2022 IIHF World Championship Group B

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Group B was one of two groups of the 2022 IIHF World Championship. The four best placed teams advanced to the playoff round, while the last placed team was relegated to Division I in 2023.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Finland (H)	7	6	0	1	0	25	5	+20	19	Quarterfinals
2	Sweden	7	5	1	1	0	27	10	+17	18
3	Czechia	7	4	0	1	2	19	13	+6	13
4	United States	7	3	2	0	2	18	12	+6	13
5	Latvia	7	2	1	0	4	14	20	−6	8
6	Austria	7	1	1	2	3	16	22	−6	7
7	Norway	7	1	1	0	5	15	29	−14	5
8	Great Britain (R)	7	0	0	1	6	10	33	−23	1	Relegation to 2023 Division I A

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Matches

All times are local (UTC+3).

United States vs Latvia

13 May 2022 16:20

United States

4–1 (3–0, 1–0, 0–1)

Latvia

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 7,938

Game reference
	Strauss Mann	Goalies	Elvis Merzļikins	Referees: Marian Rohatsch Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Jonas Merten Šimon Synek
	Barber (Bellows, Peeke) – 07:11 1–0 Jones (Schmidt, Galchenyuk) (PP) – 10:18 2–0 Bordeleau (Jones) (SH) – 11:36 3–0 Lafferty (Megna) – 20:33 4–0 4–1 41:47 – Džeriņš (Ri. Bukarts, Čukste) (PP)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	25

Finland vs Norway

13 May 2022 20:20

Finland

5–0 (1–0, 2–0, 2–0)

Norway

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 11,413

Game reference
	Juho Olkinuora	Goalies	Henrik Haukeland	Referees: Fraser Lawrence Mikael Nord Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Nicolas Constantineau
	Pesonen (Armia, Filppula) – 18:29 1–0 Rajala – 31:37 2–0 Björninen (Anttila, Pokka) – 36:06 3–0 Armia (Vatanen, Rajala) (PP) – 41:36 4–0 Sallinen (Friman, Rajala) – 57:56 5–0
	32 min	Penalties	36 min
	32	Shots	20

Sweden vs Austria

14 May 2022 12:20

Sweden

3–1 (2–1, 1–0, 0–0)

Austria

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 6,993

Game reference
	Marcus Högberg	Goalies	Bernhard Starkbaum	Referees: Mads Frandsen Marian Rohatsch Linesmen: Andreas Krøyer David Obwegeser
	Kellman (Bengtsson, Klingberg) – 02:08 1–0 Friberg (Kellman) – 16:37 2–0 2–1 19:30 – Schneider (Heinrich) Nordström (Bromé, Gustafsson) – 32:07 3–1
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	29	Shots	20

Czechia vs Great Britain

14 May 2022 16:20

Czechia

5–1 (0–0, 2–0, 3–1)

Great Britain

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 6,286

Game reference
	Lukáš Dostál	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Miroslav Stolc Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Jonas Merten
	Blümel (Krejčí, Červenka) – 27:09 1–0 Flek (Ščotka, Jordán) – 32:23 2–0 Jiříček (Červenka, Smejkal) (PP) – 41:11 3–0 Černoch (Smejkal, Blümel) – 46:43 4–0 Blümel (Červenka, Krejčí) – 48:28 5–0 5–1 50:57 – Lake (Conway)
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	34	Shots	18

Latvia vs Finland

14 May 2022 20:20

Latvia

1–2 (1–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Finland

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 11,483

Game reference
	Elvis Merzļikins	Goalies	Harri Säteri	Referees: Jeff Ingram Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Nick Briganti Nathan van Oosten
	Balcers (Ķēniņš) – 08:52 1–0 1–1 30:52 – Manninen (Granlund, Lehtonen) (PP) 1–2 57:08 – Granlund (Lehtonen, Manninen) (PP)
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	18	Shots	16

Norway vs Great Britain

15 May 2022 12:20

Norway

4–3 GWS (1–0, 2–0, 0–3) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Great Britain

