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2022 IIHF World Championship
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Tournament details
Host countryBERJAYA Finland
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
Dates13–29 May
Opened bySauli Niinistö
Teams16
Final positions
Champions BERJAYABERJAYA Finland (4th title)
Runners-up BERJAYABERJAYA Canada
Third place BERJAYABERJAYA Czechia
Fourth placeBERJAYA United States
Tournament statistics
Games played64
Goals scored375 (5.86 per game)
Attendance356,955 (5,577 per game)
Scoring leaderCzech Republic Roman Červenka (17 points)
Awards
MVPFinland Juho Olkinuora
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The 2022 IIHF World Championship was hosted by Finland from 13 to 29 May 2022, as the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) announced on 19 May 2017 in Cologne, Germany.[1] The host cities of the World Championships were Tampere and Helsinki, of which Tampere's brand-new Nokia Arena served as the main venue of the games.[2]

Since all lower divisions of the 2021 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[3] all 16 teams from the previous year's top division were set to return this year.[4] However, in the midst of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus were suspended from competing in all IIHF tournaments for at least a year.[5] This marked the first time that Russia missed the top division of the World Championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. For this tournament, the suspended nations were replaced by Austria and France, the two highest-ranked teams in 2021 that had not already qualified.[6] Additionally, 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.[7]

Finland defeated Canada 4–3 in overtime in the gold medal game for their fourth title and their first medal ever won on home ice.[8] This marked the first time since the introduction of the playoff round in 1992 that the same two teams met in the gold medal game three tournaments in a row.[9] Finland became the second team to win Olympic gold and World Championship gold in the same year, following Sweden in 2006.[10] Czechia won the bronze medal, their first medal since 2012, after an 8–4 win over the United States.[11]

The tournament saw multiple historic upsets: Austria's first victory against Czechia, and Denmark's first victory against Canada.[12][13] In addition, it suffered from the lowest attendance in two decades, excluding the 2021 tournament played without audience; some attribute this to the absence of Russia.[14]

Venues

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Tampere Helsinki
Nokia Arena[2] Helsinki Ice Hall[7]
Capacity: 13,455[15] Capacity: 8,200
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Participants

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Flagpoles of the teams at the 2022 IIHF World Championship in Tampere, Nokia Arena.

Qualified as host

Automatic qualifiers after the cancellation of the 2021 IIHF lower division championships

Qualifiers after Russia and Belarus were 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]."[16] For IIHF tournaments, the Russian team was to play under the name "ROC".[17] 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.[18]
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.[19]

Seeding

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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 while allowing the organizer, "to allocate a maximum of two teams to separate groups".[20][21]

Rosters

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Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 22 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.

Match officials

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Tampere light rail advertising the 2022 World Championships
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Miracleo, the official mascot

16 referees and linesmen were announced on 12 May 2022.[22]

RefereesLinesmen
  • Canada Jeff Ingram
  • Canada Fraser Lawrence
  • Czech Republic Robin Šír
  • Denmark Mads Frandsen
  • Finland Lassi Heikkinen
  • Finland Kristian Vikman
  • France Pierre Dehaen
  • Germany Marian Rohatsch
  • Latvia Andris Ansons
  • Norway Roy Stian Hansen
  • Slovakia Peter Stano
  • Sweden Mikael Nord
  • Sweden Linus Öhlund
  • Switzerland Miroslav Stolc
  • United States Sean MacFarlane
  • United States Jake Rekucki
  • Austria Elias Seewald
  • Canada Maxime Chaput
  • Canada Nathan van Oosten
  • Czech Republic Josef Špůr
  • Denmark Andreas Krøyer
  • Finland Tommi Niittylä
  • Finland Hannu Sormunen
  • France Nicolas Constantineau
  • Germany Jonas Merten
  • United Kingdom Daniel Beresford
  • Latvia Dāvis Zunde
  • Slovakia Šimon Synek
  • Sweden Emil Yletyinen
  • Switzerland David Obwegeser
  • United States Nick Briganti
  • United States Jake Davis

Preliminary round

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The groups were announced on 7 June 2021,[23] with the schedule being revealed on 18 August 2021.[24]

