Skoda may refuse to sponsor the World Hockey Championship if the Russian team is allowed to compete, the sports portal reports. cz in reference to the CTK agency. The company emphasized that it does not support the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on accepting Russian teams and considers the return of hockey players from the Russian national team to the World Championship to be against the company's values. Skoda has been an official sponsor of the Ice Hockey World Championship since 1993. Earlier, the hockey associations of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and the Czech Republic announced their refusal to play with the Russian national team at the 2027 World Cup. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that Russian and Belarusian hockey players will not receive visas. On October 30, CAS required the International Ice Hockey Federation to admit Russian teams to international competitions in the 2026/27 season.

Skoda may refuse to sponsor the World Hockey Championship if the Russian team is allowed to compete, the sports portal reports. cz in reference to the CTK agency. The company emphasized that it does not support the decision of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on accepting Russian teams and considers the return of hockey players from the Russian national team to the World Championship to be against the company's values. Skoda has been an official sponsor of the Ice Hockey World Championship since 1993. Earlier, the hockey associations of Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and the Czech Republic announced their refusal to play with the Russian national team at the 2027 World Cup. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that Russian and Belarusian hockey players will not receive visas. On October 30, CAS required the International Ice Hockey Federation to admit Russian teams to international competitions in the 2026/27 season.