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 4,651

Game reference
	Henrik Haukeland	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Mads Frandsen Fraser Lawrence Linesmen: Andreas Krøyer David Obwegeser
	Klavestad (Trettenes, Hoff) – 16:13 1–0 M. Olimb (Rosseli Olsen, Johannesen) (PP) – 26:35 2–0 M. Olimb (K. Olimb, Rosseli Olsen) (PP) – 35:19 3–0 3–1 52:51 – Dowd (Lake, Batch) 3–2 53:29 – Perlini (Mosey, Conway) 3–3 56:09 – Richardson (Perlini, Tetlow)
	Jakobsson MISS Trettenes GOAL Haga GOAL Rosseli Olsen MISS	Shootout	MISS Lake MISS O'Connor GOAL Conway MISS Dowd MISS Neilson
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	33	Shots	24

Austria vs United States

15 May 2022 16:20

Austria

2–3 OT (1–0, 1–1, 0–1) (OT: 0–1)

United States

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 4,228

Game reference
	David Kickert	Goalies	Strauss Mann	Referees: Mikael Nord Miroslav Stolc Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Nathan van Oosten
	Nissner (Kasper, Maier) – 14:25 1–0 Huber (Wukovits, Haudum) – 34:26 2–0 2–1 34:43 – Bellows (Meyers, Megna) 2–2 48:43 – Gaudette (Galchenyuk, Jones) (PP) 2–3 63:07 – Hughes (Farrell)
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	16	Shots	39

Czechia vs Sweden

15 May 2022 20:20

Czechia

3–5 (1–1, 1–3, 1–1)

Sweden

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 6,089

Game reference
	Karel Vejmelka Marek Langhamer	Goalies	Magnus Hellberg	Referees: Jeff Ingram Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Nick Briganti Šimon Synek
	Krejčí (Červenka) – 06:03 1–0 1–1 19:24 – Asplund (Bemström, Wallmark) (PP) 1–2 22:47 – Bemström (Wallmark, Gustaffson) (PP) 1–3 25:50 – Bromé 1–4 28:52 – Asplund (Gustaffson) Kundrátek (Červenka, Jiříček) (PP) – 37:36 2–4 2–5 44:50 – Bengtsson (Bromé) Blümel (Červenka, Šimek) – 45:19 3–5
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	21	Shots	34

Latvia vs Norway

16 May 2022 16:20

Latvia

3–2 (1–1, 2–0, 0–1)

Norway

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 8,510

Game reference
	Elvis Merzļikins	Goalies	Henrik Haukeland	Referees: Mads Frandsen Kristian Vikman Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Andreas Krøyer
	Ābols (Ķēniņš, Balcers) – 14:04 1–0 1–1 18:41 – Rosseli Olsen (Rokseth, Hoff) Jeļisejevs (Balcers, Jaks) (PP) – 27:16 2–1 Ro. Bukarts (Sotnieks, Smons) – 33:00 3–1 3–2 47:12 – Krogdahl (Nørstebø, K. A. Olimb)
	4 min	Penalties	35 min
	28	Shots	36

Finland vs United States

16 May 2022 20:20

Finland

4–1 (1–0, 3–0, 0–1)

United States

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 11,555

Game reference
	Juho Olkinuora	Goalies	Strauss Mann	Referees: Mikael Nord Marian Rohatsch Linesmen: Jonas Merten Nathan van Oosten
	Granlund (Manninen, Lehtonen) (PP) – 17:20 1–0 Filppula (Innala, Vatanen (PP) – 24:42 2–0 Manninen (Sallinen, Granlund) (PP) – 25:36 3–0 Lehtonen (Hartikainen, Manninen) – 30:50 4–0 4–1 58:22 – Galchenyuk (Hughes, Jones)
	14 min	Penalties	41 min
	25	Shots	30

Czechia vs Austria

17 May 2022 16:20

Czechia

1–2 GWS (1–0, 0–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Austria

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 3,264

Game reference
	Karel Vejmelka	Goalies	Bernhard Starkbaum	Referees: Mads Frandsen Mikael Nord Linesmen: Nicolas Constantineau Andreas Krøyer
	Červenka (Blümel, Kundrátek) – 17:59 1–0 1–1 59:22 – Lebler (Heinrich, Schneider) (EA)
	Hertl MISS Červenka MISS Blümel MISS Smejkal MISS Krejčí MISS	Shootout	MISS Kasper MISS Ganahl GOAL Schneider MISS Heinrich
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	25	Shots	19

