4 Nations Cup
Annual international women's ice hockey tournament
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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
| Country |  Gold |
 Silver |
 Bronze |
Medals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Canada |
14 | 9 | 0 | 23 |
 United States |
9 | 12 | 1 | 22 |
 Finland |
0 | 2 | 14 | 16 |
 Sweden |
0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| Total | 23 | 23 | 23 | 69 |
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.[3]
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- Standing
- Canada, 6 points.[4]
- 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[5]
2008
The tournament took place in November at Lake Placid USA.[6]
- First round[7]
Tuesday November 4, 2008
- Canada 6–0 Finland[8]
- United States 5–2 Sweden
Wednesday November 5, 2008
- Sweden 2–3 Finland
Thursday November 6, 2008
- United States 2–4 Canada[9]
Friday November 7, 2008
- Canada 1–2 Sweden (after overtime period)[10]
- 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[11]
- 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.[12]
- 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.[13]
2010
The tournament takes place from November 9 to the 13th in Clarenville, Newfoundland and St. John's, Newfoundland (Canada).[14]
- First round[15]
Tuesday November 9, 2010
- Finland 3–0 Sweden
- USA 3–2 Canada (in Shootout).[16]
Wednesday November 10, 2010
- Canada 8–1 Sweden
- USA 4–0 Finland.[17]
Friday November 12, 2010
- Canada 15–0 Finland
- USA 4–0 Sweden.[18] 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.[19]
Rebecca Johnston's goal in extra time period.[20]
2011
The tournament took place from November 9–14, 2011 to Nyköping in Sweden.[21] The competition sets four powers of the Women's ice hockey, Canada,[22] the United States[23][24] Finland and Sweden.[25] All the matches are played Stora Hallen arena.
- First round
- Wednesday November 9, 2011
- Thursday November 10, 2011
- Saturday November 12, 2011
- 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.[32]
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[33] by stopping Canada's Hayley Wickenheiser.[34]