Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's tournament

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2022 Winter Olympics
Tournament details
Host country  China
Dates 4–20 February
Teams 12
Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city)
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The men's tournament in ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics will be held in Beijing, China between 4 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.

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.[2] 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.[3] On 3 September 2021, an agreement was made to allow NHL players to compete.[4]

The Russian national team, competed under the name of the Olympic Athletes from Russia (OAR), are the defending champion. The Team will compete under the name of the Russian Olympic Committee, as Russia continues to serve a WADA suspension from international competition.

Qualified teams

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Hosts 17 May 2018[5] Denmark Copenhagen 1  China
2019 IIHF World Ranking[a] 31 March 2016 – 26 May 2019 Slovakia Bratislava and Košice[b] 8[6]  Canada
 Russia
 Finland
 Sweden
 Czech Republic
 United States
 Germany
 Switzerland
Final qualification tournaments 26–29 August 2021 Slovakia Bratislava 1  Slovakia
Latvia Riga 1  Latvia
Norway Oslo 1  Denmark
Total 12
Notes
  1. a 2019 IIHF World Ranking were comprising the following events: 2016 World Championship, 2017 World Championship, 2018 Winter Olympic Games, 2018 World Championship and 2019 World Championship
  2. 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.

Preliminary round

Tiebreak criteria

In each group, teams will be 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
First match(es) will be played on 4 February 2022. Source:

Group B

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
First match(es) will be played on 4 February 2022. Source:

Group C

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
First match(es) will be played on 4 February 2022. Source:

Ranking after preliminary round

Following the completion of the preliminary round, all teams will be ranked 1D through 12D. To determine this ranking, the following criteria will be used in the order presented:

  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.

Playoff round

Bracket

 
 Playoffs Quarter-finals Semi-finals Gold medal game
 
                            
 
 
 
 
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   Bronze medal game
 
 
 16 February 19 February
 
 
    
 
 15 February
 
    
 
  
 
 
  
 

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