4 Nations Cup

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 four nations cup creation in 1996 and team USA has won 6 gold medals.

Medal table

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Tournaments
 Canada 14 8 0 22 22
 United States 8 12 1 21 21
 Finland 0 2 13 15 22
 Sweden 0 0 8 8 18

Tournaments

Year 1st, gold medalist(s) Gold 2nd, silver medalist(s) Silver 3rd, bronze medalist(s) Bronze Fourth Host city / cities Host country / countries
1996  Canada  United States  Finland — Canton, Cornwall, Kingston, Ottawa, and Smiths Falls  Canada (1)
 United States (1)
1997  United States  Canada  Finland — Belleville, Burlington, Lake Placid, Ottawa, and Saratoga Springs  Canada (2)
 United States (2)
1998  Canada  United States  Finland — Kuortane  Finland (1)
1999  Canada  United States  Finland — Montreal and Sherbrooke  Canada (3)
2000  Canada  United States  Finland  Sweden Provo  United States (3)
2001  Canada  Finland  Sweden — Hämeenlinna, Mikkeli, Tampere, and Vierumäki  Finland (2)
2002  Canada  United States  Finland  Sweden Kitchener and Mississauga  Canada (4)
2003  United States  Canada  Finland  Sweden Skövde  Sweden (1)
2004  Canada  United States  Sweden  Finland Lake Placid  United States (4)
2005  Canada  United States  Finland  Sweden Hämeenlinna, Salo, and Tampere  Finland (3)
2006  Canada  United States  Sweden  Finland Kitchener  Canada (5)
2007  Canada  United States  Finland  Sweden Leksand  Sweden (2)
2008  United States  Canada  Sweden  Finland Lake Placid  United States (5)
2009  Canada  United States  Sweden  Finland Kerava, Helsinki, Mikkeli, Tikkurila, and Vierumäki  Finland (4)
2010  Canada  United States  Finland  Sweden Clarenville and St. John's  Canada (6)
2011  United States  Canada  Sweden  Finland Nyköping  Sweden (3)
2012  United States  Canada  Sweden  Finland Kerava and Tikkurila  Finland (5)
2013  Canada  Finland  United States  Sweden Lake Placid  United States (6)
2014  Canada  United States  Sweden  Finland Kamloops  Canada (7)
2015  United States  Canada  Finland  Sweden Sundsvall Municipality  Sweden (4)
2016  United States  Canada  Finland  Sweden Järvenpää, Kerava, and Vierumäki  Finland (6)
2017  United States  Canada  Finland  Sweden Tampa  United States (7)
2018 Saskatoon  Canada (8)

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
  1. Canada, 8 points
  2. United States, 4 points
  3. Sweden, 4 points
  4. 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.[1]

Wednesday November 7, 2007
  • Canada 4 – 1 Finland
  • Sweden 0 – 4 USA
Thursday November 8, 2007
  • Canada 6 – 3 United States
  • Sweden 0 – 3 Finland
Saturday November 10, 2007
  • Finland 1 – 2 United States
  • Sweden 3 – 5 Canada
Standing
  1. Canada, 6 points.[2]
  2. United States, 4 points
  3. Finland, 2 points
  4. Sweden, 0 point

Sunday November 11th 2007

Game for the 3rd place
Finland 1 – 0 Sweden
Game for the first place
United States 0 – 2 Canada[3]

2008

The tournament took place in November at Lake Placid USA.[4]

First Round[5]

Tuesday November 4, 2008

  • Canada 6–0 Finland[6]
  • United States 5–2 Sweden

Wednesday November 5, 2008

  • Sweden 2–3 Finland

Thursday November 6, 2008

  • United States 2–4 Canada[7]

Friday November 7, 2008

  • Canada 1–2 Sweden (after overtime period)[8]
  • USA 4–1 Finland
Standing
  1. Canada, 5 points
  2. United States, 4 points
  3. Finland, 2 points
  4. 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[9]
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.[10]

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
  1. United States, 6 points
  2. Canada, 4 points
  3. Sweden, 2 points
  4. 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.[11]

2010

The tournament takes place from November 9 to the 13th in Clarenville, Newfoundland and St. John's, Newfoundland (Canada).[12]

First Round[13]

Tuesday November 9, 2010

  • Finland 3–0 Sweden
  • USA 3–2 Canada (in Shootout).[14]

Wednesday November 10, 2010

  • Canada 8–1 Sweden
  • USA 4–0 Finland.[15]

Friday November 12, 2010

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.[17]

Rebecca Johnston's goal in extra time period.[18]

2011

The tournament took place from November 9–14, 2011 to Nyköping in Sweden.[19] The competition sets four powers of the Women's icehockey, Canada,[20] the United States[21] · ,[22] Finland and Sweden.[23] All the matches are played Stora Hallen arena.