Sweden vs Great Britain

17 May 2022 20:20

Sweden

6–0 (5–0, 0–0, 1–0)

Great Britain

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 3,012

Game reference
	Magnus Hellberg	Goalies	Ben Bowns Jackson Whistle	Referees: Fraser Lawrence Marian Rohatsch Linesmen: Jonas Merten Šimon Synek
	Asplund (Kellman, Dahlin) – 00:13 1–0 Nordström (Larsson, Bemström) – 07:43 2–0 Bengtsson (Bromé) – 10:24 3–0 Dahlin (Pudas, Bengtsson) – 13:09 4–0 Asplund (Kellman, Dahlin) (PP) – 19:55 5–0 Bengtsson (Lang, Tömmernes) – 53:09 6–0
	4 min	Penalties	10 min
	38	Shots	16

Norway vs Austria

18 May 2022 16:20

Norway

5–3 (1–1, 2–1, 2–1)

Austria

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 6,137

Game reference
	Henrik Haukeland	Goalies	David Kickert	Referees: Fraser Lawrence Miroslav Stolc Linesmen: Maxime Chaput David Obwegeser
	0–1 06:48 – Heinrich (Wukovits, Schneider) (PP) Rosseli Olsen (K. Olimb) (SH) – 07:33 1–1 Martinsen (Johannesen, Rosseli Olsen) – 20:55 2–1 2–2 26:54 – Haudum (Unterweger, Ganahl) (PP) Røymark (Haga, Nørstebø) (EA) – 31:44 3–2 Rosseli Olsen (Martinsen, K. Olimb) (PP2) – 47:32 4–2 4–3 56:12 – Schneider (Wukovits, Heinrich) (PP) Rønnild (Jakobsson) (EN) – 59:47 5–3
	14 min	Penalties	33 min
	26	Shots	27

Finland vs Sweden

18 May 2022 20:20

Finland

2–3 GWS (0–1, 2–0, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1)

Sweden

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 11,695

Game reference
	Harri Säteri	Goalies	Magnus Hellberg	Referees: Jeff Ingram Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Nick Briganti Nathan van Oosten
	0–1 11:38 – Larsson (Peterson, Dahlin) Lehtonen (Björninen, Anttila) – 23:38 1–1 Vatanen (Lehtonen, Armia) – 25:39 2–1 2–2 46:38 – Kellman (Gustafsson, Ekman-Larsson)
	Manninen MISS Vatanen MISS Björninen MISS Granlund MISS Rajala MISS	Shootout	MISS Ekman-Larsson GOAL Bemström MISS Tömmernes MISS Asplund MISS Kellman
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	31	Shots	25

Great Britain vs United States

19 May 2022 16:20

Great Britain

0–3 (0–0, 0–1, 0–2)

United States

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 4,506

Game reference
	Jackson Whistle	Goalies	Jeremy Swayman	Referees: Jeff Ingram Miroslav Stolc Linesmen: Jonas Merten Šimon Synek
	0–1 28:20 – Meyers (Peeke, Schmidt) 0–2 40:58 – Bellows (Gaudette, Farrell) (PP) 0–3 43:41 – Bellows (Farrell, Schmidt) (PP)
	10 min	Penalties	12 min
	17	Shots	38

Czechia vs Latvia

19 May 2022 20:20

Czechia

5–1 (5–0, 0–0, 0–1)

Latvia

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 5,711

Game reference
	Karel Vejmelka	Goalies	Elvis Merzļikins Artūrs Šilovs	Referees: Fraser Lawrence Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Andreas Krøyer David Obwegeser
	Zohorna (Hertl, Blümel) – 04:02 1–0 Červenka (Pastrňák, Krejčí) (PP) – 04:58 2–0 Špaček (Flek) – 06:41 3–0 Hertl (Zohorna, Blümel) – 16:30 4–0 Pastrňák (Krejčí, Červenka) – 18:56 5–0 5–1 41:01 – Kulda (Ri. Bukarts, Džeriņš)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	17

Great Britain vs Finland

20 May 2022 16:20

Great Britain

0–6 (0–2, 0–2, 0–2)

