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Ice hockey at the 2006 Winter Olympics was held at the Torino Palasport Olimpico and the Torino Esposizioni in Turin, Italy. The men's competition, held from February 15 to February 26, was won by Sweden, and the women's competition, held from February 11 to February 20, was won by Canada.

Contents 1 Men's competition 1.1 Final Rankings 1.2 Group A 1.2.1 Preliminary round summary 1.2.2 Preliminary round 1.3 Group B 1.3.1 Preliminary round summary 1.3.2 Preliminary round 1.4 Finals round 1.4.1 Quarterfinals 1.4.2 Semifinals 1.4.3 Bronze medal game 1.4.4 Gold medal game 1.5 Leading scorers 1.6 Leading goaltenders 1.7 Awards 1.8 Qualification 1.8.1 Qualification tournaments 1.9 Trivia 2 Women's competition 2.1 Final Rankings 2.2 Group A 2.2.1 Preliminary round 2.3 Group B 2.3.1 Preliminary round 2.4 Classification 5-8 2.4.1 Classification 7/8 2.4.2 Classification 5/6 2.5 Finals round 2.5.1 Semifinals 2.5.1.1 Bronze medal game 2.5.1.2 Gold medal game 2.6 Leading scorers 2.7 Goalies 2.8 Awards 2.9 Qualification 2.9.1 Qualification tournaments

Men's competition

The format was changed from the version used in the 1998 and 2002 tournaments. In the new format, the number of teams was reduced from 14 to 12 and the preliminary and final group stages were combined to form two six-team groups with the top four from each group advancing to the quarter-finals.

These changes had the following effects:

• They increased the number of group games played by the so-called "Super Six", who previously automatically qualified for the final group stage, from three to five.
• They ensured that all teams in the tournament were treated more or less equally, and ensured that NHL players could play the entire tournament whether or not they were part of the "Super Six" group of teams.
• They ensured that only four teams from each group would advance to the knock-out stage. This would give the games more meaning.

Final Rankings

Sweden

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Niclas Hävelid
Kenny Jönsson
Niklas Kronwall
Nicklas Lidström-A
Mattias Öhlund
Ronnie Sundin
Daniel Tjärnqvist
Daniel Alfredsson-A
Per Johan Axelsson
Peter Forsberg
Mika Hannula
Tomas Holmström
Jörgen Jönsson
Fredrik Modin
Samuel Påhlsson
Mikael Samuelsson
Daniel Sedin
Henrik Sedin
Mats Sundin-C
Henrik Zetterberg
Stefan Liv
Henrik Lundqvist
Mikael Tellqvist

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze
Finland Aki Berg Lasse Kukkonen Toni Lydman Antti-Jussi Niemi Petteri Nummelin Teppo Numminen Sami Salo Kimmo Timonen Niklas Hagman Jukka Hentunen Olli Jokinen Jussi Jokinen Niko Kapanen Saku Koivu-C Mikko Koivu Antti Laaksonen Jere Lehtinen Ville Nieminen Ville Peltonen Jarkko Ruutu Teemu Selänne-A Niklas Bäckström Antero Niittymäki Fredrik Norrena	Czech Republic Frantisek Kaberle Tomás Kaberle Filip Kuba Pavel Kubina Marek Malík Jaroslav Spacek Marek Zidlický Jan Bulis Petr Cajánek Patrik Eliás Martin Erat Milan Hejduk Ales Hemský Jaromír Jágr-C Ales Kotalík Robert Lang Rostislav Olesz Václav Prospal Martin Rucínský Martin Straka David Výborný Dominik Hasek Milan Hnilicka Dusan Salfický Tomás Vokoun

1.  Sweden
2.  Finland
3.  Czech Republic
4.  Russia
5.  Slovakia
6.  Switzerland
7.  Canada
8.  United States
9.  Kazakhstan
10.  Germany
11.  Italy
12.  Latvia

Group A

Team	Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	GF	GA	Points
Finland	5	5	0	0	19	2	10
Switzerland	5	2	1	2	10	12	6
Canada	5	3	2	0	15	9	6
Czech Republic	5	2	3	0	14	12	4
Germany	5	0	3	2	7	16	2
Italy	5	0	3	2	9	23	2

Preliminary round summary

Team	FIN	SUI	CAN	CZE	GER	ITA
FIN		5-0	2-0	4-2	2-0	6-0
SUI	0-5		2-0	3-2	2-2	3-3
CAN	0-2	0-2		3-2	5-1	7-2
CZE	2-4	2-3	2-3		4-1	4-1
GER	0-2	2-2	1-5	1-4		3-3
ITA	0-6	3-3	2-7	1-4	3-3

Preliminary round

15 February
	Italy	2 - 7	Canada		Palasport Olimpico (1300)
		First period			Ref: Thomas Andersson
			>Jarome Iginla (Todd Bertuzzi, Joe Sakic) pp 5:33
		Second period
	Cirone (Scandella) pp 0:43
			Dany Heatley (Martin St. Louis, Vincent Lecavalier) 1:55
			Shane Doan ( Chris Pronger, Brad Richards) 5:38
			Jarome Iginla (Joe Sakic) pp 6:40
			Martin St. Louis (Dany Heatley, Vincent Lecavalier) 13:53
			Brad Richards (Shane Doan, Todd Bertuzzi) 14:38
	John Parco (Tony Tuzzolino) 18:08
		Third period
			Joe Thornton (Simon Gagné) pp 3:39
		Game stats

15 February
	Switzerland	0 – 5	Finland		Torino Esposizioni (1535)
		First period			Ref: Don Van Massenhoven
			Olli Jokinen (Ville Peltonen) pp 13:07
		Second period
			Teppo Numminen (Teemu Selänne, Jere Lehtinen) pp 3:35
			Olli Jokinen (Ville Peltonen, Jussi Jokinen) pp 8:40
			Teemu Selänne (Saku Koivu) 13:25
			Teemu Selänne (Jere Lehtinen, Olli Jokinen) 19:25
		Third period
		no scoring
		Game stats

15 February
	Germany	1 – 4	Czech Republic		Torino Esposizioni (1705)
		First period			Ref: Dan Marouelli
	Tino Boos (>Alexander Sulzer) pp 19:10
		Second period
			Tomas Kaberle (Pavel Kubina, Tomas Vokoun) pp 1:20
			Tomas Kaberle (Martin Straka, Jaromir Jagr) pp 3:38
		Third period
			Jaromir Jagr 17:47
			David Výborný 19:32
		Game stats

