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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.

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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.

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.

    Standing
    1. Canada, 6 points.
    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

    2008

    The tournament took place in November at Lake Placid USA.

    First Round

    Tuesday November 4, 2008

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

    • Wednesday November 5, 2008

  • Sweden 2–3 Finland

    • Thursday November 6, 2008

  • United States 2–4 Canada

    • Friday November 7, 2008

  • Canada 1–2 Sweden (after overtime period)
  • 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
    • 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.

    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.

    • 2010

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

    First Round

    Tuesday November 9, 2010

  • Finland 3–0 Sweden
  • USA 3–2 Canada (in Shoutout).

    • Wednesday November 10, 2010

  • Canada 8–1 Sweden
  • USA 4–0 Finland.

    • Friday November 12, 2010

  • Canada 15–0 Finland
  • USA 4–0 Sweden. The 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.

    • Rebecca Johnston's goal in extra time period.

    2011

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

    First round
  • Wednesday November 9, 2011
    • Canada 5 - 0 Finland Sweden 0 - 8 United States
  • Thursday November 10, 2011
    • Canada 3 -1 United States · Sweden 1 - 2 Finland
  • Saturday November 12, 2011
    • Sweden 1 - 3 Canada Finland 0 - 10 United States
    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.

    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 by stopping Canada's Hayley Wickenheiser.

    References

    4 Nations Cup Wikipedia
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