Finland

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 11,502

Game reference
	Ben Bowns	Goalies	Juho Olkinuora	Referees: Pierre Dehaen Mads Frandsen Linesmen: Nick Briganti Elias Seewald
	0–1 06:48 – Friman (Vatanen, Lammikko) 0–2 11:38 – Hietanen (Manninen, Lehtonen) 0–3 26:40 – Filppula (Granlund, Hartikainen) 0–4 28:27 – Armia (Friman, Pesonen) 0–5 49:01 – Mäenalanen (Lindell, Ohtamaa) 0–6 55:42 – Rajala (Heiskanen, Pesonen) (PP)
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	10	Shots	42

Latvia vs Austria

20 May 2022 20:20

Latvia

4–3 GWS (0–0, 3–2, 0–1) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 1–0)

Austria

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 8,516

Game reference
	Artūrs Šilovs	Goalies	Bernhard Starkbaum	Referees: Mikael Nord Miroslav Stolc Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Šimon Synek
	0–1 21:10 – Nissner (Raffl, Schneider) Balcers (Jaks, Ābols) – 25:36 1–1 Ri. Bukarts (Čukste, Džeriņš) (PP) – 29:50 2–1 2–2 31:24 – Heinrich (Schneider, Haudum) (PP2) Balcers (Ri. Bukarts, Sotnieks) – 35:40 3–2 3–3 46:21 – Raffl (Zündel, Nissner)
	Jeļisejevs GOAL Ābols MISS Ro. Bukarts GOAL Balcers MISS	Shootout	MISS Kasper MISS Ganahl MISS Schneider GOAL Heinrich MISS Lebler
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	21	Shots	32

United States vs Sweden

21 May 2022 12:20

United States

3–2 OT (1–1, 1–0, 0–1) (OT: 1–0)

Sweden

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 8,304

Game reference
	Jeremy Swayman	Goalies	Linus Ullmark	Referees: Fraser Lawrence Peter Stano Linesmen: David Obwegeser Nathan van Oosten
	0–1 02:28 - Dahlin (Lang, Åman) Gaudette (Meyers, Peeke) – 07:50 1–1 Schmidt (Gaudette, Tynan) (PP) – 38:58 2–1 2–2 46:56 – Grundström Gaudette (Tynan, Swayman) – 64:48 3–2
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	22

Austria vs Finland

21 May 2022 16:20

Austria

0–3 (0–1, 0–1, 0–1)

Finland

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 11,573

Game reference
	David Kickert	Goalies	Juho Olkinuora	Referees: Jeff Ingram Mikael Nord Linesmen: Nick Briganti Maxime Chaput
	0–1 01:45 – Filppula (Hartikainen, Granlund) 0–2 24:10 – Granlund (Hartikainen, Lehtonen) 0–3 47:39 – Rajala (Filppula)
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	19	Shots	39

Norway vs Czechia

21 May 2022 20:20

Norway

1–4 (0–1, 0–1, 1–2)

Czechia

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 6,015

Game reference
	Jonas Arntzen	Goalies	Karel Vejmelka	Referees: Mads Frandsen Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Tommi Niittylä Emil Yletyinen
	0–1 06:26 – Pastrňák (Krejčí, Červenka) (PP) 0–2 22:21 – Vrána (Černoch, Kundrátek) (PP) 0–3 40:48 – Pastrňák (PS) Hoff (Trettenes, Haga) (PP) – 44:27 1–3 1–4 58:34 – Červenka (Pastrňák, Krejčí) (EN)
	12 min	Penalties	10 min
	22	Shots	32

Great Britain vs Latvia

22 May 2022 16:20

Great Britain

3–4 (2–0, 1–2, 0–2)

Latvia

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 4,860

Game reference
	Ben Bowns	Goalies	Elvis Merzļikins Artūrs Šilovs	Referees: Pierre Dehaen Sean MacFarlane Linesmen: Elias Seewald Šimon Synek
	Perlini (Myers, Neilson) (PP) – 05:24 1–0 Neilson (Hook, Jones) (EA) – 12:16 2–0 2–1 24:17 – Batņa (Jeļisejevs, Čukste) Hook (O'Connor, Batch) – 26:24 3–1 3–2 34:34 – Jaks (Ro. Bukarts, Dzierkals) (PP) 3–3 51:49 – Ri. Bukarts (Dzierkals, Ro. Bukarts) (PP) 3–4 53:11 – Džeriņš (Dzierkals, Čukste) (PP)
	14 min	Penalties	10 min
	19	Shots	36

