Kazakhstan to play against world's best ice hockey teams in 2012 World Cup
16:31, 25 April 2011
ASTANA. April 25. KAZINFORM /Gulnara Zhandagulova/ Kazakhstan men's ice hockey team won gold medals and the right to play in the top division of the world ice hockey championship, the press service of the Ice Hockey Federation of Kazakhstan informs.
The teams from Ukraine, Poland, Great Britain, Lithuania and Estonia competed for the right to play in the top division of the world championship. All the matches were tough and highly competitive.
The final game was between Ukraine and Kazakhstan. Kazakhstan defeated its opponents with 3:2 score in overtime. Maxim Belyaev, Andrey Gavrilin and Fedor Polishchuk scored in the game for our national team.
Thus, Kazakhstan will play against the best ice hockey teams of the world in the Ice Hockey World Championship in 2012 which will be held in two countries - in Sweden and Finland.