Turkmenistan Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2019–20 Turkmenistan Championship
SportIce hockey
Founded2013
No. of teams8
CountryTurkmenistan
Most recent
champion(s)
Galkan HC[1]
Most titlesGalkan HC (7)

The Turkmenistan Championship is the national hockey championship in Turkmenistan.[2] It involves 8 professional clubs of various ministries, departments and institutions of Turkmenistan. The tournament is held for 3 months in Ashgabat. Competitions are held in two rounds on 28 games each. The teams placing first through fourth place in the championship, will compete with each Cup of Turkmenistan. The first season of the tournament took place in the 2013/2014 year.[3]

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

References

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