2022 Winter Olympics

Tournament details
Host country	China
Venue(s)	Beijing National Indoor Stadium Wukesong Arena
Dates	9–20 February
Teams	12
Final positions
Champions	Finland (1st title)
Runner-up	ROC
Third place	Slovakia
Fourth place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Games played	30
Goals scored	152 (5.07 per game)
Attendance	27,437 (915 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Juraj Slafkovský (7 points)
MVP	Juraj Slafkovský
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Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Qualification
	men	women
Tournament
	men	women
Rosters
	men	women
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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 thus 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 worst 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	Beijing

Qualified teams

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Hosts	17 May 2018[6]	Copenhagen	1	China
2019 IIHF World Ranking	31 March 2016 – 26 May 2019	Bratislava and Košice	8[7]	Canada  ROC  Finland  Sweden  Czech Republic  United States  Germany  Switzerland
Final qualification tournaments	26–29 August 2021	Bratislava	1	Slovakia
		Riga	1	Latvia
		Oslo	1	Denmark
Total			12

Notes

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 Chinese men's hockey team was 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]

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	United States	3	3	0	0	0	15	4	+11	9	Quarterfinals
2	Canada	3	2	0	0	1	12	5	+7	6	Playoffs
3	Germany	3	1	0	0	2	6	10	−4	3
4	China (H)	3	0	0	0	3	2	16	−14	0

10 February 2022 (2022-02-10) 21:10 v

United States

8–0 (1–0, 3–0, 4–0)

China

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 947

Game reference
	Drew Commesso	Goalies	Shimisi Jieruimi	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Lauri Nikulainen Dmitri Shishlo
	Brisson (Knies) (PP) – 10:38 1–0 Cates (Farrell, Meyers) – 25:32 2–0 O'Neill (Miele, Faber) – 31:13 3–0 Farrell (Abruzzese) – 38:07 4–0 Farrell (Kampfer, Meyers) – 41:06 5–0 Meyers (Farrell) – 50:19 6–0 Beniers (Abruzzese, Cooper) – 52:00 7–0 Farrell (Abdelkader, Helleson) (PP) – 58:27 8–0
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	55	Shots	29

10 February 2022 (2022-02-10) 21:10 v

Canada

5–1 (3–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Germany

Wukesong Arena, Beijing Attendance: 685

Game reference
	Edward Pasquale	Goalies	Mathias Niederberger	Referees: Tobias Björk Andrew Bruggeman Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Gleb Lazarev
	Grant (Johnson, Street) – 04:43 1–0 Street (O'Dell, Johnson) – 09:47 2–0 Winnik (Cracknell, Desharnais) – 10:19 3–0 3–1 30:45 – Rieder (Pföderl) Noreau (O'Dell, Staal) (PP) – 32:58 4–1 Weal (Tambellini, Knight) – 51:22 5–1
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	24

12 February 2022 (2022-02-12) 12:10 v

Canada

2–4 (1–2, 1–1, 0–1)

United States

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 948

Game reference
	Edward Pasquale	Goalies	Strauss Mann	Referees: Andris Ansons Tobias Björk Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Dustin McCrank
	Robinson (Ho-Sang, Staal) – 01:24 1–0 1–1 02:34 – Miele (O'Neill, Kampfer) 1–2 18:44 – Meyers (Farrell, Sanderson) 1–3 22:37 – Brisson (Shore) Knight (Winnik) (SH) – 34:13 2–3 2–4 46:13 – Agostino (Miele)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	37	Shots	27

12 February 2022 (2022-02-12) 16:40 v

Germany

3–2 (2–0, 1–1, 0–1)

China

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 804

Game reference
	Mathias Niederberger	Goalies	Shimisi Jieruimi	Referees: Stephen Reneau Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Brian Oliver Jiří Ondráček
	Brandt – 13:33 1–0 Holzer (Kahun) – 16:24 2–0 Kahun (Müller, Rieder) – 24:41 3–0 3–1 39:14 – Fu S. (Jieke, Ruian) 3–2 49:00 – Wang (Ye, Ruian) (PP)
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	38	Shots	16

13 February 2022 (2022-02-13) 21:10 v

China

0–5 (0–3, 0–1, 0–1)

Canada

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 904

Game reference
	Ouban Yongli	Goalies	Matt Tomkins	Referees: Andris Ansons Andrew Bruggeman Linesmen: Daniel Hynek Gleb Lazarev
	0–1 02:09 – Street (Johnson, O'Dell) 0–2 06:44 – Tambellini (Grant, Wotherspoon) 0–3 10:06 – O'Dell (Ho-Sang, Wotherspoon) 0–4 38:03 – Johnson (Demers, Weal) 0–5 46:23 – Knight (Power, Ho-Sang) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	44

13 February 2022 (2022-02-13) 21:10 v

United States

3–2 (1–1, 1–0, 1–1)

