Beijing time on February 7 news, Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics women's ice hockey preliminaries continue, the Chinese women's ice hockey team will face the last opponent of the group stage, Sweden, as long as the victory, can ensure the group qualification, so as to advance to the quarterfinals. If you lose, it also depends on whether the opponent wins or loses.
The Chinese women's ice hockey team has participated in three Winter Olympics, in the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics, women's ice hockey became an official sport for the first time, and the Chinese women's ice hockey dared to be the first, bravely passed the move with European and American teams, and finally won the fourth place, which is also the best result of Chinese women's ice in the Winter Olympic stage so far.
After that, Chinese women's ice also participated in the 2002 and 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, failing to break into the final four. Beijing Winter Olympics, Chinese women's ice returned to the Winter Olympics after 12 years, in the words of captain Yu Baiwei, 12 years of waiting, Chinese women's ice does not forget its original intention, looking forward to letting the team return to the peak at the doorstep.
In order to prepare for the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese women's ice hockey team developed top clubs, including Yu Baiwei, Fang Xin, Zhu Rui and many other national players joined the Shenzhen Kunlun Hongxing Vanke Sunshine Club, participated in the Canadian and Russian women's ice hockey leagues, and won the overall championship in the Canadian women's ice league, which is also the first time that the Chinese women's ice club won the top professional league laurel.
In the Winter Olympic season, the Chinese women's ice hockey team participated in the Russian Women's Ice League in the name of Shenzhen Club, and in the 22 games that have ended, it has achieved 15 wins and 7 losses, Lin Qiqi, Lin Ni, Zhang Xifang, Kang Mulan have performed well in the league, ranking top in the data list of scoring, shooting, assists, etc., and goalkeepers Zhou Jiaying and Chen Tia have also been trained.
Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese women's ice hockey team was divided into Group B, the first game to meet the world's seventh-ranked Czech team, the girls dare to fight, not afraid of strong enemies, although 1-3 loss, but re-saw the fighting spirit of women's ice, the girls' fighting spirit is praised, Miller also scored the first goal of the Chinese team in this tournament.
In the second game against Denmark, the Chinese women's ice team made an unfavorable start and conceded the ball first, but Lin Qiqi helped the team equalize. In the last minute of the game, the Chinese women's ice team continued to threaten, Lin Ni and Lin Qiqi scored consecutive shots, and the Chinese team laughed 3-1 to the end, winning the first victory.
In the last game against their old rival Japan, the Chinese team played very patiently, and Hu Baozhen equalized with Hu Baozhen after conceding one goal first. In the brutal penalty shootout, goalkeeper Zhou Jiaying made 5 saves, Miller scored the winning goal, and the Chinese team defeated Japan 2-1 after a hard battle, winning two consecutive wins.
The last game of the group stage of the Chinese team against Sweden is a strong team, which won the fourth place in the 2010 Vancouver and 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, and has rich experience in international competitions. The Swedish women's ice team was led by veteran Emma Notting, who participated in four Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Sochi, Pyeongchang and Beijing.
Compared with the Swedish team, the Chinese team has been mainly in the first division B group in recent years, has been absent from the top group for many years, affected by the epidemic, Chinese women's ice participates in few international competitions, and the mobile phone exchange with the national team level will be very limited. The Swedish players basically play in the high-level Europa League, and there are more exchanges at the national team level.
In terms of competition experience and experience, Chinese women's ice is in the ascendant, but the good news is that the chinese team members are now in a very good state, and morale is relatively high, especially after the victory over Japan, which boosts the confidence of the whole team. If this momentum is continued, the Chinese team will fight hard against the Swedish team and have the opportunity to break the wrist with the opponent.
In the other three games, Canada team faced the Russian Olympic Committee team, Canada team in Pyeongchang missed consecutive championships, this time in Beijing, they are very strong, consecutive big scores, outstanding performance on the offensive end, this time the Russian Olympic Committee team, will be another test of Canada's offensive end.
Switzerland and Finland meet, the two teams have played each other more in the past two years, Finland once won the bronze medal at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, and the overall strength slightly prevailed. Denmark will play against the Czech Republic, which is superior in both ranking and strength and is expected to continue to win. (Lin Nan)