<P> At the 2018 Pyongyang Winter Olympics, ice hockey tournament, there was an average attendance of 4,610 spectators for the men's tournament, and 3,889 spectators for the women's tournament . The top four teams with the highest attendance for the men's tournament were, respectively, Korea, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and the United States of America . For the women's tournament, the most attended games were, respectively, the United States of America, Korea, Finland, and Canada . </P> <P> A total of 496 athletes from 14 nations (including the IOC's designation of Olympic Athletes from Russia) were scheduled to participate (the numbers of athletes are shown in parentheses). The IOC initially admitted 13 men's or women's teams to compete . Later, North Korean athletes were rostered to participate in the women's tournament alongside South Korean athletes in a combined women's Korean team . Men's rosters can be made up of 25 players, while women's rosters can consist of up to 23 . The Czech, German, Norwegian, Slovakian, and Slovenian teams entered only the men's competition, while the Japanese team alone entered only the women's competition . All other teams played in both tournaments . </P> <Ul> <Li> Canada (48) </Li> <Li> Czech Republic (25) </Li> <Li> Finland (48) </Li> <Li> Germany (25) </Li> <Li> Japan (23) </Li> <Li> Korea (35) </Li> <Li> Norway (25) </Li> <Li> Olympic Athletes from Russia (48) </Li> <Li> Slovakia (25) </Li> <Li> Slovenia (25) </Li> <Li> South Korea (25) </Li> <Li> Sweden (48) </Li> <Li> Switzerland (48) </Li> <Li> United States (48) </Li> </Ul> <Li> Canada (48) </Li>

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