Kuwait City, Kuwait, April 19, 2023: The Olympic Council of Asia has announced details of its next Asian youth development camp under the Olympic Solidarity continental programme.
The next youth camp will focus on ice hockey and will include three elements – athletes, coaches and game officials. It is being organised in cooperation with the International Ice Hockey Federation.
In a circular to Asia’s National Olympic Committees dated April 11, the OCA announced that the 2023 OCA-IIHF U16 Asian Ice Hockey Youth Camp will be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from August 1-7, 2023. The venue will be the Humo Arena. Arrival date is July 31 and departure date August 8.
Each NOC is entitled to send two young athletes born in or after 2007 – one boy and one girl. NOCs are not allowed to register two athletes of the same gender, but can register one athlete of either gender.
They can also send one coach and one game official, meaning a maximum of four participants from each NOC.
The OCA has sent a selection criteria list to the NOCs and has set a long list registration deadline of May 31. The shortlist of participants will be announced on June 15.
The OCA youth camp is one of the most popular events on the OCA’s continental programme of Olympic Solidarity and has been expanded from athletes to coaches and officials.