2022 in sports

2022 in sports describes the year's events in world sport.

Calendar by month

January

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s
1	Ice Hockey	2022 NHL Winter Classic	Domestic
10	American Football	2022 College Football Playoff National Championship	Domestic
17–30	Tennis	2022 Australian Open	Domestic
30	American Football	2022 Pro Bowl	Domestic

February

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s
4-20	Winter Olympic Games	2022 Winter Olympics	International
6	American Football	Super Bowl LVI	Domestic
20	Basketball	2022 NBA All-Star Game	Domestic
20	NASCAR	2022 Daytona 500	Domestic
20–20 November	NASCAR	2022 NASCAR Xfinity Series	Domestic

March

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s
4-13	Winter Paralympic Games	2022 Winter Paralympics	International
15-April 4	Basketball	2022 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament	Domestic
18-April 3	Basketball	2022 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament	Domestic

April

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s
TBA	Basketball	2022 NBA Playoffs	Domestic

May

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s
7	Horse Racing	2022 Kentucky Derby	Domestic
21	Horse Racing	2022 Preakness Stakes	Domestic
29–June 11	Tennis	2022 French Open	Domestic

June

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s
11	Horse Racing	2022 Belmont Stakes	Domestic
23	Basketball	2022 NBA draft	Domestic
24-25	Ice Hockey	2022 NHL Entry Draft	Domestic
27–July 10	Tennis	2022 Wimbledon Championships	International

July

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s
12	Baseball	2022 Major League Baseball All-Star Game	Domestic

August

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s
18-28	Baseball	2022 Little League World Series	Domestic
29–September 11	Tennis	2022 U.S. Open	Domestic

September

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s
3-10 December	American Football	2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season	Domestic
8-January 1 2023	American Football	2022 NFL season	Domestic

October

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s
25	Baseball	2022 World Series	Domestic

November

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s
12-19	Multi-sport	2022 Gay Games	International
21-18 December	Football	2022 FIFA World Cup	International

December

Date	Sport	Venue/Event	Status	Winner/s
26–4 January 2023	Ice Hockey	2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships	International

Alpine Skiing

• TBA: FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2022 in TBD

American football

National Football League

• February 6: Super Bowl LVI in SoFi Stadium
• April 28–30: 2022 NFL Draft in Las Vegas
• September 8-January 1, 2023: 2022 NFL season

Aquatics

• TBA: 2022 FINA World Swimmimg Championsips

Association football

• 21 November - 18 December 2022 FIFA World Cup (host Qatar)

Baseball

Major League Baseball

• March 31–October 2: 2022 Major League Baseball season
• June 6–8: 2022 MLB draft
• July 12: 2022 Major League Baseball All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California
• October 25: 2022 World Series

2022 Little League Baseball World Series

• August 18–28: Little League World Series in South Williamsport at both the Little League Volunteer Stadium and Howard J. Lamade Stadium

Basketball

National Basketball Association

• TBA: 2021–22 NBA season
• February 20: 2022 NBA All-Star Game at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio
• TBA: 2022 NBA Playoffs
• June 23: 2022 NBA draft

National Collegiate Athletic Association

• March 15–April 4: 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
• March 18–April 3: 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament

Cheerleading

• TBD: 2022 The Cheerleading Worlds

Cricket

• 2022 ICC Men's T20 World Cup in Australia

Fencing

• TBD: 2022 World Fencing Championships

Figure Skating

• TBD: 2022 World Figure Skating Championships in TBD

Freestyle Skiing

• FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships 2022

Floorball

• 2022 Men's World Floorball Championships
• 2022 Women's under-19 World Floorball Championships

Horse Racing

United States

US Triple Crown

• May 7: Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs
• May 21: Preakness Stakes at Pimlico
• June 11: Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park

Breeders Cup

• Nov 4–5: 2022 Breeders Cup TBA

Ice Hockey

National Hockey League

• TBA: 2021–22 NHL season
• TBA: 2022 NHL Playoffs
• June 24–25: 2022 NHL Entry Draft

Multi-sport events

• January 22–28: 2022 Special Olympics World Winter Games in Kazan, Russia
• February 4–20: 2022 Winter Olympics, in Beijing, China
• March 4–13: 2022 Winter Paralympics, in Beijing, China
• March 10-20 2021 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games in Bangkok and Chonburi, Thailand
• April 22 - May 8: 2022 Central American and Caribbean Games, in
• June 25 - July 5: 2022 Mediterranean Games in Oran, Algeria
• July 7–17: 2021 World Games in Birmingham, United States
• July 27 - August 7: 2022 Commonwealth Games, in Birmingham, England
• September 10–25: 2022 Asian Games, in Hangzhou, China
• November 12-19: 2022 Gay Games, in Hong Kong
• TBD: 2022 South American Games, in Asunción, Paraguay
• TBD: 2022 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia

Tennis

Grand Slam

• January 17–30: 2022 Australian Open
• May 29–June 11: 2022 French Open
• June 27–July 10: 2022 Wimbeldon Championships
• August 28–September 11: 2022 U.S. Open