16 February
	Finland	6 – 0	Italy		Palasport Olimpico (1205)
		First period			Ref: Vyacheslav Bulanov
		no scoring
		Second period
	Jere Lehtinen (Teppo Numminen) pp 1:49
	Saku Koivu (Teppo Numminen) pp 3:51
	Jussi Jokinen (Petteri Nummelin, Sami Salo) pp 10:11
	Ville Peltonen (Petteri Nummelin) pp 18:25
		Third period
	Teemu Selänne (Saku Koivu, Sami Salo) pp 12:07
	Teemu Selänne (Jere Lehtinen) 15:08
		Game stats

16 February
	Czech Republic	2 – 3	Switzerland		Torino Esposizioni (1300)
		First period			Ref: Dennis Larue
			Thomas Ziegler (Ivo Ruthemann) 5:11
		Second period
	Jaromir Jagr (Martin Straka, Vaclav Prospal) 2:55
			Thierry Paterlini sh 9:44
		Third period
	Marek Zidlicky (Ales Hemsky, Martin Rucinsky) 1:00
			Mark Streit (Mathias Seger, Martin Pluss) 6:42
		Game stats

16 February
	Canada	5 – 1	Germany		Palasport Olimpico (2005)
		First period			Ref: Christer Lärking
	Wade Redden (Simon Gagné, Joe Thornton) 4:52
	Joe Sakic (Todd Bertuzzi, Rick Nash) pp 7:29
	Simon Gagné (Robyn Regehr, Brad Richards) 10:49
		Second period
			Christoph Schubert, Stefan Ustorf) 9:13
	Dany Heatley (Adam Foote) 15:37
		Third period
	Shane Doan (Ryan Smyth) 19:26
		Game stats

18 February
	Italy	3 – 3	Germany		Palasport Olimpico (1205)
		First period			Ref: Timo Favorin
	John Parco (Tony Iob) 02:03
		Second period
			Tomas Martinec (Tino Boos) 26:21
		Third period
	Tony Iob (John Parco, Giorgio de Bettin) 44:27
			Sven Felski (Daniel Kreutzer) 47:16
	Christian Borgatello (Giorgio de Bettin, Mario Chitarroni) sh 58:28
			Marcel Goc (Daniel Kreutzer, Eduard Lewandowski) pp 58:43
		Game stats

18 February
	Switzerland	2 – 0	Canada		Torino Esposizionio (2005)
		First period			Ref: Vyacheslav Bulanov
	Paul di Pietro (Patric Della Rossa) 18:19
		Second period
	Paul di Pietro (Goran Bezina, Mark Streit) pp 8:47
		Third period
		no scoring
		Game stats

18 February
	Czech Republic	2 – 4	Finland		Palasport Olimpico (2105)
		First period			Ref: Thomas Andersson
	Marek Zidlicky (Robert Lang, Milan Hejduk) pp 8:25
			Olli Jokinen (Saku Koivu, Ville Peltonen) 14:14
		Second period
			Jere Lehtinen (Kimmo Timonen) 35:02
	Marek Zidlicky (Robert Lang, Jaroslav Spacek) pp 38:17
		Third period
			Teemu Selänne (Jere Lehtinen, Saku Koivu) 40:30
			Jere Lehtinen (Saku Koivu, Teemu Selänne) 48:33
		Game stats

19 February
	Germany	2 – 2	Switzerland		Palasport Olimpico (1205)
		First period			Ref: Don Van Massenhoven
		no scoring
		Second period
	Sven Felski (Christian Ehrhoff) 22:20
			Flavien Conne (Patrick Fischer) pp 28:17
			Paul di Pietro (Patric Della Rossa) 38:50
		Third period
	Tino Boos (Eduard Lewandowski, Tomas Martinec) 52:09
		Game stats

19 February
	Czech Republic	4 – 1	Italy		Palasport Olimpico (2005)
		First period			Ref: Vyacheslav Bulanov
	Milan Hejduk (David Výborný, Tomas Kaberle) 12:57
	Vaclav Prospal (Jaromir Jagr, Martin Straka) 14:20
		Second period
	Vaclav Prospal (Martin Straka) sh 28:36
		Third period
			John Parco (Giorgio De Bettin, Tony Iob) 57:53
	Vaclav Prospal (Martin Straka, Tomas Vokoun) 58:40
		Game stats

19 February
	Finland	2 – 0	Canada		Torino Esposizioni (2105)
		First period			Ref: Vladimir Sindler
	Teemu Selänne (Saku Koivu) 11:14
	Niko Kapanen (Kimmo Timonen, Ville Nieminen) 15:02
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
		no scoring

21 February
	Switzerland	3 – 3	Italy		Torino Esposizioni (1230)
		First period			Ref: Dennis Larue
	Romano Lemm (Goran Bezina, Severin Blindenbacher) pp 3:06
	Patrick Fischer (Martin Pluss) 6:33
			Joe Busillo (Bob Nardella) pp 15:41
		Second period
			Carter Trevisani (Jason Cirone, Joe Busillo) pp 00:53
		Third period
			Tony Iob (Giorgio De Bettin) 6:13
	Ivo Ruthemann 16:38
		Game stats

21 February
	Finland	2 – 0	Germany		Torino Esposizioni (1535)
		First period			Ref: Danny Kurmann
	Niko Kapanen (Niklas Hagman, Saku Koivu) pp 2:35
		Second period
	Saku Koivu (Jere Lehtinen, Teemu Selänne), pp 39:39
		Third period
		no scoring
		Game stats

21 February
	Canada	3 – 2	Czech Republic		Palasport Olimpico (1635)
		First period			Ref: Dan Marouelli
	Brad Richards (Jarome Iginla, Chris Pronger) 7:37
	Martin St. Louis (Vincent Lecavalier, Rob Blake) pp 11:19
	Chris Pronger (Joe Thornton) 19:24
		Second period
			Pavel Kubina (Jaromir Jagr, Martin Rucinsky) pp 33:46
		Third period
			Petr Cajanek (Tomas Kaberle, Ales Hemsky) 42:41
		Game stats

Group B

Team	Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	GF	GA	Points
Slovakia	5	5	0	0	18	8	10
Russia	5	4	1	0	23	11	8
Sweden	5	3	2	0	15	12	6
United States	5	1	3	1	13	13	3
Kazakhstan	5	1	4	0	9	18	2
Latvia	5	0	4	1	11	29	1

