The hockey Federations of Russia and Belarus together with the VHL will hold an international tournament called Euro-Asian Friendship Cup. It starts today

The new international tournament with the participation of clubs from Belarus, Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan will be held in two stages. The participants of the Friendship Cup were determined based on the results of their performance in the championships of their countries last season. The champions of the Belarusian Extraliga and the VHL will play in the final round, the second pair of finalists will be determined based on the results of the Qualification stage between the silver medalists of the Extraliga, the VHL, as well as the champion of Kazakhstan and the best team of Uzbekistan

The first stage (Qualification tournament) will be held in Grodno, Belarus from August 16 to August 19, 2023. It will be attended by the section “Neman” (Grodno, Belarus),”Sokol” (Krasnoyarsk, Russia),”Nomad” (Astana, Republic of Kazakhstan) and “Humo” (Tashkent, Uzbekistan). The schedule is available on the official website of the Belarus Hockey Federation

The second stage will be held on December 23 and 24 in Zhlobin, Belarus, where the winner of the Euro-Asian Friendship Cup-2023 will be determined

Recall that many teams from these countries play both in the KHL and VHL, and take part in other joint tournaments. For example, in January, representatives of Russia, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan took part in the Kazan Cup 2023