Highlights attracting attention: the first China Women’s Hockey Professional League is about to start – Sports – China Industry Network

Original title: Highlights attract attention (title)

The first Chinese Women’s Hockey Professional League is about to start (theme)

China Sports News reporter Tian Jie

The first Chinese Women’s Hockey Professional League, involving 7 teams and 185 athletes, will kick off on November 25 in Qiqihar City, Heilongjiang Province. Wang Xuan, chairman of the Chinese Ice Hockey Association, said that the establishment of a women’s professional ice hockey league with Chinese characteristics aims to use the event as a platform to actively promote the construction of professional ice hockey clubs, promote the construction of the ice hockey competition training system, cultivate more high-level talents for the national team, and improve The competitive strength of Chinese women’s ice hockey is an important measure to deepen sports reform and promote the high-quality development of ice hockey projects.

The Women’s Ice Hockey League is hosted by the Chinese Ice Hockey Association. The 2023-2024 season will adopt a tournament system and be divided into two stages: the regular season and the finals. Beijing Women’s Hockey Team, Hebei Women’s Hockey Team, Shanghai Women’s Hockey Team, Sichuan Women’s Hockey Team, Shenzhen Kunlun Red Star Hockey Club, Harbin Bailiwei Women’s Hockey Team, Qiqihar Landi Women’s Hockey Team A total of 7 teams from the club participated. Among them, three regular season stops will be held in Qiqihar (November 25th to December 2nd), Harbin (December 9th to December 16th) and Shenzhen (December 30th to January 6th, 2024). ), using a single round-robin format, with 21 games in each station, for a total of 63 games. The top 4 teams with total points after 3 rounds advance to the finals. The finals will be held in Beijing from January 19 to 26, 2024, using a cross-elimination tournament. The winner will compete for the championship and the loser will compete for third place. All competitions in this stage will adopt a best-of-three series system.

The first league had many highlights. Yu Baiwei, Zhang Mengying, Kong Minghui, Fang Xin, Zhao Qinan and other female ice hockey veterans who have competed with the national team in the Beijing Winter Olympics and several World Championships will all appear on the stage. Young athletes Qu Le and Wang Jiaxin who performed outstandingly at the Shenzhen Women’s World Championships , Wu Sijia and others will also make stunning appearances, showing the vigor and vitality of the new generation of young female ice hockey athletes. According to the rules of the Women’s Ice Hockey League, a foreign aid mechanism will be introduced this season. Each participating team can sign up to five foreign athletes to participate. In order to fully train domestic goalkeepers, goalkeepers are not allowed to use foreign aid. At present, the Shenzhen team has allocated 5 foreign players at the maximum quota, and the Beijing team and Sichuan team have both signed 3 foreign players. High-level foreign aid from Canada, Russia, Finland, Slovakia and other countries will make the competition more exciting, while also providing help to improve the level of Chinese women’s ice hockey. In terms of award setting, in addition to the selection of the best player in each tournament and each game, there will also be five heavyweight awards including the season championship team, the season’s best forward, the best defender, the best goalkeeper, and the most valuable player. .

At present, the preparations for the Qiqihar competition have entered the final stage. The competition will be held in strict accordance with high-level and high-standard requirements, bringing fans a new viewing experience and allowing the wider public to experience the highest level of the domestic women’s ice hockey league. charm.