President of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) Alexei Morozov In an interview with , he said that the state of the arena in Mongolia and the financial costs were the main factors in the decision to abandon the matches scheduled in that country.
Last fall, Morozov announced that the league was in contact with the Mongolian Ministry of Sports and that it had been proposed to consider organizing an exhibition match in April with the participation of clubs that would not make the playoffs.
— Why did the KHL not go to Mongolia with exhibition matches in the end, although such plans existed?
— We talked about the final matches. But firstly, official KHL matches cannot be held in the local arena. Secondly, we calculated the costs and came to the conclusion that in these conditions, organizing a match would be too expensive for us and for the clubs, “Morozov told .
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