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

Bryan Murphy

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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. 

YEAR CITY COUNTRY
2022 Edmonton Canada
2021 Edmonton Canada
2020 Ostrava/Trinec Czech Republic
2019 Vancouver/Victoria Canada
2018 Buffalo, N.Y. United States
2017 Montreal/Toronto Canada
2016 Helsinki Finland
2015 Montreal/Toronto Canada
2014 Malmo Sweden
2013 Ufa Russia
2012 Calgary/Edmonton Canada
2011 Buffalo/Niagara, N.Y. United States
2010 Regina/Saskatoon Canada
2009 Ottawa Canada
2008 Pardubice/Liberec Czech Republic
2007 Leksand/Mora Sweden
2006 Kamloops/Kelowna/Vancouver Canada
2005 Grand Forks, N.D./Thief River Falls, Minn. United States
2004 Helsinki/Hameenlinna Finland
2003 Halifax/Sydney Canada
2002 Pardubice/Hradec Kralove Czech Republic
2001 Moscow/Podolsk Russia
2000 Skelleftea/Umea Sweden
1999 Winnipeg Canada
1998 Helsinki/Hameenlinna Finland
1997 Geneva/Morges Switzerland
1996 Boston, Mass. United States
1995 Red Deer Canada
1994 Ostrava/Frydek-Mistek Czech Republic
1993 Gavle/Fulun Sweden
1992 Fussen/Kaufbeuren Germany
1991 Saskatoon Canada
1990 Helsinki/Turku Finland
1989 Anchorage, Alaska United States
1988 Moscow Soviet Union
1987 Piestany Czechoslovakia
1986 Hamilton Canada
1985 Helsinki/Turku Finland
1984 Nykoping Sweden
1983 Leningrad Soviet Union
1982 Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn. United States
1981 Fussen/Augsburg Germany
1980 Helsinki Finland
1979 Karlstad Sweden
1978 Montreal Canada
1977 Bystrica-Zvolen Czechoslovakia

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. 

YEAR CITY COUNTRY
2023 Halifax/Moncton Canada
2024 Gothenburg Sweden
2025 TBD United States
2026 TBD Canada
2027 TBD Finland
2028 TBD Czech Republic
2029 TBD Canada
2030 TBD United States
2031 TBD Russia
2032 TBD Canada

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. 

Team Odds
Canada +105
Finland +325
USA +333
Sweden +408
Czechia +1555
Slovakia +3057
Germany +7840
Switzerland +7840
Austria +50000
Latvia +50000

2022 World Juniors groups

Group A Group B
USA Canada
Sweden Finland
Germany Czechia
Switzerland Slovakia
Austria Latvia

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

Matchup Time (ET) TV
Czechia vs. Slovakia 2 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Latvia vs. Finland 6 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
USA vs. Germany 10 p.m. TSN/NHL Network

Wednesday, Aug. 10

Matchup Time (ET) TV
Sweden vs. Switzerland 2 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Latvia vs. Canada 6 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Germany vs. Austria 10 p.m. TSN/NHL Network

Thursday, Aug. 11

Matchup Time (ET) TV
Finland vs. Czechia 2 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Slovakia vs. Canada 6 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Switzerland vs. USA 10 p.m. TSN/NHL Network

Friday, Aug. 12

Matchup Time (ET) TV
Austria vs. Sweden 2 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Slovakia vs. Latvia 6 p.m. TSN/NHL Network

Saturday, Aug. 13

Matchup Time (ET) TV
Austria vs. USA 2 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Canada vs. Czechia 6 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Germany vs. Switzerland 10 p.m. TSN/NHL Network

Sunday, Aug. 14

Matchup Time (ET) TV
Finland vs. Slovakia 2 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Czechia vs. Latvia 6 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
USA vs. Sweden 10 p.m. TSN/NHL Network

Monday, Aug. 15

Matchup Time (ET) TV
Switzerland vs. Austria 2 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Canada vs. Finland 6 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Sweden vs. Germany 10 p.m. TSN/NHL Network

Wednesday, Aug. 17

Matchup Time (ET) TV
Quarterfinal 12 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Quarterfinal 3:30 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Quarterfinal 7 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Quarterfinal 10:30 TSN/NHL Network

Friday, Aug. 19

Matchup Time (ET) TV
Semifinal 2 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Semifinal 6 p.m. TSN/NHL Network

Saturday, Aug. 20

Matchup Time (ET) TV
Bronze Medal Game 2 p.m. TSN/NHL Network
Gold Medal Game 6 p.m. TSN/NHL Network

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Bryan Murphy joined The Sporting News in 2022 as the NHL/Canada content producer. Previously he worked for NBC Sports on their national news desk reporting on breaking news for the NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL, in addition to covering the 2020 and 2022 Olympic Games. A graduate of Quinnipiac University, he spent time in college as a beat reporter covering the men’s ice hockey team.