Group A 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. [1]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | ![]() | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 15 | +19 | 20 | Quarterfinals |
2 | ![]() | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 20 | +6 | 16 | |
3 | ![]() | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 18 | +16 | 15 | |
4 | ![]() | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 19 | +4 | 12 [lower-alpha 1] | |
5 | ![]() | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18 | 18 | 0 | 12 [lower-alpha 1] | |
6 | ![]() | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 24 | −13 | 5 | |
7 | ![]() | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 31 | −12 | 3 | |
8 | ![]() | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 32 | −20 | 1 | Relegation to 2023 Division I A |
All times are local (UTC+3).
13 May 2022 16:20 | France ![]() | 2–4 (0–1, 2–2, 0–1) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 3,731 |
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Henri-Corentin Buysse | Goalies | Patrik Rybár | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||
18 | Shots | 28 |
13 May 2022 20:20 | Germany ![]() | 3–5 (0–2, 1–3, 2–0) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 4,632 |
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Philipp Grubauer | Goalies | Logan Thompson | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
21 | Shots | 27 |
14 May 2022 12:20 | Denmark ![]() | 9–1 (3–0, 4–0, 2–1) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 3,035 |
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Sebastian Dahm | Goalies | Andrei Shutov Ilya Rumyantsev | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Shots | 26 |
14 May 2022 16:20 | Switzerland ![]() | 5–2 (3–0, 1–0, 1–2) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 3,641 |
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Reto Berra | Goalies | Andreas Bernard | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
47 | Shots | 14 |
14 May 2022 20:20 | Slovakia ![]() | 1–2 (0–0, 1–2, 0–0) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 4,387 |
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Patrik Rybár | Goalies | Philipp Grubauer | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||
29 | Shots | 16 |
15 May 2022 12:20 | Italy ![]() | 1–6 (1–1, 0–3, 0–2) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 2,616 |
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Justin Fazio | Goalies | Chris Driedger | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
12 | Shots | 30 |
15 May 2022 16:20 | France ![]() | 2–1 (0–1, 2–0, 0–0) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 1,801 |
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Henri-Corentin Buysse | Goalies | Andrei Shutov | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
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2 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||
23 | Shots | 27 |
15 May 2022 20:20 | Denmark ![]() | 0–6 (0–1, 0–4, 0–1) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 2,645 |
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Frederik Dichow Sebastian Dahm | Goalies | Leonardo Genoni | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 12 min | ||||||||||||||||||
19 | Shots | 29 |
16 May 2022 16:20 | Slovakia ![]() | 1–5 (1–1, 0–2, 0–2) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 3,585 |
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Adam Húska | Goalies | Logan Thompson | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||
35 | Shots | 44 |
16 May 2022 20:20 | France ![]() | 2–3 (1–2, 1–0, 0–1) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 2,652 |
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Sebastian Ylönen | Goalies | Mathias Niederberger | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||
18 | Shots | 30 |
17 May 2022 16:20 | Italy ![]() | 1–2 (0–1, 1–0, 0–1) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 2,557 |
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Andreas Bernard | Goalies | Sebastian Dahm | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
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12 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||
14 | Shots | 45 |
17 May 2022 20:20 | Switzerland ![]() | 3–2 (0–0, 2–0, 1–2) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 2,858 |
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Sandro Aeschlimann | Goalies | Andrei Shutov | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||
43 | Shots | 14 |
18 May 2022 16:20 | France ![]() | 2–1 OT (0–1, 0–0, 1–0) (OT: 1–0) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 1,543 |
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Henri-Corentin Buysse | Goalies | Andreas Bernard | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||
36 | Shots | 21 |
18 May 2022 20:20 | Switzerland ![]() | 5–3 (1–1, 2–1, 2–1) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 2,504 |
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Leonardo Genoni | Goalies | Adam Húska | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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43 min | Penalties | 10 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
30 | Shots | 16 |
19 May 2022 18:00 [note 1] | Germany ![]() | 1–0 (0–0, 1–0, 0–0) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 2,570 |
