Ice hockey at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics – Girls' tournament

The girls' ice hockey tournament at the 2020 Winter Youth Olympics was held from 17 to 21 January at the Vaudoise Aréna in Lausanne, Switzerland.[1]

2020 Winter Youth Olympics –
Girls' tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
Dates	17–21 January
Teams	6
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (1st title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Slovakia
Fourth place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	10
Goals scored	44 (4.4 per match)
Attendance	31,800 (3,180 per match)
Scoring leader(s)	Makoto Ito (12 points)
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Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	2	1	1	0	0	10	4	+6	5	Semifinals
2	Slovakia	2	1	0	1	0	4	4	0	4
3	Germany	2	0	0	0	2	3	9	−6	0

Source: Lausanne2020

17 January 2020 17:00

Sweden

3–2 GWS (1–2, 1–0, 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Slovakia

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 1,000

Game reference
	Ebba Svensson Träff	Goalies	Laura Medviďová	Referees: Melissa Boverio Cianna Lieffers Linesmen: Kristýna Hájková Philippa Wheeler
	0–1 01:04 – Kapičáková (Hudáková, Dobiášová) 0–2 03:46 – Belková (Hudáková, Fančovičová) (PP) Kenttälä (Klaar) – 14:28 1–2 Hjälm (Karlsson) (PP) – 20:33 2–2
	Kenttälä Karlsson Hall Hall	Shootout	Dobiášová Janeková Kapičáková Dobiášová
	9 min	Penalties	4.5 min
	33	Shots	20

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18 January 2020 11:00

Germany

2–7 (0–0, 1–4, 1–3)

Sweden

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 1,300

Game reference
	Felicity Luby	Goalies	Tindra Oknefjell	Referees: Elizaveta Kolchina Hollie Neenan Linesmen: Kristýna Hájková Anastasiia Kurashova
	0–1 17:34 – Perjus (Karlsson) 0–2 23:31 – Perjus (Hall) (SH) 0–3 24:45 – Nåtby Voigt – 26:17 1–3 1–4 28:09 – Adelbertsson (Wallin) 1–5 30:11 – Hjälm (Perjus) Voigt (Mayer, Heyer) – 33:06 2–5 2–6 37:19 – Simonsen (Hjälm) 2–7 40:41 – Hall (Hjälm, Perjus)
	9 min	Penalties	4.5 min
	11	Shots	34

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19 January 2020 17:00

Slovakia

2–1 (0–0, 0–1, 2–0)

Germany

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 1,100

Game reference
	Laura Medviďová	Goalies	Chiara Schultes	Referees: Melissa Boverio Cianna Lieffers Linesmen: Jessica Chartrand Kristýna Hájková
	0–1 22:35 – Häckelsmiller (Heyer, Gottfried) Donovalová (Stern) – 35:08 1–1 Kapičáková – 39:18 2–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	21	Shots	14

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	2	2	0	0	0	9	2	+7	6	Semifinals
2	Switzerland (H)	2	0	1	0	1	2	5	−3	2
3	Czech Republic	2	0	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1

Source: Lausanne2020
(H) Host.

17 January 2020 20:00

Czech Republic

0–1 GWS (0–0, 0–0, 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Switzerland

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 5,900

Game reference
	Michaela Hesová	Goalies	Margaux Favre	Referees: Melissa Doyle Elizaveta Kolchina Linesmen: Anastasiia Kurashova Hanna Persson
	Bartáková Gruntová	Shootout	Surdez Marti
	7.5 min	Penalties	6 min
	23	Shots	11

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18 January 2020 17:00

Japan

4–1 (0–1, 2–0, 2–0)

Czech Republic

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 2,500

Game reference
	Yuzuyu Fujii	Goalies	Michaela Hesová	Referees: Melissa Boverio Melissa Doyle Linesmen: Jessica Chartrand Hanna Persson
	0–1 02:56 – Pištěková M. Ito – 20:01 1–1 Shimomukai (M. Ito) – 24:14 2–1 Kamada (M. Ito, Shimomukai) – 42:13 3–1 M. Ito (ENG) – 44:12 4–1
	1.5 min	Penalties	4.5 min
	24	Shots	11

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19 January 2020 11:00

Switzerland

1–5 (0–2, 1–3, 0–0)

