Turkmenistan-2024 National Ice Hockey Championship has started in Ashgabat, Turkmenportal reports. Meetings of the national championship, the ninth in a row, are hosted by the ice arenas of the Galkan Sports Centre of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan and the Olympic City.
Six teams - eight-time champions "Galkan" of the Ministry of Interior, "Nesil" of the Ministry of Interior Institute, Shir of the Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations, "Watanchi" of the Military Institute of the Ministry of Defence, "Oguzhan" of the State Concern Turkmengaz and Merdana of the State Border Service - will compete for medals.
Turkmenistan is also preparing hockey players for the World Championship in the third division of Group A, which will be held in Kyrgyzstan in March, and the U-18 World Championship, which will be held in South Africa at the same time.
Hockey began to develop in sunny Turkmenistan in 2011 by presidential decree. Six years later, the national team won gold medals in the second-tier tournament at the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan.
Eziz Boyarov
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