Belarusian Ice Hockey Association

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Belarus
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Association nameBelarusian Ice Hockey Association
IIHF CodeBLR
IIHF membership6 May 1992
PresidentDzmitry Baskau
IIHF men's ranking9
IIHF women's rankingN/A
http://www.hockey.by

The Belarusian Ice Hockey Association (Belarusian: Федэрацыя хакея Рэспублікі Беларусь, Russian: Федерация хоккея Республики Беларусь)[1] is the governing body of ice hockey in Belarus. It was founded on 6 March 1992 and became a member of the IIHF on 2 May 1992.

The Belarusian Ice Hockey Association hosted the 2014 IIHF World Championship, and was planned to co-host the 2021 IIHF World Championship. Because of "safety and security issues," the International Ice Hockey Federation decided that the 2021 World Championship would not be played in Belarus.[2]

Since 9 September 2020, the Belarusian Ice Hockey Association has been headed by Dzmitry Baskau who is accused of being involved in the killing of protester Raman Bandarenka.[3] For this reason, a travel ban against Baskau was imposed by the governments of Latvia and Estonia.[4] On September 8, 2021, the International Ice Hockey Federation disqualified him for five years.[5] For ten months, the International Ice Hockey Federation investigated his actions and found that Baskau used discrimination and threats against sportspersons because of their political views.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "BELARUS". IIHF.com.
  2. ^ "IIHF to move 2021 World Championship". IIHF.com. 18 January 2021. Retrieved 18 January 2021.
  3. ^ Басков стал главой федерации хоккея. Он уйдет из минского «Динамо»
  4. ^ "Pro-govt athlete, official get Latvia's travel ban. They may be involved in murder of Raman Bandarenka". Belsat. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
  5. ^ a b "Дзмітрыя Баскава дыскваліфікавалі на пяць гадоў" (in Belarusian). Nasha Niva. 2021-09-08. Retrieved 2021-09-08.

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