The relegation round was revived, after a two-year hiatus due to the 2021 Division I, II, and III tournaments having been cancelled, and in 2022, both Russia and Belarus were expelled from the competition.

[6] Russia's hosting of the 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships was scheduled to be discussed in a meeting of the IIHF council on February 28, 2022.

[13] Isak Rosén began the scoring in Group A as Sweden defeated Austria 11–0, with 6 of their goals coming in the second period.

[15] Adam Engström of Sweden scored the lone goal in a tight match to beat Germany 1–0.

[17] Canada regained their form as they defeated Germany in a convincing 11–2 victory, with Connor Bedard earning 7 points, tying a Canadian World Juniors record.

[18] Despite Czechia scoring early in the game, goals from Fabian Wagner and Ludvig Jansson gave the lead to the Swedes.

[23] Finland and Switzerland began the tournament tied by the end of the third period, sending the match to overtime.

[27] Slovakia defeated the United States 6–3 after Alex Čiernik scored a late goal, taking advantage of the U.S.'s open net.

[28] Finland scored 3 against Latvia in regulation time, while the Finnish goaltender, Jani Lampinen, kept a 31-save shutout.

Despite Niko Huuhtanen once again putting the Finns ahead, Carlsson and Victor Stjernborg both scored for the Swedes to complete the comeback and win the match 3–2.

[37] The United States put 11 past Nikita Quapp and Rihards Babulis in a convincing 11–1 victory, with Logan Cooley earning a hat-trick.

Connor Bedard scored the winner in the 65th minute after weaving his way past multiple Slovak defenders.

Ludvig Jansson scored first for Sweden, but David Jiříček equalized with less than a minute of regulation time.

Despite United States leading 2–0 after 10 minutes, Canada soon found their form and scored 6 past the Americans.

GP = Games played; G = Goals; A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/− = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalties In MinutesSource: IIHF.com (minimum 40% team's total ice time) TOI = Time on ice (minutes:seconds); GA = Goals against; GAA = Goals against average; SA = Shots against; Sv% = Save percentage; SO = ShutoutsSource: IIHF.com Source: IIHF Source: IIHF The Division I Group A tournament was played in Asker, Norway, from December 11 to 17, 2022.