It was significantly discounted. The IIHF reacted to the mass boycott of the top team's games against the Russian hockey team. In recent days, six foreign teams - Finland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Latvia, Czech Republic - announced that they would not play games against the Russian team because of the full invasion of Ukraine. In total, 11 countries supported the position against the return of Russian teams to international hockey. "As presented at CAS, the immediate integration of Russian teams poses significant practical and sporting challenges, including visa and entry requirements, security measures, logistical constraints and implications for competition formats, further complicated by the limited time frame, with some tournaments just weeks away. The global impact of the CAS decision and the challenges it poses to all parties involved has been grossly underestimated," the IIHF said in a statement.

It was significantly discounted. The IIHF reacted to the mass boycott of the top team's games against the Russian hockey team. In recent days, six foreign teams - Finland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Latvia, Czech Republic - announced that they would not play games against the Russian team because of the full invasion of Ukraine. In total, 11 countries supported the position against the return of Russian teams to international hockey. "As presented at CAS, the immediate integration of Russian teams poses significant practical and sporting challenges, including visa and entry requirements, security measures, logistical constraints and implications for competition formats, further complicated by the limited time frame, with some tournaments just weeks away. The global impact of the CAS decision and the challenges it poses to all parties involved has been grossly underestimated," the IIHF said in a statement.