2022 IIHF World Championship#Preliminary round

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Qualified as host

• {{ih|FIN}}

Automatic qualifiers after the cancellation of the 2021 IIHF lower division championships

• {{ih|BLR}} (expelled)²
• {{ih|CAN}}
• {{ih|CZE|name=Czechia}}
• {{ih|DEN}}
• {{ih|GER}}
• {{ih|GBR}}
• {{ih|ITA}}
• {{ih|KAZ}}
• {{ih|LAT}}
• {{ih|NOR}}
• {{ih|Russia|roc-olympics|name=ROC}}¹ (expelled)²
• {{ih|SVK}}
• {{ih|SWE}}
• {{ih|SUI}}
• {{ih|USA}}

Qualifiers after Russia and Belarus were expelled

• {{ih|AUT}}³
• {{ih|FRA}}³

¹ Pursuant to a December 2020 ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport on doping sanctions, Russian athletes and teams were prohibited from competing under the Russian flag or using the Russian national anthem at any Olympic Games or world championships through 16 December 2022, and could only compete as "neutral athlete[s]."{{Cite web|last1=Wamsley|first1=Laurel|last2=Kennedy|first2=Merrit|date=17 December 2020|title=Russia Gets Its Doping Ban Reduced But Will Miss Next 2 Olympics|url=https://www.npr.org/2020/12/17/947504052/russia-suspended-from-next-2-olympic-games-over-anti-doping-violations|url-status=live|access-date=8 March 2021|website=NPR|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201217173538/https://www.npr.org/2020/12/17/947504052/russia-suspended-from-next-2-olympic-games-over-anti-doping-violations |archive-date=17 December 2020 }} For IIHF tournaments, the Russian team was to play under the name "ROC".{{Cite web|date=2 May 2021|title=New jersey for Russians|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2021/wm/news/25249/new_jersey_for_russians|access-date=2 May 2021|website=iihf.com}} Instead of the Russian national anthem being played at the 2021 World Championship, Piano Concerto No.1 by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky was to be played.{{Cite web|url=https://tass.com/sport/1285017|title=IIHF chief Fasel confirms Tchaikovsky music as Russia's anthem at 2021 World Championship|access-date=4 June 2021|date=29 April 2021|website=TASS}}
² However, on 28 February 2022, the IIHF decided to expel ROC and Belarus from the tournament due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

³ Austria and France replaced Russia and Belarus.{{Cite web|date=18 March 2022|title=Tournament updates|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/news/32501/tournament_updates|access-date=18 March 2022}}

The seedings in the preliminary round are based on the 2021 IIHF World Ranking, as of the end of the 2021 IIHF World Championship, using the serpentine system while allowing the organizer, "to allocate a maximum of two teams to separate groups".{{cite web|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2021/wm/news/26366/groups_for_2022|title=Groups for 2022|date=6 June 2021|publisher=IIHF.com|access-date=14 May 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://blob.iihf.com/iihf-media/iihfmvc/media/downloads/regulations/2022/2022_iihf_sport_regulations_new.pdf|title=2020/21 – 2021/22 Season IIHF SPORT REGULATIONS pgs 4–5|date=18 March 2022|publisher=IIHF.com|access-date=14 May 2022}}

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;Group A (Helsinki)

• {{ih|CAN}} (1)
• {{ih|Russia|roc-olympics|name=ROC}} (3)
• {{ih|GER}} (5)
• {{ih|SUI}} (8)
• {{ih|SVK}} (9)
• {{ih|DEN}} (12)
• {{ih|KAZ}} (13)
• {{ih|ITA}} (17)
• {{ih|FRA}} (replaces ROC) (15)

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;Group B (Tampere)

• {{ih|FIN}} (2)
• {{ih|USA}} (4)
• {{ih|CZE|name=Czechia}} (6)
• {{ih|SWE}} (7)
• {{ih|LAT}} (10)
• {{ih|NOR}} (11)
• {{ih|BLR}} (14)
• {{ih|GBR}} (16)
• {{ih|AUT}} (replaces Belarus) (18)

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{{Main|2022 IIHF World Championship rosters}}

Each team's roster consisted of at least 15 skaters (forwards, and defencemen) and 2 goaltenders, and at most 22 skaters and 3 goaltenders. All 16 participating nations, through the confirmation of their respective national associations, had to submit a "Long List" no later than two weeks before the tournament, and a final roster by the Passport Control meeting prior to the start of the tournament.

Image:Home of Hockey tram in Tampere 3.jpg advertising the 2022 World Championships]]

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16 referees and linesmen were announced on 12 May 2022.{{cite web|url=https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/749/IHM749000_35B_3_0.pdf|title=Competition officials|date=12 May 2022|work=iihf.com}}

The groups were announced on 7 June 2021,{{Cite web|title=Groups for 2022|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/wm/news/26366/groups_for_2022|access-date=7 June 2021|website=iihf.com}} with the schedule being revealed on 18 August 2021.{{Cite web|title=Finland opens Worlds vs. Norway|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/wm/news/27264/2022-worlds-schedule|access-date=18 August 2021|website=iihf.com}}

{{Main|2022 IIHF World Championship Group A}}

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{{Main|2022 IIHF World Championship Group B}}

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{{main|2022 IIHF World Championship playoff round}}

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List shows the top skaters sorted by points, then goals.

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus/Minus; PIM = Penalties in Minutes; POS = Position

Source: [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/749/IHM749000_85B_48_0.pdf IIHF.com]

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

TOI = time on ice (minutes:seconds); SA = shots against; GA = goals against; GAA = goals against average; Sv% = save percentage; SO = shutouts

Source: [https://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/749/IHM749000_85A_48_0.pdf IIHF.com]

The awards were announced on 29 May 2022.{{Cite web|url=https://www.iihf.com/en/events/2022/wm/news/36610/olkinuora_mvp_all-stars_named|title=Olkinuora MVP, All-Stars named|website=IIHF|access-date=29 May 2022}}

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