The ceremony marks the beginning of a season that promises emotions, great plays and above all a very high level that illudes for the future.
The Prince of Wales Country witnessed a true Chilean hockey party. On Thursday, March 16, authorities, captains of the participating teams and coaches of the national selections gathered to mark the beginning of the 2023 National Tournament.
The competition that starts this Saturday, which you can enjoy by the CDO screens, promises to be one of the most disputed of the last time, mainly for the high level that is maintained and going up in the tournament.
"We are happy to be able to launch the Opening and Closing tournament in a year full of hockey. We have the Pan Americans and many challenges as a tournament, we are very excited. We are sure it will be a great 2023 Tournament," said Andrés de Witt, President of the Federation of Hockey Cesped.
"Seven years ago the local tournament had a certain level, today it has another. The great virtue of Chilean hockey is that year after year it is reinvented. He's looking for variants in the development of the game. It takes risks in the organization, when no one defined the shootouts tournaments it started doing here and we classified two Mundial by that way," added Sergio "Cachito" Vigil.
The competition that starts this Saturday, which you can enjoy by the CDO screens, promises to be one of the most disputed of the last time, mainly for the high level that is maintained and going up in the tournament.
Finally, Miguel Ángel Mujica, president of COCH, said that "I am not surprised by this, what we started years ago is bearing fruit and that makes us very happy." So, the action starts at 15: 00 at the La Reina compound with the duel between PWCC 1 and Manquehue 1, while Old Gabs will close the day to PWCC A in the Ladies category at 17: 00.
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