Japan

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 6,600

Game reference
	Nadia Häner Margaux Favre	Goalies	Yuzuyu Fujii	Referees: Elizaveta Kolchina Hollie Neenan Linesmen: Hanna Persson Philippa Wheeler
	0–1 08:18 – Tsutsumi (M. Ito) 0–2 10:47 – Shimomukai (Tsutsumi) (PP) 0–3 21:40 – Umemori (Tanabe, K. Ito) 0–4 22:21 – Kamada 0–5 26:52 – M. Ito (Kamada) (PP) Bigler – 29:17 1–5
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	9	Shots	27

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  Team Czech Republic
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  Team Switzerland
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  Team Japan
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  Gamewinning Goal of Team Switzerland in the Shootout versus Team Czech Republic
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  Empty net goal for Team Japan in the match versus Team Czech Republic

Playoff round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	20 January
	Japan	5
					21 January
	Slovakia	0
					Japan	4
	20 January
					Sweden	1
	Sweden	2
	Switzerland	0
					Third place
					21 January
					Slovakia	2
					Switzerland	1

Semifinals

20 January 2020 11:00

Sweden

2–0 (0–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Switzerland

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 4,500

Game reference
	Ebba Svensson Träff	Goalies	Margaux Favre	Referees: Cianna Lieffers Hollie Neenan Linesmen: Anastasiia Kurashova Philippa Wheeler
	Andersson (Hjälm, Hall) (PP) – 20:32 1–0 Andersson (Kenttälä) (EA) – 34:10 2–0
	4.5 min	Penalties	4.5 min
	22	Shots	10

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20 January 2020 17:00

Japan

5–0 (2–0, 1–0, 1–0)

Slovakia

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 800

Game reference
	Yuzuyu Fujii	Goalies	Laura Medviďová	Referees: Melissa Boverio Melissa Doyle Linesmen: Jessica Chartrand Hanna Persson
	Shimomukai (K. Ito) – 02:33 1–0 Riri Noro (Murakami, Tsutsumi) – 03:26 2–0 M. Ito (Kamada, Sato) – 29:12 3–0 Shimomukai (M. Ito) – 38:28 4–0 Shimomukai (Kamada, M. Ito) – 40:06 5–0
	4.5 min	Penalties	6 min
	32	Shots	7

Bronze medal game

21 January 2020 17:00

Slovakia

2–1 (0–0, 2–1, 0–0)

Switzerland

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 1,500

Game reference
	Laura Medviďová	Goalies	Margaux Favre	Referees: Elizaveta Kolchina Hollie Neenan Linesmen: Anastasiia Kurashova Philippa Wheeler
	0–1 18:38 – Harju (Surdez) Hudáková (Dobiášová, Kapičáková) – 25:28 1–1 Janeková (Hudáková) (PP) – 26:51 2–1
	7.5 min	Penalties	6 min
	23	Shots	12

Gold medal game

21 January 2020 20:00

Japan

4–1 (0–1, 1–0, 3–0)

Sweden

Vaudoise aréna Attendance: 6,600

Game reference
	Yuzuyu Fujii	Goalies	Ebba Svensson Träff	Referees: Melissa Doyle Cianna Lieffers Linesmen: Jessica Chartrand Kristýna Hájková
	0–1 14:06 – Hall Shimomukai (M. Ito, Kamada) – 16:40 1–1 Rio Noro (Riri Noro) – 33:27 2–1 M. Ito (Shimomukai) – 36:16 3–1 Shimomukai (M. Ito, Kamada) (ENG) – 43:23 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	7.5 min
	25	Shots	11

Last goal of the tournament, empty net goal by Hina Shimomukai, Japan, against Sweden in the gold medal match

Final ranking

Pos	Grp	Team	Pld	W	SOW	SOL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	B	Japan	4	4	0	0	0	18	3	+15	12
2	A	Sweden	4	2	1	0	1	13	8	+5	8
3	A	Slovakia	4	2	0	1	1	6	10	−4	7
4	B	Switzerland (H)	4	0	1	0	3	3	9	−6	2
5	B	Czech Republic	2	0	0	1	1	1	5	−4	1
6	A	Germany	2	0	0	0	2	3	9	−6	0

Source: Lausanne2020
(H) Host.

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  Team Japan,
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  Team Sweden, and
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  Team Slovakia at the Victory Ceremony

References

1. "Ice Hockey – 6-Team Tournament, Women – Competition Schedule" (PDF). lausanne2020.sport. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2020.