Sweden vs Norway

22 May 2022 20:20

Sweden

7–1 (1–0, 4–0, 2–1)

Norway

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 3,707

Game reference
	Magnus Hellberg	Goalies	Jonas Arntzen	Referees: Andris Ansons Robin Šír Linesmen: Nick Briganti David Obwegeser
	Peterson (Gustafsson, Nylander) (PP) – 11:48 1–0 Nylander (Gustafsson, Peterson) (PP) – 27:43 2–0 Peterson (Grundström, Tömmernes) – 28:47 3–0 Asplund (Kellman) – 31:38 4–0 Wallmark (Dahlin, Bemström) (PP) – 37:33 5–0 5–1 40:44 – Fladeby (Johannesen, K. Olimb) Friberg (Lang, Åman) – 43:13 6–1 Asplund (Nylander, Bemström) (PP) – 49:57 7–1
	8 min	Penalties	10 min
	35	Shots	20

United States vs Czechia

23 May 2022 16:20

United States

0–1 (0–1, 0–0, 0–0)

Czechia

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 5,270

Game reference
	Jeremy Swayman	Goalies	Karel Vejmelka	Referees: Lassi Heikkinen Jeff Ingram Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Nathan van Oosten
	0–1 07:53 – Blümel (Zohorna)
	7 min	Penalties	6 min
	24	Shots	16

Austria vs Great Britain

23 May 2022 20:20

Austria

5–3 (0–1, 0–1, 5–1)

Great Britain

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 3,321

Game reference
	Bernhard Starkbaum	Goalies	Ben Bowns	Referees: Mads Frandsen Mikael Nord Linesmen: Jonas Merten David Obwegeser
	0–1 19:00 – Myers (Perlini, Neilson) (PP) 0–2 21:57 – Dowd (Neilson) Wukovits (Schneider, Raffl) (PP) – 44:51 1–2 1–3 46:19 – Neilson Heinrich (Haudum, Kasper) – 47:28 2–3 Nissner (Raffl) – 51:26 3–3 Raffl (Schneider, Nissner) – 58:54 4–3 Schneider (Heinrich, Nissner) (ENG) – 59:16 5–3
	6 min	Penalties	2 min
	29	Shots	28

Sweden vs Latvia

24 May 2022 12:20

Sweden

1–0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Latvia

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 5,560

Game reference
	Linus Ullmark	Goalies	Artūrs Šilovs	Referees: Mads Frandsen Roy Stian Hansen Linesmen: Andreas Krøyer Jonas Merten
	Nylander (Dahlin, Wallmark) (PP) – 34:54 1–0
	6 min	Penalties	4 min
	35	Shots	21

United States vs Norway

24 May 2022 16:20

United States

4–2 (2–0, 1–1, 1–1)

Norway

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 5,435

Game reference
	Jeremy Swayman Strauss Mann	Goalies	Henrik Haukeland	Referees: Jeff Ingram Fraser Lawrence Linesmen: Maxime Chaput Šimon Synek
	Hartman (Galchenyuk, Lafferty) – 03:45 1–0 Boldy (Galchenyuk) – 07:20 2–0 2–1 22:43 – Martinsen (Haga, Røymark) Meyers (Hughes, Kuhlman) – 28:05 3–1 3–2 41:59 – Rokseth (Jakobsson, Trettenes) Farrell (EN) – 59:20 4–2
	4 min	Penalties	4 min
	37	Shots	23

Finland vs Czechia

24 May 2022 20:20

Finland

3–0 (2–0, 1–0, 0–0)

Czechia

Tampere Deck Arena, Tampere Attendance: 11,673

Game reference
	Juho Olkinuora	Goalies	Marek Langhamer	Referees: Mikael Nord Miroslav Stolc Linesmen: Nick Briganti Jake Davis
	Armia (Pesonen) – 09:31 1–0 Manninen (Sallinen, Granlund) (PP) – 16:17 2–0 Rajala (Seppälä, Heiskanen) – 35:34 3–0
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	24

External links

• Official website