Turkmenistan Championship
| Turkmenistan Championship | |
| Sport | Ice hockey |
| Founded | 2013 |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Country(ies) |  Turkmenistan
|
| Most recent champion(s) | Galkan HC[1] |
The Turkmenistan Championship is the national ice hockey championship in Turkmenistan. The first season of the tournament took place in 2013-14.[2] It involves 8 professional clubs of various ministries, departments and institutions of Turkmenistan. The tournament was held for 3 months in Ashgabat, consisting of 28 games in total. The teams placing first through fourth place in the championship, qualified for the Turkmenistan Cup. Galkan HC won the inaugural Turkmenistan Championship. The second edition of the championship started in January 2015.[3]
Other competitions
The first domestic tournament, known as the President's Cup, was held in April 2012. Burgut of the State Committee for Tourism won the competition with Shir Oguz Khan and Alp Arslan finishing second and third, respectively. The President of Turkmenistan awarded the medals to the players himself. Burgut defeated Shir 8-2 in the final.[4]
Galkan HC won the first Hockey Cup of the Ministry of the Interior devoted to the Professional Day of workers of interior authorities in May 2013. Eight teams, divided into two groups, participated in the competition. Galkan defeated Shir in the final, 8-1.[5]
The Cup of the President of Turkmenistan was first staged as an international U17 tournament in 2013. It featured the Turkmen squads HC Oguzkhan and Galkan HC and clubs from Belarus, Kazakhstan, Russia, and Ukraine, as well as selections from Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. A notable result at the tournament was a 60-0 victory for the Silver Lions St. Petersburg over the United Arab Emirates.[6] Khimik Moscow Oblast defeated HC Oguzkhan in the final, 3-1.[7] The second edition of the tournament was won by Shir, 2-1 over Oguzkhan.[8]
The 2014 MIA Hockey Cup was contested by six Turkmen teams and won by HC Galkan over HC Nesil 5-1.[9] The National Flag Day of Turkmenistan Cup was staged from February 10-14, 2015. It was won by Galkan HC, who defeated HC Nesil 8-5.[10] Galkan won the 5th MIA Hockey Cup in 2018, defeating Watanchy 7-0.[11]
Galkan HC won the 2019 Cup of the President of Turkmenistan by defeating Vatanchi 9-6 in the final.
Current teams
| Team | City | Founded | Owner | Arena | Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alp Arslan | Ashgabat | Ministry of Industry and Communication of Turkmenistan | Winter Sports Complex Ashgabat | 10,300 | |
| Galkan HC | Ashgabat | 2013 | Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan | Galkan Winter Sports Centre | 630 |
| Galkan HC-2 | Ashgabat | 2019 | Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan | Galkan Winter Sports Centre | 630 |
| Nesil HC | Ashgabat | Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan | Galkan Winter Sports Centre | 630 | |
| Shir HC | Ashgabat | Ministry of Trade and Foreign Economic Relations of Turkmenistan | Winter Sports Complex Ashgabat | 10,300 | |
| Burgut HC | Ashgabat | 2007 | Sports School of the General Directorate of Sport and Youth Policy of the city of Ashgabat | Winter Sports Complex Ashgabat | 10,300 |
| Oguzkhan | Ashgabat | Türkmengaz | Winter Sports Complex Ashgabat | 10,300 | |
| Vatanchy HC | Ashgabat | Ministry of Defense of Turkmenistan | Winter Sports Complex Ashgabat | 10,300 |
Former participating teams
- Merdana (State Border Service of Turkmenistan)
Champions
- 2024: Galkan HC led after the first round with 15 pts, Shir was in 2nd with 12 pts, and Oguzhan 3rd with 9 pts
- 2023: Galkan HC
- 2021-2022: not played (some sources report that Galkan won in both 2021 and 2022)
- 2020: Galkan HC[12]
- 2019: Galkan HC (Shir HC runner-up)[13]
- 2018: Galkan HC
- 2017: Galkan HC[14]
- 2016: Galkan HC (Shir HC runner-up)
- 2015: Galkan HC
- 2014: Galkan HC
References
- ↑ Galkan HC is the first hockey champion of Turkmenistan
- ↑ Первый чемпионат Туркменистана по хоккею
- ↑ Hockey Championship of Turkmenistan
- ↑ First-ever ice-hockey tournament for President's Cup held in Turkmenistan
- ↑ “Galkan” – the first owner of the Hockey Cup of the Ministry of the Interior
- ↑ United Arab Emirates youth team loses match against Russian club by sixty goals
- ↑ Oguzkhan HC silver winner of the International tournament
- ↑ International ice-hockey tournament for President’s Cup wraps up in Ashgabat
- ↑ HC Galkan wins MIA Hockey Cup
- ↑ National Flag Day of Turkmenistan Cup
- ↑ Galkan Club is a winner of Turkmenistan MIA Ice Hockey Cup
- ↑ «Галкан» в седьмой раз подряд стал чемпионом Туркменистана по хоккею
- ↑ HC Galkan - the winner of the championship of Turkmenistan on ice hockey season 2018-2019
- ↑ The parade of the champions
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