FHR considers prospects of appeal to CAS for dismissal of Russian national teams after appeal dismissed by IIHF Disciplinary Committee

The Russian Ice Hockey Federation (RHF) has issued a statement following the decision of the Disciplinary Committee of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), which rejected the appeals of the Russian side against the decision of the Council of the ‘IIHF to withdraw the Russian and Belarusian national teams from international competitions. .

“The FHR is considering the prospects for further appeals to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) based on emerging practices in other sports,” the FHR said in a statement.

It should be noted that Vladislav Tretyak, Dmitry Kurbatov, Alexander Kiknadze, the representatives of the law firm Viguié Schmidt & Associés Max de Castelnau and Olivier Loizon, as well as Natalia Ovchinnikova, Georgy Polyanin, Gayane Bagdasaryan and Olga Donina represented the FHR at IIHF Disciplinary Committee meeting. The three FHR appeal hearings took place on June 15 at the IIHF headquarters in Zurich.

“Sport has always been above politics. In addition, athletes, judges and committee members participate in competitions and committees not because of political or other beliefs, but solely on the basis of their professionalism, said Tretyak, president of the FHR, during the meeting.

The IIHF’s statement on the rejection of the FHR’s appeals noted that the decisions made by the IIHF Board of Directors to withdraw the Russian and Belarusian teams were not a sanction, but part of the bet. implementation of security policy. It was also guided by the decision to revoke Russia’s rights to host the Junior World Championship and the 2023 World Championship, as well as not to appoint Russian judges to IIHF tournaments and not to allow the Russians to work in the relevant committees of the organization. The IIHF Council had the authority and the legal authority to do so.