IIHF Congress discusses potential Worlds format change
Thursday, 20 September 2007
I had the pleasure of covering the opening-day activities at the IIHF Semi-Annual Congress in Vancouver today.
From IIHF.com:
VANCOUVER, Canada — September 20 — As the IIHF Semi-Annual Congress kicked off in Vancouver, Canada today, perhaps the biggest news for hockey fans and member federations was the possibility of seeing the IIHF World Championship go from 16 to 14 participating teams.
“We are looking at the possibility of going to 14 teams, divided into two groups of seven,” Sports Committee Chairman and IIHF Vice President Kalervo Kummola confirmed. No timeline for the potential change was specified. But if the next Congress approves the Sports Committee proposal, the new format could possibly be in place for 2010 (Germany), 2011 (Slovakia), or 2012 (Finland).
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No. 1 — September 21st, 2007 at 3:02 am
COuld you help me with:
Logos/symbols of the federation of: India,DPRKOREA,Azerbaijan,Macedonia,Portugal,Moldavia,Georgia and also information?
I look for club symbols of Lithuania,Rumania lower leagues, Georgia,Moldavia,Greece.
Maybe you know other people who could help me. I am aninternational icehockey stastistican from holland. I have many times written to those federation but no reply at all.
Greetings,
Rik
I sounds me great to be on the congress.
Keep me inform me about teh news!
Good luck!!!!!!!!!
No. 2 — September 29th, 2007 at 11:12 pm
Thanks for the good wishes and for your patience, Rik. Feel free to drop me a note at the email address in the left-hand column, and I’ll try to point you in the right direction for some of those logos.
No. 3 — October 24th, 2008 at 1:10 pm
Lucas Aykroyd writes:
No. 2 — September 29th, 2007 at 11:12 pm
Thanks for the good wishes and for your patience, Rik. Feel free to drop me a note at the email address in the left-hand column, and I’ll try to point you in the right direction for some of those logos.
Looking forward to hear from you as soon as possible.
Greetings,
Hendrik
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