rafalgorka 1,391 Posted February 1, 2021 #51 Share Posted February 1, 2021 I wonder if Belarus team will play in this tournament. I hope they will. Sportsmen should have their chance, all this mess is not their fault, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intoronto 4,259 Posted February 1, 2021 #52 Share Posted February 1, 2021 54 minutes ago, rafalgorka said: I wonder if Belarus team will play in this tournament. I hope they will. Sportsmen should have their chance, all this mess is not their fault, I guess. Nothing about them withdrawing/being banned from playing. rafalgorka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,283 Posted February 2, 2021 Author #53 Share Posted February 2, 2021 It´s official. The 2021 IIHF Top Division World Championships will take place only in Riga, Latvia. All 16 teams will play in a special bubble including two venues only 150 meters apart. No team will be relegated. The Council of the International Hockey Federation (IIHF) decided on Tuesday that the world championship Top Division will take place only in Riga, Latvia, at the end of May and start of June 2021. The information was confirmed by the official IIHF website. Nothing has changed at the date of the tournament, it will take place from May 21 to June 6. Originally, the championship was to take place in Minsk, Belarus, but the unfavorable political situation in the country meant that in the first half of January 2021, even under pressure from its sponsors, the IIHF decided to deprive Belarusians of the right to host the world's hockey elite. Immediately afterwards, the search for a substitute venue began, and Bratislava and the Danish Herning also came into play. However, the IIHF eventually decided to organize the entire tournament only in Riga. The Preliminary B-group of the tournament will take place in the main stadium, the Riga Arena, the Preliminary A-group also with the Slovak team in the Riga Olympic Sports Center (150meters from Riga Arena), which will also host two quarter-final matches. The IIHF has decided that the two-fields Daugava Stadium, which is currently being renovated, will be used for trainings for tournament participants. All 16 national teams will be accommodated in one hotel. The IIHF did not make any changes to the tournament schedule and format. Slovakia will present itself in the preliminary A-group with Russia, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Great Britain and newly promoted team Belarus. The International Hockey Federation also stated that, the tournament is now possible to be organized more easily in the so-called "bubble", as the two competition stadiums are only 150 meters apart and all teams will live in one facility. "I would like to thank our members from Denmark and Slovakia for their willingness to host the World Championships with minimal preparation. However, the IIHF Council believes that organizing a championship in one country is the best solution. We have the opportunity to prepare a so-called bubble and, if it will be possible, we will be also happy to welcome fans in the stands, "said René Fasel, the incumbent president of the IIHF, on the federation's website. Since there no lower divisions tournaments this year, it was already confirmed that no team will be relegated from this year championship. rafalgorka 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,283 Posted February 5, 2021 Author #54 Share Posted February 5, 2021 Russian Ice Hockey federation want "Katyusha" to be played instead of the national anthem after wins at the world championships wrote Championat.com citing sources from the Russian Ice Hockey federation. The official even added : "Katyusha will be Russian anthem,The details how it will exactly looks will be clarified later." Remember at the IIHF WCh events the national anthem is played only after the end of the match and only for the winner of the game. The site also claims Russians are also considering to ask the IOC to have Katyusha played instead of the Russian national anthem in Tokyo and Beijing during the upcoming Summer and Winter Olympic Games medal ceremonies after eventual gold medals of Russian athletes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirkpatrick 144 Posted February 5, 2021 #55 Share Posted February 5, 2021 I approve. Though, Russian anthem is one of the greatest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,283 Posted March 1, 2021 Author #56 Share Posted March 1, 2021 and Katyusha will be the Russian anthem during the championships and will be played in case of RUS team wins after the games. Announced today as official, the only remaining unanswered questions are whether they will compete under the flag and logo of Russian National Hockey Federation or under Russian National Olympic Committe, should be decided until the end of March, According to the decision the jerseys design will be then produced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,283 Posted March 11, 2021 Author #57 Share Posted March 11, 2021 Fuck... Libor Hudáček, obviously expected our top 2 lines center is out for the rest of the season due leg injury already underwent surgery in Lausanne yesterday. I really do not see who will replace him, lack of centers is definitely our biggest issue currently Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,283 Posted March 16, 2021 Author #58 Share Posted March 16, 2021 On 01/03/2021 at 16:04, hckošice said: and Katyusha will be the Russian anthem during the championships and will be played in case of RUS team wins after the games. Announced today as official, the only remaining unanswered questions are whether they will compete under the flag and logo of Russian National Hockey Federation or under Russian National Olympic Committe, should be decided until the end of March, According to the decision the jerseys design will be then produced. IIHF overturned the decision, saying it is out of question No Katyusha ! Only the IIHF anthem will be played after the Russian winning matches during the tournament. The team will play under Russian NOC flag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,283 Posted April 3, 2021 Author #59 Share Posted April 3, 2021 Welcome Spiky ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckošice 13,283 Posted April 8, 2021 Author #60 Share Posted April 8, 2021 Referees selected Referees Linesmen ANSONS, Andris CONSTANTINEAU, Nicolas BJORK, Tobias GOLYAK, Dmitri BRUGGEMAN, Andrew HYNEK, Daniel FRANDSEN, Mads KROYER, Andreas Weise FRANO, Martin LAZAREV, Gleb GOFMAN, Roman LUNDGREN, Ludvig GOUIN, Olivier McCRANK, Dustin HEIKKINEN, Lassi MERTEN, Jonas JERABEK, Antonin NIKULAINEN, Lauri NORD, Mikael OBWEGESER, David ROMASKO, Yevgeni OLIVER, Brian SCHRADER, Andre ONDRACEK, Jiri SIDORENKO, Maxim SEEWALD, Elias SIR, Robin SHALAGIN, Nikita STANO, Peter SORMUNEN, Hannu STERNAT, Christoph SYNEK, Simon TSCHERRIG, Michael YLETYINEN, Emil VIKMAN, Kristian ZUNDE, Davis Jan Linha 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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