Belarus Ice Hockey Federation

Belarusian Ice Hockey Association (Belarusian: Федэрацыя хакея Рэспублікі Беларусь, Russian: Федерация хоккея Республики Беларусь) is the Belarusian national ice hockey federation. It was founded on March 6, 1992 and became a member of the IIHF in two months (May 2, 1992).

Belarus
Association nameBelarusian Ice Hockey Association
IIHF CodeBLR
IIHF membership6 May 1992
PresidentDzmitry Baskau
IIHF men's ranking9
IIHF women's rankingN/A
http://www.hockey.by

The Belarusian Ice Hockey Association hosted the 2014 IIHF World Championship, and will co-host the 2021 IIHF World Championship.

Since September 9, 2020 the Belarus Ice Hockey Federation is headed by Dzmitry Baskau[1] who is accused of being involved in the killing of protester Raman Bandarenka. For this reason a travel ban against Baskau was imposed by the governments of Latvia and Estonia.[2]

References
  1. Басков стал главой федерации хоккея. Он уйдет из минского «Динамо»
  2. "Pro-govt athlete, official get Latvia's travel ban. They may be involved in murder of Raman Bandarenka". Belsat. Retrieved 2020-12-29.
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