Bandy finals between Kazakhstan and Mongolia to be held on February 6 at 'Medeu'

ALMATY. February 4. KAZINFORM /Yelena Ilinskaya/ The final match to determine the fate of gold medals in bandy will be played between the national teams of Kazakhstan and Mongolia on February 6 at 'Medeu' high-mountain skating rink.
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Kazakhstan's team has had two wins in the tournament so far. They defeated Mongolia - 17:0 and Kyrgyzstan - 21:0. They are quite confident in their victory.

As for Mongolian players it is a very good experience for them, they say.The captain of the Mongolian team confessed that they had known before the tournament who they had to play against. However, it did not help them, mostly due to lack of experience. This sport has had short history in Mongolia so far.

They link their last failure to the lack of a professional coach. Besides, several players from their bandy team are involved in ice hockey games at this Asiad. Four more players from their national team play for Russian professional clubs and they could not participate in this tournament. The Mongolian team is also missing their leader Ganbat Neguun due to injury.

Kazakhstan's striker Rauan Issaliyev who scored 10 goals in the tournament said that Kazakhstan's team had only one goal at these Games - to win.

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