The 2022 World Junior Figure Skating Championships was held from April 13–17, 2022 in Tallinn, Estonia.

On February 12, the International Skating Union announced that the event could not be held as planned due to concerns about a surge in omicron variant cases in Bulgaria peaking on the originally scheduled dates, as well as the host nation's restrictive entry requirements.

[5] A final decision was expected to be made at the ISU Council meeting on February 24, but was delayed to allow time to assess the impact of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[3] The Estonian Skating Union, which had hosted both the European and Four Continents Championships earlier in the season, was the sole applicant.

The ISU stipulated that the minimum scores must have been achieved at an ISU-recognized junior international competition in the ongoing or preceding two seasons (adjusted from the traditional one due to the pandemic), no later than 21 days before the first official practice day.