Sofern ein Spieler zwei oder mehr Staatsbürgerschaften besitzt muss er in dem Land seiner Wahl mindestens zwei Jahre gespielt haben. Wann und wie er diese erlangt hat ist egal. Armenier und Israelis hatten mit dieser Regel in den letzten Jahren einige Probleme.
Aus dem Original:
When a player has multiple citizenship where the relevant citizenships are for countries of member national associations and he has never represented any country in any IIHF championship or an Olympic competition or in qualifications to these competitions, then in order to play for the country of his choice he must (a) prove that he has participated for at least two consecutive years in the national competitions of the country that he wishes to represent during which period he has neither transferred to another country nor played ice hockey within any other country and (b) if the country of his choice is one to which the player has transferred then he must have had an IIHF international transfer card approved and dated by the IIHF at least two years prior to his proposed participation.
einmal Österreich immer Österreich.
Das is des was sowieso bei uns schief läuft (und der Verband sich bald mal überlegen sollt anstatt nur bla zu machen gg)