Ice Hockey Winter Olympics 2022

Qualification for the women s tournament at the 2022 winter olympics will be determined by the iihf world ranking following the 2020 women s ice hockey world championships.

Ice hockey winter olympics 2022. The beijing national indoor stadium which seats 18 000 is one of what are being called olympic green venues. Back in 2018 the boston bruins and calgary flames. The ice hockey competitions of the 2022 winter olympics will be played at two venues located in the beijing cluster. The host along with the top eight teams in the world ranking received automatic berths into the olympics while all other teams have an opportunity to qualify for the remaining three spots in the olympics.

The men s tournament was introduced at the 1920 summer olympics and was transferred permanently to the winter olympic games program in 1924 in france. Olympic roster prediction for the 2022 beijing winter games now that the nhl and nhlpa are one step closer to participating after skipping pyeongchang 2018. These games will be the first winter olympics to be held in china the fourth in east asia and the last of three con. Beijing 2022 will host the xxiv olympic winter games 4 20 feb.

The host along with the top six teams in the world ranking received automatic berths into the olympics while all other teams have an opportunity to qualify for the remaining three spots in the olympics. And if nhl players are allowed to participate. The wukesong arena seating 10 000 will also be used with both arenas was constructed for the 2008 summer olympics. Coming off of a surprise silver medal at the 2018 winter olympics germany will look to show the world that they re a budding hockey nation in 2022.

The beijing zone will provide the venues for the opening and closing ceremonies as well as the ice sports competitions. On 9 december 2019 the world anti do. The men s tournament will have twelve teams competing the women s tournament will have ten teams for the first time. Qualification for the men s tournament at the 2022 winter olympics was determined by the iihf world ranking following the 2019 men s ice hockey world championships.

The ice hockey competitions of the 2018 winter olympics were played at two venues within the gangneung coastal cluster in gangneung south korea the gangneung hockey centre which seats 10 000 and the kwandong hockey centre which seats 6 000 were both originally scheduled to be completed in 2016 but appear to have been completed in early 2017. Nbc sports nhl analyst pierre mcguire s early u s. But several 2020 women s ice hockey world championships were cancelled due to the covid 19 pandemic. Ice hockey tournaments have been staged at the olympic games since 1920.

The women s tournament was first held at the 1998 winter olympics. Beijing was elected as the host city in july 2015 at the 128th ioc session in kuala lumpur malaysia. Beijing yanqing and zhangjiakou. The 2022 winter olympics officially known as the xxiv olympic winter games and commonly known as beijing 2022 is an international winter multi sport event that is scheduled to take place from 4 to 20 february 2022 in beijing and towns in the neighboring hebei province china.

Both venues contain olympic sized rinks 60 by. Ice hockey at the 2022 winter olympics men s qualification.