Olympics Ice Hockey

Season Description
The men's tournament in ice hockey at the 2022 Winter Olympics took place in Beijing, China between 9 and 20 February 2022. Twelve countries qualified for the tournament; eight of them did so automatically by virtue of their ranking by the International Ice Hockey Federation, one, China, automatically qualified as hosts, while the three others took part in a qualification tournament. The Olympic Athletes from Russia team won in 2018. The Russian Olympic Committee, representing Russia at the 2022 Games, were thus the defending champions. Finland won its first ever ice hockey Olympic gold medal after going undefeated and beating the Russian Olympic Committee in the final. Slovakia claimed its first ever ice hockey medal at the Olympics after defeating Sweden 4–0 and finishing third. For the first time in history, the Czech Republic did not qualify for the quarter-finals and finished in ninth place, their worst placement in history.

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