The IIHF filed an appeal to CAS against the decision to allow the Russian national teams to participate in the tournaments.
The IIHF made its decision on the grounds that two of the three judges who ruled the case had undisclosed business ties to Russia, Canadian TSN journalist Gord Miller reported.
The appeal will take a long time. Moreover, it will be necessary to appeal in a civil court, whether in the Netherlands or in Switzerland, and only procedural violations. But at the same time, the decision itself is mandatory to be carried out today; An appeal does not change anything.