The Norwegian Hockey Association has been notified by the IIHF of exclusion from the elite division of the 2027 World Junior Championship.
Earlier, the press service of the Swiss Hockey Federation reported that the IIHF sent the federation an adjusted schedule, in which the Russian team replaced the Norwegian team in the World Junior Championship. The Swiss federation has stated that they will boycott the match with the Russians.
The World Junior Championships will take place between December 26, 2026 and January 5, 2027 in Edmonton and Red Ayr.
Too early to be happy here, the IIHF just doesn't know what to do. The CAS decision must be followed. At the same time, it is clear that most of the European teams will not play against Russia, as has already been said. The second question is that Canada may not issue a visa, and it is no longer possible to transfer the MFM anywhere.
In addition ties with sponsors play less than what is specified in the contracts with sponsors, if they do not play against Russia. Even the sponsors themselves say they will not support the tournament with Russia.
Russia should push the situation and move like a bulldozer, as if we don't know anything, to obey the court's decision. What the IIHF does should not concern anyone. Let them do what they want.
By the way, excluding Norway is also a bad decision, it entered sports fields. The fact that this happened is the fault of those cretins who excluded Russia from the list of participants in 2022.