This year's World Championship Standard Formation event in Minsk has been cancelled ©WDSF

Belarus has been stripped of its right to hold a major event by the World DanceSport Federation (WDSF).

Minsk had been awarded the World Championship Standard Formation event and was due to hold the event on December 17.

WDSF sport director Marco Sietas has now announced in a letter to the Belarus DanceSport Alliance that the event has been cancelled. 

He has blamed lack of support from the Belarus Government for the cancellation of the event. 

Bidding has been re-opened for the Championship.