Division III World Ice Hockey Championships Cancelled
No Greek Vacation for Team Ireland in 2010
As many of you have been following the news you may already know that the IIHF Divisions III World Championships in Greece this year have been cancelled.
This was the statement released by the Greek Ice Hockey Website earlier this week, “Following the meeting of the IIHF council earlier today it was decided to cancel the World Championship Div.III for the season 2010. It’s the first time in the IIHF history that a World Championship gets cancelled 2 months before the drop of the puck. Also any sanctions against the Hellenic Ice Sport Federation according IIHF Bylaws and Regulations will be discussed and decided by the Council in their meeting in March 2010.”
Though there have been rumours liked to the UAE and Ireland to host the division, it would be highly unlikely that teams could organise the four team tournament and a completely different thing to organise travel at such short notice. IIHL.ie will endeavour to uncover any additional news as it unfolds. It is unfortunate for those who were trying out for the National team but, maybe this will allow the powers to focus their efforts on a successful U-18 Campaign, Development, and the IIHL.
As both Ireland and the U.A.E. have been deemed to be unsuitable for different reasons I am informed that pressure is now being applied to Luxembourg to host.
Invite these teams to come to Armenia. We would love to play against the.
It looks as though this was published too quickly.
The Greek national team players’ page had reported that the tournament in Greece had been cancelled, but there to a lack of official public confirmation by the IIHF, I had suspected it meant the IIHF was looking for another team to host.
It turns out that’s exactly what happened, and Luxembourg will indeed host the DivIII tournament in 2010.
Should be good for Ireland, reducing travel costs significantly.
Division III in Luxembourg
Tournament relocated from Athens to Kockelscheuer
05-02-10
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ZURICH – The IIHF announced on Friday that the 2010 IIHF World Championship Division III Group A will be relocated from Athens, Greece, to Luxembourg.
The Hellenic Ice Sports Federation informed that they will not be able to host the tournament in Athens by the last deadline on January 31 after problems with government funding.
Subject to the participation of the four involved teams – Luxembourg, Greece, Ireland and the United Arab Emirates – the tournament will take place in Kockelscheuer, Luxembourg, April 13-16 with minimal changes in the previous schedule.