Group A

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Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 BERJAYA  Switzerland 7 6 1 0 0 34 15 +19 20 Quarterfinals
2 BERJAYA Germany 7 5 0 1 1 26 20 +6 16
3 BERJAYA Canada 7 5 0 0 2 34 18 +16 15
4 BERJAYA Slovakia 7 4 0 0 3 23 19 +4 12[a]
5 BERJAYA Denmark 7 4 0 0 3 18 18 0 12[a]
6 BERJAYA France 7 1 1 0 5 11 24 −13 5
7 BERJAYA Kazakhstan 7 1 0 0 6 19 31 −12 3
8 BERJAYA 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. 1 2 Slovakia 7–1 Denmark
13 May 2022
France BERJAYA2–4BERJAYA Slovakia
Germany BERJAYA3–5BERJAYA Canada
14 May 2022
Denmark BERJAYA9–1BERJAYA Kazakhstan
Switzerland BERJAYA5–2BERJAYA Italy
Slovakia BERJAYA1–2BERJAYA Germany
15 May 2022
Italy BERJAYA1–6BERJAYA Canada
France BERJAYA2–1BERJAYA Kazakhstan
Denmark BERJAYA0–6BERJAYA  Switzerland
16 May 2022
Slovakia BERJAYA1–5BERJAYA Canada
France BERJAYA2–3BERJAYA Germany
17 May 2022
Italy BERJAYA1–2BERJAYA Denmark
Switzerland BERJAYA3–2BERJAYA Kazakhstan
18 May 2022
France BERJAYA2–1 (OT)BERJAYA Italy
Switzerland BERJAYA5–3BERJAYA Slovakia
19 May 2022
Germany BERJAYA1–0BERJAYA Denmark
Canada BERJAYA6–3BERJAYA Kazakhstan
20 May 2022
Germany BERJAYA9–4BERJAYA Italy
Kazakhstan BERJAYA3–4BERJAYA Slovakia
21 May 2022
Denmark BERJAYA3–0BERJAYA France
Canada BERJAYA3–6BERJAYA  Switzerland
Italy BERJAYA1–3BERJAYA Slovakia
22 May 2022
Kazakhstan BERJAYA4–5BERJAYA Germany
Switzerland BERJAYA5–2BERJAYA France
23 May 2022
Kazakhstan BERJAYA5–2BERJAYA Italy
Canada BERJAYA2–3BERJAYA Denmark
24 May 2022
Germany BERJAYA3–4 (GWS)BERJAYA  Switzerland
Slovakia BERJAYA7–1BERJAYA Denmark
Canada BERJAYA7–1BERJAYA France

Group B

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Austria against Norway
Pos Team
 Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 BERJAYA Finland (H) 7 6 0 1 0 25 5 +20 19 Quarterfinals
2 BERJAYA Sweden 7 5 1 1 0 27 10 +17 18
3 BERJAYA Czechia 7 4 0 1 2 19 13 +6 13[a]
4 BERJAYA United States 7 3 2 0 2 18 12 +6 13[a]
5 BERJAYA Latvia 7 2 1 0 4 14 20 −6 8
6 BERJAYA Austria 7 1 1 2 3 16 22 −6 7
7 BERJAYA Norway 7 1 1 0 5 15 29 −14 5
8 BERJAYA 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. 1 2 United States 0–1 Czechia
13 May 2022
United States BERJAYA4–1BERJAYA Latvia
Finland BERJAYA5–0BERJAYA Norway
14 May 2022
Sweden BERJAYA3–1BERJAYA Austria
Czechia BERJAYA5–1BERJAYA Great Britain
Latvia BERJAYA1–2BERJAYA Finland
15 May 2022
Norway BERJAYA4–3 (GWS)BERJAYA Great Britain
Austria BERJAYA2–3 (OT)BERJAYA United States
Czechia BERJAYA3–5BERJAYA Sweden
16 May 2022
Latvia BERJAYA3–2BERJAYA Norway
Finland BERJAYA4–1BERJAYA United States
17 May 2022
Czechia BERJAYA1–2 (GWS)BERJAYA Austria
Sweden BERJAYA6–0BERJAYA Great Britain
18 May 2022
Norway BERJAYA5–3BERJAYA Austria
Finland BERJAYA2–3 (GWS)BERJAYA Sweden
19 May 2022
Great Britain BERJAYA0–3BERJAYA United States
Czechia BERJAYA5–1BERJAYA Latvia
20 May 2022
Great Britain BERJAYA0–6BERJAYA Finland
Latvia BERJAYA4–3 (GWS)BERJAYA Austria
21 May 2022
United States BERJAYA3–2 (OT)BERJAYA Sweden
Austria BERJAYA0–3BERJAYA Finland
Norway BERJAYA1–4BERJAYA Czechia
22 May 2022
Great Britain BERJAYA3–4BERJAYA Latvia
Sweden BERJAYA7–1BERJAYA Norway
23 May 2022
United States BERJAYA0–1BERJAYA Czechia
Austria BERJAYA5–3BERJAYA Great Britain
24 May 2022
Sweden BERJAYA1–0BERJAYA Latvia
United States BERJAYA4–2BERJAYA Norway
Finland BERJAYA3–0BERJAYA Czechia