Preliminary round summary

Team	SVK	RUS	SWE	USA	KAZ	LAT
SVK		5-3	3-0	2-1	2-1	6-3
RUS	3-5		5-0	5-4	1-0	9-2
SWE	0-3	0-5		2-1	7-2	6-1
USA	1-2	4-5	1-2		4-1	3-3
KAZ	1-2	0-1	2-7	1-4		5-2
LAT	3-6	2-9	1-6	3-3	2-5

Preliminary round

15 February
	Kazakhstan	2 – 7	Sweden		Torino Esposizioni (1135)
		First period			Ref: Vladimir Sindler
			Daniel Tjärnqvist (Jörgen Jönsson, Tomas Holmström) 7:45
			Daniel Alfredsson pp 10:46
			Henrik Sedin (Mikael Samuelsson, Daniel Sedin) 16:06
		Second period
	Yevgeny Koreshkov sh 0:17
			Per-Johan Axelsson (Samuel Påhlsson, Mattias Öhlund) 8:47
			Mats Sundin (Christian Bäckman, Fredrik Modin) pp 11:08
			Daniel Sedin (Mattias Öhlund, Henrik Sedin) 15:31
			Daniel Tjärnqvist (Per-Johan Axelsson, Samuel Påhlsson) 16:21
		Third period
	Vladimir Antipin (Dmitri Upper) 8:33
		Game stats

15 February
	Russia	3 – 5	Slovakia		Torino Esposizioni (2005)
		First period			Ref: Paul Devorski
			Pavol Demitra (Marian Hossa, Radoslav Suchy) 9:07
	Pavel Datsyuk (Daniel Markov) 10:00
	Alexei Kovalev (Pavel Datsyuk, Ilya Kovalchuk) 12:38
		Second period
			Lubom Višnovský (Pavol Demitra) pp 5:51
	Alexander Ovechkin (Sergei Gonchar, Fedor Tyutin) pp 10:30
			Peter Bondra (Andrej Meszaros, Zdeno Chara) pp 13:50
		Third period
			Marian Gaborik 16:42
			Marian Gaborik 19:31
		Game stats

15 February
	Latvia	3 – 3	United States		Palasport Olimpico (2105)
		First period			Ref: Timo Favorin
			Brian Gionta (John-michael Liles, Scott Gomez) pp 9:44
			Craig Conroy 10:38
	Aleksandrs Nizivijs (Sandis Ozolinsh) 12:38
		Second period
	Atvars Tribuncovs (Sandis Ozolinsh, Aleksandrs Nizivijs) pp 15:40
	Herberts Vasiljevs (Rodrigo Lavins) 15:44
		Third period
			Jordan Leopold (Bret Hedican, Craig Conroy) 2:10
		Game stats

16 February
	Sweden	0 – 5	Russia		Palasport Olimpico (1605)
		First period			Ref: Don Van Massenhoven
		no scoring
		Second period
			Alexei Kovalev (Andrei Markov) pp 7:13
			Alexander Ovechkin (Alexei Yashin) 8:50
			Maxim Sushinsky (Evgeni Malkin, Sergei Zhukov) 18:58
		Third period
			Viktor Kozlov (Alexander Frolov, Alexander Korolyuk) 10:31
			Maxim Afinogenov (Pavel Datsyuk) 14:40
		Game stats

16 February
	Slovakia	6 – 3	Latvia		Torino Esposizioni (1705)
		First period			Ref: Danny Kurmann
	Richard Zednik (Lubom Višnovský) 5:23
	Ronald Petrovický (Tomas Surovy, Andrej Meszaros) 5:43
			Sandis Ozolinsh (Martins Cipulis, Grigorijs Pantelejevs) 6:27
	Pavol Demitra (Marian Hossa) sh 7:54
	Marian Hossa 13:17
		Second period
			Martins Cipulis (Aigars Cipruss, Grigorijs Pantelejevs) 0:54
			Aleksandrs Nizivijs (Karlis Skrastins) 6:51
	Zdeno Chara (Marian Hossa) 15:44
		Third period
	Marian Hossa (Marian Gaborik) 2:10
		Game stats

16 February
	United States	4 – 1	Kazakhstan		Palasport Olimpico (2105)
		First period			Ref: Thomas Andersson
	Bill Guerin (Chris Drury) 1:34
	Brian Rolston (Doug Weight) pp 8:31
	Brian Gionta (John-Michael Liles, Scott Gomez) pp 16:50
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
			Yegeniy Koreshkov (Aleksey Vassilchenko) pp 11:20
	Mike Modano (Erik Cole) 11:53
		Game stats

18 February
	Kazakhstan	0 – 1	Russia		Torino Esposizioni (1135)
		First period			Ref: Christer Lärking
		no scoring
		Second period
			Alexander Kharitonov (Maxim Sushinsky, Evgeni Malkin) 11:38
		Third period
		no scoring
		Game stats

18 February
	Sweden	6 – 1	Latvia		Torino Esposizioni (1705)
		First period			Ref: Paul Devorski
	Samuel Påhlsson (Peter Forsberg) 14:20
		Second period
	Nicklas Lidström (Henrik Zetterberg) pp 2:22
	Daniel Alfredsson (Kenny Jönsson) pp 4:59
	Per-Johan Axelsson (Peter Forsberg, Samuel Påhlsson) pp 5:17
	Henrik Zetterberg (Tomas Holmström) 7:58
		Third period
	Daniel Alfredsson (Mats Sundin, Peter Forsberg) 4:48
			Maris Ziedins (Aleksandrs Nizivijs, Sandis Ozolinsh) 9:10
		Game stats

18 February
	Slovakia	2 – 1	United States		Torino Esposizioni (2005)
		First period			Ref: Dan Marouelli
		no scoring
		Second period
	Marian Hossa (Pavol Demitra, Marian Gaborik) pp 14:20
			Brian Rolston (Brian Rafalski, Scott Gomez) pp 18:24
		Third period
	Peter Bondra (Miroslav Satan, Richard Kapus) 1:48
		Game stats

