The 2009 edition of the All Japan Ice Hockey Championships will take place in Yokohama (preliminaries) and Tokyo (preliminaries and final tournament) in February 2009.
Date: 9 (Mon) ~ 15 (Sun) February 2009
Location: Yokohama (Shin-Yokohama Skate Center), Tokyo (DyDo Drinco Ice Arena, Higashifushimi)
It’s a knockoff tournament and the preliminaries will take place in both Yokohama and Tokyo from the 9th to the 12th.
2.13(Fri) Quarterfinals – The 4 Asia League teams enter the tournament here as seeded teams
2 games each at Higashifushimi and Shin-Yokohama
2.14(Sat) Semifinals
2 games at Higashifushimi, Tokyo
2.15(Sun) Finals/3rd place game
2 games at Higashifushimi, Tokyo
Since the tournament starts off with regional, university, and high school champion teams, it’s a great opportunity to see grassroots amateur Japanese hockey in Tokyo. The Shin-Yokohama venue is at the Shin-Yokohama station (it’s the Shin-Yokohama Skate Center, NOT the Yokohama Arena).
