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IIHF presidential candidate Bach Nielsen proposes fewer World Championship events
Denmark’s Henrik Bach Nielsen has told SportBusiness that a reduction in the number of ice hockey World Championship events from the Division I, Group B level downwards forms part of his proposals in t…
NHL secures deal to allow players to participate in 2022 Winter Olympics
National Hockey League players will take part in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics after a deal was finally struck between the league, NHL Players Association, International Ice Hockey Federation, and International…
IIHF seeks Women’s World Championship in winter Olympic year
The International Ice Hockey Federation has said it expects to schedule a Women’s World Championship in 2022, the same year as the 2022 winter Olympic Games in Beijing.
Commercial growth, ‘long-term’ NHL players solution part of Reindl’s IIHF manifesto
Germany’s Franz Reindl, one of five candidates vying to succeed René Fasel as the president of the International Ice Hockey Federation, has targeted higher commercial revenues from the sport’s lower-tier and …
Five candidates vie to succeed Fasel as IIHF president
A total of five candidates are in the running to succeed René Fasel as the president of the International Ice Hockey Federation.
Reindl steps forward as candidate to succeed IIHF president Fasel
German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) president Franz Reindl has become the first official to publicly declare his candidacy to succeed René Fasel at the helm of the International Ice Hockey Federation.
Calgary to host rescheduled IIHF Women’s World Championship
Calgary will host the International Ice Hockey Federation’s Women’s World Championship from August 20 to 31 after the original event in Nova Scotia was cancelled.
Infront secures Wolt as sponsor for 2021 IIHF World Championship
The International Ice Hockey Federation has added Finnish tech company Wolt as a sponsor in a contract brokered by the Infront agency, the exclusive media and marketing agency of the IIHF
Engelbert Strauss backs IIHF World Championship in Infront-brokered deal
Germany-based workwear supplier Engelbert Strauss has been unveiled as a sponsor of this year’s International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship in a deal brokered by the Infront agency.
IIHF becomes latest to make NFT move with Crypto.com deal
The International Ice Hockey Federation has become the latest sports property to sign Crypto.com as a sponsor
Sport TV secures IIHF World Championship rights in Portuguese first
Pay-television broadcaster Sport TV has acquired rights to show ice hockey's IIHF World Championship for the first time in Portugal
IIHF forced into late cancellation of Women’s World Championship
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has expressed its disappointment after being forced to cancel its already rescheduled 2021 Women’s World Championship in Canada, little over a fortnight b…
IIHF Women’s World Championship delayed by a month
The International Ice Hockey Federation has pushed back its upcoming Women’s World Championship in Canada by a month, with the event to now take place from May 6-16.
Latvia awarded sole hosting rights to IIHF Worlds, Liga Stavok signs on as sponsor
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has confirmed that the Latvian capital of Riga will be the sole host of its upcoming World Championship, while Russian betting company Liga Stavok has signed…
UIPM World Championships removed from Minsk, IIHF readies hosting decision
Belarus has lost its latest major sporting event with the International Modern Pentathlon Union (UIPM) announcing that its 2021 Pentathlon and Laser Run World Championships will not take place in Minsk
Lithuania makes IIHF Worlds proposal, UIPM under pressure over Belarus event
Lithuanian officials have announced the country would be open to co-hosting ice hockey’s 2021 IIHF World Championship alongside Latvia after Belarus was stripped of its hosting rights for the tournament e…
Belarus stripped of IIHF Worlds after sponsors’ backlash
Belarus has been stripped of its hosting rights to ice hockey’s 2021 IIHF World Championship following increasing opposition – notably from sponsors – to the staging of the event in the Eastern European count…
String of sponsors to quit Ice Hockey Worlds unless IIHF drops co-host Belarus
Major sponsors of the 2021 Ice Hockey World Championship in Belarus and Latvia have threatened to withdraw their support for the competition because of the recent human rights record of Belarus