This was reported on the IIHF website.
The decision was made at the Council of the organization together with the IIHF medical committee and the MFM medical group.
The tournament started in Canada on December 26 and was supposed to last until December 5.
On December 29, Russia was awarded a technical defeat from Slovakia after the discovery of a coronavirus infection in the team of striker Matvey Michkov.
Initially, the match was to take place in the Canadian Red Deer on the night of December 29-30 at 00:30 Moscow time.
Prior to that, for the same reason, the matches between Finland - Czech Republic and the USA - Switzerland were canceled.
Earlier, the two-time Olympic champion Vyacheslav Fetisov called the cancellation of the MFM-2022 hockey game a big disappointment for the fans.