Turkmenistan at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Turkmenistan is scheduled to compete in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26.[1][2] This will mark the country's debut at the Asian Winter Games. The country is scheduled to compete in one sport: ice hockey.[3]

Turkmenistan at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
IOC code	TKM
NOC	National Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan
in Sapporo and Obihiro February 19–26
Competitors	23 in 1 sport
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Asian Winter Games appearances
2017

Background

Turkmenistan originally had intended to make its debut at the 2007 Asian Winter Games in Changchun, China, however its athlete was not allowed to compete officially, as the country was not an official member of the International Skating Union at the time.[4]

Competitors

The following table lists the Turkmenistani delegation per sport and gender.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Ice hockey	23	0	23
Total	23	0	23

Ice hockey

Turkmenistan has entered a men's hockey team. The team is scheduled to compete in division 2.[5][6] This will mark the country's debut in the sport at the Asian Winter Games.[7][8] Before the tournament, the team had a training camp in Minsk, Belarus, and won both friendly games against local club teams.[9] Turkmenistan finished in first place (11th place overall) in division 2 of the competition.[10]

Men's tournament

Turkmenistan was represented by the following 23 athletes:[11]

• Keremli Charyyev (G)
• Rahman Muratov (G)
• Amangeldi Aganiyazov (D)
• Shyhy Babayev (D)
• Kerim Bayramov (D)
• Evald Gayer (D)
• Dovlet Hydyrov (D)
• Dmitriy Savin (A) (D)
• Nikita Selifonkin (D)
• Ilyas Veliyev (A) (D)
• Ezizmuhammet Akmuhammedov (F)
• Maksat Atayev (F)
• Pavel Barkovskiy (F)
• Baymyrat Baymyradov (F)
• Azat Berdinyyazov (F)
• Yakut Berdiyev (F)
• Ahmet Gurbanov (C) (F)
• Meylis Kuliyev (F)
• Mammet Myrado (F)
• Nurmammet Nuryyev (F)
• Dovlet Soyunov (F)
• Aleksandr Vahovskiy (F)
• Ishan Veleyev (F)

Legend: G = Goalie, D = Defense, F = Forward, C = Captain, A = Assistant captain

Group B

Rank	Team	Pld	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Turkmenistan	3	3	0	0	0	37	4	+33	9
2	Macau	3	2	0	0	1	15	22	–7	6
3	Malaysia	3	1	0	0	2	19	20	–1	3
4	Indonesia	3	0	0	0	3	6	31	–25	0

18 February 2017 13:00

Turkmenistan

9–2 (5–0, 4–1, 0–1)

Malaysia

Hoshioki Ice Skating Rink Attendance: 113

Game reference
				Referee: Richard Magnusson Linesmen: Rafal Noworyta Daniel Haugen
	8 min	Penalties	4 min
	50	Shots	14

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21 February 2017 9:30

Macau

0–16 (0–6, 0–4, 0–6)

Turkmenistan

Hoshioki Ice Skating Rink Attendance: 155

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	6 min
	8	Shots	66

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24 February 2017 13:00

Indonesia

2–12 (1–5, 0–5, 1–2)

Turkmenistan

Hoshioki Ice Skating Rink Attendance: 102

Game reference
	2 min	Penalties	8 min
	11	Shots	71

11th place match

26 February 2017 12:30

Kyrgyzstan

3–7 (2–2, 0–1, 1–4)

Turkmenistan

Hoshioki Ice Skating Rink Attendance: 243

Game reference
	46 min	Penalties	18 min
	26	Shots	64

References

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4. "Eight athletes stopped from competing in Winter Asiad". People's Daily. Beijing, China. 29 January 2007. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
5. "Entry list for hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games". www.nationalteamsoficehockey.com. National Teams of Ice hockey. 3 December 2016. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
6. Morgan, Liam (4 January 2017). "Sapporo 2017 confirm entrants in men's and women's ice hockey tournaments". www.insidethegames.biz/. Dunsar Media Ltd. Retrieved 4 January 2017.
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10. "Ice hockey Men's Division II Tournament Progress" (PDF). www.info.sapporo2017.org/. Sapporo Organizing Committee for the 2017 Asian Winter Games. 26 February 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
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