Ice Hockey World Championship Riga

This was decided by the 2017 iihf annual congress.

Ice hockey world championship riga. News from the iihf. It will now be hosted in belarus and latvia from 21 may to 6 june 2021. During a meeting in zurich the iihf council discussed the issues submitted by the government of latvia regarding the status of the 2021 iihf ice hockey world championship scheduled to be hosted by minsk belarus and riga latvia. During a meeting in zurich the iihf council discussed the issues submitted by the government of latvia regarding the status of the 2021 iihf ice hockey world championship scheduled to be hosted by minsk belarus and riga latvia.

See minsk and finally see what is probably latvia s most popular sport. The 2006 iihf world championship was held in may 2006 in riga latvia. The 2021 iihf ice hockey world championship will take place in minsk and riga. The parties discussed preparations for the iihf world championship which is due to take place in minsk and riga on 21 may 6 june 2021 and also the situation with other iihf tournaments.

The 2021 iihf world championship will be co hosted by minsk belarus and riga latvia as the iihf announced on 19 may 2017. In a letter submitted to the iihf the latvian prime minister has indicated that the country wishes to co host the 2021 iihf ice hockey world championship however that it may be unwilling to do so with minsk as a co host under the current. Belarus and latvia succeeded with their joint bid to co host the 2021 iihf ice hockey world championship together. Posts about world ice hockey championship written by rigaenglish.

It was the 70th annual event and was run by the international ice hockey federation. The announcement comes after unprecedented mass protests in belarus against the 26 year rule of president alexander lukashenko following a disputed election there. The 2021 iihf ice hockey world championship was postponed for two weeks. Sweden was the stand by organizer in case the arena was delayed but the construction was completed on schedule marking the first time a former soviet state apart from russia has hosted the event.

One of the requirements of the iihf for latvia to host the event was that a new arena would be constructed. Their joint bid won by a very tight margin against the finnish bid with the cities of tampere and helsinki. Latvia s government on monday said it no longer wanted to co host the world ice hockey championship with belarus next year and was looking for a different partner. Sweden won the championship with a 4 0 victory in the final against the czech republic.

Iihf to initiate review of minsk riga 2021. After a tight race between two strong applicants the 2017 iihf annual congress allocated the 2021 iihf ice hockey world championship to the joint bid of minsk belarus and riga latvia. When a student told me that it was possible to visit belarus without a visa while the ice hockey world cup was on i saw the chance to kill two birds with one stone. Hey hockey fans planning to visit the 2021 iihf ice hockey world championship in minsk and riga.

The 2006 iihf world championship was held in latvia between may 5 and may 21 2006 with events being held in riga. New dates were announced by the 2020 iihf extraordinary congress.