IIHF World Juniors Championship 2022 remaining Schedule is Cancelled due to Rapid increase in COVID-19 & Omicron cases..
Following a recommendation by the tournament COVID-19 Medical Group and the IIHF Medical Committee, the IIHF Council has decided that, due to the ongoing spread of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant, the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship will be cancelled to ensure the health and safety of all participants.
The 10-teams 2022 World Junior Hockey championship is makes their way to Alberta, which will be held from Dec. 26 to Jan. 5 in Edmonton and Red Deer host cities, The top four teams in each group will play in the quarterfinals Jan. 2. The semifinals are Jan. 4, and the championship and third-place games are Jan. 5.
The decision comes following a positive case on a player on the Russian national team, which would have necessitated a forfeit of the Russia-Slovakia game scheduled for 29 December. The game is the third to be cancelled due to positive cases, following Switzerland-USA and Finland-Czechia.
In addition to ensuring the health and safety of participants, the Council has determined that with another forfeiture – the third forfeited game in two days – the sportive integrity of the event has been compromised, and the event must be cancelled.
Canada plays its opening game against Czechia on Dec. 26 (7 p.m. ET).
The United States, which defeated Canada 2-0 in the championship game in 2021, seeks to win back-to-back titles for the first time. The last team to do so was Canada, which won the last of five straight in 2009.
IIHF Official Statement on World Juniors 2022 Cancelation.
“Together with the teams, we came into this event with full confidence in the COVID-19 protocols put in place by the IIHF, the LOC, Alberta Health, Alberta Health Services and the Public Health Agency of Canada,” said IIHF President Luc Tardif. “The ongoing spread of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant forced us to readjust our protocols almost immediately upon arrival to attempt to stay ahead of any potential spread. This included daily testing and the team quarantine requirement when positive cases were confirmed.”
“We owed it to the participating teams to do our best to create the conditions necessary for this event to work,” said Tardif. “Unfortunately, this was not enough. We now have to take some time and focus on getting all players and team staff back home safely.”
When & Where the 2022 IIHF World Juniors hockey Championship will take place.? groups, teams.
The 2022 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships (2022 WJHC) will be the 46th edition of the Ice Hockey World Junior Championship. It will starts on December 26, 2021, and WJC Final will end with the gold medal game being played on January 5, 2022.
It will be the 15th World Juniors to be played in Canada and will take place at the newly built Rogers Place, home to the NHL's Edmonton Oilers and Oil Kings of the Western Hockey League (WHL) and the ENMAX Centrium, home to the WHL's Red Deer rebels.
Group A (Rogers Place in Edmonton):
Canada (2) Finland (3) Germany (6) Czech Republic (7) Austria (10)
Group B ( WP Centrium in Red Deer):
USA (1), Russia (4), Sweden (5), Slovakia (8), Switzerland (9)
IIHF World Juniors Championship 2022: WJC schedule, dates, venues, kick-off times, Live stream, TV Channel, Latest results.
All games will be broadcast on NHL Network in the United States and TSN and RDS in Canada.
Sunday, Dec. 26
Finland 3 - 1 Germany (Edmonton)...
Russia 3 - 6 Sweden (Red Deer)..
Czechia 3 - 6 Canada (Edmonton)...
United States 3 - 2 Slovakia (Red Deer)...
Monday, Dec. 27
Austria 1 - 7 Finland (Edmonton)..
Russia 4 - 2 Switzerland (Red Deer)...
Germany 2 - 1 Czechia (Edmonton)...
Sweden 3 - 0 Slovakia (Red Deer)...
Tuesday, Dec. 28
Switzerland -- United States (Red Deer), 4:30 p.m. ET
Austria 2 - 11 Canada (Edmonton), 7 p.m. ET
Wednesday, Dec. 29
Finland vs. Czechia (Edmonton), 2 p.m. ET
Slovakia vs. Russia (Red Deer), 4:30 p.m. ET
Canada vs. Germany (Edmonton), 7 p.m. ET
Sweden vs. United States (Red Deer), 9:30 p.m. ET
Thursday, Dec. 30
Czechia vs. Austria (Edmonton), 4:30 p.m. ET
Slovakia vs. Switzerland (Red Deer), 7 p.m. ET
Friday, Dec. 31
Germany vs. Austria (Edmonton), 2 p.m. ET
Switzerland vs. Sweden (Red Deer), 4:30 p.m. ET
Canada vs. Finland (Edmonton), 7 p.m. ET
United States vs. Russia (Red Deer), 9:30 p.m. ET
Sunday, Jan. 2
Quarterfinal 1 (Edmonton), 2:30 p.m. ET
Quarterfinal 2 (Red Deer), 5 p.m. ET
Quarterfinal 3 (Edmonton), 7:30 p.m. ET
Quarterfinal 4 (Red Deer), 10 p.m. ET
Tuesday, Jan. 4 (Edmonton)
Semifinal 1, 3 p.m. ET
Semifinal 2, 7 p.m. ET
Wednesday, Jan. 5 (Edmonton)
Third-place game, 4 p.m. ET
Championship game, 8 p.m. ET
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Source: IIHF World Juniors 2022 Official: HERE
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