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