Latvia does not want to share the hockey championship with Lithuania

The head of the federation says the final decision on the championship belongs to the International Hockey Federation (IIHF), which is considering various options.

I don’t know anything about it. We don’t talk about it with the Lithuanians. The IIHF must decide how the championship will be organized. I think this is speculation. The IIHF will make a decisive decision and is already considering several options, said BNS on Wednesday, A. Kalvitis.

Lithuanian Minister of Education, Science and Sports Jurgita Uugdinien announced that, together with her Latvian colleague Ilga Uplinska, she discussed the possibilities of Lithuania hosting part of the World Hockey Championship in Minsk.

The World Hockey Championship is scheduled to take place from May 21 to June 6 in Latvia and Belarus. The International Hockey Federation (IIHF) said on Monday that its council had decided to move the 2021 World Championship to Belarus over a security problem beyond the control of the IIHF.

The report claims this is related to both the political unrest and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vilnius and Kaunas await the championship

We decided to accept these high-level variations on Wednesday in the municipalities of the cities of Kaunas and Vilnius.

Kaunas could ensure high-quality and comfortable conditions if it were decided to move part of the world championship to Lithuania, Kaunas Mayor Visvaldas Matijoaitis told BNS.

It is our duty to lend a hand. Vilnius is ready to do it, Vilnius Deputy Mayor Valdas Benkunskas writes on Facebook.

According to Minister J. Iugdiniens, the World Championship match could take place in these cities, but the organizers themselves chose the location.

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