The third international hockey tournament among Islamic countries Tatneft ADIHIC Cup will be held on the ice of the Tatneft Arena in Kazan from 8th to 11th June, 2025. This year, the participants will compete in the 3×3 format. The tournament is organized by Tatneft company under the auspices of the Association for the Development of Ice Hockey in the Islamic Countries.
The competition will be attended by 8 men’s amateur teams from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Lebanon, Bahrain, Iran and Oman. Russia will be represented at the tournament by the amateur team of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The event will be attended by more than 120 athletes and delegates of the hockey federations of the ADIHIC countries.
Over four game days, the teams will play 28 matches in the 3×3 format on the ice of the Tatneft Arena. The teams will be divided into two game groups. Group A will feature teams from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon and Uzbekistan. Group B will feature teams from Bahrain, Iran, Oman and the amateur team of the Republic of Tatarstan representing Russia.
3×3 hockey is an actively developing format of the game on a smaller rink (34m x 18m), with fewer players on the teams and increased intensity. The match consists of three periods of seven minutes of net time.
Before the start of the tournament, ice hockey players from Bahrain and Oman will undergo training camps at the Neftyanik Ice Hockey Training Center in Almetyevsk.
The first match of the tournament will be held on June 8th at 10:30. All matches will be shown live on the VKontakte community of the Organization as well as on the Start TV channel. Announcements, tournament tables and match results will be published on the Telegram channel and in the VKontakte community of the Organization. The grand opening of the tournament will take place on June 8th at 3:00 PM in the Tatneft Arena.
Applications for accreditation for the tournament are accepted until June 1st to the official email of the Organization: adihic-official@yandex.ru .
The Association for the Development of Hockey in Islamic Countries was created in 2023 in Kazan at the first meeting of the working group with the participation of representatives of ice hockey federations of 15 countries of the Middle East, Asia and Africa. Today, ADIHIC includes ice hockey federations from 17 countries.
In 2023 and 2024, the Organization held visiting practicing camps in the UAE, Bahrain, Turkmenistan and Oman. Also, experts from the Ak Bars Ice Hockey Academy organized training camps for young ice hockey players from Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan and adult men’s and women’s teams of Iran and Bahrain at the Neftyanik Hockey Training Center (Almetyevsk).
The second international hockey tournament among Islamic countries Tatneft ADIHIC Cup was held in Kazan in May 2024, 7 men’s teams took part in it. The winners of the divisions were the team of Tatarstan, representing Russia, and the team of Azerbaijan.
Game schedule:
June 8th
10:30 Iran – Tatarstan
11:20 Bahrain – Iran
12:10 Bahrain – Oman
13:00 Oman – Tatarstan
16:00 Kazakhstan – Uzbekistan
16:50 Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan
17:40 Kyrgyzstan – Lebanon
18:30 Uzbekistan – Lebanon
June 9th
10:00 Lebanon – Kazakhstan
11:00 Kazakhstan – Uzbekistan
12:00 Kyrgyzstan – Uzbekistan
13:00 Kyrgyzstan – Lebanon
14:30 Tatarstan – Bahrain
15:30 Bahrain – Oman
16:30 Iran – Oman
17:20 Iran – Tatarstan
June 10th
10:00 Bahrain – Iran
11:00 Tatarstan – Bahrain
12:00 Oman – Tatarstan
13:00 Iran – Oman
16:00 Kazakhstan – Kyrgyzstan
17:00 Lebanon vs. Kazakhstan
18:00 Uzbekistan vs. Lebanon
19:00 Kyrgyzstan vs. Uzbekistan
June 11th
10:00 Group B Final
11:10 Group B 3rd Place Match
12:20 Group A Final
13:30 Group A 3rd Place Match