2022 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

2022 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

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The 2022 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships was the 85th such event hosted by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). Teams were participating in several levels of competition. The competition also served as qualifications for division placements in the 2023 competition.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, only teams in the Championship division had participated in 2021, so the standard system of promotion and relegation between divisions and groups was not implemented; for 2022, each team remained at the level they had been assigned for the 2021 competition (due to the pandemic, this was actually a carry-over of the outcome of the 2019 competition).

On February 28, 2022, the IIHF suspended Top Division teams Russia and Belarus from the tournament due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine^[1] and replaced them with Division I sides France and Austria.^[2] As a result, multiple teams in lower divisions were promoted to fill vacancies.

Group A

The tournament was played in Tampere and Helsinki, Finland from 13 to 29 May 2022.^[3]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Switzerland	7	6	1	0	0	34	15	+19	20	Quarterfinals
2	Germany	7	5	0	1	1	26	20	+6	16
3	Canada	7	5	0	0	2	34	18	+16	15
4	Slovakia	7	4	0	0	3	23	19	+4	12^[a]
5	Denmark	7	4	0	0	3	18	18	0	12^[a]
6	France	7	1	1	0	5	11	24	−13	5
7	Kazakhstan	7	1	0	0	6	19	31	−12	3
8	Italy (R)	7	0	0	1	6	12	32	−20	1	Relegation to 2023 Division I 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.
(R) Relegated
Notes:

1 2 Slovakia 7–1 Denmark

Group B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Finland (H)	7	6	0	1	0	25	5	+20	19	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	7	5	1	1	0	27	10	+17	18
3	Czechia	7	4	0	1	2	19	13	+6	13^[a]
4	United States	7	3	2	0	2	18	12	+6	13^[a]
5	Latvia	7	2	1	0	4	14	20	−6	8
6	Austria	7	1	1	2	3	16	22	−6	7
7	Norway	7	1	1	0	5	15	29	−14	5
8	Great Britain (R)	7	0	0	1	6	10	33	−23	1	Relegation to 2023 Division I 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; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1 2 United States 0–1 Czechia

Playoff round

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

26 May

1A Switzerland	0
		28 May
4B United States	3
		2 Finland	4
26 May
		7 United States	3
1B Finland	4
				29 May
4A Slovakia	2
				2 Finland (OT)	4
26 May
				5 Canada	3
2A Germany	1
		28 May
3B Czechia	4
		5 Canada	6
26 May
		6 Czechia	1	Third place
2B Sweden	3
				29 May
3A Canada (OT)	4
				6 Czechia	8

				7 United States	4

Final standings

Pos	Grp	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
1	B	Finland (H)	10	8	1	1	0	37	13	+24	27	Champions
2	A	Canada	10	6	1	1	2	47	26	+21	21	Runners-up
3	B	Czechia	10	6	0	1	3	32	24	+8	19	Third place
4	B	United States	10	4	2	0	4	28	24	+4	16	Fourth place

5	A	Switzerland	8	6	1	0	1	34	18	+16	20	Eliminated in Quarter-finals
6	B	Sweden	8	5	1	2	0	30	14	+16	19
7	A	Germany	8	5	0	1	2	27	24	+3	16
8	A	Slovakia	8	4	0	0	4	25	23	+2	12

9	A	Denmark	7	4	0	0	3	18	18	0	12	Eliminated in Group stage
10	B	Latvia	7	2	1	0	4	14	20	−6	8
11	B	Austria	7	1	1	2	3	16	22	−6	7
12	A	France	7	1	1	0	5	11	24	−13	5
13	B	Norway	7	1	1	0	5	15	29	−14	5
14	A	Kazakhstan	7	1	0	0	6	19	31	−12	3

15	A	Italy	7	0	0	1	6	12	32	−20	1	2023 IIHF World Championship Division I
16	B	Great Britain	7	0	0	1	6	10	33	−23	1	2023 IIHF World Championship Division I

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) position in the group; 2) number of points; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) seeding before tournament.^[4]
(H) Host

Division I

Group A

The tournament was played in Ljubljana, Slovenia, from 3 to 8 May 2022.^[5]^[6]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Slovenia (H, P)	4	4	0	22	5	+17	12	Promoted to the 2023 Top Division
2	Hungary (P)	4	3	1	12	9	+3	9	Promoted to the 2023 Top Division
3	Lithuania	4	2	2	13	13	0	6
4	South Korea	4	1	3	9	15	−6	3
5	Romania	4	0	4	8	22	−14	0

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; (P) Promoted

Group B

The tournament was played in Tychy, Poland, from 26 April to 1 May 2022.^[5]^[7]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Poland (H, P)	4	3	1	0	0	18	4	+14	11	Promoted to the 2023 Division I A
2	Japan	4	3	0	0	1	23	9	+14	9
3	Ukraine	4	2	0	1	1	19	11	+8	7
4	Estonia	4	1	0	0	3	9	20	−11	3
5	Serbia	4	0	0	0	4	4	29	−25	0

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; (P) Promoted

2022 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships

Group A

Group B

Playoff round

Final standings

Division I

Group A

Group B

Division II

Group A

Group B

Division III

Group A

Group B

Division IV

References

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	China (P)	4	4	0	0	0	28	4	+24	12	Promoted to the 2023 Division I B
2	Netherlands (P)	4	3	0	0	1	19	10	+9	9	Promoted to the 2023 Division I B
3	Croatia (H)	4	1	1	0	2	9	12	−3	5
4	Spain	4	1	0	1	2	10	12	−2	4
5	Israel	4	0	0	0	4	4	32	−28	0
6	Australia^[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	Iceland (H, P)	4	4	0	25	7	+18	12	Promoted to the 2023 Division II A
2	Georgia (P)	4	3	1	21	11	+10	9	Promoted to the 2023 Division II A
3	Belgium	4	2	2	22	8	+14	6
4	Bulgaria	4	1	3	11	33	−22	3
5	Mexico	4	0	4	4	24	−20	0
6	New Zealand^[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	United Arab Emirates (P)	4	4	0	0	0	41	11	+30	12	Promoted to the 2023 Division II B
2	Turkey (P)	4	3	0	0	1	23	22	+1	9	Promoted to the 2023 Division II B
3	Turkmenistan	4	1	0	1	2	17	23	−6	4
4	Chinese Taipei	4	1	0	0	3	11	23	−12	3
5	Luxembourg (H)	4	0	1	0	3	11	24	−13	2
6	North Korea^[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
1	South Africa (H, P)	4	3	0	1	0	24	13	+11	10	Promoted to the 2023 Division III A
2	Thailand (P)	4	2	1	0	1	20	17	+3	8	Promoted to the 2023 Division III A
3	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4	0	0	0	4	12	26	−14	0
4	Hong Kong^[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Kyrgyzstan (H, P)	4	4	0	64	2	+62	12	Promoted to the 2023 Division III B
2	Iran (P)	4	3	1	22	20	+2	9
3	Singapore (P)	4	2	2	14	22	−8	6
4	Malaysia (P)	4	1	3	11	39	−28	3
5	Kuwait	4	0	4	4	32	−28	0
6	Philippines^[a]	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Withdrawn