- 4 Nations Cup
The 4 Nations Cup is an annual women's
ice hockey tournament, held between few 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 in2000 , but the USA did not attend the2001 event due to theSeptember 11, 2001, terrorist attacks ; the 4 Nations title has been constant since 2002. Team Canada has won every tournament except1997 and2003 , where the victory went to Team USA. Finland has won bronze at every tournament it participated in, except 2001, when it won silver, and also 2004 and 2006, when it finished last both times. Sweden won bronze in 2001, 2004, and 2006.The format of the tournament is of a round-robin with one 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.
Medal Table
Tournaments
External links
* [http://www.hockeycanada.ca/2/1/4/3/8/index1.shtml 2006 4 Nations Cup (Hockey Canada)]
* [http://www.whockey.com/int/3nats/ 3/4 Nations Cup at the Women's Hockey Net]
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