2026 Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey

The Japanese women’s team at practice. Source.

It’s the Winter Olympics. Let’s follow the Japan women’s team, who are ranked 8th in the world. They’ll play in Group B against Germany, Sweden, Italy and France.

Group stage:
2026/2/6 France [2 – 3] Japan
2026/2/7 Germany [5 – 2] Japan
2026/2/9 Japan [2 – 3] Italy
2026/2/10 Japan [0 – 4] Sweden

The five Group A and top three Group B teams advance to the quarter-finals.

The Japanese team has seven players from the Daishin roster, six from Peregrine, three from Seibu Princess Rabbits, three from Toyota Cygnus, two who play for Linköping, one for Luleå, and one for Järnbrotts HK.

[Japan finishes fourth in Group B, ninth overall, and misses the quarter-finals.]

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