Canada’s National Women’s Ice Hockey team became world champions for the first time since 2012 :: Hockey :: RBC Sport

From 2013 to 2019, the United States team invariably became the winner of the tournament. In 2020, the tournament was canceled due to the pandemic

Team Canada defeated the United States 3: 2 in overtime in the final game of the Women’s Ice Hockey World Championship. The tournament took place in Calgary, Canada.

Among the winners, Brianne Jenner (25th minute), Jamie Lee Rattray (27) and Marie-Philip Poulin (68) scored with abandoned pucks. The losers were entered twice by Alexandra Carpenter (10, 13), playing for the Chinese Women’s Hockey League (WHL) “KRS Vanke Raise” team.

Third place was taken by the Finnish team, who beat the Swiss with a score of 3: 1 in the bronze medal match. The Russian national team took fifth place and retained their place in the elite group. In the match for the fifth row, the Russians dominated the Japanese with a score of 2: 0.

Team Canada won gold at the World Cup for the first time since 2012. After that, the American women won five straight wins. The Canadians won the 11th title and are the leaders in this indicator, the Americans have nine wins at the world championships.

The women’s team world championship has been held for the 20th time, last year’s tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Only once in history have the national teams of Canada and the United States not met in the final. In 2019, American hockey players beat Finland 2-1 in a shootout in the gold medal game.

The next women’s world championship will be in 2024. The women’s world championships do not take place during the Olympic Games. The Beijing Olympics will take place from February 4 to 20, 2022. At the Olympic Games, Canadian hockey players won four gold medals, Americans – two.