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The countdown to the 2022 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Tampere and Helsinki began today. It’s the ninth time the World Championship will be held in Finland and the tournament will run 13th to 29th May 2022. The organisers said in a press release today that the “organising committee is currently a little ahead…
The IIHF have announced today that the 2021 World Championship will not take place in Belarus because of safety concerns. The 16-team tournament is set to run from 21st May to 6th June 2021. The IIHF have said that “the decision was reached by Council following the conclusion of an extensive due diligence process”. GB…
Following an IIHF delegation meeting with members of the Belarus government concerning the status of the 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, iihf.com sat down with president René Fasel to get the latest updates on the situation in Minsk. Read the full interview here on the IIHF website.
IHUK JOINS LEADERS FROM SPORT WITH NATION’S COVID-19 RECOVERY RESOLUTION More than 50 leaders from the sport and physical activity sector have come together to sign a New Year’s resolution to ensure sport and physical activity is at the heart of the nation’s recovery from Covid-19 in 2021. Our resolution for a sporting new year…
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The Great Britain Universities women’s team returned to training last week to restart their preparations for the 2021 World University Games. The IIHF and FISU recently announced the postponement of the Winter Universiade to December 2021 because of the covid-19 pandemic. Thanks to the hard work from GBU doctor Mike Carmont, along with Ice Hockey…
From Boxing Day, the whole of mainland Scotland will be in the country’s toughest tier of restrictions for at least three weeks. This means that all Scottish rinks will close and the SIH training camp, scheduled to take place in Dundee on 10th January, will now not be staged. A statement on the SIH website…
The EIHA has announced that it has secured £1.2m of government funding for three divisions of the NIHL. The NIHL said in a statement: “This has been down to the determined efforts of the EIHA board, in particular board member Andrew Miller who has worked tirelessly as our NIHL national liaison and in driving the…
Applications are now being accepted for the role of independent chair of Ice Hockey UK. The closing date for applications is 1st February 2021. Submit your application to IHUK general secretary Andy French via email to andy.french@icehockeyuk.co.uk. Please include a CV and a letter setting out how you would meet the requirements of the role. Click here…
Following Saturday’s EIHA member vote – where the resolution for one new governing body did not pass – Scottish Ice Hockey have started the process to separate from Ice Hockey UK and establish itself as a separate association. With unification off the table for the foreseeable future, chairman David Hand has confirmed the wheels are…