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The 4 Nations Cup is an annual women's ice hockey tournament, held between few 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.

[edit] 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, 2001, terrorist attacks; the 4 Nations title has been constant since 2002. Team Canada has won every tournament except 1997, 2003, and 2008 where the victory went to Team USA. Finland has won bronze at every tournament it participated in, except 2001, when it won silver, and also 2004 and 2006, when it finished last both times. Sweden won bronze in 2001, 2004, and 2006.

The format of the tournament is of a round-robin with one 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.

[edit] Medal Table

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Tourneys
Canada	11	3	0	14	14
United States	3	10	0	13	13
Finland	0	1	8	9	14
Sweden	0	0	5	5	10

[edit] Tournaments

Year	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Fourth	Notes
1996	Canada	United States	Finland	N/A	The inaugural competition was held in 1996, with Canada, United States and Finland
1997	United States	Canada	Finland	N/A
1998	Canada	United States	Finland	N/A
1999	Canada	United States	Finland	N/A
2000	Canada	United States	Finland	Sweden	The competition expanded to four countries with the addition of Sweden
2001	Canada	Finland	Sweden	N/A	The United States did not participate due to the Al Qaeda terrorist strike of 11 September 2001
2002	Canada	United States	Finland	Sweden
2003	United States	Canada	Finland	Sweden
2004	Canada	United States	Sweden	Finland
2005	Canada	United States	Finland	Sweden
2006	Canada	United States	Sweden	Finland
2007	Canada	United States	Finland	Sweden
2008	United States	Canada	Sweden	Finland
2009	Canada	United States	Sweden	Finland

[edit] External links

• 2006 4 Nations Cup (Hockey Canada)
• 3/4 Nations Cup at the Women's Hockey Net