Independent Olympic Athletes at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Independent Olympic Athletes are scheduled to compete in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26.[1][2] The team is scheduled to compete in one sport: ice hockey, and consists of 23 athletes.[3]

Independent Olympic Athletes at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
IOC code	IOA
in Sapporo and Obihiro February 19–26
Competitors	23 in 1 sport
Flag bearer	Volunteer(Closing Ceremony)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Asian Winter Games appearances
2011 2017

Background

The Kuwait Olympic Committee was suspended in October 2015, due to political interference. Therefore, the country is scheduled to compete under the Olympic flag as Independent Olympic Athletes.[4][5]

Competitors

The following table lists the delegation per sport and gender.

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

Ice hockey

The Independent Olympic Athletes are scheduled to compete in division 2 of the men's tournament.[6][7][8] The Independent Olympic Athletes finished in sixth place (16th place overall) in division 2 of the competition.[9]

Men's tournament

Independent Olympic Athletes were represented by the following 23 athletes:[10]

• Dhari Alomran (G)
• Jasem Alsarraf (G)
• Jasem Dashti (G)
• Meshal Alajmi (D)
• Jasem Alawadhi (D)
• Meshal Alfoudari (D)
• Fahad Alhenaidi (D)
• Saleh Almaghrabi (D)
• Mohammad Almaraqi (D)
• Abdullah Alzidan (D)
• Hussain Baqer (D)
• Ahmad Alajmi (F)
• Hamad Alajmi (F)
• Mohammad Alajmi (F)
• Salem Alajmi (F)
• Abdullah Alasousi (F)
• Yousef Alkandari (F)
• Abdulaziz Almaraghy (F)
• Abdullah Almaragi (F)
• Hamad Alshayji (F)
• Yousef Andekali (F)
• Bashar Mohammed (F)
• Abdulaziz Shetail (F)

Legend: G = Goali, 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	Independent Olympic Athletes	3	1	0	0	2	9	15	–6	3
4	Qatar	3	0	0	0	3	6	27	–21	0

18 February 2017 20:00

Independent Olympic Athletes

0–5 (0–1, 0–3, 0–1)

Kyrgyzstan

Hoshioki Ice Skating Rink Attendance: 104

Game reference
				Referee: Lee Joo-hyun Linesmen: Shiiya Kenichi Jussi Thomann
	60 min	Penalties	71 min
	19	Shots	48

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21 February 2017 16:30

Qatar

2–6 (0–1, 0–2, 2–3)

Independent Olympic Athletes

Hoshioki Ice Skating Rink Attendance: 62

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	16 min
	16	Shots	33

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24 February 2017 20:00

Philippines

8–3 (2–2, 4–0, 2–1)

Independent Olympic Athletes

Hoshioki Ice Skating Rink Attendance: 127

Game reference
	76 min	Penalties	86 min
	38	Shots	41

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. "Suspension of the Kuwait Olympic Committee". www.olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
5. "IOC bans Kuwait over government interference in Olympic movement". The Guardian. London, United Kingdom. 27 October 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
6. "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.
7. "Kuwait's Ice Hockey begins preparations for the Asian Winter Games". Kuwait News Agency. Kuwait City, Kuwait. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
8. 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.
9. "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.
10. "Team Rosters - Men's Division 2" (PDF). Sapporo organizing committee for the 2017 Asian Winter Games. 22 February 2017. Retrieved 23 February 2017.