The national ice hockey team of Turkmenistan won the match of the World Ice Hockey Championship (third division) in group “A” against the team of Luxembourg. The meeting was held today at the “Ice Station” arena in Cape Town (South Africa) and ended with a score of 4:1.

Arslan Nuryev (9th minute), Pavel Barkovsky (29), Arslan Geldymuradov (32) and Dovlet Hydyrov (38) scored goals in the national team of Turkmenistan. As part of the Luxembourgers, a goal scored by Colm Cannon (33).

Let us remind that 5 teams are fighting for a ticket to the second division of group “B”: Luxembourg, Thailand, Taiwan, Turkmenistan, South Africa.

The day before, in another match of the World Cup, the Luxembourg national team lost to Thailand with a score of 2:10. The Taiwan-South Africa meeting will also be held on April 19.

The national team of Turkmenistan played two matches at the World Championship in South Africa. Earlier, she lost to the South Africans (6:9).

On April 20, Bayram Allayarov's wards will play against Thailand and finish the tournament on April 23 with a match against Taiwan.

Let us remind that Turkmen hockey players are two-time winners of bronze medals of the world championship in the third division of group “A”. The last time they achieved this achievement was last year at the World

Championships in Luxembourg.

Schedule of matches of the national team of Turkmenistan

• Thailand - Turkmenistan (April 20, 23:00 Ashgabat time);
• Turkmenistan - Taiwan (April 23, 17:00 Ashgabat time).