NHL confirms next World Cup in 2020
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The NHL expects the World Cup of Hockey to be a regular occurrence.
The tournament will take place every four years, with the next one in 2020, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly and NHLPA Executive Director Donald Fehr announced Wednesday.
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The Toronto edition of the tournament will take place this September, and Daly expects future host cities will be selected through a bidding process.
Daly said they've considered holding the event midseason, similar to the Olympics, but it's unlikely they head down that road since September gives the competing countries time to hold training camps.
The inaugural edition of the tournament will take place from Sept. 17 to Oct.1.
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