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2022 Winter Olympics
Tournament details
Host country Flag of China China
Dates 9–20 February
Teams 12
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Gold medal blank Flag of Finland Finland (1st title)
Runner-up Silver medal blank Russian Olympic Committee flag ROC
Third place Bronze medal blank Flag of Slovakia Slovakia
Fourth place Flag of Sweden Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played 30
Goals scored 152 (5.07 per match)
Attendance 27,437 (915 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Slovakia Juraj Slafkovský
(7 points)
MVP Slovakia Juraj Slafkovský
2018
2026

The men's tournament in ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics took place in Beijing, China between 9 and 20 February 2022.[1] Twelve countries qualified for the tournament; eight of them did so automatically by virtue of their ranking by the International Ice Hockey Federation, one, China, automatically qualified as hosts, while the three others took part in a qualification tournament.

The Olympic Athletes from Russia team won in 2018. The Russian Olympic Committee, representing Russia at the 2022 Games, were the defending champions.[2]

For the first time in history, the Czech Republic did not qualify for the quarter-finals and finished in ninth place, their lowest placement in history.[3]

Finland won their first ever ice hockey Olympic gold medal after going undefeated and beating the Russian Olympic Committee in the final.[4]

Slovakia claimed their first ever ice hockey medal at the Olympics after defeating Sweden 4–0 and finishing third.[5]

Venues[]

Beijing National Indoor Stadium
Capacity: 19,418
Wukesong Arena
Capacity: 15,384
Beijing National Indoor Stadium Cadillac Arena
Beijing Beijing

Qualified teams[]

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Hosts 17 May 2018[6] Flag of Denmark Copenhagen 1
2019 IIHF World Ranking[a] 31 March 2016 – 26 May 2019 Flag of Slovakia Bratislava and Košice[b] 8[7]






Final qualification tournaments 26–29 August 2021 Flag of Slovakia Bratislava 1
Flag of Latvia Riga 1
Flag of Norway Oslo 1
Total 12
Notes
  1. b Bratislava and Košice were the sites for 2019 IIHF World Championship; at the conclusion of the tournament the ranking were finalized with regards to the qualification slots.

Format[]

The twelve teams were split into three groups of four teams each, in which they will play against each team once. The top team of each group and the best second-ranked team will advance to the quarterfinals, while all other teams play a qualification round. A knockout system will be used after the group stage.

Rosters[]

Due to the lack of ice hockey talent in China, players had to be recruited from abroad. The men's hockey team is composed of eleven Canadians, nine Chinese, three Americans, and a Russian.[8] Neither the Chinese Olympic Committee, International Ice Hockey Federation nor the IOC commented on how it was possible for foreign players to compete for China, as the Olympic Charter requires competitors to be citizens of the country they represent. According to the nationality law of China, anyone who were naturalized as Chinese citizens, or those who resumed their Chinese nationality, must renounce all the other nationalities, as China does not recognize dual-nationality. The IOC Executive Board has the authority to make certain exceptions of a "general or individual nature", though it is unclear whether this was the case. When asked whether he had naturalized as a Chinese citizen, athlete Jake Chelios refused to comment, though he confirmed that he still has his American passport.[9]

NHL participation[]

On 10 July 2020, the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) and National Hockey League agreed to a renewed collective bargaining agreement, which includes a provision opening the possibility for the NHL to explore participation at the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics.[10] On 22 July 2021, the NHL released a 2021–22 schedule that included an Olympic break, but the league also announced that a final agreement had not yet been reached regarding Olympic participation of NHL players in 2022.[11] On 3 September 2021, an agreement was made to allow NHL players to compete.[12] In December 2021, many NHL players started contracting COVID-19 and several teams temporarily suspended operations while their players were in quarantine. This forced the NHL to postpone some regular season games and due to the rise in cases of COVID-19 worldwide; on 22 December 2021, the NHL announced that NHL players would not be released for participation in the Olympics.[13]

Match officials[]

15 referees and 12 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[14][15]

Referees
  • Flag of Belarus Maxim Sidorenko
  • Flag of Canada Michael Campbell
  • Flag of Canada Oliver Gouin
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Martin Fraňo
  • Flag of Finland Mikko Kaukokari
  • Flag of Finland Kristian Vikman
  • Flag of Germany André Schrader
  • Flag of Latvia Andris Ansons
  • Flag of Russia Roman Gofman
  • Flag of Russia Evgenii Romasko
  • Flag of Sweden Tobias Björk
  • Flag of Sweden Mikael Nord
  • Flag of Switzerland Michael Tscherrig
  • Flag of the United States Andrew Bruggeman
  • Flag of the United States Stephen Reneau

