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Dumfries Ice Bowl will host some of ice hockey's best young players in an international competition next year.

Ice Hockey UK - with Dumfries and Galloway Council - was successful in its bid to stage a section of the under-20 world championship.

Teams from Great Britain, Estonia, Japan, Netherlands, Romania and Korea will take part.

A bid to stage an under-18 event was unsuccessful and it was awarded to Tallinn in Estonia.

The Dumfries venue has previously staged a number of events including under-20 and under-18 world championship tournaments in the 2013/14 season and the women's division 2 group A tournament in 2015.