The ball hockey fesitval for youth and amateur teams has started in Omsk

The ball hockey fesitval for youth and amateur teams has started in Omsk, with 22 teams participating in the event. 16 of those teams are made up of children between the ages of eight and 12. Overall, the tournament will last for three days, before it ends with finals in each group.

A meeting concerning the development of ball hockey also took place among the Ministry of Sport for Omsk Region. Deputy minister of sport for Omsk Region Andrei Khromov, director of the HC Avangard Omsk academy Evgeny Kornoukhov, deputy director of sport for Omsk Nikolai Tivelev, representatives of the Alexander Vyukhin Foundation, head of the Russian Ice Hockey Federation technology department Dmitry Polyanchikov and chairman of the Ball Hockey Federation Sergei Gerasimov all participating in the conference, while a seminar concerning rules of the sport of ball hockey was also held.