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2026-11-13 · DW

Ice hockey: Russia threatens against Canada and Germany over exclusion from tournaments

"Should Canada and Germany refuse to allow the Russian team to participate, we will demand compensation, enforce the postponement of the competitions, and impose sanctions on the organizers," Russian Ice Hockey Federation President Vladislav Tretiak told the TASS news agency. "There are rules: if a team does not take the ice, it receives a forfeit loss and sanctions are imposed," Tretiak added after a presidential sports council meeting in Moscow on Thursday. "The IIHF as a way out — either allow us to participate or, if we cannot enter Canada, move the championship, don't hold it at all, or impose sanctions on Canada.

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