A photo of the Algeria national ice hockey team wearing green uniforms holding a large Algeria flag

Algeria’s Historic Firsts in Ice Hockey: A Journey of Breaking Barriers

Hockey By August 20, 2024 Tags: , , No Comments

Algeria often goes under the radar in the ice hockey world, but our nation has quietly made history in the sport. Although African countries South Africa and Morocco were IIHF members long before us, Algeria has quickly established itself with several firsts on the global stage. It all began in June 2008 at the Arab Cup in Abu Dhabi when…

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Algeria Gears Up for the 2024 Amerigol LATAM Cup in Miami

Hockey By July 21, 2024 No Comments

Exciting times are ahead for the Algeria National Ice Hockey Team as we prepare to compete in the 2024 Amerigol LATAM Cup, taking place in Miami. This prestigious tournament is another significant step in our journey to elevate Algerian ice hockey on the international stage. Tournament Schedule We have a thrilling lineup of games scheduled: Our team is eager to…

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A photo of Karim Kerbouche and Nassim Boulakdem sitting at the Algeria desk at the IIHF Annual Congress

Reflecting on the IIHF Annual Congress 2024: A Milestone for Algerian Ice Hockey

Hockey By July 3, 2024 Tags: No Comments

I recently had the privilege of attending the IIHF Annual Congress in the picturesque city of Prague in May 2024. As the founder and president of Hockey Algeria, it was an honor to represent our nation on this esteemed international platform. The congress was impeccably organized by the IIHF, providing a perfect blend of professional networking, exhilarating ice hockey action,…

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How Covid-19 has affected Algerian hockey

Hockey By July 25, 2020 Tags: , , No Comments

Like most countries Algeria has been massively affected by covid-19, so naturally sport and ice hockey drop very low in peoples priorities. Right now as I write this Algeria is still locked down, borders closed and no sport being played at all. For us unfortunately it came at a pretty bad time as we’ve been making great progress only recently…

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Algeria join the IIHF

Hockey By May 22, 2020 Tags: , No Comments

I know, again it’s been a while since I posted on my website, so the next few posts will be a catch up on some of the highlights that have happened in the last few months. So by far the biggest news, on September 2019 Algeria became official members of the International Ice Hockey Federation. This is probably the biggest…

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Algeria joins the ISBHF

Hockey By February 18, 2019 Tags: , , , No Comments

It’s my pleasure to announce that Algeria has become official members of the International Street and Ball Hockey Federation (ISBHF), this will greatly help the development of ice hockey in Algeria while we only have one ice rink. The variation of ice hockey played on shoes, allows the sport to be far more accessible to people in Algeria, while allowing…

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