International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) official website announced List of participants of the 2024 Ice Hockey World Championship held in the Czech Republic.
Teams from Canada, Germany, Sweden, Slovakia, Latvia, France, Kazakhstan and Poland take part in Group A, which will be played in Ostrava.
Finland, USA, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Denmark, Norway, Austria and England will take part in Group B. Members of this group will play their matches in Prague.
It is stated that minor changes can be made in the composition of the subgroups for organizational reasons.
Thus, the national teams of Russia and Belarus will miss the third world championship in a row.
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