The 2022 World Junior-B Curling Championships was being held from January 3 to 14 at the in Lohja, Finland. The top three men's and women's teams were to qualify for the 2022 World Junior Curling Championships. On January 4, the Hungarian men's team had to withdraw from the competition due to a positive COVID-19 case within the team. The following day, members of Teams Chinese Taipei, Spain and Slovenia all confirmed positive cases within their teams. On January 6, World Curling Federation cancelled the event due to the outbreak of cases.