4 Nations Cup



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.



Contents
[hide]  *1 History  ==History[edit] == 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.
 * 1.1 Medal table
 * 1.2 Tournaments
 * 2 Year by Year
 * 2.1 2006
 * 2.2 2007
 * 2.3 2008
 * 2.4 2009
 * 2.5 2010
 * 2.6 2011
 * 3 References
 * 4 External links

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 13 gold medals since the four nations cup creation in 1996 and team USA has won 5 gold medals. ===Medal table[edit] === ===Tournaments[edit] === ==Year by Year[edit] == ===2006[edit] === Main article: 2006 4 Nations CupThe 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

===2007[edit] === Main article: 2007 4 Nations CupThe tournament takes place November 7 to 11 on the ice rink of Ejendals Arena in Sweden.[1] Sunday Novembre 11th 2007
 * Canada 5–2 USA
 * Standing
 * 1) Canada, 6 points.[2]
 * 2) United Stades, 4 points
 * 3) Finland, 2 points
 * 4) Sweden, 0 point


 * Game for the 3rd place
 * Finland 1 – 0 Sweden


 * Game for the first place
 * United States 0 – 2 Canada<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[3]

===2008<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === Main article: 2008 4 Nations Cup<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">The tournament took place in November at Lake Placid USA.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[4]

<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Tuesday November 4, 2008
 * First Round<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[5]

<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Wednesday November 5, 2008
 * Canada 6–0 Finland<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[6]
 * United States 5–2 Sweden

<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Thursday November 6, 2008
 * Sweden 2–3 Finland

<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Friday November 7, 2008
 * United States 2–4 Canada<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-7" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[7]

<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Saturday November 9, 2008
 * Canada 1–2 Sweden (after overtime period)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-8" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[8]
 * USA 4–1 Finland
 * Standing
 * 1) Canada, 5 points
 * 2) United States, 4 points
 * 3) Finland, 2 points
 * 4) Sweden, 2 points


 * Game for 3rd place
 * Sweden 1–0 Finland
 * Game for first place
 * USA 2–2 Canada after overtime period<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-9" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[9]
 * It was tied 2-2 at the conclusion of the game and of the continuation in extra time. Erica McKenzie offer the title to the Americans during the shooting's tirs. The United States Team win.

===2009<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === Main article: 2009 4 Nations Cup<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">November 3, 4, 6 and 7 at Vierumäki in Finland.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[10]


 * 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)

===2010<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === Main article: 2010 Four Nations Cup<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">The tournament takes place from November 9 to the 13th in Clarenville, Newfoundland and St. John's, Newfoundland (Canada).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-12" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[12]
 * Game for the First place
 * Canada 5–2 United Stades.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[11]

<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Tuesday November 9, 2010
 * First Round<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-13" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[13]

<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Wednesday November 10, 2010
 * Finland 3–0 Sweden
 * USA 3–2 Canada (in Shoutout).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-14" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[14]

<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Friday November 12, 2010
 * Canada 8–1 Sweden
 * USA 4–0 Finland.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-15" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[15]


 * Canada 15–0 Finland
 * USA 4–0 Sweden.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-16" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[16]  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

<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">Rebecca Johnston's goal in extra time period.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-18" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[18] ===2011<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.25em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[edit] === Main article: 2011 Four Nations Cup<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">The tournament took place from November 9–14, 2011 to Nyköping in Sweden.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-19" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[19]  The competition sets four powers of the Women's icehockey, Canada,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-20" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[20]  the United States<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[21]   ·  ,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[22]  Finland and Sweden.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[23]  All the matches are playedStora Hallen arena.
 * Game for 3rd place
 * Finland 2–1 Sweden
 * Game for the First place
 * Canada 3–2 USA.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-17" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[17]


 * First round
 * Wednesday November 9, 2011
 * Canada 5 - 0 Finland<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[24]
 * Sweden 0 - 8 United States <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-25" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[25]


 * Thursday November 10, 2011
 * Canada 3 -1 United States<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-26" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[26]   ·  <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-27" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[27]
 * Sweden 1 - 2 Finland


 * Saturday November 12, 2011
 * Sweden 1 - 3 Canada <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-28" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[28]
 * Finland 0 - 10 United States <sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-29" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[29]


 * 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.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-30" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[30]

<p style="line-height:19.200000762939453px;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13px;">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<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-31" style="line-height:1em;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;">[31]  by stopping Canada's Hayley Wickenheiser.