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Originally Posted by stignasty
Many western countries boycotted the Moscow Olympics in 1980 because the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan.
The Eastern bloc retaliated with a boycott of the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles.
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The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan also caused the cancellation of the 1979 Canada Cup. It was pushed back one year, then pushed back another when Hockey Canada and the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association squabbled over who actually controlled international
hockey in Canada.