The Turkmenistan national hockey team won a crushing victory over Luxembourg in its first match at the 2025 World Junior Ice Hockey Championship in Division III group “B”. The match, which took place in Bangkok, ended with a score of 8:2 (1:0, 3:2, 4:0).

Sultanhamit Vahitov scored a hexa-trick (six goals) for the Turkmen team, Shohrat Begliyev and Iskenderhan Durdyev scored a goal each.

Let us remind that the tournament is being held from February 28 to March 6 in Thailand. The teams from Bosnia, Uzbekistan, Thailand, South Africa and Luxembourg are fighting for a ticket to the third division of group “A”.

Today, March 1, Meylis Kuliyev's team will play against Thailand.

Turkmenistan national team match schedule: (Ashgabat time)

• March 1, 18:00 Turkmenistan vs. Thailand
• March 3, 14:30 Turkmenistan vs. Uzbekistan
• March 4, 14:30 South Africa vs. Turkmenistan
• March 6, 14:30 Bosnia vs. Turkmenistan