Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament

2026 Winter Olympics
Tournament details
Host country Italy
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Dates5–19 February
Teams10
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2026 Winter Olympics
Qualification
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Tournament
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Rosters
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The women's tournament in ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics will take place in Milan, Italy between 11 and 22 February 2026.[1] Ten countries qualified for the tournament; six of them did so automatically by virtue of their ranking by the International Ice Hockey Federation, one, Italy, automatically qualified as hosts, while the three others took part in a qualification tournament.

Russia is banned from competing due to the countries' invasion of Ukraine.[2]

Venues

PalaItalia
Capacity: 16,000 		Fiera Milano
Capacity: 6,500
Milan Beijing

Qualified teams

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification
Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Hosts — 1  Italy
2024 IIHF World Ranking[a] 20 August 2021 – 14 April 2024 United States Utica[b] 5  Canada
 United States
 Finland
 Czech Republic
 Switzerland
Final qualification tournaments 6 – 9 February 2025 Japan Tomakomai 2  Japan
 France[c]
Sweden Gävle 1  Sweden
Germany Bremerhaven 1  Germany
Total 10
Notes
  1. a The 2024 IIHF World Ranking comprised the following events: 2021 World Championship, 2022 World Championship, 2022 Winter Olympic Games, 2023 World Championship and 2024 World Championship.
  2. b Utica was the site of the 2024 IIHF Women's World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the direct qualification slots were finalized, however final qualification ranking was not determined until the completion of the Division IA tournament in Klagenfurt on 27 April.
  3. c According to IIHF president Luc Tardif, though not official, it is expected that the IOC will inform the Russian Olympic Committee that they will not be allowed to participate in Milan-Cortina.[3] This means that France replaces them both in the men's and women's tournament, filling the final seed in both.

Format

The ten teams are split into two groups of five teams each, in which they play against each team once. All teams from Group A and the top-three ranked teams from Group B advanc to the quarterfinals. A knockout system will be used after the group stage.

Rosters

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).[4]

Tiebreak criteria

In each group, teams are ranked according to the following criteria:

  1. Number of points (three points for a regulation-time win, two points for an overtime or shootout win, one point for an overtime or shootout defeat, no points for a regulation-time defeat);
  2. In case two teams tied on points, the result of their head-to-head match determines the ranking;
  3. In case three or four teams are tied on points, the following criteria apply (if, after applying a criterion, only two teams remained tied, the result of their head-to-head match determined their ranking):
    1. Points obtained in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
    2. Goal differential in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
    3. Number of goals scored in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
    4. If three teams remained tied, result of head-to-head matches between each of the teams concerned and the remaining team in the group (points, goal difference, goals scored);
    5. Place in 2025 IIHF World Ranking.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals
2  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Finland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Czechia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5   Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 5 February 2025. Source:
Rules for classification: Preliminary round tiebreakers
5 February 2026 (2026-02-05)
16:40
v		United States v CzechiaFiera Milano, Milan
5 February 2026 (2026-02-05)
21:10
v		Finland v CanadaFiera Milano, Milan
6 February 2026 (2026-02-06)
14:40
v		Czechia v  SwitzerlandPalaItalia, Milan
7 February 2026 (2026-02-07)
16:40
v		United States v FinlandFiera Milano, Milan
7 February 2026 (2026-02-07)
21:10
v		Switzerland v CanadaFiera Milano, Milan
8 February 2026 (2026-02-08)
21:10
v		Czechia v FinlandFiera Milano, Milan
9 February 2026 (2026-02-09)
20:10
v		Switzerland v United StatesPalaItalia, Milan
9 February 2026 (2026-02-09)
21:10
v		Canada v CzechiaFiera Milano, Milan
10 February 2026 (2026-02-10)
20:10
v		Canada v United StatesPalaItalia, Milan
10 February 2026 (2026-02-10)
21:10
v		Finland v  SwitzerlandFiera Milano, Milan

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Quarterfinals
2  Sweden 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Japan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Italy (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 5 February 2025. Source:
Rules for classification: Preliminary round tiebreakers
(H) Host
5 February 2026 (2026-02-05)
12:10
v		Sweden v GermanyFiera Milano, Milan
5 February 2026 (2026-02-05)
14:40
v		Italy v FrancePalaItalia, Milan
6 February 2026 (2026-02-06)
12:10
v		France v JapanFiera Milano, Milan
7 February 2026 (2026-02-07)
12:10
v		Germany v JapanFiera Milano, Milan
7 February 2026 (2026-02-07)
14:40
v		Sweden v ItalyPalaItalia, Milan
8 February 2026 (2026-02-08)
16:40
v		France v SwedenFiera Milano, Milan
9 February 2026 (2026-02-09)
12:10
v		Japan v ItalyFiera Milano, Milan
9 February 2026 (2026-02-09)
16:40
v		Germany v FranceFiera Milano, Milan
10 February 2026 (2026-02-10)
12:10
v		Japan v SwedenFiera Milano, Milan
10 February 2026 (2026-02-10)
16:40
v		Italy v GermanyFiera Milano, Milan

Playoff round

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal game
 
          
 
13 February
 
 
 
 
16 February
 
 
 
 
 
13 February
 
 
 
 
 
19 February
 
 
 
 
 
14 February
 
 
 
 
 
16 February
 
 
 
 
 
14 February
 
 Bronze medal game
 
 
 
19 February
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Quarterfinals

13 February 2026 (2026-02-13)
16:40
v		TBDvTBDFiera Milano, Milan
13 February 2026 (2026-02-13)
21:10
v		TBDvTBDFiera Milano, Milan
14 February 2026 (2026-02-14)
16:40
v		TBDvTBDFiera Milano, Milan
14 February 2026 (2026-02-14)
21:10
v		TBDvTBDFiera Milano, Milan

Semifinals

16 February 2026 (2026-02-16)
16:40
v		TBDvTBDPalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan
16 February 2026 (2026-02-16)
21:10
v		TBDvTBDPalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan

Bronze medal game

19 February 2026 (2026-02-19)
14:40
v		TBDvTBDPalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan

Gold medal game

19 February 2026 (2026-02-19)
19:10
v		TBDvTBDPalaItalia Santa Giulia, Milan

Final ranking

The places five to twelve were ranked by their preliminary round group placement and then points and goal difference.

Pos Grp Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Champions
2 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Runners-up
3 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Third place
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Fourth place
5 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eliminated in
quarterfinals
6 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eliminated in
preliminary round
10 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 5 February 2025. Source:

References

  1. ^ "Milano Cortina 2026: Complete ice hockey schedule. Register to see your favourite ice hockey stars at the Games". olympics.com. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
  2. ^ Kaplan, Emily (4 February 2025). "IIHF extends competition ban for Russia, Belarus". ESPN.com. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  3. ^ "The announcement – Russia banned from the 2026 Olympics (in Swedish)". HockeyNews.SE. Retrieved 25 May 2025.
  4. ^ "Olympic schedule: 58 games, 22 teams, two gold medals". iihf.com. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
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