19 February
	Russia	9 – 2	Latvia		Torino Esposizioni (1305)
		First period			Ref: Dennis Larue
	Ilya Kovalchuk (Alexei Kovalev, Daniil Markov) 7:26
	Maxim Sushinsky (Alexander Kharitonov, Sergei Gonchar) pp 9:15
			Aigars Cipruss sh 9:55
	Ilya Kovalchuk (Pavel Datsyuk) 12:36
		Second period
	Ilya Kovalchuk (Alexei Kovalev, Datsyuk) 3:32
	Viktor Kozlov (Alexei Yashin) 5:45
	Ilya Kovalchuk (Pavel Datsyuk) 15:16
		Third period
	Alexei Yashin (Viktor Kozlov, Sergei Zhukov) 1:58
	Evgeni Malkin (Maxim Sushinsky, Vitali Vishnevski) 7:32
	Alexander Ovechkin (Viktor Kozlov, Alexei Yashin) 16:27
			Mikelis Redlihs (Armands Berzins) 18:04
		Game stats

19 February
	Slovakia	2 – 1	Kazakhstan		Palasport Olimpico (1605)
		First period			Ref: Danny Kurmann
			Yevgeniy Koreshkov (Alexandr Koreshjov, Andrey Savenkov) 16:16
		Second period
	Peter Bondra (Richard Kapus, Milan Jurcina) 19:50
		Third period
	Marian Hossa (Pavol Demitra, Marian Gaborik) 18:09
		Game stats

19 February
	United States	1 – 2	Sweden		Torino Esposizioni (1705)
		First period			Ref: Dan Marouelli
			Daniel Alfredsson (Kenny Jönsson, Mats Sundin) 7:05
	Mike Modano (Craig Conroy, Chris Chelios) 17:31
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
			Mikael Samuelsson (Daniel Alfredsson, Mats Sundin) 4:22
		Game stats

21 February
	Latvia	2 – 5	Kazakhstan		Torino Esposizioni (1135)
		First period			Ref: Christer Lärking
			Alexandr Koreshov (Yevgeny Koreshkov) 14:20
	Leonids Tambijevs (Aleksandrs Nizivijs) pp 15:13
		Second period
			Nik Antropov (Yevegny Koreshkov) 15:04
		Third period
	Aigars Cipruss (Grigorijs Pantelejevs, Atvars Tribuncovs) 5:04
			Sergei Alexandrov (Fedor Polichshuk, Andrei Trochshinsky) 12:33
			Yevgeny Koreshkov ps 14:53
			Yevgeny Koreshkov (Aleksandr Koreshkov) 18:08
		Game stats

21 February
	Sweden	0 – 3	Slovakia		Torino Esposizioni (2005)
		First period			Ref: Timo Favorin
			Peter Bondra (Miroslav Satan, Jozef Stumpel) 15:51
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
			Marian Hossa (Pavol Demitra, Marian Gaborik) 6:16
			Radoslav Suchy (Pavol Demitra, Marian Hossa) 18:58
		Game stats

21 February
	United States	4 – 5	Russia		Palasport Olimpico (2035)
		First period			Ref: Paul Devorski
			Alexander Korolyuk 9:27
			Evgeni Malkin (Darius Kasparitis) 10:41
	Brian Rolston (Craig Conroy) pp 18:38
		Second period
			Andrei Markov (Pavel Datsyuk, Maxim Sushinsky) 15:00
	Brian Gionta (Scott Gomez, Doug Weight) 15:04
		Third period
	Scott Gomez (Mathieu Schneider, Brian Rolston) pp 5:00
			Alexander Ovechkin (Evgeni Malkin, Darius Kasparitis) 9:55
	Erik Cole (Mike Knuble, Chris Drury) 10:38
			Alexei Kovalev (Pavel Datsyuk, Evgeni Malkin) 11:52
		Game stats

Finals round

Quarter finals

Semi finals

Final

22 February 2006

24 February 2006

26 February 2006

A

4th

Czech Republic

3

B

1st

Slovakia

1

Czech Republic

3

Sweden

7

B

3rd

Sweden

6

A

2nd

Switzerland

2

Sweden

3

Finland

2

A

3rd

Canada

0

B

2nd

Russia

2

Russia

0

Finland

4

B

4th

United States

3

Bronze medal match

Czech Republic

3

A

1st

Finland

4

Russia

0

Quarterfinals

22 February
	Switzerland	2 – 6	Sweden		Torino Esposizioni (1635)
		First period			Ref: Dan Marouelli
			Henrik Sedin (Daniel Sedin, Nicklas Lidström) 3:05
	Mark Streit (Patric Della Rossa, Martin Plüss) 8:37
			Fredrik Modin (Peter Forsberg, Daniel Alfredsson) pp 13:39
		Second period
			Henrik Zetterberg (Tomas Holmström, Kenny Jönsson) 2:07
			Mats Sundin (Nicklas Lidström, Daniel Alfredsson) pp 9:07
			Mats Sundin (Peter Forsberg, Daniel Tjärnqvist) 12:52
		Third period
	Romano Lemm (Ivo Ruthemann) 0:49
			Samuel Påhlsson (Daniel Alfredsson, Per-Johan Axelsson) 8:36
		Game stats

22 February
	Finland	4 – 3	United States		Palasport Olimpico (1735)
		First period			Ref: Paul Devorski
	Ville Peltonen (Jussi Jokinen, Sami Salo) 9:33
	Sami Salo sh 12:01
			Mike Knuble (Mathieu Schneider, Doug Weight) 13:14
		Second period
			Mathieu Schneider (Brian Rafalski, Craig Conroy) 1:29
	Olli Jokinen (Ville Peltonen) pp 5:06
	Olli Jokinen pp 17:10
		Third period
			Brian Gionta (Chris Drury, Erik Cole) pp 15:33
		Game stats

22 February
	Russia	2 – 0	Canada		Torino Esposizioni (2035)
		First period			Ref: Dennis Larue
		no scoring
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
	Alexander Ovechkin (Viktor Kozlov) pp 1:30
	Alexei Kovalev (Andrei Markov) pp 19:37
		Game stats

22 February
	Slovakia	1 – 3	Czech Republic		Palasport Olimpico (2135)
		First period			Ref: Don van Massenhoven
			Martin Rucinsky sh 3:05
		Second period
			Milan Hejduk (Frantisek Kaberle, Martin Rucinsky) 8:41
		Third period
	Marian Gaborik (Marian Hossa) 3:38
			Martin Straka 59:57
		Game stats

