11 teams will take part in the MFM ice hockey in Russia

This was reported by the press service of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF).

The task of creating an 11-team format and game schedule has been given to the IIHF Competition Committee same as the task of restructuring the lower divisions for the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey U20 World Championship program.

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- IIHF (@IIHFHockey) December 26, 2021

The fact is that the IIHF council decided that the worst team at the end of the MFM-2022 in Canada will not leave the elite division of the tournament.

MFM 2023 will be held in Novosibirsk and Omsk.

It is planned that in the tournament in 2024 the organizers will return to the format with ten national teams.

Earlier, commentator Sergei Gimaev Jr. assessed the chances of the Russian national team in the opening match with the Swedish team at the 2022 World Youth Hockey Championship.