From September 8th to 17th, the 2024 Asian Men's Hockey Championship Cup will be held in the Autonomous Banner of the Molidawa Daur Nationality in our city. At that time, 6 national teams from China, India, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and Pakistan will come to our city to participate in the competition.
The hockey stadium in the Daur National Park in China, which is surrounded by mountains and rivers, is the venue for this competition, and workers are in full swing to build and repair the venue and supporting facilities. At present, the fence of the field has been completely replaced and painted, the grandstand is being repaired, the lights used at night are being commissioned, and the turf will be replaced after the workers have laid granular glue on the field. Preparations such as venue renovation are progressing in an orderly manner to provide a first-class competition environment for the participating teams and spectators.
As the "hometown of hockey" in China, the Molidawa Daur Autonomous Flag once created the glory of "one autonomous flag, half a national team", and the first professional hockey team in the mainland was also born here. Since 1976, the autonomous flag men's hockey team has won more than 50 national championships on behalf of the Inner Mongolia team, and the local area has hosted international invitational tournaments, national men's hockey championships, national men's hockey championship cups, national men's hockey league and other competitions at all levels. It has successively received teams and national teams from Jiangsu, Shanghai, Guangdong, Beijing and other provinces and cities for training. A few days ago, the Inner Mongolia men's hockey team trained at the Hockey Training Base of the Molidawa Daur Autonomous Banner, and they are all local players in our city.
Wang Caiyu, a goalkeeper who is training at the base, said excitedly: "I have been practicing hockey for 15 years, from the school team all the way to the national team, I am excited and proud to be able to host this event in my hometown, and I hope to represent the Chinese team to participate in this 'AFC Champions League', stand on the podium, and win glory for my hometown and country." ”
"Teacher, I just held the ball!" "Teacher, I want to be a hockey champion in the future." "In the Moqi Nationality Kindergarten, children between the ages of 4 and 6 are training in hockey under the guidance of their teachers. In the Molidawa Daur Autonomous Banner, hockey training starts with a baby.
For a long time, the Molida Wadaur Autonomous Banner has been closely focusing on the main line of forging the sense of community of the Chinese nation, promoting the popularization and quality improvement of the campus, improving the development system and mechanism, and striving to build the Moli Banner into a key talent training base for national hockey. In addition, through measures such as strengthening the protection of intangible cultural heritage, building characteristic tourism brands, and enhancing the influence of sports events, it has continuously promoted the in-depth integration and vigorous development of the cultural, tourism and sports industries, built a hockey + cultural tourism base, and continued to polish the golden business card of the "hometown of hockey".
Source: Hulunbuir News