International amateur hockey tournament Riga Cup 2016

Latvian Hockey League (LHL) supports international hockey tournament Riga Cup 2016.

We provide a unique opportunity to watch the results games online on our web site www.lhl.lv

Schedule of games, team rosters, statistics of players and teams – this and much more – online on our website www.lhl.lv.

This year Riga Cup society will be organising 3 different ice hockey tournaments:

1. Riga Lady Cup, 13-14.05.2016 – women’s ice hockey team tournament (8-12 teams)
2. Riga Cup Classic, 19-21.05.2016 – men’s amateur tournament (20 teams)
3. Riga Challenge Cup, 26-28.05.2016 – men’s amateur tournament (12-16 teams)

Rules for the men’s tournaments:
1. Length of one game is 3×12 minutes
2. Phisical force is not used during the games
3. All players must be 18 years or older
4. Professional ice hockey players as well as retired professional players who have stopped playing professionally less than 2 years prior to the tournament are not allowed to participate

During the 3 years 50 teams from 10 different countries have participated in the Riga Cup tournament. This is the largest amount of participants amongst all other amateur ice hockey tournaments in the Europe.