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2022 IIHF World Championship Group A
Group A was one of two groups of the 2022 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the 2022 IIHF World Championship playoff round, playoff round, while the last placed team was relegated to 2023 IIHF World Championship Division I, Division I in 2023. Standings Matches ''All times are local (Time in Finland, UTC+3).'' France vs Slovakia Germany vs Canada Denmark vs Kazakhstan Switzerland vs Italy Slovakia vs Germany Italy vs Canada France vs Kazakhstan Denmark vs Switzerland Slovakia vs Canada France vs Germany Italy vs Denmark Switzerland vs Kazakhstan France vs Italy Switzerland vs Slovakia Germany vs Denmark Canada vs Kazakhstan Germany vs Italy Kazakhstan vs Slovakia Denmark vs France Canada vs Switzerland Italy vs Slovakia Kazakhstan vs Germany Switzerland vs France Kazakhstan vs Italy Canada vs Denmark Germany vs Switzerland Slovakia vs Denmark Canada vs France Notes References External linksO ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2022 IIHF World Championship
The 2022 IIHF World Championship was hosted by Finland from 13 to 29 May 2022, as the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) announced on 19 May 2017 in Cologne, Germany. The host cities of the World Championships were Tampere and Helsinki, of which Tampere's brand-new Nokia Arena served as the main venue of the games. Since all lower divisions of the 2021 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all 16 teams from the previous year's top division were set to return this year. However, in the midst of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus were suspended from competing in all IIHF tournaments for at least a year. This marked the first time that Russia missed the top division of the World Championship since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. For this tournament, the suspended nations were replaced by Austria and France, the two highest-ranked teams in 2021 that had not already qualified. Additionally, the venue in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
