Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Ice hockey
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Ice hockey; at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
	Hockey pictogram
Venues	Beijing National Indoor Stadium; Wukesong Arena
Dates	3–20 February
No. of events	2 (1 men and 1 women)
Competitors	530 from 13 nations
	← 2018 2026 →

The ice hockey competitions of the 2022 Winter Olympics were played at two venues located in the Beijing cluster: the Beijing National Indoor Stadium, which seats 18,000, located at the Olympic Green area, and the Wukesong Arena, seating 10,000, 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).^[1]^[2] Two events were contested, one each for men and women.^[3]

Medal summary

Medal table

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's details	Finland Miro Aaltonen Marko Anttila Hannes Björninen Valtteri Filppula Niklas Friman Markus Granlund Teemu Hartikainen Juuso Hietanen Valtteri Kemiläinen Leo Komarov Mikko Lehtonen Petteri Lindbohm Saku Mäenalanen Sakari Manninen Joonas Nättinen Atte Ohtamaa Niko Ojamäki Juho Olkinuora Iiro Pakarinen Harri Pesonen Ville Pokka Toni Rajala Harri Säteri Frans Tuohimaa Sami Vatanen	ROC Sergei Andronov Timur Bilyalov Andrei Chibisov Ivan Fedotov Stanislav Galiev Mikhail Grigorenko Arseni Gritsyuk Nikita Gusev Pavel Karnaukhov Artur Kayumov Artyom Minulin Nikita Nesterov Alexander Nikishin Sergei Plotnikov Alexander Samonov Kirill Semyonov Damir Sharipzyanov Vadim Shipachyov Anton Slepyshev Sergei Telegin Vladimir Tkachyov Dmitri Voronkov Slava Voynov Egor Yakovlev Alexander Yelesin	Slovakia Peter Cehlárik Michal Čajkovský Peter Čerešňák Marek Ďaloga Marko Daňo Martin Gernát Adrián Holešinský Marek Hrivík Libor Hudáček Tomáš Jurčo Miloš Kelemen Samuel Kňažko Branislav Konrád Michal Krištof Martin Marinčin Šimon Nemec Kristián Pospíšil Pavol Regenda Miloš Roman Mislav Rosandić Patrik Rybár Juraj Slafkovský Samuel Takáč Matej Tomek Peter Zuzin
Women's details	Canada Erin Ambrose Ashton Bell Kristen Campbell Emily Clark Mélodie Daoust Ann-Renée Desbiens Renata Fast Sarah Fillier Brianne Jenner Rebecca Johnston Jocelyne Larocque Emma Maltais Emerance Maschmeyer Sarah Nurse Marie-Philip Poulin Jamie Lee Rattray Jill Saulnier Ella Shelton Natalie Spooner Laura Stacey Claire Thompson Blayre Turnbull Micah Zandee-Hart	United States Cayla Barnes Megan Bozek Hannah Brandt Dani Cameranesi Alex Carpenter Alex Cavallini Jesse Compher Kendall Coyne Schofield Brianna Decker Jincy Roese Savannah Harmon Caroline Harvey Nicole Hensley Megan Keller Amanda Kessel Hilary Knight Abbey Murphy Kelly Pannek Maddie Rooney Abby Roque Hayley Scamurra Lee Stecklein Grace Zumwinkle	Finland Sanni Hakala Jenni Hiirikoski Elisa Holopainen Sini Karjalainen Michelle Karvinen Anni Keisala Nelli Laitinen Julia Liikala Eveliina Mäkinen Petra Nieminen Tanja Niskanen Jenniina Nylund Meeri Räisänen Sanni Rantala Ronja Savolainen Sofianna Sundelin Susanna Tapani Noora Tulus Minttu Tuominen Viivi Vainikka Sanni Vanhanen Emilia Vesa Ella Viitasuo

Venues

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

Beijing	Beijing

Competition schedule

PR	Preliminary round	PO	Playoffs	QF	Quarter-finals	SF	Semi-finals	B	Bronze-medal match	G	Gold-medal match

Date Event	Thu 3	Fri 4	Sat 5	Sun 6	Mon 7	Tue 8	Wed 9	Thu 10	Fri 11	Sat 12	Sun 13	Mon 14	Tue 15	Wed 16	Thu 17	Fri 18	Sat 19	Sun 20
Men's tournament							PR	PR	PR	PR	PR		PO	QF		SF	B	G
Women's tournament	PR	PR	PR	PR	PR	PR			QF	QF		SF		B	G

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 Ice Hockey World Championships, the groups were established on 24 April 2020, using the IIHF world rankings where seeding counted for the ranking points in unplayed tournaments.^[4]^[5]^[6]

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

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.^[10]

Qualification

Qualification for the men's tournament at the 2022 Winter Olympics was determined by the IIHF World Ranking following the 2019 Men's Ice Hockey World 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 qualification seeding.^[6]

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.^[11]

Group A	Group B	Group C
Canada United States Germany China	ROC Czech Republic Switzerland Denmark	Finland Sweden Slovakia Latvia

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.^[12] The qualification groups and schedule will be established at the 2020 IIHF Annual Congress.

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.^[6]

Participating nations

Qualifiers Czech Republic, Denmark, and Sweden, were the winners of the final qualification tournaments. Their designation was determined by their qualification seeding.^[6]