Arena Riga, one of the two stadiums that will host this year’s Ice Hockey World Championships. Profimedia.cz – Although the Latvians have a contingency plan in place, according to Edgar Bunciš, head of the championship organizing committee, the only solution would be to use the Volvo Hall, which has two ice rinks. However, it has … Read more
David Kämpf from Chicago apologized for the World Championships in Riga. Mark Humphrey, ČTK / AP – After Monday’s training in the O2 arena in Prague before the Czech Games (from Wednesday to Saturday), Petr Nedvěd, the general manager of the national team, announced this. The Czech national team can count on six fighters from … Read more
Judge Antonín Jeřábek. archive – The Czech Republic had the same number of representatives at the top tournament only in 2015, when they hosted the Prague and Ostrava World Championships. This year, four representatives in the Latvian capital will be Finland, Russia and Sweden, two each: Belarus, Denmark, Canada, Latvia, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Switzerland and … Read more
They have long pointed out that due to the unstable political situation in the country led by President Lukashenko, they cannot imagine that they should hold a world hockey championship together with Belarus next year. In August, Latvian Prime Minister Krišjánis Kariňś called on the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) to look for another solution. … Read more
The Hockey World Cup 2021 will probably be without NHL players. The problem is in Belarus with security, is there a threat of a boycott? Czech hockey – “The IIHF sees this problem. Only the IIHF, which consists of over 70 countries, decides on the allocation of the World Cup and can also decide on … Read more
Hockey players of the Czech national team (from left) Milan Gulaš, Martin Zaťovič and Jakub Jeřábek during the match with the Finns in Pilsen. Vlastimil Vacek, Right – After the August presidential election and the re-election of Alexander Lukashenko, Belarus was dominated by riots and protests that escalated into violence. As early as August, Latvian … Read more