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Hockey World Cup 2022 match schedule: group composition and world championship game calendar
The 2022 Ice Hockey World Championship kicks off in Finland on Friday. Matches will be held from 13 to 29 May in Helsinki and Tampere. The live broadcast of the tournament meetings can be seen on the TV channels Match TV and Match! The country”.
The participants of the World Cup are divided into two groups:
Group A: Canada, Germany, Switzerland, Slovakia, Denmark, Kazakhstan, Italy, France;
Group B: Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic, USA, Latvia, Norway, Great Britain, Austria.
The national teams of Russia and Belarus do not participate in the tournament by decision of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) due to the situation in Ukraine.
Bookmakers consider the Finnish national team the main favorite of the championship. The coefficient for the Finns to win the tournament is 3.0. Next come the teams of Sweden (4.0), Canada (5.0), the Czech Republic (7.0) and the USA (9.0).
SCHEDULE OF THE GROUP STAGE OF THE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
may 13
16:20* USA – Latvia
16:20 France – Slovakia
20:20 Finland – Norway
20:20 Germany – Canada
May 14
12:20 Denmark – Kazakhstan
12:20 Sweden – Austria
16:20 Switzerland – Italy
16:20 Czech Republic – Great Britain
20:20 Slovakia – Germany
20:20 Latvia – Finland
May 15
12:20 Italy – Canada
12:20 Norway – Great Britain
16:20 France – Kazakhstan
16:20 Austria – USA
20:20 Denmark – Switzerland
20:20 Czech Republic – Sweden
16th of May
16:20 Latvia – Norway
16:20 Slovakia – Canada
20:20 France – Germany
20:20 Finland – USA
May 17
16:20 Italy – Denmark
16:20 Czech Republic – Austria
20:20 Switzerland – Kazakhstan
20:20 Sweden – Great Britain
May 18
16:20 France – Italy
16:20 Norway – Austria
20:20 Switzerland – Slovakia
20:20 Finland – Sweden
May 19
16:20 Germany – Denmark
16:20 UK – USA
20:20 Canada – Kazakhstan
20:20 Czech Republic – Latvia
May 20
16:20 Germany – Italy
16:20 Great Britain – Finland
20:20 Kazakhstan – Slovakia
20:20 Latvia – Austria
May 21st
12:20 Denmark – France
12:20 USA – Sweden
16:20 Canada – Switzerland
16:20 Austria – Finland
20:20 Italy – Slovakia
20:20 Norway – Czech Republic
22nd of May
16:20 Kazakhstan – Germany
16:20 Great Britain – Latvia
20:20 Switzerland – France
20:20 Sweden – Norway
May, 23rd
16:20 Kazakhstan – Italy
16:20 USA – Czech Republic
20:20 Canada – Denmark
20:20 Austria – Great Britain
May 24
12:20 Germany – Switzerland
12:20 Sweden – Latvia
16:20 Slovakia – Denmark
16:20 USA – Norway
20:20 Canada – France
20:20 Finland – Czech Republic
26 of May
Quarterfinals
May 28
Semi-finals
May 29
15:20 Match for 3rd place
20:20 Final
* Moscow time
Source: Sportbox
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