Humo Tashkent

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Humo
Хумо
Club information
history founded in 2019
Location Tashkent , Uzbekistan
Club colors blue, gold
league Vysschaya Hockey League
Kazakh Ice Hockey Championship
Venue Humo arena
capacity 12,500 seats
executive Director Normunds Sējējs
Head coach Jevgeni Popikhin
Uzbek ice hockey league 2019 Main round 1st place
play-off semifinals

The Humo Hockey Club is an ice hockey club in Tashkent , Uzbekistan . He will take part in the Wysschaya Hockey League (WHL), the second-highest Russian ice hockey league , from the 2019/20 season .

The club's general manager is Normunds Sējējs , most recently GM of Dinamo Riga . The team will mainly consist of Russian players.

history

Humo was founded to take part in the Uzbek ice hockey league that started again in February 2019 . Humo won the main round of the league, but was surprisingly eliminated in the first play-off round against Semurg Tashkent .

On May 31, 2019, the WHL announced Humo as a new participant from the 2019/20 season. Vitaly Prokhorov , vice-president of the highest Russian league KHL , had previously announced an Uzbek participant in the WHL - and from 2022 in the KHL -, with league competitor Binokor Tashkent being the favorite. Humo will also take part in the Kazakh ice hockey league with a farm team .

  • Exterior view of the Humo Arena

  • First game of the 2019/20 season in the Humo Arena

Stadion

Humo Tashkent plays - like the rest of the clubs in the Uzbek ice hockey league - in the Humo Arena in Tashkent. The stadium, which opened in March 2019, has space for 12,500 spectators.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Mārtiņš Lācis: Normunds Sējējs par izaicinājumu Taškentā: Sākšu visu no nulles | Sportazinas.com. Retrieved August 28, 2019 (lv-LV).
  2. ↑ Humo Tashkent. eliteprospects.com, accessed August 28, 2019 .
  3. ↑ UIHC - Uzbek Ice Hockey League details - Eurohockey.com. Retrieved August 28, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Kun uz: Semurg becomes winner of the Uzbekistan hockey championship (photo). Accessed August 28, 2019 .
  5. ↑ akbaryusupov: Tashkent-based Humo club to play in Higher Hockey League in 2019-2020 season. Retrieved August 28, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Kun uz: Hockey club from Uzbekistan can enter the KHL in 2022. Retrieved on August 28, 2019 (English).
  7. ↑ Елена Кузнецова: Клуб из Узбекистана будет играть в ВХЛ, после ОИ-2022 он может войти в КХЛ. Retrieved August 28, 2019 (Russian).
  8. ↑ https://www.inform.kz/en/first-uzbek-team-to-join-khl-in-2018_a3074137
  9. ↑ Uzbek saga continues. Eurohockey.com, accessed August 28, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Humo Ice Dome Tashkent details. Eurohockey.com, accessed August 28, 2019 .