Linesmen
  • Flag of Canada Dustin McCrank
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Daniel Hynek
  • Flag of the Czech Republic Jiří Ondráček
  • Flag of Finland Lauri Nikulainen
  • Flag of Russia Gleb Lazarev
  • Flag of Russia Nikita Shalagin
  • Flag of Russia Dmitry Shishlo
  • Flag of Sweden Ludvig Lundgren
  • Flag of Sweden Andreas Malmqvist
  • Flag of Switzerland David Obwegeser
  • Flag of the United States William Hancock
  • Flag of the United States Brian Oliver

Preliminary round[]

All times are local (UTC+8).[16]

Tiebreak criteria[]

In each group, teams ranked according to the following criteria:

  1. Number of points (three points for a regulation-time win, two points for an overtime or shootout win, one point for an overtime or shootout defeat, no points for a regulation-time defeat);
  2. In case two teams are tied on points, the result of their head-to-head match will determine the ranking;
  3. In case three or four teams are tied on points, the following criteria will apply (if, after applying a criterion, only two teams remain tied, the result of their head-to-head match will determine their ranking):
    1. Points obtained in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
    2. Goal differential in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
    3. Number of goals scored in head-to-head matches between the teams concerned;
    4. If three teams remain tied, result of head-to-head matches between each of the teams concerned and the remaining team in the group (points, goal difference, goals scored);
    5. Place in 2021 IIHF World Ranking.

Group A[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Flag of the United States United States of America 3 3 0 0 0 15 4 +11 9 Quarterfinals
2 Flag of Canada Canada 3 2 0 0 1 12 5 +7 6 Playoffs
3 Flag of Germany Germany 3 1 0 0 2 6 10 −4 3
4 Flag of China China (H) 3 0 0 0 3 2 16 −14 0
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: Preliminary round tiebreakers
(H) Host.


10 February 2022 (2022-02-10)
21:10
v
United States of America Flag of the United States 8–0
(1–0, 3–0, 4–0)
Flag of China China Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 947
10 February 2022 (2022-02-10)
21:10
v
Canada Flag of Canada 5–1
(3–0, 1–1, 1–0)
Flag of Germany Germany Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 685

12 February 2022 (2022-02-12)
12:10
v
Canada Flag of Canada 2–4
(1–2, 1–1, 0–1)
Flag of the United States United States of America Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 948
12 February 2022 (2022-02-12)
16:40
v
Germany Flag of Germany 3–2
(2–0, 1–1, 0–1)
Flag of China China Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 804

13 February 2022 (2022-02-13)
21:10
v
China Flag of China 0–5
(0–3, 0–1, 0–1)
Flag of Canada Canada Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 904
13 February 2022 (2022-02-13)
21:10
v
United States of America Flag of the United States 3–2
(1–1, 1–0, 1–1)
Flag of Germany Germany Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 708

Group B[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Russian Olympic Committee flag ROC 3 2 0 1 0 8 6 +2 7 Quarterfinals
2 Flag of Denmark Denmark 3 2 0 0 1 7 6 +1 6 Playoffs
3 Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 3 0 2 0 1 9 8 +1 4
4 Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 3 0 0 1 2 4 8 −4 1
Source: IIHF


9 February 2022 (2022-02-09)
16:40
v
ROC Russian Olympic Committee flag 1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 934
9 February 2022 (2022-02-09)
21:10
v
Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic 1–2
(0–2, 1–0, 0–0)
Flag of Denmark Denmark Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 891

11 February 2022 (2022-02-11)
12:10
v
Denmark Flag of Denmark 0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1)
Russian Olympic Committee flag ROC Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 907
11 February 2022 (2022-02-11)
16:40
v
Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic 2–1 GWS
(1–1, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 834

12 February 2022 (2022-02-12)
21:10
v
ROC Russian Olympic Committee flag 5–6 OT
(1–1, 1–2, 3–2)
(OT: 0–1)
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 921
12 February 2022 (2022-02-12)
21:10
v
Switzerland Flag of Switzerland 3–5
(1–0, 0–3, 2–2)
Flag of Denmark Denmark Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 620

Group C[]

