The first meeting of the working group of the Association for the Development of Ice Hockey of Islamic Countries was held on January 17 2023 at the international hockey forum of the first tournament among the Islamic countries Kazan Hockey Cup

Delegates from 14 countries, the heads of hockey federations of the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Algeria, Oman, Bahrain, Iran, Mongolia, Lebanon, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, Turkey and representatives of the Hockey Federation of the Republic of Tatarstan reached an agreement on cooperation and collaboration in the development of hockey, organization of joint sports tournaments and experience exchange between the federations

Over the past 2023, the organization has also included representative offices of Kuwait and Pakistan

The purpose of the organization – the development of hockey in the states with the leading religion of Islam, the development and popularization of hockey in Asia, the Middle East and Africa. The cooperation allows the countries to emulate best practices of Russian and Tatarstan ice hockey

We are not going to stop there and set ourselves only the most ambitious goals in 2024!