Women's world championship relocated to Calgary

The 2021 women's world championship will take place in Calgary from Aug. 20 to 31, Hockey Canada announced Wednesday.

The event was supposed to take place in Nova Scotia in May but was abruptly canceled weeks before the scheduled start date due to COVID-19 restrictions.

"Despite the unfortunate cancellation of the IIHF Women's World Championship in April, Hockey Canada's ongoing priority has been to host the event this year, and we have remained committed to running a world-class event in Canada," said Scott Smith of Hockey Canada.

He added: "A tremendous amount of work and collaboration with Alberta Health and Alberta Health Services has taken place to ensure the event will be held in a safe and secure manner. We are grateful to the province of Alberta, the city of Calgary, Tourism Calgary, WinSport, and all our event partners for working together to provide the best women's hockey players in the world an opportunity to compete for a gold medal."

The event was canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic. The United States claimed its fifth consecutive gold medal in 2019.

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