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'''2014 IIHF World Championship''' will be hosted by [[Belarus]] in its capital [[Minsk]].

On May 8, 2009 the Belarusian bid was successful and got 75 votes in the race for hosting the 2014 IIHF World Championship. The application with the slogan “Welcome to the young hockey country” beat out those from Hungary (24 votes), Latvia (3), and Ukraine (3).<ref>http://www.iihf.com/channels/iihf-world-championship-oc09/home/news/news-singleview-world-championship-2009/article/belarus-lands-2014-worlds.html?tx_ttnews[backPid]=2717&cHash=ac87cbdb13</ref>

The two main venues listed as hosts for the ice hockey teams are [[Minsk-Arena]] (capacity around 15000) and Chizhovka-Arena (capacity around 8000). Both are under construction: the first one has been completed in 2010, whereas construction of [[Chizhovka-Arena]] is in initial stage and is expected to be finished by December 2010.<ref>http://www.minsk2014.com/article/id/51</ref>

==See also==
[[Minsk-Arena]]

== Websites ==
* [http://www.minsk2014.com/ Official Organizing Committee Website]
*[http://www.belarus.by/en/about-belarus/sport/iihf-world-championship-2014 2014 IIHF World Championship] on the [http://www.belarus.by/en Official website of the Republic of Belarus]

== References ==

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[[Category:2014 in hockey]]
[[Category:IIHF World Championships]]