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The ice hockey competitions of the 2022 Winter Olympics was played at two venues located in the [[Beijing]] cluster. The [[Beijing National Indoor Stadium]], which seats 18,000, is one of what are being called Olympic Green venues. The [[Wukesong Arena]], seating 10,000, was also used, with both arenas having been constructed for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

The men's tournament had 12 teams competing, and the women's tournament 10 for the first time (an increase of two from 2018).<ref>{{cite news|last=Spencer|first=Donna|date=19 February 2018|title=Olympic women's hockey tournament to expand to 10 teams in 2022|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/4033843/olympic-women-hockey-expansion/|work=[[Canadian Press]]|location=Toronto, Ontario, Canada|access-date=14 November 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/Games/Winter-Games/Games-Beijing-2022-Winter-Olympic-Games/Sports-programme/Beijing-2022-Olympic-programme.pdf|title=Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022 Event programme and athlete quota|website=www.olympic.org/|publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC)|access-date=5 September 2021}}</ref> Two events were contested, one each for men and women.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stillmed.olympic.org/media/Document%20Library/OlympicOrg/Games/Winter-Games/Games-Beijing-2022-Winter-Olympic-Games/Sports-programme/Beijing-2022-Olympic-programme-en.pdf|title=Official Programme of the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022|website=www.olympic.org/|publisher=[[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC)|access-date=13 February 2022}}</ref>

==Medal table==
{| {{RankedMedalTable|nation-width=200px}}
|-
|1||align=left|{{FIN}}||1||0||1||2
|-
|1||align=left|{{CAN}}||1||0||0||1
|-
|3||align=left|{{ih|RUS|roc-olympics|name=ROC}}||0||1||0||1
|-
|4||align=left|{{USA}}||0||1||0||1
|-
|5||align=left|{{SVK}}||0||0||1||1
|-
!colspan=2| Total || 2 || 2 || 2 || 6
|}

==Men's tournament==
{{main|2022 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament}}
The tournament featured twelve countries, eight qualifying through the [[IIHF World Ranking]], the host [[China]], and three through qualifying tournaments. The format remained the same as the previous three Olympics; three groups of four compete in three games to determine seeding, each played every other team in their group, followed by four rounds of elimination games. Each group winner received a bye into the second round, along with the highest ranked of the remaining teams. The remaining eight teams played an eliminating qualification game to advance to the quarter-final round. Each quarter-final winner advanced to the semi-finals with the winners playing for the gold medal and the losers playing for the bronze. With the cancellation of the [[2020 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships]], the groups were established on 24 April 2020, using the IIHF world rankings where seeding counted for the ranking points in unplayed tournaments.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1079887/iihf-approves-qualification-criteria-for-beijing-2022-mens-ice-hockey-tournament |title=IIHF approves qualification criteria for Beijing 2022 men's ice hockey tournament|date=30 May 2019 |publisher=insidethegames.biz |access-date=25 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2019/wm/news/12734/road-to-olympics-set |title=Road to Olympics set|publisher=IIHF.com |access-date=25 August 2019}}</ref><ref name=Seeding>{{cite news|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/18692/iihf-world-rankings-published|title=IIHF World Rankings published|publisher=[[International Ice Hockey Federation|IIHF]]|date=24 April 2020|access-date=24 April 2020}}</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NHL, NHLPA ratify CBA extension through 2025–26 season|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-nhlpa-ratify-cba-extension-through-2025-26-season/c-317377214|access-date=11 July 2020|publisher=National Hockey League|language=en-US}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web |title=NHL announces 2021-22 regular-season schedule |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-announces-2021-22-regular-season-schedule/c-325741704 |website=NHL.com |access-date=7 August 2021}}</ref> On 3 September 2021, an agreement was made to allow NHL players to compete.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/28036/nhl_players_are_back|title=NHL players are back|publisher=IIHF.com |access-date=3 September 2021}}</ref>

On 22 December 2021, the NHL and the NHLPA announced that NHL players would not be participating in the men's ice hockey tournament at the 2022 Games. COVID-19 has forced a change in the NHL schedule. With approximately 50 games postponed, the NHL was to use the Olympic break to make up its own postponed games rather than have the players compete in the Olympics.<ref>{{cite news |last=Martin |first=Jill |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/21/sport/nhl-winter-olympics-covid/index.html |title=Beijing Winter Olympics: NHL players won't participate in 2022 Games |work=CNN |date=22 December 2021 |accessdate=22 December 2021 }}</ref>

===Qualification===
{{Main|2022 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification}}
Qualification for the men's tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics was determined by the [[IIHF World Ranking]] following the [[2019 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships]]. The top eight joined the hosts and three qualifiers.

===Participating nations===
The groups were established on 24 April 2020 in absence of a World Championship. Qualifiers one, two, and three, were the winners of the final qualification tournaments. Their designation was determined by their [[2022 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification#Qualification seeding|qualification seeding]].<ref name=Seeding/>

Due to the lack of ice hockey talent in China, players had to be recruited from abroad. The men's hockey team had eleven Canadians, nine Chinese, three Americans, and a Russian.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Olsvik |first1=Justin |title=China Recruited Canadians to Avoid Embarrassment on the Olympic Ice |url=https://thediplomat.com/2022/02/china-recruited-canadians-to-avoid-embarrassment-on-olympic-ice/ |website=thediplomat.com |publisher=The Diplomat |access-date=4 February 2022}}</ref>

{|class="wikitable"
!Group A
!Group B
!Group C
|-
|
*{{ih|CAN}}
*{{ih|USA}}
*{{ih|GER}}
*{{ih|CHN}}
|
*{{ih|RUS|roc-olympics|name=ROC}}
*{{ih|CZE}}
*{{ih|SUI}}
*{{ih|DEN}}
|
*{{ih|FIN}}
*{{ih|SWE}}
*{{ih|SVK}}
*{{ih|LAT}}
|}

==Women's tournament==
{{main|2022 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament}}
For the first time ten countries competed in the women's tournament, six qualifying through the [[IIHF World Ranking]], the host [[China]], and three through qualifying tournaments held in November 2021.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2020/ww/news/18190/race-to-olympics-for-women-starts-soon |title=Race to Olympics for women starts soon|publisher=IIHF.com |access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref> The qualification groups and schedule will be established at the 2020 IIHF Annual Congress.

===Qualification===
{{Main|2022 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification}}
Qualification for the women's tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics were supposed to be determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the [[2020 Women's Ice Hockey World Championships]], but they were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The top six ranked nations were established by using their seeding for ranking points in unplayed tournaments in 2020.<ref name=Seeding />

===Participating nations===
Qualifiers Czech Republic, Denmark, and Sweden, were the winners of the final qualification tournaments. Their designation was determined by their [[2022 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification#Qualification seeding|qualification seeding]].<ref name=Seeding />

{|class="wikitable"
!Group A
!Group B
|-
|
*{{ihw|USA}}
*{{ihw|CAN}}
*{{ihw|FIN}}
*{{ihw|RUS|roc-olympics|name=ROC}}
*{{ihw|SUI}}
|
*{{ihw|JPN}}
*{{ihw|CZE}}
*{{ihw|SWE}}
*{{ihw|DEN}}
*{{ihw|CHN}}
|}

==Results==
See the following articles for results:
*[[2022 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament]]
*[[2022 Winter Olympics – Men's qualification]]
*[[2022 Winter Olympics – Women's tournament]]
*[[2022 Winter Olympics – Women's qualification]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Olympic Games}}

[[Category:Ice hockey at the Olympic Games]]
[[Category:2022 in ice hockey]]

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