Men's Ice Hockey IIHF Under 20 World Championship 2022

[Belle 720]

The tournament can be cancelled. IIHF and the organizers will discuss it tonight. 

[hckošice 13,206]

The referees will have to wear masks during the whole matches. How the hell they are supposed to whistle ?

 

but yeah, the directoriate is already discussing right now, It may end only by one result. a cancellation of the tournament.

[Belle 720]

A wedding is planned at US and Sweden’s hotel. 

 

This is bad organized in whole. Come on we are in a PANDEMI. 

[hckošice 13,206]

Seriously. The whole planet will laugh of this organization

 

 

One staff member on a European team in same hotel as USA in Red Deer calls the current covid protocols and lack of isolation from the community "ridiculous", saying they've come into contact with said wedding guests. https://t.co/KcM3lrXo6u

— Corey Pronman (@coreypronman) December 29, 2021

[Belle 720]

The tournament is CANCELLED!!!!!!

 

https://www.tsn.ca/iihf-world-junior-hockey-championship-edmonton-red-deer-cancellation-1.1739952

[JoshMartini007 2,198]

In hindsight, Alberta was a bad choice for a host given their relative lax stance on COVID compared with the rest of the nation.

[hckošice 13,206]

The only reasonable decision. It already lost all regularity yesterday.

 

 

But the thing that will be remembered is clearly the complete fail of both IIHF and the organizing committee.

 

Just imagine. kids had to be in Red Deer by 15th december isolated etc... All were super happy to play his tournament in Canada, the land of this sport, super excited, all vaxed, all doing everything to keep healthy and complied with regulations and measures...

 

but then arrived  and...

 

boom,accomodated in hotels with general public played 2 matches, some teams only 1 and then after christmas learnt the tournament is cancelled and can fly home

 

but again. Only fair and reasonable decision. Sad, extremely sad but fair

[Quaker2001 243]

Unfortunate, but they had to do it.  Too many cancellations and these are obviously all kids.  Can't make them keep this us.

[hckošice 13,206]

World Juniors cancelled

 

 

Following a recommendation by the tournament COVID-19 Medical Group and the IIHF Medical Committee, the IIHF Council has decided that, due to the ongoing spread of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant, the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship will be cancelled to ensure the health and safety of all participants.

The decision comes following a positive case on a player on the Russian national team, which would have necessitated a forfeit of the Russia-Slovakia game scheduled for 29 December. The game is the third to be cancelled due to positive cases, following Switzerland-USA and Finland-Czechia.

In addition to ensuring the health and safety of participants, the Council has determined that with another forfeiture – the third forfeited game in two days – the sportive integrity of the event has been compromised, and the event must be cancelled.

“Together with the teams, we came into this event with full confidence in the COVID-19 protocols put in place by the IIHF, the LOC, Alberta Health, Alberta Health Services and the Public Health Agency of Canada,” said IIHF President Luc Tardif. “The ongoing spread of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant forced us to readjust our protocols almost immediately upon arrival to attempt to stay ahead of any potential spread. This included daily testing and the team quarantine requirement when positive cases were confirmed.”

“We owed it to the participating teams to do our best to create the conditions necessary for this event to work,” said Tardif. “Unfortunately, this was not enough. We now have to take some time and focus on getting all players and team staff back home safely.”

Hockey Canada President Scott Smith and CEO Tom Renney shared the followign statement:

“Hockey Canada has worked tirelessly since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure it would be equipped to host world-class, international events in a safe and healthy environment. Despite our best efforts, and continually adapting and strengthening protocols, we have unfortunately fallen short of our goal of completing the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship and handing out medals on Jan. 5 due to the challenges of the current COVID-19 landscape."

"Since the beginning of the pandemic, we have always made the health and safety of event participants and the community at large a priority, and given the news that we have encountered positive cases within the World Juniors environment, we understand and support the decision to cancel the remainder of the event. Although we know this is the right decision, we sympathize with all participants who have earned the opportunity to represent their countries on the world stage and that will not be able to realize that dream in its entirety.”

 

 

IIHF.COM

[NearPup 2,156]

What an incredible failure by the organizing committee. The bubble can’t fail when you fail to create a bubble…