This weekend, the facilities of the Icedome will host the first phase of the Pre-Olympic Women's Hockey tournament towards Pyeongchang 2018, where Mexico will face its counterparts from Hong Kong and Turkey in a round robin.
Only one team will advance to the next round, which will take place in November in Kazakhstan, so the Mexican team must defeat its two opponents, who, according to Joquín de la Grama, President of the Mexican Hockey Federation, "are teams from countries very similar to ours, we have already beaten them but they are not easy".
This Friday, the visiting teams will open the tournament, while Mexico will start on Saturday against Hong Kong and on Sunday they will face Turkey. Here are some details about the participating teams:
Mexico
Member of the International Federation since: April 30, 1985
Registered players: 1964
Registered women: 180
Place in the world ranking: 32
Hong Kong
Member of the International Federation since: April 30, 1938
Registered players: 1785
Registered women: 249
Place in the world ranking: 35
Turkey
Member of the International Federation since: May 1, 1991
Registered players: 1092
Registered women: 336
Place in the world ranking: 31
