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Finland to play in Group-A in Beijing 2022 women's ice hockey

Published : 15 Nov 2021, 20:58

Updated : 15 Nov 2021, 21:01

DF News Desk

Team Finland celebrate victory in women bronze medal game of ice hockey at the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games at Kwandong Hockey Centre, Gangneung, South Korea, Feb. 21, 2018. File Photo: Xinhua.

Seeded according to the 2020 IIHF Women's World Ranking, the top-five teams USA, Canada, Finland, ROC and Switzerland will play in Group A of the two-tiered preliminary round, reported Xinhua.

Meanwhile, the Czech Republic, Denmark and Sweden have all qualified for the women's ice hockey tournament at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics after finishing top of their respective groups in the final qualification phase.

Group B will consist of Japan, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Denmark and host China. The Group A teams and the top-three Group B teams will play in the quarter-finals.

The Czech Republic beat Hungary 5-1 for the top spot in their qualification group on home ice in Chomutov, while Sweden edged France 3-2 in front of their home crowd in Lulea. Denmark won the tightest group in Fussen, where after two wins, they needed one more point in their last game against host Germany and did so in a 3-2 shootout loss.

A record number of 22 ice hockey teams, 12 for men and 10 for women, will play at the Winter Olympics.