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	*[[Belarusian SSR ~~Winter~~ Spartakiad]]		*[[Belarusian SSR Spartakiad]]
	*[[Belarusian Development Cup]]		*[[Belarusian Development Cup]]
	*[[Belarus Development Games]]		*[[Belarus Development Games]]

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			*[[Belarusian SSR Winter Spartakiad]]
	*[[Belarusian Development Cup]]		*[[Belarusian Development Cup]]
	*[[Belarus Development Games]]		*[[Belarus Development Games]]

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	==Overview==		==Overview==
	===National Teams===		===National Teams===
	*[[Belarusian National Team]]		{{IIHFteams2\|Belarus}}
	*[[Belarusian Junior National Team]]
	===Domestic Teams===		===Domestic Teams===
	See [[:Category:Ice hockey teams in Belarus]]		See [[:Category:Ice hockey teams in Belarus]]

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			\|[[Belarusian Women's Hockey League]]
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	;Other ~~tournaments~~		;Other competitions
	*[[Belarusian Development Cup]]		*[[Belarusian Development Cup]]
			*[[Belarus Development Games]]
	*[[Vladimir Tsyplakov Cup]]		*[[Vladimir Tsyplakov Cup]]

	==History of hockey in Belarus==		==History of hockey in Belarus==
	Back when it was known as Wolkowysk and part of Polish territory, ice hockey was first played in the Belarusian city now known as Vawkavysk in 1932. Three teams (WTS Wolkowysk, Makabi Wolkowysk, and Przyszlosc) played games against one another. There was also a club named ZSS in the neighboring town of Swislocz (today Svislach).<ref>[http://www.hockeyarchives.info/Pologne1932.htm Championnat de Pologne 1931/32]</ref> The sport was also picked up in Brest around 1930. The first official ice hockey game in Grodno took place on January 24, 1932, with Cresovia Grodno facing AZS Vilnius. In February 1934, the two sides met again, with AZS winning 6-4. Cresovia had formed a permanent hockey team that January, and there were plans to hold a hockey tournament for the Grodno Cup.<ref>[http://vgr.by/2013/05/29/news-grodno-liod-i-plamia/ История Лед и пламя. Реальная дата отсчета гродненского хоккея и зимних видов]</ref>		Back when it was known as Wolkowysk and part of Polish territory, ice hockey was first played in the Belarusian city now known as Vawkavysk in 1932. Three teams (WTS Wolkowysk, Makabi Wolkowysk, and Przyszlosc) played games against one another. There was also a club named ZSS in the neighboring town of Swislocz (today Svislach).<ref>[http://www.hockeyarchives.info/Pologne1932.htm Championnat de Pologne 1931/32]</ref> The sport was also picked up in Brest around 1930. The first official ice hockey game in Grodno took place on January 24, 1932, with Cresovia Grodno facing AZS Vilnius. In February 1934, the two sides met again, with AZS winning 6-4. Cresovia had formed a permanent hockey team that January, and there were plans to hold a hockey tournament for the Grodno Cup.<ref>[http://vgr.by/2013/05/29/news-grodno-liod-i-plamia/ История Лед и пламя. Реальная дата отсчета гродненского хоккея и зимних видов]</ref>

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	\|National cup competition		\|National cup competition
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			\|[[Belarusian 2nd League]]
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			\|1996
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	\|[[Belarusian SSR Championship]]		\|[[Belarusian SSR Championship]]

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	\|Top league = [[Belarusian Extraliga]]		\|Top league = [[Belarusian Extraliga]]
	\|Champion = ~~[[HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk]]~~		\|Champion =
	\|}}		\|}}
	'''Belarus''' is a country in Eastern Europe. Minsk is the capital and largest city. Belarus was a part of the Soviet Union until 1991.		'''Belarus''' is a country in Eastern Europe. Minsk is the capital and largest city. Belarus was a part of the Soviet Union until 1991.
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			;Other tournaments
			*[[Belarusian Development Cup]]
			*[[Vladimir Tsyplakov Cup]]
	==History of hockey in Belarus==		==History of hockey in Belarus==
	Back when it was known as Wolkowysk and part of Polish territory, ice hockey was first played in the Belarusian city now known as Vawkavysk in 1932. Three teams (WTS Wolkowysk, Makabi Wolkowysk, and Przyszlosc) played games against one another. There was also a club named ZSS in the neighboring town of Swislocz (today Svislach).<ref>[http://www.hockeyarchives.info/Pologne1932.htm Championnat de Pologne 1931/32]</ref> The sport was also picked up in Brest around 1930. The first official ice hockey game in Grodno took place on January 24, 1932, with Cresovia Grodno facing AZS Vilnius. In February 1934, the two sides met again, with AZS winning 6-4. Cresovia had formed a permanent hockey team that January, and there were plans to hold a hockey tournament for the Grodno Cup.<ref>[http://vgr.by/2013/05/29/news-grodno-liod-i-plamia/ История Лед и пламя. Реальная дата отсчета гродненского хоккея и зимних видов]</ref>		Back when it was known as Wolkowysk and part of Polish territory, ice hockey was first played in the Belarusian city now known as Vawkavysk in 1932. Three teams (WTS Wolkowysk, Makabi Wolkowysk, and Przyszlosc) played games against one another. There was also a club named ZSS in the neighboring town of Swislocz (today Svislach).<ref>[http://www.hockeyarchives.info/Pologne1932.htm Championnat de Pologne 1931/32]</ref> The sport was also picked up in Brest around 1930. The first official ice hockey game in Grodno took place on January 24, 1932, with Cresovia Grodno facing AZS Vilnius. In February 1934, the two sides met again, with AZS winning 6-4. Cresovia had formed a permanent hockey team that January, and there were plans to hold a hockey tournament for the Grodno Cup.<ref>[http://vgr.by/2013/05/29/news-grodno-liod-i-plamia/ История Лед и пламя. Реальная дата отсчета гродненского хоккея и зимних видов]</ref>

