News of the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Minsk and Riga

Chances of Belarus and Latvia co-hosting 2021 IIHF World Championship seen as high
Finland’s and Belarus-Latvia’s bids are interesting. They are both satisfactory. I would like to note that the IIHF World Championship was held in Minsk in 2014 at the highest level and is well remembered by many fans...

Lukashenko vows to bring IIHF world championship to Belarus
“The competition is strong - Finland. But the question is not whether our bid wins or not. We would bid and lose in the past. But finally we got the right to host the IIHF World Championship in 2014”...

IIHF inspection team visits Minsk Arena
The IIHF officials have already been to Minsk and saw the country’s main indoor arena. They took a look at all its facilities once again and hailed the readiness of the arena to host international competitions...

Chances of Belarus and Latvia co-hosting 2021 IIHF World Championship seen as high
The head of state said that he agreed with this proposal. Belarus filed a bid during the Olympic year...

Ryzhenkov: Belarus-Latvia sports forum co-hosting will be a project of cross-border cooperation
The Minsk Town Hall hosted the joint bid signing ceremony on 19 January. Finland also bids to host the event...

Joint bid for hosting 2021 IIHF World Championship seen as important step in Belarus-EU relations
“Riga and Minsk have a long-standing friendship. The joint bid is an important move not only in terms of sports, but also in terms of the relations between the European Union and Belarus. We will keep our fingers crossed and hope that our bid wins and we hold the tournament together at a high level,” Nils Usakovs said...

Belarus, Latvia place joint bid for hosting 2021 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship
“Minsk was at the heart of the ice hockey celebrations in 2014. That tournament is frequently mentioned at IIHF Congresses. The idea of hosting a championship jointly with Latvia was put forward in 2014”...