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Russian hockey players have been granted participant status for the upcoming U-20 World Championship. They will replace a European team.
Organizers plan to implement this decision despite other teams' unwillingness to play against Russia. This was reported by the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation.
Who would Russia replace
The team from the aggressor country is to return to the international level following the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne.
At the junior level, Norway could suffer the consequences.
According to the proposed implementation, Russia, which did not participate in previous tournaments, at the IIHF World Junior Championship 2027 will be placed in position 10 and thus will take Norway’s previous spot in the schedule. As a result, Norway would be relegated to Division I, Group A.
— reads the statement from the Swiss Ice Hockey Federation.
The Swiss federation also added that their athletes will not take the ice with the Russians. The Czech Republic and Latvia, who were also drawn into the same group as Russia, had earlier announced the same decision.
The World Junior Championship will run in Canada from 26 December to 5 January 2027.
How the CAS decision affects Ukraine
On Friday, 30 October, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne lifted the ban on Russian hockey national teams participating in international competitions. In the media
The IIHF officially responded to the CAS ruling, expressing disappointment and insisting that the suspension of the Russians served as a safety guarantee for all competition participants and upheld the principle of protecting the integrity of the sport.
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