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 ==History of hockey in Belarus==
-Back when it was known as Wolkowysk and part of Polish territory, ice hockey was first played in the Belarusian city now known as Vawkavysk in 1932. Three teams (WTS Wolkowysk, Makabi Wolkowysk, and Przyszlosc) played games against one another. There was also a club named ZSS in the neighboring town of Swislocz (today Svislach).<ref>[http://www.hockeyarchives.info/Pologne1932.htm Championnat de Pologne 1931/32]</ref>
+Back when it was known as Wolkowysk and part of Polish territory, ice hockey was first played in the Belarusian city now known as Vawkavysk in 1932. Three teams (WTS Wolkowysk, Makabi Wolkowysk, and Przyszlosc) played games against one another. There was also a club named ZSS in the neighboring town of Swislocz (today Svislach).<ref>[http://www.hockeyarchives.info/Pologne1932.htm Championnat de Pologne 1931/32]</ref> The sport was also picked up in Brest around 1930. The first official ice hockey game in Grodno took place on January 24, 1932, with Cresovia Grodno facing AZS Vilnius. In February 1934, the two sides met again, with AZS winning 6-4. Cresovia had formed a permanent hockey team that January, and there were plans to hold a hockey tournament for the Grodno Cup.<ref>[http://vgr.by/2013/05/29/news-grodno-liod-i-plamia/ История Лед и пламя. Реальная дата отсчета гродненского хоккея и зимних видов]</ref>
-Hockey was first played in the current capital of [[Minsk]] after [[World War II]]. In 1946, the country's most successful team, [[Tivali Minsk|Torpedo Minsk]] (later Vympel and Dynamo Minsk, and now Tivali Minsk) was founded. The club initially played in the second-tier [[Pervaya Liga (Soviet Union)|Klass B]] and first qualified for the top-level [[Soviet Championship League]] in 1951. During Soviet times there was also a "national" competition staged within the Belarusian SSR, the [[Belarusian SSR Championship]].
+During the winter of 1940, students of the Minsk Institute of Physical Culture traveled to Brest to face a city team, who they defeated 7-2, in the first ice hockey game to be played in the Belarusian SSR. Brest had been ravaged by the war, and was unable to field a competitive team against Minsk. The Soviets disbanded all the local clubs -  “Rukh”, “Pogon”, “Kresy”, “Strzalec”, "Maccabi", "ZhTS", and "ZhKS", replacing them with impersonal “Spartak” and “Dynamo”.<ref>[http://minsksport.by/ru/hokkey_s_shayboy Хоккей с шайбой]</ref><ref>[http://www.hockeyus.info/hockey_belarus.htm Hockey in Belarus]</ref><ref>[https://www.sovsport.ru/hockey/articles/2:865992-polskie-korni-i-chudo-na-olimpiade:-udivitelnyie-faktyi-o-belorusskom-hokkee Polish roots and a miracle at the Olympics: amazing facts about Belarusian hockey]</ref>
 The interest for hockey has always been pretty good in Minsk. The home stadium of Dynamo Minsk often drew a capacity crowd of 5000 to the games. One of the Minsk stars from the 1960s was Victor Yaroslavtsev who became a world champion with the [[Soviet National Team]] in 1967. He only played 15 games for the Soviets and scored 3 goals but he was a very important player on his club for years. Other good Belarusian players between the 1950s and the 1970s included: Sergei Babariko (goalie), S. Sitkovskij, J. Nikonov, Victor Shilov, S.Malkov, V. Loschinin and G. Tincenko.

