Group stage 2 wins and 2 losses point disadvantage The Chinese women's ice hockey team unfortunately missed the quarterfinals

The women's ice hockey group stage of the Beijing Winter Olympics ended last night, and in the end, the Chinese women's ice hockey team regrettably missed the quarterfinals.

There are 13 naturalized players in the Chinese women's hockey team's roster this year, but except for forwards Rebecca and Miller, the other players are all naturalized by blood, like Lin Qiqi, who played well in the group stage, who was born in Canada in 1996, and her great-grandfather and great-grandmother are both Chinese, and she represented the University of Connecticut in the United States for NCAA for a total of 4 seasons. Goalkeeper Zhou Jiaying, who saved all the penalties against Japan, is also of mixed Chinese and Canadian descent, and before becoming a professional ice hockey player, she was a white-collar worker working for an investment firm on Wall Street in the United States.

Among the ten women's ice hockey teams participating in the Beijing Winter Olympics, China is currently ranked 20th in the world, ranking at the bottom of these teams. If you only look at the rankings, the Chinese team actually has no advantages, and it is not easy to achieve a group stage result of 2 wins and 2 losses. In addition to the veteran captain Yu Baiwei, vice captain Zhang Mengying and Liu Zhixin, the rest of the team members are participating in the Winter Olympics for the first time. However, it is such a team that relies on the spirit of tenacious struggle in the game to bring unexpected surprises to the audience.

Especially against Japan, which ranked 6th in the world, the Chinese girls dragged the game into extra time and defeated their opponents in a penalty shootout, rewriting the historical record of not winning against Japan in the past 13 years. After the game, the 33-year-old captain Yu Baiwei tearfully spilled the interview area, which was even more moving.

Looking at the entire group stage, the Chinese team has fought to the last minute, but after losing to Sweden, the team's promotion is only possible, and the Danish team needs to drag the game into extra time and defeat the opponent, which is actually full of idealistic ideas, because the game into overtime means that the Danish team has been out, and such a double condition has indeed failed to become a reality in the end.

The Trip of the Chinese Women's Ice Hockey Team to the Beijing Winter Olympics was once just one step away from qualifying, and there will naturally be regrets from the result, but it is still worth looking forward to for the future.

Quarter-finals against each other

Canada vs Sweden

United States vs Czech Republic

Finland vs Japan

Russia and Austria vs Switzerland