Russia (bbabo.net), - The match of the Russian national team against Slovakia at the youth ice hockey world championship, scheduled for December 30, has been canceled.
On Thursday at 00:30 Moscow time, the Russian national team was supposed to play the third match of the preliminary round against the team of Slovakia. However, the meeting will be canceled. So far, this has not yet been officially announced, but sources in the Russian Ice Hockey Federation and the International Ice Hockey Federation, on condition of anonymity, have confirmed that the game will not take place.
The reason was the coronavirus disease in the Russian national team. The player's name has not been disclosed, according to media reports, it is about the team leader Matvey Michkov. As a result, the Russian national team was awarded a technical defeat with a score of 0: 1. The entire Russian team has been quarantined for 24 hours.
The next match for the Russian national team is scheduled for the early morning of January 1, 2022 against the US team.
This is the third time a tournament has been canceled. Previously, the disease was detected in US and Czech hockey players.
Against this background, only one question arises - what will the IIHF do if more and more cases are revealed at the tournament? And will the tournament be played to the end?
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