Semifinals

24 February
	Sweden	7 – 3	Czech Republic		Torino Esposizioni (1635)
		First period			Ref: Dan Marouelli
	Fredrik Modin (Mats Sundin, Peter Forsberg) 0:34
			Filip Kuba (Martin Straka, Vaclav Prospal) 3:11
	Per Johan Axelsson (Nicklas Lidström, Niklas Kronwall) 16:41
		Second period
	Henrik Sedin (Daniel Sedin) 1:16
	Christian Bäckman (Daniel Alfredsson) 3:54
	Jörgen Jönsson (Kenny Jönsson, Mikael Samuelsson) pp 7:54
			Ales Hemský (Jaromir Jágr, Marek Zidlický) pp 10:40
			Vaclav Prospal (David Výborný) 11:25
	Daniel Alfredsson (Per Johan Axelsson) 19:00
		Third period
	Tomas Holmström (Henrik Zetterberg) 16:05
		Game stats

24 February
	Finland	4 – 0	Russia		Torino Esposizioni (2105)
		First period			Ref: Don Van Massenhoven
	Ville Peltonen (Kimmo Timonen) pp 6:13
		Second period
	Toni Lydman (Saku Koivu) 9:33
	Saku Koivu (Kimmo Timonen, Teemu Selänne) pp 13:51
		Third period
	Olli Jokinen (Ville Peltonen, Niko Kapanen) 9:17
		Game stats

Bronze medal game

25 February
	Russia	0 – 3	Czech Republic		Palasport Olimpico (2035)
		First period			Ref: Thomas Andersson
			Martin Erat (David Výborný, Robert Lang) 4:48
		Second period
			Marek Zidlický (Jaromir Jágr, Robert Lang) pp 6:36
		Third period
			Martin Straka (Martin Erat) 19:52
		Game stats

Gold medal game

26 February
	Sweden	3 – 2	Finland		Palasport Olimpico (1405)
		First period			Ref: Paul Devorski
			Kimmo Timonen (Teemu Selänne) pp 14:45
		Second period
	Henrik Zetterberg (Mikael Samuelsson, Christian Bäckman) pp 4:42
	Niklas Kronwall (Henrik Zetterberg) pp 13:24
			Ville Peltonen (Jussi Jokinen, Olli Jokinen) 15:00
		Third period
	Nicklas Lidström (Mats Sundin, Peter Forsberg) 0:10
		Game stats

Leading scorers

At the end of game 34.

Rk	Player	Games played	Goals	Assists	Pts	PIM	+/-	Shots
1	Teemu Selänne	8	6	5	11	4	+7	28
2	Saku Koivu	8	3	8	11	12	+5	16
3	Daniel Alfredsson	8	5	5	10	4	+2	15
3	Marian Hossa	6	5	5	10	4	+9	19
5	Ville Peltonen	8	4	5	9	6	+4	22
6	Olli Jokinen	8	6	2	8	2	+5	28
7	Jere Lehtinen	8	3	5	8	0	+6	22
7	Mats Sundin	8	3	5	8	4	+1	27
9	Martin Straka	8	2	6	8	6	+4	17
10	Pavel Datsyuk	8	1	7	8	10	+5	13

Hat Trick scorers

• Ilya Kovalchuk
• Vaclav Prospal

Leading goaltenders

Goalkeepers with 40% or more of their team's total minutes.

Rk	Goaltender	Minutes	GA	GAA	SV%	Saves
1	Antero Niittymäki	358:51	8	1.34	.951	156
2	Evgeni Nabokov	359:27	8	1.34	.940	126
3	David Aebischer	200	7	2.10	.940	110
4	Peter Budaj	179:24	6	2.01	.924	73
5	Martin Brodeur	238:40	8	2.01	.923	96

Shut-out posters

• Antero Niittymäki
• Fredrik Norrena
• Martin Gerber
• Tomas Vokoun
• Evgeni Nabokov

Awards

The tournament all-star team was voted on by the international media at the conclusion of the event. The following players were named:

Player	Position	Team
Antero Niittymäki	G	Finland
Nicklas Lidström	D	Sweden
Kimmo Timonen	D	Finland
>Teemu Selänne	F	Finland
Saku Koivu	F	Finland
Alexander Ovechkin	F	Russia

Additionally, Antero Niittymäki was named the most valuable player and the best goaltender of the tournament. Teemu Selänne was named the best forward and Kenny Jönsson was awarded as the best defenceman of the tournament.

Qualification

Twelve places were allotted for the men's ice hockey tournament. The first eight were awarded to the top eight teams in the International Ice Hockey Federation ranking following the 2004 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships. Those teams were:

1.  Canada
2.  Sweden
3.  Slovakia
4.  Czech Republic
5.  Finland
6.  United States
7.  Russia
8.  Germany

The teams that automatically qualified include the same "Super Six" teams that were automatically qualified for the final group stage in the two previous tournaments, plus Slovakia and Germany which (IIHF rankings notwithstanding) are generally regarded by fans as being the seventh and eighth best teams. The ninth place was given to the host nation, Italy. The final three places were allotted through qualification tournaments in which Switzerland, Kazakhstan, and Latvia won places.

Qualification tournaments

Groups D, E and F winners advance to Groups C, B and A respectively. Groups A, B, and C winners qualify for the Olympic tournament.
Group D - Briancon, France (11-14 November 2004)

•  France-x (3-0)
•  Romania (2-1)
•  Estonia (1-2)
•  Bulgaria (0-3)

Group E - Nowy Targ, Poland (11-14 November 2004)

•  Poland-x (3-0)
•  Netherlands (2-1)
•  Lithuania (1-2)
•  Croatia (0-3)

Group F - Stavanger, Norway (11-14 November 2004)

•  Norway-x (2-0-1)
•  Hungary (2-0-1)
•  China (1-2)
•  Serbia and Montenegro (0-3)

Group A - Kloten, Switzerland (10-13 February 2005)

•  Switzerland-x (3-0)
•  Norway (2-1)
•  Denmark (1-2)
•  Japan (0-3)

Group B - Riga, Latvia (10-13 February 2005)

•  Latvia-x (3-0)
•  Belarus (2-1)
•  Slovenia (1-2)
•  Poland (0-3)

Group C - Klagenfurt, Austria (10-13 February 2005)

•  Kazakhstan-x (2-1)
•  Austria (1-1-1)
•  France (1-1-1)
•  Ukraine (1-2)

Trivia

In a celebration of the gold in Stockholm on 27 February, the Swedish team was seen in front of ads for sponsors of the Swedish Ice Hockey Federation, not the ones of the Swedish Olympic Committee. This could have led to Sweden's disqualification, but the Finnish opponents in the final game chose not to report the incident to the IOC.

