Ice Hockey - Team Switzerland

OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES
Made their Olympic debut at Torino 2006, where they won their only game in the play-off for seventh against host nation Italy. The Swiss defeated the Italians 11-0, after having only scored three goals in the previous four matches.

Since then, Switzerland have finished no lower than fifth, reaching the medal rounds once at Sochi 2014, when they defeated Sweden 4-3 in the bronze medal game. Trailing 2-0 to start the third period, Sara Benz (SUI) scored within the first 80 seconds before Phoebe Stanz (SUI) equalised five minutes later. After a third Swiss goal to Jessica Lutz, Alina Muller clinched the bronze when she scored with 1:07 remaining.

After finishing pool B undefeated at PyeongChang 2018, Switzerland were eliminated by Olympic Athletes from Russia in the quarterfinals, before eventually defeating Japan in the fifth-place game, as Evelina Raselli (SUI) scored the only goal 3:19 into the match.

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
Switzerland competed at the inaugural world championships in 1990, finishing fifth after one-point wins against Japan (5-4) and Norway (7-6) in the consolation round. After stints in Division I during the early 2000s, Switzerland earned promotion back to the top flight in 2005, when they went through Division I undefeated, including a 3-2 win against Japan in the final game to secure promotion.

Playing in the top division since 2007, the Swiss have played in three bronze medal games, each time against Finland. After losing in 2008, Switzerland won their only world championships medal in 2012, with a 6-2 win (after losing 10-0 to the United States in the semifinal).

After failing to win a match in the preliminary round at the 2021 World Championships in Calgary, and scoring only one goal, the team defeated the Russian Olympic Committee in the quarterfinals, thanks to an overtime goal by Laura Zimmermann (SUI). After being shut out by Canada in the semifinals, they again faced Finland for bronze, losing 3-1.

QUALIFICATION
Switzerland qualified for Beijing 2022 after finishing fifth in qualification seeding, following the cancelled 2020 World Championships in Canada.

World Ranking: 5th (2955 points)

OLYMPIC RECORD
10 wins, 1 overtime win, 1 overtime loss, 10 losses

vs. Canada (0 wins, 3 losses)
vs. Denmark (Olympic debut)
vs. Czech Republic (Olympic debut)
vs. Finland (0 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Japan (2 wins, 0 losses)
vs. People's Republic of China (1 win, 0 losses)
vs. Russian Federation (2 wins, 2 losses) - includes OAR
vs. Sweden (2 wins, 1 loss)
vs. United States (0 wins, 2 losses)

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