HK Binokor Tashkent (Uzbek: Xokkey klubi Binokor Toshkent), (Russian: Хоккейный клуб Бинокор Ташкент) is an ice hockey team based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. They played in the lower level Soviet leagues (Pervaya Liga and Vtoraya Liga) from 1971 to 1988. The club was re-founded in 2012 and joined the newly created Uzbekistan Hockey League.

Binokor Tashkent
CityTashkent, Uzbekistan
LeagueVtoraya Liga
Pervaya Liga
Uzbekistan Hockey League
Founded1971
2012 (Revived)
Home arenaHumo Arena
Websitexc-binokor.uz
Franchise history
1971-1974Spartak Tashkent
1974-1988Binokor Tashkent
2012-presentBinokor Tashkent

History

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The club was founded in 1971 as Spartak Tashkent, and made its debut in 1971–72 in Klass A group 2 (currently known as the Vtoraya Liga). The team finished in fourth place in the Eastern Zone in their first season. Tashkent never finished lower than fifth place in their first four seasons. In 1974, the team was renamed Binokor Tashkent. In 1975–76, Binokor Tashkent was promoted to the Pervaya Liga, (then the Klass A Group 1) by virtue of winning the Eastern Zone of the Vtoraya Liga in 1974–75.

The team played eight years in the Pervaya Liga, and had relatively good finishes from 1976 to 1983. They were relegated for the 1984–85 season, following a disastrous 1983–84 season, where they won only five games and finished with 157 goals for, and 348 against.

Tashkent's return to the Vtoraya Liga however only lasted one season, as the team finished first in the Eastern Zone with a 40-10-4 record and promoted back to the Pervaya Liga. They had a terrible record in the Pervaya Liga in 1986–87, finishing 3-33, and were thus relegated again. The team folded after finishing 12-18-6 in the Vtoraya Liga in 1987–88.

Binokor was revived in 2012 to play in the Uzbekistan Hockey League. In October 2013, they took part in the Shymkent Tournament along with teams from Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan.

KHL ambition

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It was reported that Binokor Tashkent can appear in the Kontinental Hockey League in either 2018/19 or 2019/20. It is planned that after the opening of the Humo Arena, it will host home matches for Binokor in the KHL. The terms of the club's admission into the league directly depend on the date of putting the arena into operation.[1]

In March 2019, during the opening of Humo Arena, Binokor reportedly had a pathway of entering KHL via competing in second-tier league VHL by 2020 at the earliest. The possible time for getting into KHL will be 2022 with training adequate players and sufficient preparations.[2] On 31 May 2019 it was announced that Humo would be joining the VHL for the 2019–20 season and not Binokor Tashkent as originally assumed.[3]

Season-by-season record

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Season League GP W L T Pts GF GA Diff. Place
1971/72 Klass A Group 2 52 67 219 163 +56 4th place in Vostok Zona
1972/73 Klass A Group 2 48 24 15 9 57 175 140 +35 5th place in Vostok Zona
1973/74 Klass A Group 2 48 27 18 3 57 202 164 +38 4th place in Vostok Zona
1974/75 Klass A Group 2 44 23 13 8 54 170 130 +40 4th place in Vostok Zona
1975/76 Klass A Group 2 52 37 10 5 79 248 126 +122 '1st place in Vostok Zona
1976/77 Klass A Group 1 52 17 27 8 42 159 216 -57 10th Place
1977/78 Klass A Group 1 52 30 16 6 66 235 185 +50 4th Place
1978/79 Klass A Group 1 60 31 19 10 72 262 227 +35 5th Place
1979/80 Klass A Group 1 60 25 30 5 55 228 233 -5 10th Place
1980/81 Pervaya Liga 60 32 22 6 70 286 221 +65 7th Place
1981/82 Pervaya Liga 60 28 19 13 69 244 196 +48 7th Place
1982/83 Pervaya Liga 60 24 27 9 57 324 247 +77 9th Place
1983/84 Pervaya Liga 60 5 51 4 14 157 348 -191 16th place↓
1984/85 Vtoraya Liga 54 40 10 4 84 284 183 +101 1st place in Vostok Zona
1985/86 Pervaya Liga 64 22 36 6 50 204 262 -58 5th place in Vostok Zona
1986/87 Pervaya Liga (Q) 36 10 23 3 23 125 170 -45 8th place in Vostok Zona (Qualification round)
1986/87 Pervaya Liga (R) 36 3 33 0 6 98 202 -104 10th place in Vostok Zona (Relegation round) ↓
1987/88 Vtoraya Liga 36 12 18 6 30 122 154 -32 18th place
1987/88 Vtoraya Liga 36 12 18 6 30 122 154 -32 18th place
2013 Uzbekistan Hockey League 2 1 1 0 3 10 9 +1 2nd place[5]

Notable players

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References

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  1. ^ rsport.ria.ru, Хоккейный клуб из Ташкента может появиться в КХЛ в 2018 или 2019 году (in Russian)
  2. ^ "Клуб из Узбекистана будет играть в ВХЛ, после ОИ-2022 он может войти в КХЛ" (in Russian). Чемпионат. 15 March 2019. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
  3. ^ "Tashkent-based Humo club to play in Higher Hockey League in 2019-2020 season". Tashkent Times. June 3, 2019. Retrieved July 28, 2019.
  4. ^ hockeydb.com, Standings for the Tashkent Binokor of the Rus-1
  5. ^ After the first round of the season, the league did not continue and there were no any statements about its cancellation. The renewal of the league is not yet known.
  6. ^ nhl.com, Viktor Nechayev
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