The Turkmenistan national hockey team won its second victory at the Asian Winter Games in China. The hockey tournament within the Asian Games in Harbin began on February 3, 4 days before the official opening ceremony, with the participation of 14 teams. The Turkmenistan national team was placed in Group C, where it plays with teams from Macau, India and Hong Kong.

In the second round, the matches of which took place on February 6, the Turkmenistan hockey players defeated India with a score of 19:1. Arslan Geldymyradov scored five goals, Begench Dovletmyradov and Baymyrat Baymyradov scored three each. Arslan Nuryev and Alexander Vakhovsky scored two more goals each, and Novruz Baykhanov, Erkin Kakabayev, Ovezguly Esenov and Nazar Orazov scored one goal each.

Let us recall that in the first round on February 5, the Turkmen team met with the team of Chinese Macau and won a convincing victory with a score of 26:0. In the final game of the group stage, the Turkmenistan team will play with Chinese Hong Kong on February 9.

The quarterfinal matches of the men’s hockey tournament at the 9th Asian Winter Games in Harbin will be held on February 11.