Germany

Wukesong Arena, Beijing Attendance: 708

Game reference
	Drew Commesso	Goalies	Danny aus den Birken	Referees: Evgenii Romasko Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: David Obwegeser Jiří Ondráček
	0–1 02:00 – Hager (Plachta, Kahun) (PP) Kampfer (Miele, O'Neill) (PP) – 04:26 1–1 Knies (Abruzzese, Ness) – 24:50 2–1 Smith – 42:47 3–1 3–2 57:31 – Kühnhackl (Bergmann, Müller)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	26

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	ROC	3	2	0	1	0	8	6	+2	7	Quarterfinals
2	Denmark	3	2	0	0	1	7	6	+1	6	Playoffs
3	Czech Republic	3	0	2	0	1	9	8	+1	4
4	Switzerland	3	0	0	1	2	4	8	−4	1

9 February 2022 (2022-02-09) 16:40 v

ROC

1–0 (1–0, 0–0, 0–0)

Switzerland

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 934

Game reference
	Ivan Fedotov	Goalies	Reto Berra	Referees: André Schrader Maxim Sidorenko Linesmen: Brian Oliver Jiří Ondráček
	Slepyshev (Semyonov) – 19:57 1–0
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	30	Shots	33

9 February 2022 (2022-02-09) 21:10 v

Czech Republic

1–2 (0–2, 1–0, 0–0)

Denmark

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 891

Game reference
	Šimon Hrubec	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Oliver Gouin Michael Tscherrig Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Lauri Nikulainen
	0–1 11:21 – Lauridsen 0–2 17:23 – Nielsen (PS) Červenka (Kovář) – 23:45 1–2
	2 min	Penalties	6 min
	40	Shots	17

11 February 2022 (2022-02-11) 12:10 v

Denmark

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

ROC

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 907

Game reference
	Frederik Dichow	Goalies	Ivan Fedotov	Referees: Michael Campbell Martin Fraňo Linesmen: William Hancock Andreas Malmqvist
	0–1 28:18 – Karnaukhov (Slepyshev, Voronkov) 0–2 59:54 – Semyonov (ENG)
	10 min	Penalties	2 min
	16	Shots	33

11 February 2022 (2022-02-11) 16:40 v

Czech Republic

2–1 GWS (1–1, 0–0, 0–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Switzerland

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 834

Game reference
	Šimon Hrubec	Goalies	Leonardo Genoni	Referees: Andris Ansons Andrew Bruggeman Linesmen: Gleb Lazarev Dustin McCrank
	Smejkal (Klok, Zohorna) – 04:33 1–0 1–1 08:34 – Haas (Andrighetto) (PP)
	Krejčí Sedlák Kovář Řepík	Shootout	Ambühl Andrighetto Corvi Bertschy Haas
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	36	Shots	25

12 February 2022 (2022-02-12) 21:10 v

ROC

5–6 OT (1–1, 1–2, 3–2) (OT: 0–1)

Czech Republic

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 921

Game reference
	Ivan Fedotov	Goalies	Šimon Hrubec	Referees: Mikko Kaukokari Mikael Nord Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Lauri Nikulainen
	Tkachyov (Gusev, Nesterov) – 04:51 1–0 1–1 12:37 – Kundrátek (Červenka, Stránský) (PP) Nesterov (Gusev, Plotnikov) (PP) – 32:19 2–1 2–2 38:41 – Krejčí (Červenka, Kundrátek) (PP) 2–3 39:16 – Špaček (Šulák, Sobotka) (PP) 2–4 43:14 – Klok (T. Zohorna, H. Zohorna) Semyonov (Plotnikov, Andronov) – 43:50 3–4 Gritsyuk (Gusev, Tkachyov) – 46:43 4–4 Chibisov (Voynov, Shipachyov) – 48:22 5–4 5–5 48:57 – Hyka (Sedlák, Krejčí) 5–6 64:29 – Šulák (Krejčí) (PP)
	33 min	Penalties	10 min
	29	Shots	41

12 February 2022 (2022-02-12) 21:10 v

Switzerland

3–5 (1–0, 0–3, 2–2)

Denmark

Wukesong Arena, Beijing Attendance: 620

Game reference
	Reto Berra	Goalies	Sebastian Dahm	Referees: Roman Gofman Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Andreas Malmqvist Nikita Shalagin
	Corvi (Weber, Thürkauf) – 15:59 1–0 1–1 20:46 – Regin (Storm, Nick. Jensen) (PP) 1–2 21:07 – Storm (Nich. Jensen, Russell) 1–3 33:12 – Bødker (Russell, Lauridsen) 1–4 41:55 – Meyer (Nich. Jensen, Jakobsen) Loeffel (Untersander, Corvi) (PP) – 44:53 2–4 Herzog (Corvi, Untersander) (EA) – 57:37 3–4 3–5 59:01 – Storm (Russell) (ENG)
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	30

