Ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics

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). Two events were contested, one each for men and women.
==Medal summary==
===Medal table===
===Medalists===
Men's 	Miro AaltonenMarko AnttilaHannes BjörninenValtteri FilppulaNiklas FrimanMarkus GranlundTeemu HartikainenJuuso HietanenValtteri KemiläinenLeo KomarovMikko LehtonenPetteri LindbohmSaku MäenalanenSakari ManninenJoonas NättinenAtte OhtamaaNiko OjamäkiJuho OlkinuoraIiro PakarinenHarri PesonenVille PokkaToni RajalaHarri SäteriFrans TuohimaaSami Vatanen	Sergei AndronovTimur BilyalovAndrei ChibisovIvan FedotovStanislav GalievMikhail GrigorenkoArseni GritsyukNikita GusevPavel KarnaukhovArtur KayumovArtyom MinulinNikita NesterovAlexander NikishinSergei PlotnikovAlexander SamonovKirill SemyonovDamir SharipzyanovVadim ShipachyovAnton SlepyshevSergei TeleginVladimir TkachyovDmitri VoronkovSlava VoynovEgor YakovlevAlexander Yelesin	Peter CehlárikMichal ČajkovskýPeter ČerešňákMarek ĎalogaMarko DaňoMartin GernátAdrián HolešinskýMarek HrivíkLibor HudáčekTomáš JurčoMiloš KelemenSamuel KňažkoBranislav KonrádMichal KrištofMartin MarinčinŠimon NemecKristián PospíšilPavol RegendaMiloš RomanMislav RosandićPatrik RybárJuraj SlafkovskýSamuel TakáčMatej TomekPeter Zuzin
Women's	Erin AmbroseAshton BellKristen CampbellEmily ClarkMélodie DaoustAnn-Renée DesbiensRenata FastSarah FillierBrianne JennerRebecca JohnstonJocelyne LarocqueEmma MaltaisEmerance MaschmeyerSarah NurseMarie-Philip PoulinJamie Lee RattrayJill SaulnierElla SheltonNatalie SpoonerLaura StaceyClaire ThompsonBlayre TurnbullMicah Zandee-Hart 	Cayla BarnesMegan BozekHannah BrandtDani CameranesiAlexandra CarpenterAlex CavalliniJesse CompherKendall Coyne SchofieldBrianna DeckerJincy DunneSavannah HarmonCaroline HarveyNicole HensleyMegan KellerAmanda KesselHilary KnightAbbey MurphyKelly PannekMaddie RooneyAbby RoqueHayley ScamurraLee SteckleinGrace Zumwinkle 	Sanni HakalaJenni HiirikoskiElisa HolopainenSini KarjalainenMichelle KarvinenAnni KeisalaNelli LaitinenJulia LiikalaEveliina MäkinenPetra NieminenTanja NiskanenJenniina NylundMeeri RäisänenSanni RantalaRonja SavolainenSofianna SundelinSusanna TapaniNoora TulusMinttu TuominenViivi VainikkaSanni VanhanenEmilia VesaElla Viitasuo
==Venues==
Beijing National Indoor StadiumCapacity: 19,418	Wukesong ArenaCapacity: 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
 	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.
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. 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. On 3 September 2021, an agreement was made to allow NHL players to compete.
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.
===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.
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.
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==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. 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.
===Participating nations===
Qualifiers Czech Republic, Denmark, and Sweden, were the winners of the final qualification tournaments. Their designation was determined by their qualification seeding.
 
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==Qualification summary / Participating NOC's==
Nations 	Men	Women	Athletes
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Total: 13 NOCs	12 	10 	530
==References==
==External links==
*QUALIFICATION SYSTEM FOR XXIV OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES 
*Official Results Book – Ice Hockey
 
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