
KEMEROVO, 30 Sep, Sergey Fuks. The Russian Hockey Federation (RHF) organizes tour of the Russian national team under 25 in May 2023, the teams of Kazakhstan, China and Belarus will play together with the Russians, said FHR Executive Director Dmitry Kurbatov. In February, the IIHF Council suspended the teams of Russia and Belarus from international competitions for an indefinite period. The teams have already missed the 2022 World Cup in Finland. Later, the independent disciplinary board of the IIHF rejected the FHR's appeal to remove the Russian national teams from participation in international competitions. «We have a new team — the Russian national team under 25. We will tour this team in May, during the World Championship. Moscow, Yaroslavl, Omsk and Novosibirsk. The teams of Kazakhstan, China and Belarus will play together with the Russian national team,» Kurbatov said at the international forum «Russia is a sports power.» The FHR also plans to hold the Cup of the Future tournament, which will be held in two slots — in November and February. It will be attended by the Russian under-18 team, the Russian youth team, which will play in November, the Russian under-17 team, which will play in February, and the youth teams of Kazakhstan and Belarus.