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Finland	3	2	1	0	0	13	6	+7	8	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	0	10	7	+3	7
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	0	2	8	12	−4	3	Playoffs
4	Latvia	3	0	0	0	3	5	11	−6	0

10 February 2022 (2022-02-10) 12:10 v

Sweden

3–2 (1–0, 2–1, 0–1)

Latvia

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 873

Game reference
	Lars Johansson	Goalies	Ivars Punnenovs	Referees: Martin Fraňo Kristian Vikman Linesmen: William Hancock Nikita Shalagin
	Wallmark (Holmberg, Olofsson) – 09:42 1–0 Lander (Bromé, Klingberg) – 20:30 2–0 Wallmark (Tömmernes, Pudas) (PP) – 33:39 3–0 3–1 36:07 – Krastenbergs (Balinskis, Dārziņš) (PP) 3–2 46:48 – Jeļisejevs (Dārziņš, Balinskis) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	26	Shots	17

10 February 2022 (2022-02-10) 16:40 v

Finland

6–2 (3–1, 1–1, 2–0)

Slovakia

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 929

Game reference
	Harri Säteri	Goalies	Branislav Konrád	Referees: Stephen Reneau Evgenii Romasko Linesmen: David Obwegeser Brian Oliver
	0–1 05:33 – Slafkovský (Roman) Manninen (Hartikainen, Pokka) – 10:17 1–1 Pesonen (Aaltonen, Filppula) (PP) – 14:22 2–1 Aaltonen (Nättinen) – 18:20 3–1 Manninen (Granlund, Lehtonen) – 29:28 4–1 4–2 31:49 – Slafkovský (Čerešňák, Regenda) Manninen (Hartikainen) – 40:16 5–2 Aaltonen (Ojamäki, Vatanen) (PP) – 54:57 6–2
	10 min	Penalties	6 min
	30	Shots	33

11 February 2022 (2022-02-11) 16:40 v

Sweden

4–1 (3–0, 0–0, 1–1)

Slovakia

Wukesong Arena, Beijing Attendance: 653

Game reference
	Magnus Hellberg	Goalies	Matej Tomek	Referees: Evgenii Romasko André Schrader Linesmen: David Obwegeser Brian Oliver
	Nordström (Bengtsson, Friberg) – 11:22 1–0 Wallmark (Pudas, Tömmernes) (PP2) – 18:10 2–0 Friberg (Holm, Nordström) – 19:55 3–0 Klingberg (Lander, Bromé) (ENG) – 57:44 4–0 4–1 58:18 – Slafkovský (Nemec)
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	29	Shots	41

11 February 2022 (2022-02-11) 21:10 v

Latvia

1–3 (0–0, 0–1, 1–2)

Finland

Wukesong Arena, Beijing Attendance: 904

Game reference
	Jānis Kalniņš	Goalies	Harri Säteri	Referees: Oliver Gouin Mikael Nord Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Dmitry Shishlo
	0–1 37:59 – Kemiläinen (Lehtonen, Nättinen) Ābols (Krastenbergs, Smirnovs) (PP) – 43:01 1–1 1–2 54:42 – Komarov (Hietanen, Ohtamaa) 1–3 58:43 – Anttila (Mäenalanen, Lindbohm)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	20	Shots	38

13 February 2022 (2022-02-13) 12:10 v

Slovakia

5–2 (1–1, 2–0, 2–1)

Latvia

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 943

Game reference
	Patrik Rybár	Goalies	Jānis Kalniņš	Referees: Oliver Gouin Mikael Nord Linesmen: Ludvig Lundgren Dmitry Shishlo
	Marinčin (Jurčo, Hudáček) – 11:00 1–0 1–1 15:46 – Ķēniņš (Ābols, Krastenbergs) Cehlárik (Hrivík, Takáč) – 26:17 2–1 Slafkovský – 31:16 3–1 3–2 42:07 – Indrašis (Meija, Cibuļskis) Zuzin (Kelemen, Čerešňák) – 49:21 4–2 Jurčo (ENG) – 59:59 5–2
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	33	Shots	20

13 February 2022 (2022-02-13) 16:40 v

Finland

4–3 OT (0–0, 0–3, 3–0) (OT: 1–0)

Sweden

Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing Attendance: 963

Game reference
	Juho Olkinuora	Goalies	Magnus Hellberg	Referees: Michael Campbell Roman Gofman Linesmen: William Hancock Nikita Shalagin
	0–1 24:24 – Wallmark (Tömmernes, Pudas) (PP) 0–2 28:39 – Bengtsson (Tömmernes, Bromé) (PP) 0–3 31:36 – Lander (Pudas, Klingberg) (PP) Hartikainen (Manninen, Vatanen) (PP) – 45:34 1–3 Pakarinen (Hartikainen, Manninen) (PP) – 55:30 2–3 Pakarinen (Lehtonen, Hartikainen) – 57:11 3–3 Pesonen – 62:01 4–3
	37 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	30

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
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