Women's competition

The loss of the United States to Sweden in Semifinal 1 was one of the most important events in the history of international women's ice hockey. It was the first time that either the US or Canada had lost in an international competition (other than to each other).

Final Rankings

Medals
Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Canada Becky Kellar Colleen Sostorics Charline Labonté Cherie Piper Cheryl Pounder Caroline Ouellette Danielle Goyette Jayna Hefford Jennifer Botterill Hayley Wickenheiser Kim St-Pierre Vicky Sunohara Cassie Campbell Gillian Ferrari Carla MacLeod Meghan Agosta Gillian Apps Gina Kingsbury Sarah Vaillancourt Katie Weatherston	Sweden Cecilia Andersson Gunilla Andersson Jenni Asserholt Ann-Louise Edstrand Joa Elfsberg Emma Eliasson Erika Holst Nanna Jansson Ylva Lindberg Jenny Lindqvist Kristina Lundberg Kim Martin Frida Nevalainen Emilie O'Konor Maria Rooth Danijela Rundqvist Therese Sjölander Katarina Timglas Anna Vikman Pernilla Winberg	United States Pam Dreyer Chanda Gunn Courtney Kennedy Angela Ruggiero Lyndsay Wall Helen Resor Caitlin Cahow Molly Engstrom Jamie Hagerman Krissy Wendell Kim Insalaco Jenny Potter Julie Chu Kelly Stephens Kathleen Kauth Kristin King Katie King Natalie Darwitz Tricia Dunn-Luoma Sarah Parsons

1.  Canada
2.  Sweden
3.  United States
4.  Finland
5.  Germany
6.  Russia
7.  Switzerland
8.  Italy

Group A

Team	Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	GF	GA	Points
Canada	3	3	0	0	36	1	6
Sweden	3	2	1	0	15	9	4
Russia	3	1	2	0	6	16	2
Italy	3	0	3	0	1	28	0

Preliminary round

11 February
	Sweden	3 – 1	Russia		Palasport Olimpico (1535)
		First period			Ref: Stephanie Normand
		no scoring
		Second period
	Nanna Jansson (Ylva Lindberg, Pernilla Winberg) pp 3:26
	Katarina Timglas (Maria Rooth, Emilie O'Konor) pp 5:14
			Svetlana Trefilova 19:21
		Third period
	Maria Rooth (Gunilla Andersson) pp 00:32
		Game stats

11 February
	Canada	16 – 0	Italy		Palasport Olimpico (2035)
		First period			Ref: Danyel Howard
	Caroline Ouellette (Jayna Hefford, Carla MacLeod) 1:36
	Caroline Ouellette (Jayna Hefford, Jennifer Botterill) 1:52
	Hayley Wickenheiser (Cherie Piper) 4:04
	Caroline Ouellette (Jennifer Botterill, Cassie Campbell) pp 6:53
	Cheryl Pounder (Becky Kellar) 11:34
		Second period
	Sarah Vaillancourt (Cherie Piper) 0:25
	Carla MacLeod (Cassie Campbell, Gillian Apps) 2:32
	Hayley Wickenheiser (Cherie Piper>, Gillian Apps) 18:45
	Hayley Wickenheiser (Cherie Piper, Gillian Apps) 19:56
		Third period
	Gillian Apps (Cherie Piper, Hayley Wickenheiser) 1:35
	Jennifer Botterill (Caroline Ouellette, Carla MacLeod) 7:31
	Jayna Hefford (Caroline Ouellette, Jennifer Botterill) pp 8:41
	Cheryl Pounder 9:42
	Danielle Goyette (Cassie Campbell, Vicky Sunohara) 12:19
	Gillian Apps (Cherie Piper, Hayley Wickenheiser) pp 16:15
	Katie Weatherston (Meghan Agosta, Sarah Vaillancourt) 17:37
		Game stats

12 February
	Canada	12 – 0	Russia		Torino Esposizioni (1630)
		First period			Ref: Joy Tottman
	Vicky Sunohara (Caroline Ouellette, Danielle Goyette) 4:53
	Meghan Agosta (Gina Kingsbury, Katie Weatherston) 6:52
	Cherie Piper (Gillian Apps) sh 10:00
	Danielle Goyette (Cassie Campbell) 15:14
	Cherie Piper (Hayley Wickenheiser) 16:18
	Hayley Wickenheiser sh 17:48
	Meghan Agosta (Sarah Vaillancourt) 19:20
		Second period
	Katie Weatherston (Caroline Ouelltte, Sarah Vaillancourt) 7:19
	Meghan Agosta pp 13:27
		Third period
	Cherie Piper (Hayley Wickenheiser) 1:16
	Sarah Vaillancourt (Jayna Hefford, Jennifer Botterill) 7:47
	Carla MacLeod (Hayley Wickenheiser) 12:33
		Game stats

13 February
	Sweden	11 – 0	Italy		>Torino Esposizioni (1505)
		First period			Ref: Katerina Ivicicova
	Therese Sjölander (Pernilla Winberg) pp 7:09
	Therese Sjölander (Ylva Lindberg, Jenni Asserholt) pp 15:45
	Gunilla Andersson (Erika Holst) 18:15
		Second period
	Nanna Jansson (Emma Eliasson) 0:59
	Erika Holst (Maria Rooth) 2:08
	Ann-Louise Edstrand (Therese Sjölander) 11:45
	Maria Rooth (Erika Holst) sh 12:37
	Gunilla Andersson (Frida Nevalainen) 14:16
		Third period
	Therese Sjölander (Frida Nevalainen, Jenni Asserholt) 9:31
	Maria Rooth (Gunilla Andersson) pp 10:55
	Ann-Louise Edstrand (Maria Rooth, Gunilla Andersson) pp 18:08
		Game stats

14 February
	Italy>	1 – 5	Russia		Torino Esposizioni (1305)
		First period			Ref: Bianca Walter
	Sabina Florian (Maria Leitner, Valentina Bettarina) pp 8:20
			Yulia Gladysheva pp 11:17
		Second period
			Svetlana Trefilova (Ekaterina Pashkevich) pp 5:51
		Third period
			Ilya Gavrilova (Alena Kholmich) pp 4:31
			Ilya Gavrilova (Tatiana Sotnikova) 6:53
			Svetlana Trefilova (Zhanna Schchelchkova) pp 13:40
		Game stats