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Flag of Finland Finland 3 2 1 0 0 13 6 +7 8 Quarterfinals
2 Flag of Sweden Sweden 3 2 0 1 0 10 7 +3 7
3 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 3 1 0 0 2 8 12 −4 3 Playoffs
4 Flag of Latvia Latvia 3 0 0 0 3 5 11 −6 0
Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: Preliminary round tiebreakers


10 February 2022 (2022-02-10)
12:10
v
Sweden Flag of Sweden 3–2
(1–0, 2–1, 0–1)
Flag of Latvia Latvia Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 873
10 February 2022 (2022-02-10)
16:40
v
Finland Flag of Finland 6–2
(3–1, 1–1, 2–0)
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 929

11 February 2022 (2022-02-11)
16:40
v
Sweden Flag of Sweden 4–1
(3–0, 0–0, 1–1)
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 653
11 February 2022 (2022-02-11)
21:10
v
Latvia Flag of Latvia 1–3
(0–0, 0–1, 1–2)
Flag of Finland Finland Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 904

13 February 2022 (2022-02-13)
12:10
v
Slovakia Flag of Slovakia 5–2
(1–1, 2–0, 2–1)
Flag of Latvia Latvia Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 943
13 February 2022 (2022-02-13)
16:40
v
Finland Flag of Finland 4–3 OT
(0–0, 0–3, 3–0)
(OT: 1–0)
Flag of Sweden Sweden Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 963

Ranking after preliminary round[]

Following the completion of the preliminary round, all teams were ranked 1D through 12D. The semifinals were then reseeded according to this ranking. To determine this ranking, the following criteria were used in the order presented:[17]

  1. higher position in the group
  2. higher number of points
  3. better goal difference
  4. higher number of goals scored for
  5. better IIHF World Ranking.
Team advanced directly to quarterfinals
Team participated in playoffs
Rank Team Group Pos GP Pts GD GF IIHF Rank
1D Flag of the United States United States of America A 1 3 9 +11 15 4
2D Flag of Finland Finland C 1 3 8 +7 13 2
3D Russian Olympic Committee flag ROC B 1 3 7 +2 8 3
4D Flag of Sweden Sweden C 2 3 7 +3 10 7
5D Flag of Canada Canada A 2 3 6 +7 12 1
6D Flag of Denmark Denmark B 2 3 6 +1 7 12
7D Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic B 3 3 4 +1 9 6
8D Flag of Slovakia Slovakia C 3 3 3 −4 8 9
9D Flag of Germany Germany A 3 3 3 −4 6 5
10D Flag of Switzerland Switzerland B 4 3 1 −4 4 8
11D Flag of Latvia Latvia C 4 3 0 −6 5 10
12D Flag of China China A 4 3 0 −14 2 32

Playoff round[]

Bracket[]

Teams were reseeded based on the preliminary round ranking after the quarterfinals.

 
PlayoffsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsGold medal game
 
              
 
 
 
 
16 February
 
 
Flag of Finland Finland5
 
15 February
 
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland1
 
Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic2
 
18 February
 
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland4
 
Flag of Finland Finland2
 
 
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia0
 
 
16 February
 
 
Flag of the United States United States of America2
 
15 February
 
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia (GWS)3
 
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia4
 
20 February
 
Flag of Germany Germany0
 
Flag of Finland Finland2
 
 
Russian Olympic Committee flag ROC1
 
 
16 February
 
 
Russian Olympic Committee flag ROC3
 
15 February
 
Flag of Denmark Denmark1
 
Flag of Denmark Denmark3
 
18 February
 
Flag of Latvia Latvia2
 
Russian Olympic Committee flag ROC (GWS)2
 
 
Flag of Sweden Sweden1 Bronze medal game
 
 
16 February19 February
 
 
Flag of Sweden Sweden2Flag of Sweden Sweden0
 
15 February
 
Flag of Canada Canada0 Flag of Slovakia Slovakia4
 
Flag of Canada Canada7
 
 
Flag of China China2
 

Playoffs[]

15 February 2022 (2022-02-15)
12:10
v
Slovakia Flag of Slovakia 4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0)
Flag of Germany Germany Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 926

15 February 2022 (2022-02-15)
12:10
v
Denmark Flag of Denmark 3–2
(1–1, 1–1, 1–0)
Flag of Latvia Latvia Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 726

15 February 2022 (2022-02-15)
16:40
v
Czech Republic Flag of the Czech Republic 2–4
(1–2, 0–1, 1–1)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 990

