The matches will be transferred from Minsk.
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) deprived Minsk of the right to host the 2021 Ice Hockey World Championship. This is stated on her website. The reason is security problems.
The championship was to be held from May 21 to June 6 in Minsk and Riga.
Now IIHF will transfer matches from Belarus. Where exactly is unknown, but Latvia may become the only country to host the 2021 World Cup.
“Although the [IIHF] Council believes that the World Cup should not be used for political propaganda by any party, it acknowledged that it would be inappropriate to host the event in Minsk,” stressed
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Due to the boycott of the leading countries, the Ice Hockey World Championship in Belarus will be canceled by itself.
On January 11, Lukashenka met with the President of the International Ice Hockey Federation
Rene Fasel, who flew to Minsk on purpose to discuss the prospects of the World Championship. Competitions should be held in Belarus and Latvia. However, the Belarusian community, the opposition, the Latvian side, as well as a number of other participants in the championship have repeatedly spoken out against holding this event in Belarus due to the brutal suppression of peaceful actions against the falsification of the presidential elections on August 9, 2020.