MOSCOW, March 19 Postponed Youth World Championship 2022 to be held in Edmonton, Canada from August 9 to 20, according to the official website of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). At the end of December, the IIHF stopped the youth world championship in Canadian Red Deer and Edmonton due to the spread of coronavirus among tournament participants. Later, the head of the IIHF, Luc Tardif, announced that the tournament would be held in mid-August in the province of Alberta. representatives of the same age group (players born in 2002 and older),» the report says. On Friday, the IIHF announced that the Latvian national team would replace the Russians at the World Youth Championship. At the end of February, the IIHF Council suspended the national teams of Russia and Belarus from international competitions for an indefinite period and deprived Omsk and Novosibirsk of the right to host the Youth World Championship — 2023. The IIHF has not yet begun to deprive Russia of the adult World Championship — 2023, which is scheduled for St. Petersburg.
