{"id":124863,"date":"2025-02-04T15:50:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T12:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/124863\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:05:06","slug":"iihf-bans-belarus-hockey-team-from-2025-26-competitions","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/en\/news\/124863\/","title":{"rendered":"IIHF bans Belarus\u2019 hockey team from 2025-26 competitions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"block-image block-image-normal\">\n\n  <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1128\" height=\"752\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iihf-hockey-1128.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iihf-hockey-1128.jpg 1128w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iihf-hockey-1128-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iihf-hockey-1128-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iihf-hockey-1128-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/iihf-hockey-1128-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1128px) 100vw, 1128px\" \/>\n  <figcaption>\n  \n       <div class=\"block-image__author\">\n                <span>(iihf.com)<\/span>\n    <\/div>\n     <\/figcaption>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>February 4, <em>Pozirk.<\/em><\/strong> The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has extended for one year the ban on participation of Belarusian and Russian national teams in the 2025 and 2026 World Championships, the Belarusian Ice Hockey Federation said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IIHF banned Russia and Belarus from the 2022 and 2023 World Championships after Russia launched its full-scale war on Ukraine in February 2022 with the support of Belarus\u2019 authorities. Both countries were also excluded from the IIHF 2024\/2025 championship season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0In 2021, the Belarusian team showed the second-worst performance at the world championship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"insert-block\">\n\n    <div class=\"insert-block__img\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"354\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/noc_press-354x236.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/noc_press-354x236.jpg 354w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/noc_press-734x490.jpg 734w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/noc_press-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/noc_press-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pozirk.online\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/noc_press.jpg 870w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 354px) 100vw, 354px\" \/>                        <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> \u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430<\/label>\n\n                            <label class=\"insert-block__tag--mobile\"> Sport<\/label>\n\n                <\/div>\n    <div class=\"insert-block__text\">\n                    <label class=\"insert-block__tag\">\u041f\u043e\u043b\u0438\u0442\u0438\u043a\u0430, Sport<\/label>\n                <h3 class=\"insert-block__title\">IOC said to recognize \u0141uka\u0161enka&#039;s son as president of Belarusian NOC<\/h3>\n        <div class=\"insert-block__descr\">February 3, Pozirk. The Belarusian National Olympic Committee (NOC) has said that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has recognized the election of Viktar \u0141uka\u0161enka as NOC president by its General Assembly. The Belarusian leader\u2019s son took over the NOC in &#8230;<\/div>\n        <a class=\"insert-block__btn-block\" href=\"\/en\/news\/124744\">\n            <button class=\"btn\">\n                <div class='btn__text'>Read the article<\/div>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February 4, Pozirk. The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has extended for one year the ban on participation of Belarusian and Russian national teams in the 2025 and 2026 World Championships, the Belarusian Ice Hockey Federation said. 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