World Cup – agent
The situation with the admission of the Russian team to the World Hockey Championship may be resolved when Europe catches that only Russia can afford to host the tournament, hockey agent Alexei Dementiev said.
Earlier, the national teams of Russia and Belarus were suspended from participation in the 2023 Ice Hockey World Championship.
– What is your prediction: when will Russia be able to become the World Ice Hockey Champion?
– Not even a thought. Everything can be sudden. Look how many events in Europe have been canceled due to energy problems. Close ice rinks in Germany, Latvia, Italy, France, and other countries – they simply cannot be provided. Hosting the World Cup is also a costly undertaking.
Spectators should also be able to travel to buy tickets, paraphernalia, rent hotels. But today they can, only as in a pandemic, watch the sale of a house. This is not the right atmosphere at all, and the organizers do not receive the money they collect. Look at biathlon, skiing, other sports, gambling competitions that were caught in Europe in November.
Therefore, the situation with the participation of the Russian team can be resolved at any moment when they realize that in Europe only Russia can afford to host the World Cup – in the same St. Petersburg there is all the necessary infrastructure. The capitalist Western world can hardly live at a loss, when in Russia projects are the norm,” Metaratings.ru quotes Dementyev.
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