
Czechia 3, Sweden 1 3:40 a.m.
Japan 6, Denmark 2 3:40 a.m.
USA 5, ROC 0 8:10 a.m.

Sunday, Feb. 6 

Game Time (ET)
China 2, Japan 1 (OT) 3:40 a.m.
USA 8, Switzerland 0 8:10 a.m.
Canada 6, ROC 1 11:10 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 7

Game Time (ET)
Denmark 3, Czechia 2 3:40 a.m.
Sweden 2, China 1 8:10 a.m.
Switzerland 3, Finland 2 8:10 a.m.
Canada 4, USA 2 11:10 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 8

Game Time (ET)
Japan 3, Czechia 2 (SO) 3:40 a.m.
Finland 5, ROC 0 8:10 a.m.
Sweden 3, Denmark 1 8:10 a.m.

Thursday, Feb. 10: Quarterfinal

Game Time (ET)
USA 4, Czechia 1 11:10 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 11: Quarterfinals

Game Time (ET)
Canada 11, Sweden 0 8:10 a.m.
Switzerland 4, ROC 2 11:10 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 12: Quarterfinal

Game Time (ET)
Finland 7, Japan 1 3:40 a.m.

Sunday, Feb. 13: Semifinal

Game Time (ET)
Canada 10, Switzerland 3 11:10 p.m.

Monday, Feb. 14: Semifinal

Game Time (ET)
USA 4, Finland 1 8:10 a.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 16: Medal games

Game Time (ET)
Bronze-medal game: Finland 4, Switzerland 0 6:30 a.m.
Gold-medal game, Canada vs. USA 11:10 p.m.

Danielle Mohr