Norway's ice hockey team says Russia replacing it at World Juniors
The wrangling over Russia's return to international ice hockey continues, with Norway saying it has been kicked out of the next major tournament to accommodate Russia. Switzerland has joined a "boycott." With just weeks to go until the start of the 2027 World Junior Championship, it remains unclear who will be the 10th, and final, participant.
This comes after the Norwegian Ice Hockey Association said the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) had said it had been removed from the tournament so that Russia could take part. The move, which has yet to be publicly announced by the IIHF , comes in apparent response to the Court of Arbitration (CAS) ruling in late October, which ordered it to allow Russia to return to international play.
The World Juniors is the first tournament affected by the CAS decision. The IIHF barred Russia and Belarus from international play shortly after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
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