2022 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

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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 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]

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.

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.[6] 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.[7] On 3 September 2021, an agreement was made to allow NHL players to compete.[8] 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.[9]

Match officials

15 referees and 12 linesmen were selected for the tournament.[10][11]

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 United States Andrew Bruggeman
  • Flag of 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 United States William Hancock
  • Flag of United States Brian Oliver

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+8).[12]

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
2/10/2022
21:10 		United States  8–0
(1–0, 3–0, 4–0) 		 China Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 947
2/10/2022
21:10 		Canada  5–1
(3–0, 1–1, 1–0) 		 Germany Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 685
2/12/2022
12:10 		Canada  2–4
(1–2, 1–1, 0–1) 		 United States Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 948
2/12/2022
16:40 		Germany  3–2
(2–0, 1–1, 0–1) 		 China Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 804
2/13/2022
21:10 		China  0–5
(0–3, 0–1, 0–1) 		 Canada Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 904
2/13/2022
21:10 		United States  3–2
(1–1, 1–0, 1–1) 		 Germany Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 708

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
2/9/2022
16:40 		ROC  1–0
(1–0, 0–0, 0–0) 		 Switzerland Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 934
2/9/2022
21:10 		Czech Republic  1–2
(0–2, 1–0, 0–0) 		 Denmark Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 891
2/11/2022
12:10 		Denmark  0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1) 		 ROC Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 907
2/11/2022
16:40 		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
2/12/2022
21:10 		ROC  5–6 OT
(1–1, 1–2, 3–2)
(OT: 0–1) 		 Czech Republic Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 921
2/12/2022
21:10 		Switzerland  3–5
(1–0, 0–3, 2–2) 		 Denmark Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 620

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
2/10/2022
12:10 		Sweden  3–2
(1–0, 2–1, 0–1) 		 Latvia Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 873
2/10/2022
16:40 		Finland  6–2
(3–1, 1–1, 2–0) 		 Slovakia Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 929
2/11/2022
16:40 		Sweden  4–1
(3–0, 0–0, 1–1) 		 Slovakia Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 653
2/11/2022
21:10 		Latvia  1–3
(0–0, 0–1, 1–2) 		 Finland Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 904
2/13/2022
12:10 		Slovakia  5–2
(1–1, 2–0, 2–1) 		 Latvia Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 943
2/13/2022
16:40 		Finland  4–3 OT
(0–0, 0–3, 3–0)
(OT: 1–0) 		 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:[13]

  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  United States A 1 3 9 +11 15 4
2D  Finland C 1 3 8 +7 13 2
3D  ROC B 1 3 7 +2 8 3
4D  Sweden C 2 3 7 +3 10 7
5D  Canada A 2 3 6 +7 12 1
6D  Denmark B 2 3 6 +1 7 12
7D  Czech Republic B 3 3 4 +1 9 6
8D  Slovakia C 3 3 3 −4 8 9
9D  Germany A 3 3 3 −4 6 5
10D  Switzerland B 4 3 1 −4 4 8
11D  Latvia C 4 3 0 −6 5 10
12D  China A 4 3 0 −14 2 32

Playoff round

First round

2/15/2022
12:10 		Slovakia  4–0
(1–0, 2–0, 1–0) 		 Germany Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 926
2/15/2022
12:10 		Denmark  3–2
(1–1, 1–1, 1–0) 		 Latvia Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 726
2/15/2022
16:40 		Czech Republic  2–4
(1–2, 0–1, 1–1) 		 Switzerland Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 990
2/15/2022
21:10 		Canada  7–2
(2–1, 3–1, 2–0) 		 China Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 994

Quarterfinals

2/16/2022
12:10 		United States  2–3 GWS
(1–1, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 0–1) 		 Slovakia Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,059
2/16/2022
14:00
 ROC  3–1
(1–1, 1–0, 1–0) 		 Denmark Wukesong Arena, Beijing
Attendance: 727
2/16/2022
16:40 		Finland  5–1
(2–0, 1–1, 2–0) 		 Switzerland Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 948
2/16/2022
21:30
 Sweden  2–0
(0–0, 0–0, 2–0) 		 Canada Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 950

Semifinals

2/18/2022
12:10
 Finland  2–0
(1–0, 0–0, 1–0) 		 Slovakia Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,071
2/18/2022
21:10 		ROC  2–1 GWS
(0–0, 1–0, 0–1)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0) 		 Sweden Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,161

Bronze medal game

2/19/2022
21:10 		Sweden  0–4
(0–0, 0–2, 0–2) 		 Slovakia Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,229

Gold medal game

2/20/2022
12:10 		Finland  2–1
(0–1, 1–0, 1–0) 		 ROC Beijing National Indoor Stadium, Beijing
Attendance: 1,288

References

  1. ↑ "Beijing 2022 Ice Hockey schedule". olympics.com. https://olympics.com/en/beijing-2022/schedule-by-sport/ice-hockey/. 
  2. ↑ The team competed under the name of the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR) in 2018 and under the name of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) in 2022.
  3. ↑ "Swiss avenge group stage loss, advance to QF". iihf.com. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/olympic-m/news/32116/cze_sui. 
  4. ↑ "Finns win historic gold in Beijing". iihf.com. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/olympic-m/news/32245/fin-roc-gmg. 
  5. ↑ "Slovakia wins first ever Olympic medal". iihf.com. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/olympic-m/news/32222/slovakia_wins_first_ever_olympic_medal. 
  6. ↑ "NHL, NHLPA ratify CBA extension through 2025–26 season" (in en-US). National Hockey League. https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-nhlpa-ratify-cba-extension-through-2025-26-season/c-317377214. 
  7. ↑ "NHL announces 2021–22 regular-season schedule". https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-announces-2021-22-regular-season-schedule/c-325741704. 
  8. ↑ "NHL players are back". IIHF.com. https://www.iihf.com/en/news/28036/nhl_players_are_back. 
  9. ↑ "NHL announces players will not participate in Beijing Winter Olympics" (in en-US). https://sports.yahoo.com/nhl-announces-players-not-participate-150440389.html. 
  10. ↑ "Olympic game officials nominated". https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/olympic-m/news/31501/olympic_game_officials_nominated. 
  11. ↑ "Competition Officials". https://olympics.com/beijing-2022/olympic-games/static/owg2022/pdf/OWG2022/IHO/OWG2022_IHO_C35B_IHOMTEAM6-------------------------.pdf. 
  12. ↑ "Olympic schedule announced". iihf.com. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/olympic-m/news/28518/olympic_schedule_announced. 
  13. ↑ "Tournament Info". IIHF.com. https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/olympic-m/tournamentinfo/28623/tournament_info. 

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