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2022 World Youth Hockey Championship canceled due to coronavirus
The 2022 World Youth Hockey Championship has been canceled due to coronavirus outbreaks in several teams. RIA Novosti reports.
On December 29, it became known that the match between the national teams of Russia and Slovakia at the MFM was canceled. In accordance with the rules of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), the Russian team was awarded a technical defeat with a score of 0: 1.
In total, on December 28 and 29, two more matches were canceled due to positive tests for covid among the players of the US and Czech national teams. The teams were also awarded technical defeats.
