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Ice Hockey World Championship 2022: Group B – mode, teams, dates, favourites

2022-04-20T14:26:29.391Z


Ice Hockey World Championship 2022: Group B – mode, teams, dates, favourites Created: 04/20/2022, 16:14 Finland vs. Slovakia at the Beijing Winter Olympics © Liu Xiao / IMAGO During the preliminary round at the 2022 Ice Hockey World Championships, all teams from group B have to play each other once. Four teams advance to the quarterfinals. Helsinki / Tampere in Finland - The Ice Hockey World C


Ice Hockey World Championship 2022: Group B – mode, teams, dates, favourites

Created: 04/20/2022, 16:14

Finland vs. Slovakia at the Beijing Winter Olympics © Liu Xiao / IMAGO

During the preliminary round at the 2022 Ice Hockey World Championships, all teams from group B have to play each other once.

Four teams advance to the quarterfinals.

Helsinki / Tampere in Finland - The Ice Hockey World Championship 2022 will take place in Finland from May 13, 2022 to May 29, 2022.

A total of sixteen nations take part in the prestigious tournament.

The teams are divided into two groups of eight teams each.

Group B will feature the following nations in 2022:

  • Finland

  • USA

  • Czech Republic

  • Sweden

  • Latvia

  • Norway

  • Great Britain

  • Austria

The preliminary round of the Ice Hockey World Championships in Finland is contested as follows: All teams within a group have to compete against each other once.

The top four teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals after the group stage is completed.

The third- and fourth-placed teams in the quarter-finals also play for third place in the tournament, while the others are eliminated after the preliminary round.

On May 13th, 2022, the world championship begins, which takes place in Finland at several venues.

The venues are on the one hand in Tampere, where the Nokia Arena serves as the main venue.

On the other hand, numerous games take place in the Helsingin Jäähalli in the capital Helsinki.

Ice Hockey World Championship 2022 in Finland: This is how Group B starts

Group B at the 2022 Ice Hockey World Championships will begin on the opening day, i.e. on May 13, 2022, with the first games.

In the first matches, the USA will play Latvia at 15:20.

At 19:20 on the same day, the Finnish national team is on the ice against Norway.

The next day there are three games in Group B: Sweden and Austria as well as the Czech Republic and Great Britain and Latvia and Finland have to prove themselves against each other.

On May 15, 2022 at 11:20 a.m. it will be Norway and Great Britain’s turn.

Four hours later, Austria and the USA will be fighting for victory, and in the evening the Czech and Swedish teams will be on the ice.

Latvia and Norway meet on May 16, 2022 at 3:20 p.m.

At 7:20 p.m., the USA will play the hosts.

May 17, 2022 begins with the Czech Republic vs. Austria game and ends with Sweden vs. Great Britain.

The next day it's the Austrians' turn again, against Norway.

The teams from Finland and Sweden also play against each other in a Scandinavian match.

Group B at the Ice Hockey World Championship 2022: The end of the group phase

At the Ice Hockey World Championships 2022 in Finland, on May 19th, 2022, Group B will continue in the preliminary round.

On this day, Great Britain and the USA play against each other, as does the Czech Republic against the national team from Latvia.

The Great Britain team are back on the ice the following day at 15:20 against Finland.

On the same evening, the USA take on Sweden.

There will be three matches in Group B on May 21, 2022: The USA and Sweden will start at 11:20 a.m.

At 15:20 the game continues with Austria versus Finland, and at 19:20 the Norwegians play the Czech team.

The following day things get serious for Great Britain and Latvia, with Sweden and Norway also having to prove themselves against each other.

On May 23, 2022, the team from the USA will face the Czech Republic on the ice.

In the evening it's Austria and Great Britain's turn.

The last day of the game will decide who from Group B advances to the quarter-finals: Sweden and Latvia at 11:20 a.m., USA vs. Norway at 3:20 p.m. and Finland vs. Czech Republic at 7:20 p.m.

On May 26th, 2022 the games of the quarter-final phase will take place.

Source: merkur

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