14 February
	Canada	8 – 1	Sweden		Torino Esposizioni (1530)
		First period			Ref: Anu Hirvonen
	Gillian Apps 4:36
	Hayley Wickenheiser (Cheryl Pounder) 12:28
		Second period
	Gillian Apps pp 3:53
	Gillian Apps (Hayley Wickenheiser, Cherie Piper) 10:58
	Danielle Goyette (Cherie Piper, Cassie Campbell) pp 14:02
			Ylva Lindberg (Nanna Jansson, Pernilla Winberg) 16:12
	Katie Weatherston (Gina Kingsbury) 17:25
	Jayna Hefford 18:53
		Third period
	Danielle Goyette (Cherie Piper, Hayley Wickenheiser) 6:02
		Game stats

Group B

Team	Played	Wins	Losses	Ties	GF	GA	Points
United States	3	3	0	0	18	3	6
Finland	3	2	1	0	10	7	4
Germany	3	1	2	0	2	9	2
Switzerland	3	0	3	0	1	12	0

Preliminary round

11 February
	Finland	3 – 0	Germany		Torino Esposizioni (1300)
		First period			Ref: Arina Ustinova
	Mari Pehkonen (Heidi Pelttari, Saara Tuominen) 8:15
	Heidi Pelttari pp 17:20
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
	Marja-Helena Pälvilä sh 3:13
		Game stats

11 February
	United States	6 – 0	Switzerland		Torino Esposizioni (1805)
		First period			Ref: Katerina Ivicicova
	Katie King (Jenny Potter) 2:38
		Second period
	Tricia Dunn-Luoma sh 12:27
		Third period
	Krissy Wendell (Angela Ruggiero, Jenny Potter) 7:53
	Natalie Darwitz (Sarah Parsons) 10:33
	Krissy Wendell (Jenny Potter) 12:40
	Jenny Potter (Angela Ruggiero) pp 18:50
		Game stats

12 February
	Germany	0 – 5	United States		Palasport Olimpico (1805)
		First period			Ref: Anu Hirvonen
			Jenny Potter (Katie King) pp 4:33
			Katie King (Julie Chu, Jenny Potter) pp 17:13
		Second period
			Sarah Parsons (Helen Resor, Kelly Stephens) 1:11
			Natalie Darwitz (Sarah Parsons, Kristin King) 9:57
		Third period
			Sarah Parsons (Angela Ruggiero) 10:54
		Game stats

13 February
	Finland	4 – 0	Switzerland		Palasport Olimpico (1805)
		First period			Ref: Bianca Walter
	Saara Tuominen (Pelttari) pp 14:10
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
	Karoliina Rantamäki 5:21
	Mari Saarinen (Satu Hoikkala, Nora Tallus) 11:58
	Mari Pehkonen (Karoliina Rantamäki) 12:50
		Game stats

14 February
	Switzerland	1 – 2	Germany		Torino Esposizioni (1805)
		First period			Ref: Danyel Howard
		no scoring
		Second period
			Michaela Lanzl (Maritta Becker) 3:16
	Tina Schumacher (Julia Marty) pp 9:00
			Christina Oswald (Michaela Lanzl, Nina Ritter) pp 9:36
		Third period
		no scoring
		Game stats

14 February
	United States	7 – 3	Finland		Torino Esposizioni (1805)
		First period			Ref: Stephanie Normand
			Mari Pehkonen (Karoliina Rantamäki) 0:13
	Sarah Parsons (Krissy Wendell, Jenny Potter) pp 8:08
			Laaksonen (Saara Tuominen) pp 11:26
		Second period
			Kati Kovalainen (Mari Saarinen) pp 12:10
	Sarah Parsons (Chu) 18:54
		Third period
	Katie King 1:28
	Angela Ruggiero 10:16
	Natalie Darwitz (Lyndsay Wall) pp 11:10
	Krissy Wendell (Sarah Parsons, Angela Ruggiero) 12:18
	Angela Ruggiero (Natalie Darwitz, Kelly Stephens) 15:36
		Game stats

Classification 5-8

17 February
	Russia	6 – 2	Switzerland		Torino Esposizioni (1305)
		First period			Ref: Katerina Ivicicova
	Svetlana Trefilova 2:03
			Rachel Rochat 10:52
		Second period
	Tatiana Burina (Larisa Mishina, Maria Barykina) 5:14
	Larisa Mishina (Ekaterina Smolentseva) 6:19
	Larisa Mishina (Elena Byalkovskaya) pp 10:00
			Kathrin Lehmann (Sandra Cattaneo, Nicole Bullo) 11:55
	Larisa Mishina (Ekaterina Smolentseva) 19:18
		Third period
	Alexandra Kapustina (Zhanna Shchelchkova) pp 12:17
		Game stats

17 February
	Germany	5 – 2	Italy		Torino Esposizioni (1835)
		First period			Ref: Arina Ustinova
	Maritta Becker (Michaela Lanzl) 0:27
	Sara Seiler (Jenny Tamas) pp 5:32
			Maria Michaela Leitner 6:18
			Maria Michaela Leitner (Waltraud Kaser, Evelyn Bazzanella)6:59
	Nikola Holmes (Denise Soesilo) 7:47
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
	Maritta Becker (Nina Ritter) 2:50
	Nina Ritter (Maritta Becker, Michaela Lanzl) 15:35
		Game stats

Classification 7/8

20 February
	Switzerland	11 – 0	Italy		Torino Esposizioni (1305)
		First period			Ref: Stephanie Normand
	Daniela Diaz (Rachel Rochat) 4:33
	Daniela Diaz (Prisca Mosimann) pp 9:54
	Julia Marty (Daniela Diaz, Jeanette Marty) pp 16:06
	Kathrin Lehmann (Stefanie Marty) 16:41
		Second period
	Laura Ruhnke (Rachel Rochat) 2:36
	Julia Marty (Laura Ruhnke) 6:51
	Christine Meier (Ruth Kunzle) 11:09
	Kathrin Lehmann (Prisca Mosimann) 12:48
	Laura Ruhnke (Rachel Rochat) 13:16
	Stefanie Marty (Kathrin Lehmann) 15:37
		Third period
	Stefanie Marty (Kathrin Lehmann) 16:08
		Game stats

