Last week, as documented on nhlrumors.com, The NHL will continue with the World Cup Hockey 2028, but it will be executed without the involvement of the IIHF. That was the plan from the start when the NHL and NHLPA announced that they brought back the hockey World Cup during the Four Nations Faceoff.
Nobody knew what the size would be for the World Cup Hockey. But one thing was certain: it would not be if the last world cup hockey. Eight countries would play, no six countries and two improvised teams. However, adjustments can be made with regard to the teams involved in this tournament.
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Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly joined Dave Pagnotta and Dennis Bernstein of Sirius XM NHL Network during the NHL European Media Tour. Daly was asked about the upcoming hockey world cup, how the bid process is going and what the plan is for 2028 and then.
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Nhlrumors.com transcripts
Dave Pagnotta: “But while we are on the world cup of the subject, I believe that you started taking or started taking heads with regard to guest cities. Can you give us a quick overview of what the vision is in terms of size? Do we go back to the beginning of the world in different cities, and then on both sides of the pound, and then the last in one location?
Bill Daly: “So we really only have games, stage games in Europe, in one world cup hockey tournament that was in 2006 (2004) when we had a European pole. But yes, the intention.
We have a European swimming pool, we will play in one European city and we will play a North -American swimming pool in a North -American city. Think our feeling is now, it is just one North American city that will eventually organize the semi -final and the final. I think we have two quarter -final games here in Europe. And a kind of, as you said, we are now accepting expressions of interest, currently for markets in North America and for markets in Europe.
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We are pretty far in that process. And then we will discuss a formal bidding process among the finalists, and we hope to make announcements on the type of markets and locations in the course of this coming regular season. “
Again, the most important point, as documented by Nhlrumors.com, is the Russian factor. We know that the Four Nations Faceoff was an NHL and NHLPA event. However, it would have been blown off if Russia could have participated, given that Sweden and Finland did not want them there. The same can happen if the political climate does not change.
There is a reason why the IIHF and the IOC Russian athletes have forbidden from the world championships and Olympic Games. Sweden and Finland would not only participate, but other countries, such as the Czech Republic and Slovakia, would also bow. Honest or not, that’s what happens. That is the fear of the NHL if they invite Russia in 2028: if things do not change, those hockey countries cannot participate.
But that is a few years later. As Daly stated, there will be a European host city and a North American host town, but more cities could be involved on the road, comparable to 1996 and 2004.
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