A team from Sweden may be in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL) in 2022, according to a local publication. Aftonbladet.
Three-time world champion Leif Karlsson planned to enter his team in the KHL; the club would continue to exist under the Crowns name. Initially, team leaders planned to make one of the arenas in Sweden a base, but after the local hockey federation did not approve this project, the Crowns discussed the option of registering in Qatar.
Plans to join the KHL were considered until February 2022, when the conflict began in Ukraine.
In the spring of 2022, the International Hockey Federation (IIHF) decided to prevent Russian hockey players from participating in international tournaments, even with neutral status, and the organization also stripped Russia of the right to host the youth world championship at home in 2023. .
In March 2023, the IIHF extended the suspension for the 2023/24 season. At the same time, the president of the organization, Luc Tardif, announced that the IIHF council will return to the issue of accepting the national teams of Russia and Belarus in March 2024.
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