Haiti - Sports : A Haitian team of Ball Hockey at the World Championship
25 young Montrealers of Haitian origin will represent Haiti in Switzerland on June 19 at the World Championships in Zug, Switzerland. Some have never set foot in the country. However, they did everything to obtain authorization from the Haitian government to represent the country.
According to Mike Fils-Aimé, Vice President of Ball Hockey Association Haiti, the Consul General of Haiti in Montreal Justin Viard has played a major role in this candidacy. In addition to the Haitian authorities, the youth had to negotiate firmly with the International Federation of ball hockeyin order to make accept their team rather unusual "The proceedings began in autumn 2014 and a positive response came as a Christmas present December 21, 2014," stressing "This is a derogation from the rules on eligibility of players that can represent their countries so that Haiti can participate for the first time at the World Championships in Zug, Switzerland."
