The best players’ tournament is to be played in three years between at least eight countries.
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The World Hockey World Cup will be played in three years. The NHL Commissioner reported this issue Gary Bettman Just before the start of a four -country tournament.
The last time the World Cup for the world’s best players was played in 2016.
Bettman’s wish was that the World Cup would be held regularly in the future. The 2028 tournament is scheduled to play between at least eight countries. European cities also have the opportunity to apply for tournament playgrounds.
Russia is largely excluded from international sports, but many individual athletes, such as hockey players, have been able to continue playing normally on club teams.
In a press conference in Montreal Arena from Bettman and Executive Director of the NHL Player Association Marty from Walsh They asked what they think about the situation in Russia and whether Russian players could be involved in the coming World Cup.
In the NHL, numerous Russians are one of the brightest stars in the series. Both Bettman and Walsh said bluntly that they would like the Russians to join the World Cup.
– I would love to see Russian players in international games. But these questions are political, I hope that when we are closer to the Olympics and the World Cup, we can see Russian players in international tournaments, Walsh said.
“Russia has a great hockey culture, we have (in the NHL) great Russian players,” Bettman continued.
Both emphasized that the decision to participate in the Russian Olympics will be made by the International Olympic Committee, not the NHL. The International Hockey Association, in turn, decides whether Russia will be taken to the World Cup.
Bettman said he was hopeful to bring the Russians to the World Cup.
Bettman and Walsh did not comment on the Russian offensive war in Ukraine. They repeated that these are political decisions and world political situation that the NHL and the NHL Players’ Association cannot influence.
“We have enough time to see what the world political situation looks like in the future,” Bettman said.
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