15 February 2022 (2022-02-15)
21:10
v
Canada Flag of Canada 7–2
(2–1, 3–1, 2–0)
Flag of China China Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 994

Quarterfinals[]

16 February 2022 (2022-02-16)
12:10
v
United States of America Flag of the United States 2–3 GWS
(1–1, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1)
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,059

16 February 2022 (2022-02-16)
14:00
v
ROC Russian Olympic Committee flag 3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0)
Flag of Denmark Denmark Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 727

16 February 2022 (2022-02-16)
16:40
v
Finland Flag of Finland 5–1
(2–0, 1–1, 2–0)
Flag of Switzerland Switzerland Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 948

16 February 2022 (2022-02-16)
21:30
v
Sweden Flag of Sweden 2–0
(0–0, 0–0, 2–0)
Flag of Canada Canada Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 950

Semifinals[]

18 February 2022 (2022-02-18)
12:10
v
Finland Flag of Finland 2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0)
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,071

18 February 2022 (2022-02-18)
21:10
v
ROC Russian Olympic Committee flag 2–1 GWS
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
Flag of Sweden Sweden Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,161

Bronze medal game[]

19 February 2022 (2022-02-19)
21:10
v
Sweden Flag of Sweden 0–4
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2)
Flag of Slovakia Slovakia Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,229

Gold medal game[]

20 February 2022 (2022-02-20)
12:10
v
Finland Flag of Finland 2–1
(0–1, 1–0, 1–0)
Russian Olympic Committee flag ROC Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,288

Final ranking[]

The places five to twelve are ranked by their preliminary round group placement and then points and goal difference.

Pos Grp Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 C Flag of Finland Finland 6 5 1 0 0 22 8 +14 17 Champions
2 B Russian Olympic Committee flag ROC 6 3 1 1 1 14 10 +4 12 Runners-up
3 C Flag of Slovakia Slovakia 7 3 1 0 3 19 16 +3 11 Third place
4 C Flag of Sweden Sweden 6 3 0 2 1 13 13 0 11 Fourth place
5 A Flag of the United States United States of America 4 3 0 1 0 17 7 +10 10 Eliminated in
quarterfinals
6 A Flag of Canada Canada 5 3 0 0 2 19 9 +10 9
7 B Flag of Denmark Denmark 5 3 0 0 2 11 11 0 9
8 B Flag of Switzerland Switzerland 5 1 0 1 3 9 15 −6 4
9 B Flag of the Czech Republic Czech Republic 4 0 2 0 2 11 12 −1 4 Eliminated in
playoffs
10 A Flag of Germany Germany 4 1 0 0 3 6 14 −8 3
11 C Flag of Latvia Latvia 4 0 0 0 4 7 14 −7 0
12 A Flag of China China (H) 4 0 0 0 4 4 23 −19 0
Source: IIHF
(H) Host.

Statistics[]

Scoring leaders[]

The list shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM POS
Slovakia Juraj Slafkovský 7 7 0 7 +5 0 F
Finland Sakari Manninen 6 4 3 7 +7 0 F
Canada Adam Tambellini 5 3 4 7 –1 0 F
Finland Teemu Hartikainen 6 2 5 7 +8 0 F
United States of America Sean Farrell 4 3 3 6 +4 0 F
Russia Nikita Gusev 6 0 6 6 +3 2 F
Sweden Lucas Wallmark 6 5 0 5 –1 10 F
Sweden Anton Lander 6 4 1 5 +2 4 F
Canada Jordan Weal 5 3 2 5 0 6 F
Czech Republic Roman Červenka 4 2 3 5 –1 0 F

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

Leading goaltenders[]

The list shows the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes.

Player TOI GA GAA SA Sv% SO
Slovakia Patrik Rybár 347:07 5 0.86 146 96.58 2
United States of America Drew Commesso 120:00 2 1.00 55 96.36 1
Canada Matt Tomkins 178:06 3 1.01 80 96.25 1
Finland Harri Säteri 300:00 5 1.00 132 96.21 1
Switzerland Leonardo Genoni 159:45 3 1.13 77 96.10 0

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[]

The all-star team was announced on 20 February 2022.[18]

Position Player
Goaltender Slovakia Patrik Rybár
Defenceman Finland Mikko Lehtonen
Russia Egor Yakovlev
Forward Slovakia Juraj Slafkovský
Finland Sakari Manninen
Sweden Lucas Wallmark
MVP Slovakia Juraj Slafkovský

References[]

External links[]

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