Seven ice arenas are planned to be built in the Vitebsk region in 2011-2015

August 16, Vitebsk / Sergey Kotovets - BELTA /. Seven ice arenas are planned to be built in the Vitebsk region in 2011-2015. This was announced by the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee Alexander Kosinets at the closing ceremony of the ice hockey tournament for the Cup of the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee, according to a BELTA correspondent. Belarus pays close attention to the development of this sport, including its material and technical base, the governor emphasized. In 2011, an ice arena with 3.5 thousand seats will be opened in Orsha. In 2011-2015, similar facilities will appear in Lepel, Novolukoml, Glubokoye, Postavy, Polotsk, and another ice sports palace with 7.3 thousand seats will be built in Vitebsk. In addition, in the near future, the construction of a football arena will begin in the Bilevo residential area of Vitebsk, the chairman of the regional executive committee added. Alexander Kosinets thanked the athletes and fans for their skill and active participation in the tournament, which will also help the national team to assemble the best athletes for the 2014 World Hockey Championship in Belarus. "We hope that our team, on home ice, will be able to enter the top three strongest hockey teams in the world," the head of the region predicted to thunderous applause from hockey fans. The Vitebsk ice hockey club became the winner of the sixth ice hockey tournament for the second year in a row. In the final match for the Cup, the hosts of the ice rink defeated Khimvolokno from Mogilev. The third prize winner of the tournament was Yunost-MHL from Minsk, which defeated Khimik-SKA (Novopolotsk) in a series of post-match shootouts. The best players of the competition were recognized as goalkeeper Alexander Borodulya (HC Vitebsk), defenseman Vasily Polonitsky (HC Vitebsk), forward Alexander Borozenko (Khimvolokno). The best scorer was Roman Blokh from the Mogilev team. Cups and honorary diplomas were presented to the prize winners by Alexander Kosinets. The winners of the ice hockey tournament for the Cup of the Chairman of the Vitebsk Regional Executive Committee in different years included Khimik-SKA (Novopolotsk) (twice), Sokol (Kiev) and HC Dmitrov (Russia). -0-