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Philipp Grubauer | Goalies | Sebastian Dahm | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||
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4 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||
13 | Shots | 18 |
19 May 2022 21:30 [note 2] | Canada ![]() | 6–3 (3–2, 1–0, 2–1) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 2,299 |
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Logan Thompson | Goalies | Andrei Shutov | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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14 min | Penalties | 14 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Shots | 19 |
20 May 2022 16:20 | Germany ![]() | 9–4 (4–0, 2–1, 3–3) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 3,311 |
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Mathias Niederberger | Goalies | Davide Fadani Justin Fazio | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
26 | Shots | 20 |
20 May 2022 20:20 | Kazakhstan ![]() | 3–4 (2–1, 0–3, 1–0) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 3,068 |
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Andrei Shutov | Goalies | Adam Húska | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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5 min | Penalties | 6 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
17 | Shots | 34 |
21 May 2022 12:20 | Denmark ![]() | 3–0 (1–0, 1–0, 1–0) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 3,007 |
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Sebastian Dahm | Goalies | Henri-Corentin Buysse | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 10 min | |||||||||
30 | Shots | 19 |
21 May 2022 16:20 | Canada ![]() | 3–6 (3–3, 0–1, 0–2) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 5,676 |
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Logan Thompson | Goalies | Leonardo Genoni | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 9 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
25 | Shots | 27 |
21 May 2022 20:20 | Italy ![]() | 1–3 (0–2, 0–0, 1–1) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 3,442 |
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Andreas Bernard | Goalies | Adam Húska | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||
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10 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||
17 | Shots | 34 |
22 May 2022 16:20 | Kazakhstan ![]() | 4–5 (2–3, 1–1, 1–1) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 3,124 |
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Andrei Shutov | Goalies | Dustin Strahlmeier | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 4 min | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
22 | Shots | 36 |
22 May 2022 20:20 | Switzerland ![]() | 5–2 (0–2, 3–0, 2–0) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 3,997 |
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Reto Berra | Goalies | Sebastian Ylönen | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 14 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
39 | Shots | 19 |
23 May 2022 16:20 | Kazakhstan ![]() | 5–2 (2–1, 1–1, 2–0) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 1,983 |
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Andrei Shutov | Goalies | Andreas Bernard | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||
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4 min | Penalties | 27 min | |||||||||||||||||||||
35 | Shots | 15 |
23 May 2022 20:20 | Canada ![]() | 2–3 (0–2, 1–0, 1–1) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 4,005 |
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Chris Driedger | Goalies | Sebastian Dahm | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||
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33 min | Penalties | 8 min | |||||||||||||||
31 | Shots | 24 |
24 May 2022 12:20 | Germany ![]() | 3–4 GWS (2–1, 0–2, 1–0) (OT: 0–0) (SO: 0–1) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 3,862 |
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Philipp Grubauer | Goalies | Reto Berra | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||
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Loibl ![]() Plachta ![]() Noebels ![]() Fischbuch ![]() | Shootout | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | ||||||||||||||||||
2 min | Penalties | 8 min | ||||||||||||||||||
27 | Shots | 33 |
24 May 2022 16:20 | Slovakia ![]() | 7–1 (2–0, 3–0, 2–1) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 3,084 |
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Adam Húska | Goalies | Sebastian Dahm | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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8 min | Penalties | 16 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
37 | Shots | 25 |
24 May 2022 20:20 | Canada ![]() | 7–1 (2–0, 2–0, 3–1) | ![]() | Helsinki Ice Hall, Helsinki Attendance: 2,873 |
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Chris Driedger | Goalies | Sebastian Ylönen | Referees:![]() ![]() Linesmen: ![]() ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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6 min | Penalties | 4 min | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
44 | Shots | 19 |
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