On the eve of the upcoming tournaments of all divisions of the IIHF World Championship, we recall how the ADIHIC countries performed last year

In Ulaanbaatar, the Stepe Arena Ice Palace hosted the World Ice Hockey Championship among Division IV teams in 2023. It was the first time Mongolia hosted a tournament of this scale

The Philippine national team became the winner of the tournament, winning three matches. Mongolia took second place with eight points, and the Kuwait national team took third place with three points

“It has been almost 60 years since the Mongols started playing ice hockey. Mongolia hosted the World Cup for the first time. I would like to thank all the Mongols and ice hockey fans who supported the Mongolian national team,” said Arslan Mergen, Vice president of the local ice hockey federation, head coach of the Mongolia men’s national team

On the days of the competition, the crowd of the Steppe Arena Ice Palace was full. Fans from rural Mongolia, the youth ice hockey team from Darkhan city, as well as hockey fans from the Philippines, Canada, Indonesia, Kuwait and the United States who work in Mongolia also came to watch the tournament

Recall that the new tournament of the fourth division of the World Ice Hockey Championship this year will be held from April 16 to 19 in Kuwait. The national teams of Mongolia, Kuwait, Malaysia and Indonesia will take part in it