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{{Infobox Country
|Image = Flag of Belarus.svg.png
|image_size = 120px
|Flag =
|Continent = Europe
|Population = 9,503,807
|Registered players = 4,374
|Referees = 128
|Rinks = 31
|National teams = Men's<br>Junior
|National federation = [[Belarus Ice Hockey Federation]]
|IIHF since = May 6, 1992
|IIHF ranking = 11
|Top league = [[Belarusian Extraliga]]
|Champion = [[HC Shakhtyor Soligorsk]]
|}}
'''Belarus''' is a country in Eastern Europe. Minsk is the capital and largest city. Belarus was a part of the Soviet Union until 1991.
==Overview==
===National Teams===
*[[Belarusian National Team]]
*[[Belarusian Junior National Team]]
===Domestic Teams===
See [[:Category:Ice hockey teams in Belarus]]
===Arenas===
See [[:Category:Arenas in Belarus]]
{{Clear}}
===Competitions===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Competition
!Founded
!Folded
!Notes
|-
|[[Belarusian Extraliga]]
|1992
| -
|Top-tier national competition
|-
|[[Vysshaya Liga (Belarus)|Vysshaya Liga]]
|2002
| -
|Second-tier national competition
|-
|[[Belarusian Cup]]
|2002
| -
|National cup competition
|-
|[[Belarusian SSR Championship]]
|1952
|1991
|Defunct Soviet-era competition
|-
|[[Junior hockey in Belarus|Belarusian junior competitions]]
|
| -
|Various junior competitions
|}

==History of hockey in Belarus==
Back when it was known as Wolkowysk and part of Polish territory, ice hockey was first played in the Belarusian city now known as Vawkavysk in 1932. Three teams (WTS Wolkowysk, Makabi Wolkowysk, and Przyszlosc) played games against one another. There was also a club named ZSS in the neighboring town of Swislocz (today Svislach).<ref>[http://www.hockeyarchives.info/Pologne1932.htm Championnat de Pologne 1931/32]</ref>

Hockey was first played in the current capital of [[Minsk]] after [[World War II]]. In 1946, the country's most successful team, [[Tivali Minsk|Torpedo Minsk]] (later Vympel and Dynamo Minsk, and now Tivali Minsk) was founded. The club initially played in the second-tier [[Pervaya Liga (Soviet Union)|Klass B]] and first qualified for the top-level [[Soviet Championship League]] in 1951. During Soviet times there was also a "national" competition staged within the Belarusian SSR, the [[Belarusian SSR Championship]].

The interest for hockey has always been pretty good in Minsk. The home stadium of Dynamo Minsk often drew a capacity crowd of 5000 to the games. One of the Minsk stars from the 1960s was Victor Yaroslavtsev who became a world champion with the [[Soviet National Team]] in 1967. He only played 15 games for the Soviets and scored 3 goals but he was a very important player on his club for years. Other good Belarusian players between the 1950s and the 1970s included: Sergei Babariko (goalie), S. Sitkovskij, J. Nikonov, Victor Shilov, S.Malkov, V. Loschinin and G. Tincenko.

In 1992, the [[Belarus Ice Hockey Federation]] became independent after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Belarus joined the IIHF on May 6, 1992.<ref>[http://www.iihf.com/iihf-home/countries/belarus/ Belarus - IIHF.com]</ref>

The [[Belarusian Extraliga]] started play in the 1992-93 season. In the 2004-05 season, the league admitted teams from [[Latvia]] and [[Ukraine]]. By 2013-14, only Belarusian teams were left playing in the league. [[Yunost Minsk]] has won the most league titles, with six. Other successful clubs include [[HK Neman Grodno]] and [[Tivali Minsk]] The [[Belarusian Cup]] has been contested annually since 2002.

The [[Belarusian National Team]] first participated in the C-Pool Qualification tournament in 1992, in an attempt to qualify for the 1993 World Championships. They failed to qualify for the tournament due to having a lower goal quotient than Kazakhstan, with whom they were tied in the standings, and made their debut at the 1994 World Championship Pool C.<ref>[http://www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com/belarus.html Belarus - National Teams of Ice Hockey]</ref>

They enjoyed success shortly thereafter, and played in the A-Pool in 1998. Belarus participated at the 1998 Olympics, finishing in 7th place. Four years later in Salt Lake City, they took fourth place at the tournament, losing to Russia 7-2 in the bronze medal game. Their 4-3 win over Sweden in the quarterfinals was a monumental upset, if not fluky, as Vladimir Korpat scored the winning goal from center ice with 2:22 remaining. Belarus failed to qualify for the 2006 Olympics in Turin, but qualified for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, in which they finished in ninth place.

The [[Belarusian Junior National Team|junior national team]] made its debut at the [[IIHF World U20 Championship]]s in 1993. They first qualified for the A-Pool in 1999. The team has made 20 appearances at the world juniors, with their best finish being ninth in 2001 and 2002.

Some of the best Belarusian players over the years have been: Andrei Mezin, Andrei Skabelka, Andrei Andrievski, Ruslan Salei, Oleg Khmyl, Sergei Fedotov, Andrei Prima, Mikhail Grabovsky, Konstantin Koltsov, Vladmir Tsyplakov and Igor Matoushkin, many of whom having gone on to play in the [[National Hockey League]].

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Credits==
Special thanks to Patrick H. for supplying information on this country.

{{IIHF members}}
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