National ice hockey teams of Turkmenistan and Turkey won silver and bronze medals at the IIHF IIIA Division World Championship tournament in Istanbul.  

Turkmenistan gained a silver medal with Kerven Baylyyev and Aleksandr Vahovskiy scoring, who secured a 2:1 victory on the second gameday in the match against Turkey. 

Emrah Savas, Ferhat Bakal, and the Kars brothers, Omer and Yusuf, remained from the Türkiye roster that last clinched gold in Istanbul at this level in 2016. The debutant of the Turkish national team, Savva Voronov, was nominated by the tournament directorate as the best goaltender. The 26-year-old player reflected 93.60% of shots on his own goal with a goals against average of 1.62.

ADIHIC congratulates national teams of Turkmenistan and Turkey on their successful performance at the World Championship and wishes them further ice hockey development and new achievements!