2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships

The 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2022 WJHC) is the 46th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It began on December 26, 2021, and was scheduled to end with the gold medal game on January 5, 2022.

2022 IIHF World U20 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Canada
DatesDecember 26–29, 2021; August 9–20, 2022 (suspended December 29, 2021; to start clean August 9)
Teams10
Venue(s)Rogers Place (both) and Peavey Mart Centrium (first attempt) (in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played9
Goals scored60 (6.67 per match)
Attendance22,254 (2,473 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Cole Perfetti
(6 points)
← 2021
2023 →

On December 29, 2021, after several games were cancelled and declared forfeits due to COVID-19 positives within teams, the IIHF announced that the tournament had been cancelled, although IIHF president Luc Tardif did not rule out the possibility that the tournament could be resumed later in 2022.

On February 17, 2022, the IIHF president Luc Tardif announced the original 2022 tournament was cancelled with all statistics and records erased. On March 19, 2022, the IIHF announced the rescheduled tournament will start on August 9, 2022, and end on August 20, 2022. It will be played exclusively at Rogers Place. Overage players will be grandfathered.[1] [2]

Background

On March 14, 2019, it was announced that Gothenburg would be the host city.[3] It was to be the first time that Gothenburg has hosted the tournament (having previously hosted the Senior Ice Hockey World Championships twice in 1981 and 2002), and the seventh time that Sweden had hosted the tournament.

On September 17, 2020, the IIHF announced that the 2022 tournament would instead be hosted by Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta as compensation for the 2021 tournament (which was originally to be hosted by both cities) being held behind closed doors exclusively in Edmonton due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It became the 15th time that Canada has hosted the tournament, the fourth time Edmonton has hosted the tournament, and the second time games have been hosted in Red Deer, following the 1995 edition. Gothenburg was re-assigned the 2024 tournament.[4][5]

On December 18, 2021, citing the "changing epidemiological situation" involving COVID-19 and Omicron variant, and consultation with the IIHF and Alberta Health Services, Hockey Canada announced that the pre-tournament schedule (which was to feature each team playing at least two exhibition games) would be reduced, and be delayed to December 23.[6] Organizers stated that their goal was to hold a "safe and successful event," and that 90% of tickets had been sold.[7]

There were no stated plans to reduce spectator capacity,[7] although all spectators were required to present proof of full vaccination in order to attend.[8] However, on December 21, the Alberta provincial government ordered all large arenas to restrict their capacity to 50% effective December 24, with food and drink consumption prohibited when seated and during intermissions.[9][10] Teams were required to quarantine if any member tested positive for COVID-19, resulting in three games being forfeited by December 29.[11][12][13]

On December 29, citing the health and safety of participants, and that the competitive integrity of the tournament had been compromised by the aforementioned forfeits, the IIHF announced that the remainder of the tournament had been abandoned.[11][14] However, IIHF president Luc Tardif stated during a press conference that a committee would meet in January to discuss the feasibility of resuming the tournament at a later date, and that "we want to take the next month to think about it and maybe come with a good surprise."[15][16]

Following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Russian team was told that they would not be allowed to participate in the rescheduled tournament as part of a growing list of sports related sanctions against the Russia and Belarus for their involvement in the invasion during the Olympic Truce, which would leave the re-scheduled tournament with nine teams. Latvia, the Division IA runner-up, was later announced as a replacement.[17]

Top division (first run, December 2021)

Venues
Edmonton
Red Deer
Rogers Place
Capacity: 18,347		 Peavey Mart Centrium
Capacity: 7,111

Officials

The following officials were assigned by the International Ice Hockey Federation to officiate the 2022 World Junior Championships.[18]

Seedings

Rosters
Main article: 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships rosters

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC-7).

Group A
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Finland 3 3 0 0 0 11 2 +9 9 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  Canada (H) 2 2 0 0 0 17 5 +12 6
3  Germany 2 0 1 0 1 3 4 −1 2
4  Czechia 3 0 0 1 2 4 9 −5 1
5  Austria 2 0 0 0 2 3 18 −15 0
Updated to match(es) played on December 28, 2021. Source: IIHF
(H) Host
December 26, 2021
12:00		Finland 3–1
(1–0, 1–1, 1–0)		 GermanyRogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 1,793
December 26, 2021
17:00		Czechia 3–6
(3–3, 0–2, 0–1)		 CanadaRogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 4,526
December 27, 2021
12:00		Austria 1–7
(0–2, 1–2, 0–3)		 FinlandRogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 1,901
December 27, 2021
17:00		Germany 2–1 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 0–0)
(OT: 1–0)		 CzechiaRogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 2,582
December 28, 2021
17:00		Austria 2–11
(0–5, 1–1, 1–5)		 CanadaRogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 3,862
December 29, 2021
12:00		Finland 1–0 CzechiaRogers Place, Edmonton
Attendance: 0
Win awarded via forfeit due to COVID-19 positives within the Czechia team.[19]
December 29, 2021
17:00		Canada Cancelled GermanyRogers Place, Edmonton
December 30, 2021
14:30		Czechia Cancelled AustriaRogers Place, Edmonton
December 31, 2021
12:00		Germany Cancelled AustriaRogers Place, Edmonton
December 31, 2021
17:00		Canada Cancelled FinlandRogers Place, Edmonton

