2022 IIHF World Championship
The 2022 IIHF World Championship will be hosted by Finland from 13 to 29 May 2022 as the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) announced on 19 May 2017.[1] The host cities of the World Championships are Tampere and Helsinki, of which Tampere's brand-new Nokia Arena will serve as the main venue of the games.[2]
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Tournament details | |
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Host country | ![]() |
Dates | 13–29 May |
Teams | 16 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
← 2021 2023 → |
In the midst of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the venue in Helsinki was moved from Helsinki Halli, previously known as Hartwall Arena, to Helsinki Ice Hall due to the former being owned by Russian oligarchs.[3]
Venues
Tampere | Helsinki | |
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Nokia Arena[2] | Helsinki Ice Hall[3] | |
Capacity: 13,455[4] | Capacity: 8,200 | |
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Participants
Qualified as host
Automatic qualifier after the cancellation of the 2021 IIHF lower division championships
(expelled)2[5]Belarus
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
Germany
Great Britain
Italy
Kazakhstan
Latvia
Norway
1 (expelled)2[5]ROC
Slovakia
Sweden
Switzerland
United States
Qualifier after Russia and Belarus being expelled
1 Pursuant to a December 2020 ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on doping sanctions, Russian athletes and teams were prohibited from competing under the Russian flag or using the Russian national anthem at any Olympic Games or world championships through 16 December 2022, and could only compete as "neutral athlete[s]."[6] For IIHF tournaments, the Russian team was to play under the name "ROC".[7] Instead of the Russian national anthem being played at the 2021 World Championship, Piano Concerto No.1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was to be played.[8]
2 However, on 28 February 2022, the IIHF decided to expel ROC and Belarus from the tournament due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5]
3 Austria and France replaced Russia and Belarus.[9]
Seeding
The seedings in the preliminary round are based on the 2021 IIHF World Ranking, as of the end of the 2021 IIHF World Championship, using the serpentine system.
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Rosters
Each team's roster consists of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 25 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All 16 participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a "Long List" no later than two weeks before the tournament, and a final roster by the Passport Control meeting prior to the start of the tournament.
Preliminary round
The groups were announced on 7 June 2021,[10] with the schedule being revealed on 18 August 2021.[11]
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to 2023 Division I A |
- | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Expelled |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
Notes:
- ROC was expelled on 1 March 2022 due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
13 May 2022 | |||||
France ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Germany ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
14 May 2022 | |||||
Denmark ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Switzerland ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Slovakia ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
15 May 2022 | |||||
Italy ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
France ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Denmark ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
16 May 2022 | |||||
Slovakia ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
France ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
17 May 2022 | |||||
Italy ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Switzerland ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
18 May 2022 | |||||
France ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Switzerland ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
19 May 2022 | |||||
Germany ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Canada ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
20 May 2022 | |||||
Germany ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Kazakhstan ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
21 May 2022 | |||||
Denmark ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Canada ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Italy ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
22 May 2022 | |||||
Kazakhstan ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Switzerland ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
23 May 2022 | |||||
Kazakhstan ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Canada ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
24 May 2022 | |||||
Germany ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Slovakia ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Canada ![]() | v | ![]() |
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Quarterfinals |
2 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
5 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
6 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
7 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Relegation to 2023 Division I A |
- | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Expelled |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host
Notes:
- Belarus was expelled on 1 March 2022 due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.
13 May 2022 | |||||
United States ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Finland ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
14 May 2022 | |||||
Sweden ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Czech Republic ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Latvia ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
15 May 2022 | |||||
Norway ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Austria ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Czech Republic ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
16 May 2022 | |||||
Latvia ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Finland ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
17 May 2022 | |||||
Czech Republic ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Sweden ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
18 May 2022 | |||||
Norway ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Finland ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
19 May 2022 | |||||
Great Britain ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Czech Republic ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
20 May 2022 | |||||
Great Britain ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Latvia ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
21 May 2022 | |||||
United States ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Austria ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Norway ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
22 May 2022 | |||||
Great Britain ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Sweden ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
23 May 2022 | |||||
United States ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Austria ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
24 May 2022 | |||||
Sweden ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
United States ![]() | v | ![]() | |||
Finland ![]() | v | ![]() |
Playoff round
Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
26 May | ||||||||||
28 May | ||||||||||
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29 May | ||||||||||
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28 May | ||||||||||
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Third place | ||||||||||
29 May | ||||||||||
References
- "To Minsk & Riga in 2021!". iihfworlds2017.com. 15 May 2015. Archived from the original on 19 May 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2017.
- "Finnish Tampere Deck Arena is now Nokia Arena". Nokia Oyj. GlobeNewswire. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 20 March 2022.
- "IS:n tiedot: Jääkiekon MM-kotikisojen areena vaihtui sodan takia – tässä on uusi pelipaikka" [IS reports: Ice hockey WC games arena changed due to the war – this is the new venue] (in Finnish). 15 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- "Tampereen uudella Uros-areenalla pelattavien jääkiekon MM-otteluiden lipunosto-oikeudet arvotaan – "Ei mene nopeuskilpailuksi tai jonottamiseksi"". Aamulehti (in Finnish). 19 May 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
- "IIHF Council takes definitive action over Russia, Belarus". IIHF.com. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
- Wamsley, Laurel; Kennedy, Merrit (17 December 2020). "Russia Gets Its Doping Ban Reduced But Will Miss Next 2 Olympics". NPR. Archived from the original on 17 December 2020. Retrieved 8 March 2021.
- "New jersey for Russians". iihf.com. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- "IIHF chief Fasel confirms Tchaikovsky music as Russia's anthem at 2021 World Championship". TASS. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2021.
- "Tournament updates". 18 March 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- "Groups for 2022". iihf.com. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- "Finland opens Worlds vs. Norway". iihf.com. Retrieved 18 August 2021.