<P> In 2010, eight teams participated, including Slovakia for the first time . In the gold medal game, Canada defeated the United States 2--0 to win their third consecutive gold . The Finnish team won the bronze medal over Sweden 3--2 OT, their first since 1998 . </P> <P> At the 2014 Winter Olympics, Canada defeated the United States 3--2, as Marie - Philip Poulin scored at 8: 10 of overtime to win their fourth consecutive gold, rebounding from a two - nothing deficit late in the game . With the win, Canadians Hayley Wickenheiser, Jayna Hefford and Caroline Ouellette became the first athletes to win four ice hockey gold medals . They also joined Soviet biathlete Alexander Tikhonov and German speedskater Claudia Pechstein as the only athletes to win gold medals in four straight Winter Olympics . In the bronze medal game Switzerland beat Sweden 4--3 to win their first women's medal . </P> <P> Team USA beat Canada at the 2018 games in Pyeongchang in a shootout to win their first gold medal in 20 years . </P> <P> Since 1976, 12 teams have participated in the men's tournament, except in 1998 and 2002, when the number was raised to 14 . The number of teams has ranged from 4 (in 1932) to 16 (in 1964). After the NHL allowed its players to compete at the 1998 Winter Olympics, the "Big Six" teams (Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia, Sweden and the United States) were given automatic qualification and byes to the final round . The number of teams was increased to 14 so that a preliminary round - robin tournament consisting of eight teams could be held . The top two teams from the preliminary round (Belarus and Kazakhstan) joined the "Big Six" in the finals . A similar system was used in 2002 . For the following tournament, the number of teams was lowered to 12 so that all teams played fewer games . Qualification for the men's tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics was structured around the 2008 IIHF World Ranking . Twelve spots were made available for teams . The top nine teams in the World Ranking after the 2008 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships received automatic berths . Teams ranked 19th through 30th played in a first qualification round in November 2008 . The top three teams from the round advanced to the second qualification round, joined by teams ranked 10th through 18th . The top three teams from this round advanced to the Olympic tournament . </P>

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