Vice President of Development KHL Valery Kamenski reacted to the announcement that the Russian team could return to the World Cup in 2024.
Earlier, a source close to the governing bodies of the IIHF told that the international federation was considering the possibility of sending the Russian team to the next World Cup in 2024. In January, the head of the IIHF, Luc Tardif, told that the question of admitting the Russian team to international tournaments would be discussed at the organization’s annual congress in May.
– Everyone is interested in our national team and the national team of Belarus to return to the international stage. Without these teams, the championship is incomplete and the medals that countries will win in future competitions without our national teams will be incomplete. I think everything will be decided at the next World Cup. The congress will be held there, and we, on our side, must work and try to return to the international scene to the end, without a comma. The interest in this competition disappears without us. Russia has the biggest army of fans and the best matches are played between Canadians, Americans and us,” Kamensky told Metaratings.ru.
In February 2022, the IIHF Council suspended the national teams of Russia and Belarus from international competitions indefinitely. The teams missed the 2022 World Cup. Russia was also deprived of the right to host the 2023 World Youth Championships in Omsk and Novosibirsk.
On Friday, the International Fencing Federation (FIE) approved the return of Russian and Belarusian athletes to competitions under its auspices. If such a return of hockey players is approved by the Congress and the IIHF Council, the Russian team will be able to play in the junior and adult world championships, which will begin on May 10, 2024 and will be held in the Czech Republic.
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Source : MatchTV
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