Ted Rogers Sportsnet staff either needs to go back to school to learn geography or math. Their headline suggests that 5 CITIES today put in their bid to host the World Hockey championships. However, the headline should say 5 COUNTRIES bid to host in 2011.They are Latvia, Belarus, Finland, Sweden and Slovakia. But thinking that they would increase their chances in hosting the event, 4 of those countries has submitted at least named two cities for hosting the World Championships. The winning city will be announced in Latvia in May during next years Championships.
- Minsk, Belarus
- Helsinki and Turku, Finland
- Budapest and Szekesfehervar, Hungary
- Bratislava and Kosice, Slovakia
- Stockholm and Malmo, Sweden
[Via: Sportsnet.ca]
1 comment:
Oh, the host countries certainly care.
Slovakia's bid isn't the strongest because of the old buildings they have. the IIHF wants to have shiny, new palaces. Kosice is building a new arena and maybe Bratislava...but I remember discussing this with my Slovak pal and he said he wasn't all that optimistic.
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