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.
History
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.
Medal table
Tournaments
- Key
- (#) Number of tournaments (or 2nd, 3rd, or 4th places) won at the time.
Year by Year
2006
The Tournament takes place in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada from 7 to 11 November 2006.
- First Round
- Sweden 8–3 Finland
- Canada 3–0 USA
- USA 5–2 Finland
- Canada 7–0 Sweden
- USA 7–0 Sweden
- Canada 8-1 Finland
- Standing
- Canada, 8 points
- United States, 4 points
- Sweden, 4 points
- Finland, 0points
- Game for 3rd place
- Sweden 3–2 Finland
- Game for the First place
- Canada 5–2 USA
2007
The tournament takes place November 7 to 11 on the ice rink of Ejendals Arena in Sweden.
- Standing
- Canada, 6 points.
- United States, 4 points
- Finland, 2 points
- Sweden, 0 point
Sunday November 11, 2007
- Game for the 3rd place
- Finland 1 – 0 Sweden
- Game for the first place
- United States 0 – 2 Canada
2008
The tournament took place in November at Lake Placid USA.
- First Round
Tuesday November 4, 2008
- Canada 6–0 Finland
- United States 5–2 Sweden
Wednesday November 5, 2008
- Sweden 2–3 Finland
Thursday November 6, 2008
- United States 2–4 Canada
Friday November 7, 2008
- Canada 1–2 Sweden (after overtime period)
- USA 4–1 Finland
- Standing
- Canada, 5 points
- United States, 4 points
- Finland, 2 points
- Sweden, 2 points
Saturday November 9, 2008
- Game for 3rd place
- Sweden 1–0 Finland
- Game for first place
- USA 3–2 Canada after overtime period
- Game was tied 2-2 after regulation and extra time. Erica McKenzie scored the game-winning goal for the United States team in the shootout.
2009
November 3, 4, 6 and 7 at Vierumäki in Finland.
- First Round
- Tuesday November 3, 2009
- Finland 0 - 4 United States
- Sweden 0 - 4 Canada
- Wednesday November 4, 2009
- Finland 2 - 4 Canada
- United States 3 - 2 Sweden
- Friday November 6, 2009
- Finland 1 - 2 Sweden (extra-time)
- Canada 2 - 3 United States
- Standing
- United States, 6 points
- Canada, 4 points
- Sweden, 2 points
- Finland, 0 point
- Saturday November 7, 2009
- Game for 3rd place
- Finland 1 - 2 Sweden (Extra-time)
- Game for the First place
- Canada 5–2 United Stades.
2010
The tournament takes place from November 9 to the 13th in Clarenville, Newfoundland and St. John's, Newfoundland (Canada).
- First Round
Tuesday November 9, 2010
- Finland 3–0 Sweden
- USA 3–2 Canada (in Shootout).
Wednesday November 10, 2010
- Canada 8–1 Sweden
- USA 4–0 Finland.
Friday November 12, 2010
- Canada 15–0 Finland
- USA 4–0 Sweden. Goaltender Jessie Vetter makes 20 stops to earn the shutout.
- Standing
- 1-USA, 6 points
- 2-Canada, 4 points
- 3-Finland, 2 points
- 4-Sweden, 0 points
- Saturday November 13th 2010
- Game for 3rd place
- Finland 2–1 Sweden
- Game for the First place
- Canada 3–2 USA.
Rebecca Johnston's goal in extra time period.
2011
The tournament took place from November 9–14, 2011 to Nyköping in Sweden. The competition sets four powers of the Women's ice hockey, Canada, the United States Finland and Sweden. All the matches are played Stora Hallen arena.
- First round
- Wednesday November 9, 2011
- Canada 5 - 0 Finland
- Sweden 0 - 8 United States
- Thursday November 10, 2011
- Canada 3 -1 United States
- Sweden 1 - 2 Finland
- Saturday November 12, 2011
- Sweden 1 - 3 Canada
- Finland 0 - 10 United States
- Standing
- Canada, 6 points
- United States, 4 points
- Finland, 2 points
- Sweden, 0
- Sunday November 13, 2011
- Game for 3rd place
- Sweden 2 - 1 Finland
- Game for the First place
- United States 4 - 3 Canada.
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 by stopping Canada's Hayley Wickenheiser.
References
External links
- 2006 4 Nations Cup (Hockey Canada)
- 3/4 Nations Cup at the Women's Hockey Net
