Qatar at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

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Qatar at the
2017 Asian Winter Games
Flag of Qatar.svg
IOC codeQAT
NOCQatar Olympic Committee
in Sapporo and Obihiro
February 19–26
Competitors32 in 3 sports
Flag bearer
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Asian Winter Games appearances

Qatar is scheduled to compete in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26.[1][2]

Qatar is scheduled to compete in three sports.[3] After competing in speed skating in its debut at the 2011 Games, this will mark the country's debut in all three sports it contests at this edition: curling, hockey and short track speed skating.[4] Qatar's team will consist of 32 athletes.[5]

On February 19, 2017 it was announced that ice hockey player would be the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony.[6]

Competitors[]

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

Sport Men Women Total
Curling 4 4 8
Ice hockey 21 0 21
Short track speed skating 3 0 3
Total 28 4 32

Curling[]

Main article: Curling at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Qatar has entered a men's and women's team, each consisting of four athletes (for a total of eight).[7][8][5][9]

Men's tournament[]

Main article: Curling at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Men's tournament
  • – Skip
  • – Third
  • – Second
  • – Lead
Key
Teams to playoffs
Country
 Skip W L
 China Liu Rui 5 0
 South Korea Kim Soo-hyuk 4 1
 Japan Yusuke Morozumi 3 2
 Chinese Taipei 2 3
 Kazakhstan Viktor Kim 1 4
 Qatar 0 5
Round-robin

Qatar has a bye in draw 3

Women's tournament[]

Main article: Curling at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Women's tournament
  • – Skip
  • – Third
  • Mubarka Al Abdulla – Second
  • – Lead
Key
Teams to playoffs
Country
 Skip W L
 South Korea Kim Eun-jung 3 0
 Japan Satsuki Fujisawa 2 1
 China Wang Bingyu 2 1
 Kazakhstan 1 2
 Qatar 0 4
Round-robin

Qatar has a bye in draw 5

Ice hockey[]

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Qatar has entered a men's team. The team will compete in the Division two.[10][11] Qatar finished in seventh place (17th place overall) in division 2 of the competition.[12]

Men's tournament[]

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Men's tournament

Qatar was represented by the following 21 athletes:[13]

  • (G)
  • (G)
  • (D)
  • (D)
  • (D)
  • (D)
  • (D)
  • (D)
  • (F)
  • (F)
  • (F)
  • (F)
  • (F)
  • (F)
  • (F)
  • (F)
  • (F)
  • (F)
  • (F)
  • (F)
  • Abdulla Mohammed (F)

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

Group A
Rank
Team
 Pld W OW OL L GF GA GD Pts
1  Kyrgyzstan 3 3 0 0 0 22 7 +15 9
2  Philippines 3 2 0 0 1 27 15 +12 6
3 International Olympic Committee Independent Olympic Athletes 3 1 0 0 2 9 15 –6 3
4  Qatar 3 0 0 0 3 6 27 –21 0
21 February 2017
16:30
Qatar 2–6
(0–1, 0–2, 2–3)		International Olympic Committee Independent Olympic AthletesHoshioki Ice Skating Rink
Attendance: 62
23 February 2017
20:00
Qatar 2–14
(1–4, 0–5, 1–5)		 PhilippinesHoshioki Ice Skating Rink
Attendance: 103
24 February 2017
16:30
Kyrgyzstan 7–2
(2–0, 4–0, 1–2)		 QatarHoshioki Ice Skating Rink
Attendance: 68

Short track speed skating[]

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Qatar has entered three male short track speed skaters.[5]

Men

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. ^ "Qatari stars urge active public engagement on National Sport Day". The Peninsula. Doha, Qatar. 12 February 2017. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "وكالة الأنباء القطرية الأخبارأخبار محليـةرياضة المنتخب القطري للرياضات الشتوية يشارك في منافسات دورة" [Qatari team for winter sports participate in the competitions of the Asian Games in Japan]. Qatar News Agency (in Arabic). 14 February 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  6. ^ "حفل افتتاح الألعاب الآسيوية الشتوية" [The opening ceremony of the Winter Asian Games]. www.al-watan.com/ (in Arabic). 19 February 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Curling Playing Schedule for the 8th Asian Winter Games Sapporo 2017" (PDF). www.sapporo2017.org/. 2017 Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee. 27 January 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  8. ^ "Asian Winter Games return to Sapporo for the third time". www.worldcurling.org/. World Curling Federation. 15 February 2017. Archived from the original on 16 February 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  9. ^ Armstrong, Jim (18 February 2017). "Desert to ice: Qatar takes on curling at Asian Winter Games". Associated Press. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ "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.
  13. ^ "Team Rosters - Men's Division 2" (PDF). Sapporo Organizing Committee for the 2017 Asian Winter Games. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
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