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The issue of postponing the Olympic hockey tournament for the summer was not raised at a meeting of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) and the International Olympic Committee (IOC), writes “Championship”.
Recall, on the eve there was information that the hockey tournament of the 2022 Olympics could be postponed to the summer due to the difficult situation with covid at the present time. This season has already suspended the regular season matches of the National Hockey League (NHL), as well as matches of the Continental Hockey League (KHL). Also, due to the covid, the youth ice hockey world championship was canceled.
The 2022 Olympics will be held in Beijing on February 4-20. On December 22, the NHL officially announced that its players would not take part in the Olympics. The reason for the refusal is the increase in the number of cases of coronavirus in the league.
The Russian national team will play its first match at the tournament on February 9 against Switzerland. The match starts at 11.40 Moscow time. Also, the rivals of the national team in the group stage will be Denmark and the Czech Republic.
At the last Olympics, the Russian team became the winner of the hockey tournament, defeating Germany in the final (4:3 OT).
Source: Rosbalt
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