The junior ice hockey team of Turkmenistan arrived in Ulaanbaatar (Mongolia), where it will take part in the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey U18 Asia and Oceania Championship.
The tournament in Mongolia will be held from March 11 to 17.
The junior team of Turkmenistan will play the first game on March 11 against the team of Uzbekistan. On March 12, Guvanchmurad Jepbarov’s wards will play with Thailand, on March 14 — with the United Arab Emirates, on March 15 with the hosts of the championship — Mongolia and will end the tournament on March 17 with a match with Iran.
The 2023 Ice Hockey U18 Asia and Oceania Championship is the first tournament under the auspices of the IIHF under this name. In 2012, under the auspices of the IIHF, the UAE hosted the IIHF U18 Challenge Cup of Asia. Five teams participated in that tournament. Initially, the Hong Kong national team became the strongest in the tournament, winning devastating victories in all matches. However, due to problems with the players' documents, all the results of matches involving the Hong Kong national team were canceled. The team of Hong Kong was given a technical defeat in all matches with a score of 5:0. In this regard, the Thai team, which initially took second place, became the winner of the cup.
