Where is the 2022 World Juniors? Host city, venue for IIHF junior championship hockey tournament

Edmonton, here we go again. 

For the second consecutive year, the World Juniors will be played at Rogers Place, home of the NHL's Edmonton Oilers.

The 2022 tournament was slated to be hosted by Edmonton and Red Deer, Alberta this past winter, but with the tournament getting canceled partway through, the IIHF decided to try it again in August. However, Red Deer is not a part of the plans. 

The 2022 tournament was actually supposed to take place in Gothenburg, Sweden, but with COVID-19 restrictions in place, the IIHF elected to move it to Canada. It stays in Canada again this summer as the tournament takes place at a unique time of the year. 

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Here is everything you need to know about the host city of the 2022 World Juniors and future locations. 

Where are the 2022 World Juniors?

• Location: Edmonton, Alberta
• Venue: Rogers Place

The 2022 World Junior Championship will take place in Edmonton, Alberta. All games will be played at Rogers Place, home of the Oilers. It is the first time since 1988 that there are not multiple host cities. 

In December of last year, when the 2022 tournament originally commenced, it was set for both Edmonton and Red Deer. The games were split between Rogers Place and the Peavey Mart Centrum in Red Deer, home of the WHL's Red Deer Rebels.

This year marks the fourth time Edmonton will host World Juniors games, having previously hosted in 1995, 2012 and 2021. 

What cities have hosted the World Juniors in the past?

The 2022 tournament marks the first time since 2009-2010 that the tournament is being hosted in the same country two years in a row and the first time ever taking place in the same city. 

It will be Canada's third time hosting in the last four years and the fifth time in the last eight years. 

What cities are hosting the World Juniors in the future?

The IIHF previously announced the host countries all the way until the 2032 tournament, however, the host cities are only known for the next two tournaments. 

The 2023 tournament was originally scheduled to take place in Russia, with the cities Novosibirsk and Omsk as the hosts, however, due to Russia's ban from IIHF tournaments, Halifax and Moncton were selected as the new sites for the tournament. 

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Gothenburg, Sweden was initially scheduled to have the 2022 tournament, but due to COVID restrictions, they swapped spots with Canada, taking their place as the hosts for 2024. 

When do the 2022 World Juniors start?

• Start date: Tuesday, Aug. 9
• End date: Saturday, Aug. 20

After the tournament was canceled in December of 2021, the IIHF is trying again for the 2022 edition in August. It will start on Aug. 9 and run for 12 days to Aug. 20. 

The group stage starts on Aug. 9 and will take place over the first seven days of the competition. The quarterfinals will be played on Aug. 17, the semifinals on Aug. 19 and the tournament will conclude with the bronze and gold medal games on Aug. 20. 

How to watch 2022 World Juniors games on TV, live stream

• ​TV channel (Canada): TSN
• Live stream (Canada): TSN.ca, TSN app
• TV channel (U.S.): NHL Network
• Live stream (U.S.): fuboTV 

TSN and the NHL Network will once again be home to all of the action for the 2022 World Juniors.

The American audience can view the games live on TV on the NHL Network, or can stream them through fuboTV. E.J. Hradek will provide play-by-play duties for all games with Team USA. He will be joined by analyst Dave Starman and reporter Jon Rosen on the broadcasts. 

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Canadian viewers can watch the competition on TSN or can stream the games through TSN.ca or on the TSN app. 

2022 World Juniors odds

According to Sports Interaction, the 2022 tournament is a four-horse race. 

Canada, Finland, the United States and Sweden are the clear frontrunners to win this year's tournament, with the Canadians holding the best odds at +116. All four countries are +400 or higher, while the other six teams are +1386 or lower. 

Here are the odds as of now for the 2022 tournament. 

2022 World Juniors groups

Teams will play four preliminary games in a round-robin format within their group, followed by a three-round playoff.

In the group stage, teams earn three points for a regulation win, two points for an overtime win, one point for an overtime loss and no points for a regulation loss.

The top four teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals, where the matchups are determined by seeding. They will cross over between groups for these games: 1A vs. 4B, 1B vs. 4A, 2A vs. 3B and 2B vs. 3A. The teams that advance to the semifinals will be reseeded. 

The winners of the semifinals will face off in the gold medal game. The losers will play for bronze. 

Russia was removed from the tournament after the IIHF instituted a ban on all Russian and Belarusian national teams from competing in IIHF play after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Latvia, who was the Division IA runner-up, was promoted to replace Russia at the tournament. Belarus was the Division IA winner but was not promoted due to the ban. 

No teams will be relegated, so the same 10 countries will compete again in December at the 2023 tournament. 

2022 World Juniors scores, schedule

Tuesday, Aug. 9

Wednesday, Aug. 10

Thursday, Aug. 11

Friday, Aug. 12

Saturday, Aug. 13

Sunday, Aug. 14

Monday, Aug. 15

Wednesday, Aug. 17

Friday, Aug. 19

Saturday, Aug. 20