“These are the flagships of the continent.” The performance of the Kazakhstan national team at the 2024 Asian Hockey Championship was rated – Hockey

Former striker of the Kazakhstan national team Konstantin Savenkov in a conversation with a Shaiba.kz correspondent, he summed up the results of the match against China, and also gave a forecast for the decisive game of the tournament against Japan, Sports.kz reports.

— How do you like the tournament as a whole?
— The tournament is interesting. This is a great opportunity for the guys to practice, since there aren’t many games to prepare for various tournaments right now. In my opinion, it’s a good competition, well organized, with a lot of fans. I think the opponents are playing with their main squads; they have no one else to strengthen them with. Our guys are represented mainly by players from the Kazakhstan championship. Evgeniy Rymarev from the VHL arrived. It’s interesting to watch the matches because there’s a pause in the calendar. The tournament has a good prospect, if only there were more teams. Now these are the flagships of the Asian continent, they are represented by the strongest…