Playoff round

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Gold medal game, starting line-ups
 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 26 May
 
 
1A
BERJAYA  Switzerland		0
 
28 May
 
4B
BERJAYA United States		3
 
2
BERJAYA Finland		4
 
 26 May
 
7
BERJAYA United States		3
 
1B
BERJAYA Finland		4
 
29 May
 
4A
BERJAYA Slovakia		2
 
2
BERJAYA Finland (OT)		4
 
 26 May
 
5
BERJAYA Canada		3
 
2A
BERJAYA Germany		1
 
28 May
 
3B
BERJAYA Czechia		4
 
5
BERJAYA Canada		6
 
 26 May
 
6
BERJAYA Czechia		1 Third place
 
2B
BERJAYA Sweden		3
 
29 May
 
3A
BERJAYA Canada (OT)		4
 
6
BERJAYA Czechia		8
 
 
7
BERJAYA United States		4
 

Final standings

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Gold celebrations in Kaartinkaupunki, Helsinki
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Pohjoisesplanadi street during the gold celebrations
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Official Fan Zone in Tampere
Pos Grp Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 B BERJAYA Finland (H) 10 8 1 1 0 37 13 +24 27 Champions
2 A BERJAYA Canada 10 6 1 1 2 47 26 +21 21 Runners-up
3 B BERJAYA Czechia 10 6 0 1 3 32 24 +8 19 Third place
4 B BERJAYA United States 10 4 2 0 4 28 24 +4 16 Fourth place
5 A BERJAYA  Switzerland 8 6 1 0 1 34 18 +16 20 Eliminated in
Quarter-finals
6 B BERJAYA Sweden 8 5 1 2 0 30 14 +16 19
7 A BERJAYA Germany 8 5 0 1 2 27 24 +3 16
8 A BERJAYA Slovakia 8 4 0 0 4 25 23 +2 12
9 A BERJAYA Denmark 7 4 0 0 3 18 18 0 12 Eliminated in
Group stage
10 B BERJAYA Latvia 7 2 1 0 4 14 20 −6 8
11 B BERJAYA Austria 7 1 1 2 3 16 22 −6 7
12 A BERJAYA France 7 1 1 0 5 11 24 −13 5
13 B BERJAYA Norway 7 1 1 0 5 15 29 −14 5
14 A BERJAYA Kazakhstan 7 1 0 0 6 19 31 −12 3
15 A BERJAYA Italy 7 0 0 1 6 12 32 −20 1 2023 IIHF World Championship Division I
16 B BERJAYA Great Britain 7 0 0 1 6 10 33 −23 1
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) position in the group; 2) number of points; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) seeding before tournament.[25]
(H) Host

Statistics

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Nokia Arena's commentator seats

Scoring leaders

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List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Czech Republic Roman Červenka 1051217+410F
Canada Drake Batherson 1031114+86F
Canada Dylan Cozens 107613+122F
Canada Pierre-Luc Dubois 107613+1112F
Switzerland Denis Malgin 85712+54F
Czech Republic David Krejčí 103912+64F
Finland Mikko Lehtonen 1021012+72D
Finland Mikael Granlund 95611+22F
Czech Republic David Pastrňák 77310+32F
Finland Sakari Manninen 106410+22F

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position
Source: IIHF.com

Goaltending leaders

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Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Latvia Artūrs Šilovs 196:2141.228495.240
Finland Juho Olkinuora 486:4291.1117494.834
Sweden Magnus Hellberg 245:0061.478893.181
France Henri-Corentin Buysse 237:5871.7610293.140
Canada Chris Driedger 341:48101.7611791.450

TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts
Source: IIHF.com

Awards

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The awards were announced on 29 May 2022.[26]

Individual awards

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Position Player
Goaltender Finland Juho Olkinuora
Defenceman Finland Mikko Lehtonen
Forward Czech Republic Roman Červenka

Media All Stars

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Position Player
Goaltender Finland Juho Olkinuora
Defenceman Finland Mikko Lehtonen
Defenceman United States Seth Jones
Forward Czech Republic Roman Červenka
Forward Canada Pierre-Luc Dubois
Forward Finland Sakari Manninen
MVP Finland Juho Olkinuora

IIHF honors and awards

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The IIHF Hall of Fame induction and awards ceremony was delayed from the 2020 IIHF World Championship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 inductees and award recipients were honored during the medal ceremonies at the 2022 IIHF World Championship in Tampere.[27] Canadian player Ryan Smyth was chosen for induction in 2020, but was delayed until 2024.[28][29]

IIHF Hall of Fame inductees

Award recipients

References

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