Six youth teams from Belarus and Russia will start the hockey tournament in Vitebsk on August 24

August 23, Vitebsk / Sergey Kochetov - BELTA /. The open championship "Hot Ice" of the youth sports school of the Vitebsk Ice Hockey Club will be held in the regional center from August 24 to 26 with the participation of six teams from Belarus and Russia, a BELTA correspondent was informed by the press service of the Vitebsk Ice Hockey Club.

The competition among boys born in 2000 is becoming traditional in Vitebsk and is held for the second time. The Vitebsk Ice Hockey Club, the hosts of the tournament, will be visited by two Russian teams, Avangard-Yugra (Khanty-Mansiysk) and Lokomotiv from St. Petersburg, as well as three Belarusian teams: Khimik (Novopolotsk), Metallurg from Zhlobin, and HC Mogilev. The young hockey players will play a single-round tournament, during which the teams will play head-to-head matches against each other. Based on the results of the games, the teams that score the most points will become the winner and prize-winners of "Hot Ice" respectively and will take home the main awards of the championship, and all participants will receive prizes and memorable gifts. In addition, the organizers have established incentive prizes for the best athletes in the game nominations "goalkeeper", "defender", "forward", "top scorer".

The holding of the hockey tournament is designed to contribute to the improvement of the skills of young athletes and the popularization of this sport among children and adolescents.

The competitions are organized by the sports institution "Vitebsk Ice Hockey Club" and the youth sports school of HC "Vitebsk".-0-