Ice Hockey Cup Istanbul

Group a in akureyri iceland and.

Ice hockey cup istanbul. Host hyc herentals recently won the beneliga the championship of the netherlands and belgium. The turkish ice hockey super league is the highest level of professional ice hockey in turkey. Champions hockey league the iihf council following the recommendations of the iihf covid 19 expert group has decided to cancel the 2020 21 iihf continental cup due to the ongoing pandemic. Apart from the hockey rinks in ankara and izmit new olympic size hockey rinks were built in istanbul erzurum and bolu.

Group a will be hosted by turkish champion zeytinburnu istanbul while group b will take place in mechelen belgium. The league currently consists of six teams from two cities. Istanbul buz hokeyi kupası resmî facebook sayfası official fb account istanbul ice hockey cup. Unlike the national hockey league the super league is not divided into conferences.

Teams compete in a single division. Ice hockey playing started in turkey in the beginning of the 1980s at atatürk ice rink and on the frozen pool of youth park in ankara and korukent ice rink in istanbul. The first ice hockey match recorded in history was organized by a university student named w f. A new hockey rink in istanbul the silivrikapı ice skating hall opened in september 2008.

It is operated under the jurisdiction of the turkish ice hockey federation a member of the international ice hockey federation. Istanbul buz korsanları sk is a turkish women s ice hockey team in avcılar istanbul turkey playing in the turkish ice hockey women s league tbhbl. Captain turkish women s first league. The continental cup was scheduled to begin on 16 october with the qualifying round set to be played in two venues.

Contents show teams atak sk istanbul paten spor kulübü istanbul ted. It is the largest city in the country. The champion of the league qualifies for the first round of the iihf continental cup. Istanbul is a city of almost 12 800 000 people in eastern turkey.

Hockey rinks in turkey follow the iihf specifications for ice surface dimensions 60 m length x 30 m width and a corner radius of 8 5 m. Ice hockey originated in northern europe during the middle ages.