Ice Hockey World Cup: Denmark offers itself as an alternative to Belarus

They don't want to force Minsk out of their role as host, the offer should be seen as Plan B if it is not possible to play in Belarus, said Denmark's association president Henrik Bach Nielsen: "We are convinced that the sport of ice hockey will have another World Cup -wouldn’t be able to cope with the cancellation.” However, Nielsen continued, it is not the express wish to play the World Cup in Denmark, but: “We want to help the ice hockey world and offer an alternative to a possibly completely canceled World Cup.” The World Cup in Switzerland could not take place in 2020. If this were to happen again in 2021, it would be a “disaster for all parties involved. Players, officials and sponsors,” said Nielsen. Human rights violations in Belarus It is currently being discussed whether Belarus is tenable as a co-host in view of human rights violations and reservations about the planned Corona measures. There were critical voices from many quarters - including from co-host Latvia. The world association IIHF, on the other hand, has not yet come to a final decision. President Rene Fasel recently met with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko to talk about the World Cup (June 21-6).

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Ice Hockey World Cup: Denmark offers itself as an alternative to Belarus

After numerous discussions about Belarus as co-host of the Ice Hockey World Cup, Denmark offered itself as an alternative venue.

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