Classification 5/6

17 February
	Germany	1 – 0	Russia		Torino Esposizioni (1705)
		First period			Ref: Danyel Howard
		no scoring
		Second period
		no scoring
		Third period
		no scoring
		Overtime
		no scoring
		Game Winning Shots
	Maritta Becker gwg
		Game stats

Finals round

					Semi finals				Final
					17 February 2006				20 February 2006
	A		2nd		Sweden	3
	B		1st		United States	2
									Sweden	1
									Canada	4
	B		2nd		Finland	0
	A		1st		Canada	6
									Bronze medal match
									United States	4
									Finland	0

Semifinals

17 February
	United States	2 – 3	Sweden		Palasport Olimpico (1705)
		First period			Ref: Joy Tottman
	Kristin King (Jenny Potter, Julie Chu) pp 11:55
		Second period
	Kelly Stephens (Lyndsay Wall, Natalie Darwitz) pp 1:04
			Maria Rooth (Emilie O'Konor) 6:17
			>Maria Rooth (Erika Holst) sh 9:40
		Third period
		no scoring
		Overtime
		no scoring
		Game Winning Shots
			Pernilla Winberg gwg
		Game stats

17 February
	Canada	6 – 0	Finland		Palasport Olimpico (2105)
		First period			Ref: Danyel Howard
	Katie Weatherston (Colleen Sostorics) pp 17:33
	Gillian Apps (Gina Kingsbury, Danielle Goyette) pp 19:15
		Second period
	Hayley Wickenheiser (Gillian Apps) pp 14:59
	Caroline Ouellette (Vicky Sunohara) pp 16:26
		Third period
	Cherie Piper (Hayley Wickenheiser, Gillian Apps) 7:49
	Cherie Piper (Hayley Wickenheiser, Gillian Apps) pp 14:47
		Game stats

Bronze medal game

20 February
	Finland	0 – 4	United States		Palasport Olimpico (1635)
		First period			Ref: Joy Tottman
			Kelly Stephens (Julie Chu, Natalie Darwitz) pp 2:32
			Katie King (Helen Resor) 8:09
			Katie King (Jenny Potter) 11:05
		Second period
			Katie King (Julie Chu, Kristin King) 1:44
		Third period
		no scoring
		Game stats

Gold medal game

20 February
	Canada	4 – 1	Sweden		Palasport Olimpico (2035)
		First period			Ref: Anu Hirvonen
	Gillian Apps (Hayley Wickenheiser) 3:15
	Caroline Ouellette (Jayna Hefford, Jennifer Botterill) 12:13
		Second period
	Cherie Piper (Hayley Wickenheiser, Cheryl Pounder) 8:58
	Jayna Hefford (Jennifer Botterill, Sarah Vaillancourt) 10:27
		Third period
			Gunilla Andersson (Erika Holst, Maria Rooth) pp 5:24
		Game stats

Leading scorers

Rk	Player	Games played	Goals	Assists	Pts	PIM	+/-	Shots
1	Hayley Wickenheiser	5	5	12	17	6	+15	21
2	Cherie Piper	5	7	8	15	0	+15	14
3	Gillian Apps	5	7	7	14	14	+13	20
4	Caroline Ouellette	5	5	4	9	4	+12	17
	Maria Rooth	5	5	4	9	2	+1	22
6	Jenny Potter	5	2	7	9	4	+10	19
7	Katie King	5	6	2	8	2	+6	20
8	Sarah Parsons	5	4	3	7	0	+9	23
9	Jayna Hefford	5	3	4	7	0	+8	15
10	Jennifer Botterill	5	1	6	7	4	+6	10

Hat Trick scorers

• Hayley Wickenheiser, Caroline Ouellette
• Therese Sjölander, Maria Rooth
• Katie King

Goalies

Goalies with 40% or more of their team's total minutes

Rk	Goalie	Minutes	GA	GAA	SV%	Saves
1	Charline Labonté	180	1	0.33	.976	41
2	Jennifer Harss	190	6	1.89	.942	97
3	Florence Schelling	150	6	2.40	.933	84
4	Kim Martin	190	7	2.21	.927	89
5	Kim St-Pierre	120	1	0.50	.923	12
6	Chandra Gunn	249:58	6	1.44	.893	50
7	Patricia Elsmore-Sautter	149:40	12	4.81	.883	91
8	Irina Gashennikova	266:25	12	2.70	.876	85
9	Maija Hassinen	195:17	11	3.38	.875	77
10	Debora Montanari	220	31	8.45	.821	142

Goalies with less than 40% of their team's total minutes

Rk	Goaltender	Minutes	GA	GAA	SV%	Saves
1	Pam Dreyer	60	0	0.00	1.000	10
2	Stephanie Wartosch-Kürten	120	5	2.50	.875	35
3	Noora Räty	104:43	6	3.44	.867	39
4	Cecilia Andersson	120	8	4.00	.843	43
5	Luana Fraselli	80	17	12.75	.750	51
6	Nadezhda Aleksandrova	43:35	7	9.64	.741	20

Shut-out posters

• Noora Raty (Finland)
• Kim Martin (Sweden)
• Kim St. Pierre (Canada)
• Charline Labonte (Canada)
• Chanda Gunn (USA)
• Pam Dreyer (USA)
• Jennifer Harss (Germany)

Awards

Tournament

• Goalkeeper:
  • Kim Martin,  Sweden
• Defensemen:
  • Angela Ruggiero,  United States
  • Carla MacLeod,  Canada
• Forwards:
  • Gillian Apps,  Canada
  • Hayley Wickenheiser,  Canada
  • Maria Rooth,  Sweden
• Most Valuable Player:
  • Hayley Wickenheiser,  Canada

Qualification

The top four teams from the International Ice Hockey Federation world rankings following the 2004 Women's World Ice Hockey Championships qualified automatically. These teams were Canada, the United States, Finland, and Sweden. Italy also gained a place as the host nation. Russia, Germany, and Switzerland qualified for the last three places through qualification tournaments.

Qualification tournaments

Group A - Podolosk, Russia (11-14 November 2004)

1.  Russia-x (2-0)
2.  Japan (1-1)
3.  Czech Republic (0-2)

Group B - Bad Tölz, Germany (11-14 November 2004)

1.  Germany-x (3-0)
2.  Kazakhstan (2-1)
3.  Latvia (1-2)
4.  Slovenia (0-3)

Group C - Beijing, People's Republic of China (11-14 November 2004)

1.  Switzerland-x (3-0)
2.  China (2-1)
3.  France (1-2)
4.  Norway (0-3)

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