First round
  • Wednesday November 9, 2011
Canada 5 - 0 Finland[24]
Sweden 0 - 8 United States [25]
  • Thursday November 10, 2011
Canada 3 -1 United States[26] · [27]
Sweden 1 - 2 Finland
  • Saturday November 12, 2011
Sweden 1 - 3 Canada [28]
Finland 0 - 10 United States [29]
Standing
  1. Canada, 6 points
  2. United States, 4 points
  3. Finland, 2 points
  4. Sweden, 0
  • Sunday November 13, 2011
Game for 3rd place
Sweden 2 - 1 Finland
Game for the First place
United States 4 - 3 Canada.[30]

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[31] by stopping Canada's Hayley Wickenheiser.[32]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.hockeycanada.ca/.
  2. ↑ (in English) Guide pour les médias, Coupe des 4 nations 2007
  3. ↑ (in French) Équipe Canada gagne la Coupe des 4 nations à Leksand, Suède
  4. ↑ (in French) Matchs internationaux féminins de 2008–09 on http://www.hockeyarchives.info/.
  5. ↑ (in French) Hockey Canada,Coupe des 4 nations 2008
  6. ↑ (in French) Le Canada blanchit la Finlande à la Coupe des 4 nations
  7. ↑ Canada skates to 4-2 win over USA at 4 Nations
  8. ↑ (in French) La Suède réussit une première victoire historique sur le Canada à la Coupe des 4 nations
  9. ↑ (in French) Le Canada rate de justesse en tirs de barrages contre les États-Unis à la Coupe des nations
  10. ↑ 2009 4 Nations Cup
  11. ↑ (in French) L’Équipe nationale féminine du Canada remporte la médaille d'or à la Coupe des quatre nations 2009
  12. ↑ (in French) Ex-rue Frontenac, Tournoi des 4 nations - Cinq québecoises choisies
  13. ↑ (in French) Hockey-Canada, Coupe des 4 nations 2010
  14. ↑ U.S. Women's Select Team Tops Canada, 3-2, in Shootout
  15. ↑ U.S. Women's Select Team Blanks Finland, 4-0, at Four Nations
  16. ↑ U.S. Women's Select Team Downs Sweden, 4-0
  17. ↑ U.S. Women's Select Team Edged by Canada, 3-2, in Overtime
  18. ↑ (in French) Hockey-Canada, le Canada bat les États-Unis 3-2
  19. ↑ (in French) Coupe des quatre nations - À la conquête de l'or Archived 2012-07-17 at Archive.is
  20. ↑ (in French) Annonce de la formation de l'Équipe nationale féminine du Canada à la Coupe des 4 nations 2011
  21. ↑ "Winih, U.S. Team at 2011 Four Nations Cup". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
  22. ↑ 2011 U.S. Women's Four Nations Roster Archived 2011-10-16 at the Wayback Machine.
  23. ↑ (in Northern Sami) Damkronorna till Nyköping Archived 2011-12-19 at the Wayback Machine.
  24. ↑ (in French) Le Canada blanchit la Finlande
  25. ↑ U.S. Women's National Team Blanks Sweden, 8-0, at 2011 Four Nations Cup Archived 2012-11-14 at the Wayback Machine.
  26. ↑ (in French) Les Canadiennes battent les Américaines
  27. ↑ U.S. Women's National Team Falls to Canada, 3-1, at 2011 Four Nations Cup Archived 2012-11-14 at the Wayback Machine.
  28. ↑ (in French) Les Canadiennes battent les Suédoises 3-1 en conclusion du tournoi à la ronde
  29. ↑ U.S. Women's National Team Blanks Finland, 10-0, at 2011 Four Nations Cup Archived 2012-11-14 at the Wayback Machine.
  30. ↑ (in French) Hockey-Canada, Sommaire du match
  31. ↑ "U.S. Women's National Team Captures Championship with 4-3 Shootout Win Against Canada at 2011 Four Nations Cup". Archived from the original on 2012-11-14. Retrieved 2012-01-13.
  32. ↑ (in French) Le Canada s'incline 4-3 en fusillade contre les États-Unis
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