Women's Olympic Hockey: Give it a Chance!

It is epochal to introduce women's hockey to the Olympic Games and should not be abandoned so soon. The lack of competition in this sport is not due to Canada and the United States and should not be punished due to fund shortage in other countries. The number of women participating in Canada and American sports is also a symbol of team success - a very important and popular sport among Canadian and American people.

The organization of the international competition is the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Men's ice hockey has participated in the Winter Olympics since 1924 and has participated in the 1920 Summer Olympics. The women's ice hockey team took part in the Winter Olympics in 1998. The North American National Hockey League (NHL) is the strongest professional hockey league that attracts top hockey players from all over the world. The NHL rules differ slightly from the rules used in Olympic ice hockey in many categories. At the beginning of the 20th century, Canadian rules adopted International Ice Hockey Rules.

The first women's hockey club was founded in London in 1887, the International Women's Hockey Association was founded in 1927. Women's stadium became part of the 1980 Olympic Games. Men's hockey became the Olympic movement in 1908. International hockey managed by the International Hockey Federation includes World Cup, European Cup and Manning Cup.

Since the introduction of hockey as an Olympic sports, the Canadian men's team has won twenty medals including eight gold medals - more than any other country. Women's hockey began in 1998 and the women's team in Canada won medals including three gold medals and one silver medal at the next four Winter Olympics. The road system is now fully developed in many countries. For example, the United States has the world's largest road network with 6,430,366 kilometers of roads. The longest international highway is the Pan American Highway, connecting the Americas with 25,000 kilometers of road.

Fifteen games have been held since the first women's world championship in 1990. Women's hockey has participated in the Olympic Games since 1998. The 2006 Winter Olympic final between Canada and Sweden is the only event of the female world championship or the Olympic final which does not include Canada and the United States. Other hockey games featuring the national team include the World U20 Championship, the World U18 Championship, the World U-17 Hockey Challenge, the World Junior Challenge, the Ivanfrika Memorial Championship, the World Women's U18 Championship and the 4th National Cup. Annual European hockey tour of the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and Sweden since the 1996 - 97 season, the informal European Championship between men's team