Group B
Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 2 2 0 0 0 9 3 +6 6 Advance to Quarterfinals
2  United States 2 1 0 0 1 3 3 0 3
3  Russia 3 1 0 0 2 7 9 −2 3
4   Switzerland 2 1 0 0 1 3 4 −1 3
5  Slovakia 3 1 0 0 2 3 6 −3 3
Updated to match(es) played on December 28, 2021. Source: IIHF
December 26, 2021
14:30		Russia 3–6
(0–1, 1–2, 2–3)		 SwedenPeavey Mart Centrium, Red Deer
Attendance: 2,337
December 26, 2021
19:30		United States 3–2
(2–0, 1–0, 0–2)		 SlovakiaPeavey Mart Centrium, Red Deer
Attendance: 1,613
December 27, 2021
14:30		Russia 4–2
(3–1, 0–0, 1–1)		  SwitzerlandPeavey Mart Centrium, Red Deer
Attendance: 1,934
December 27, 2021
19:30		Sweden 3–0
(1–0, 1–0, 1–0)		 SlovakiaPeavey Mart Centrium, Red Deer
Attendance: 1,706
December 28, 2021
14:30		Switzerland  1–0 United StatesPeavey Mart Centrium, Red Deer
Attendance: 0
Win awarded via forfeit due to COVID-19 positives within the U.S. team.[20]
December 29, 2021
14:30		Slovakia 1–0 RussiaPeavey Mart Centrium, Red Deer
Attendance: 0
Win awarded via forfeit due to COVID-19 positives within the Russia team.
December 29, 2021
19:30		Sweden Cancelled United StatesPeavey Mart Centrium, Red Deer
December 30, 2021
17:00		Slovakia Cancelled  SwitzerlandPeavey Mart Centrium, Red Deer
December 31, 2021
14:30		Switzerland  Cancelled SwedenPeavey Mart Centrium, Red Deer
December 31, 2021
19:30		United States Cancelled RussiaPeavey Mart Centrium, Red Deer

Scoring leaders
Pos Player Country GP G A Pts +/– PIM
1Cole Perfetti Canada2156+40
2Connor Bedard Canada2415+40
3Mason McTavish Canada2325+30
3Owen Power Canada2325+10
5Brad Lambert Finland2145+60
6Samuel Helenius Finland2314+62
7Ville Koivunen Finland2224+60
8Matvei Michkov Russia230300
9Alexander Blank Germany2213+20
10Mavrik Bourque Canada2123+20
10Simon Edvinsson Sweden2123+14
10Joel Määttä Finland2123+34

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalties In Minutes
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

(minimum 40% team's total ice time)

Pos Player Country TOI GA Sv% GAA SO
1Florian Bugl Germany61:20197.500.980
2Jesper Wallstedt Sweden120:00396.151.501
3Leevi Meriläinen Finland60:00195.831.000
4Jan Bednář Czechia61:20293.751.960
5Šimon Latkóczy Slovakia117:10592.652.560

TOI = Time On Ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals Against; GAA = Goals Against Average; Sv% = Save Percentage; SO = Shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Top division (second run, August 2022)

Teams

Division I
Main article: 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division I

Group A

The tournament was held in Hørsholm, Denmark, from 12 to 18 December 2021.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Belarus 5 5 0 0 0 26 8 +18 15 Promoted to Top Division
2  Latvia 5 4 0 0 1 19 10 +9 12
3  Norway 5 3 0 0 2 20 13 +7 9
4  Kazakhstan 5 2 0 0 3 12 14 −2 6
5  Denmark (H) 5 1 0 0 4 13 24 −11 3
6  Hungary 5 0 0 0 5 5 26 −21 0 Relegation to Division I B
Source: IIHF
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

Group B

The tournament was held in Tallinn, Estonia, from 12 to 18 December 2021.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  France 5 4 0 1 0 23 15 +8 13 Promoted to Division I A
2  Slovenia 5 4 0 0 1 28 13 +15 12
3  Japan 5 3 0 0 2 22 17 +5 9
4  Ukraine 5 2 1 0 2 23 20 +3 8
5  Estonia (H) 5 0 1 0 4 9 25 −16 2
6  Poland 5 0 0 1 4 9 24 −15 1 Relegation to Division II A
Source: IIHF
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

Division II
Main article: 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships – Division II

Group A

The tournament was held in Brașov, Romania, from 13 to 19 December 2021.

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 5 5 0 0 0 22 4 +18 15 Promoted to Division I B
2  South Korea 5 2 2 0 1 17 13 +4 10
3  Great Britain 5 2 0 1 2 21 17 +4 7[lower-alpha 1]
4  Spain 5 2 0 1 2 7 12 −5 7[lower-alpha 1]
5  Lithuania 5 1 0 0 4 12 22 −10 3[lower-alpha 2]
6  Romania (H) 5 1 0 0 4 8 19 −11 3[lower-alpha 2]
Source: IIHF
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:
  1. Great Britain 7–2 Spain
  2. Lithuania 6–3 Romania

Group B

The tournament would have been held in Belgrade, Serbia, from 10 to 16 January 2022, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It is replanned from 12-18 September.[21]

Division III

The tournament would have been held in Querétaro, Mexico, from January 6 to 16, 2022, but was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[22] It is replanned from 22-31 July.[21]

Pool A Pool B

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