51.   Spain and the Netherlands advanced to the gold medal game with victories Wednesday.

52.   The Americans, who already had clinched a semifinal berth, will play Canada on Friday to decide which advances to the gold medal game.

53.   The Americans, who already had clinched a semifinal berth, will play Japan on Friday to decide which advances to the gold medal game.

54.   The Australia-Japan loser plays the winner of the other semifinal for the other berth in the gold medal game.

55.   The Americans played Canada in the gold medal game Sunday.

56.   The Americans need a victory to qualify for the bronze medal game scheduled Saturday.

57.   The bronze medal game pitted Finland against Sweden.

58.   The gold medal game approximated the same script.

59.   The gold medal game is Wednesday.

60.   The gold medal game took well over four hours.