2023 Winter Deaflympics

[3] United States, Sweden, Canada and Finland withdrawn to send their delegations to the games due to security concerns and geopolitical tensions surrounding West Asia.

[5] Ice hockey, which was initially slotted by the organizers in the draft plan of the games, had to be scrapped from the agenda of action items due to the withdrawal of the United States of America, Sweden, Canada, and Finland.

[3] Eight countries including Algeria, Greece, Iran, Ireland, Latvia, Kuwait, Serbia and Thailand made their debuts at the Winter Deaflympics during the course of the multi-sport event.

This situation led to the cancellation of the ice hockey tournament, as the four countries along Turkey and Ukraine had registered their delegations for the event.

[4][8] The 2024 Winter Deaflympics featured a total of 34 finals in 6 sports were held, two less than 5 years before in the Province of Sondrio.Although originally planned, the men's ice hockey tournament and the mixed relay in the cross-country skiing ended up being canceled due to the lack of registered teams.