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 Trettenes Haga Rosseli Olsen	Shootout	Lake O'Connor Conway Dowd 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 Červenka Blümel Smejkal Krejčí	Shootout	Kasper Ganahl Schneider 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 Vatanen Björninen Granlund Rajala	Shootout	Ekman-Larsson Bemström Tömmernes Asplund 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 Ābols Ro. Bukarts Balcers	Shootout	Kasper Ganahl Schneider Heinrich 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