The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has dropped six big showdown competitions in March and April in the midst of the proceeded with flare-up of coronavirus, it said on Monday.
The choice to drop four men's under-18 competitions and two ladies' big showdown occasions in lower divisions in Estonia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Luxembourg, Poland and Spain was made on the guidance of the overseeing body's clinical advisory group.
The March 31-April 10 ladies' big showdown in Canada stays on the timetable.
"I might want to thank the Medical Committee for their suggestion after exceptionally extreme conversations over this end of the week, I likewise thank our Council Members for their help of this proposal in such testing occasions," IIHF President Rene Fasel said in a news discharge.
"We will cautiously assess regularly the improvements inside our part nations."
