United Arab Emirates at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

The United Arab Emirates is scheduled to compete in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26.[1][2] The country is scheduled to compete in two sports (figure skating and hockey).[3]

United Arab Emirates at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
IOC code	UAE
NOC	United Arab Emirates National Olympic Committee
in Sapporo and Obihiro February 19–26
Competitors	24 in 2 sports
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Asian Winter Games appearances
2007 2011 2017

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Figure skating	0	1	1
Ice hockey	23	0	23
Total	24	1	24

Figure skating

United Arab Emirates is scheduled to compete in the women's figure skating competition. This will mark the country's Asian Winter Games debut in the sport.[4]

Athlete	Event	SP		FP		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Zahra Lari	Women's	23.31	19

Ice hockey

The United Arab Emirates has entered a men's hockey team. The team will compete in division one.[5][6] The United Arab Emirates finished in third place (7th place overall) in division 1 of the competition.[7]

Men's tournament

United Arab Emirates was represented by the following 23 athletes:[8]

• Faisal Al Suwaidi
• Hazaa Al Saadi
• Ahmed Al Suwaidi
• Said Al Amri
• Saeed Al Nuaimi
• Ahmed Atiq Al Dhaheri
• Faisal Al Blooshi
• Ali Mohamed Al Hadad
• Ayez Ahmad Al Muhairbi
• Mohamed Al Dhaheri
• Mohammad Saeed Al Junaibi
• Juma Al Dhaheri
• Omar Ali Al Shamisi
• Mohamed Saeed Al Shamisi
• Mohamed Hamad Al Dhaheri
• Suhail Al Mehairi
• Salim Al Yafei
• Obaid Al Al Muharrami
• Khalifa Al Mahrouqi
• Khalid Al Suwaidi
• Theyab Ali Al Sabousi
• Mohamed Al Zaabi
• Mohamed Rashid Al Kaabi

Legend: G = Goalie, D = Defense-man, F = Forward

Rank	Team	Pld	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Thailand	5	4	1	0	0	36	12	+24	14
6	Chinese Taipei	5	3	1	1	0	34	13	+21	12
7	United Arab Emirates	5	3	0	0	2	29	24	+5	9
8	Mongolia	5	2	0	0	3	25	23	+2	6
9	Hong Kong	5	1	0	1	3	27	27	0	4
10	Singapore	5	0	0	0	5	4	56	–52	0

18 February 2017 15:30

Chinese Taipei

10–3 (4–1, 1–1, 5–1)

United Arab Emirates

Mikaho Gymnasium Attendance: 290

Game reference
				Referee: Hokkanen Kimmo Linesmen: Juris Barcelo Era Manabu
	12 min	Penalties	22 min
	44	Shots	20

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20 February 2017 12:00

United Arab Emirates

4–6 (0–1, 1–2, 3–3)

Thailand

Mikaho Gymnasium Attendance: 450

Game reference
	24 min	Penalties	6 min
	19	Shots	52

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21 February 2017 19:00

United Arab Emirates

6–3 (3–0, 1–1, 2–2)

Mongolia

Mikaho Gymnasium Attendance: 200

Game reference
	16 min	Penalties	14 min
	24	Shots	52

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23 February 2017 19:00

United Arab Emirates

11–2 (3–0, 3–1, 5–1)

Singapore

Mikaho Gymnasium Attendance: 160

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	22 min
	44	Shots	5

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25 February 2017 19:00

Hong Kong

3–5 (1–0, 1–2, 1–3)

United Arab Emirates

Mikaho Gymnasium Attendance: 180

Game reference
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	25

References

1. "Sapporo 2017". www.ocasia.org/. Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 11 November 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
2. "OCA welcomes record number of teams, athletes to Sapporo 2017". www.ocasia.org/. Olympic Council of Asia. 17 February 2017. Archived from the original on 19 August 2017. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
3. "2017 Sapporo AWG sport entries by NOC". www.sapporo2017.org. 8th Sapporo Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee. 16 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
4. "No snow or ice? Send athletes to the Asian Winter Games in any case…". 7days. Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 26 April 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2017.
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.
7. "Ice hockey Men's Division I Tournament Progress" (PDF). www.info.sapporo2017.org/. Sapporo Organizing Committee for the 2017 Asian Winter Games. 25 February 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 February 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
8. "أحمد بن محمد: منصات التتويج هدف رياضيي الإمارات في «الآسيوية الشتوية" [Ahmed bin Mohamed: Emirates's goal will be podium in Asian Winter Games]. www.siha.org.sg/ (in Arabic). DMI. Retrieved 8 February 2017.