Qatar at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

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

Qatar at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
IOC code	QAT
NOC	Qatar Olympic Committee
in Sapporo and Obihiro February 19–26
Competitors	32 in 3 sports
Flag bearer	Thamer Al Mohannadi
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Asian Winter Games appearances
2011 2017

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 Thamer Al Mohannadi 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

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

• Nabeel Alyafei – Skip
• Ahmed Al Fahad – Third
• Jaber Al Ozali – Second
• Ahmad Khashabi – 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	Randolph Shen	2	3
Kazakhstan	Viktor Kim	1	4
Qatar	Nabeel Alyafei	0	5

Round-robin

Qatar has a bye in draw 3

Draw 1 Saturday, February 18, 9:00 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  South Korea (Soo-hyuk) 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 x x x 20  Qatar (Alyafei) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 x x x 0 Draw 2 Saturday, February 18, 18:00 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Japan (Morozumi) 1 2 4 3 4 5 0 X X X 19  Qatar (Alyafei) 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X X X 1 Draw 4 Monday, February 20, 13:30 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Qatar (Alyafei) 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4  Kazakhstan (Kim) 0 1 0 0 4 0 2 0 4 1 12

Draw 5 Tuesday, February 21, 9:00 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Chinese Taipei (Shen) 3 3 2 1 3 0 2 0 0 0 14  Qatar (Alyafei) 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 X X X 1 Draw 6 Tuesday, February 21, 18:00 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Qatar (Alyafei) 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 X X 5  China (Rui) 3 4 3 0 1 0 3 0 X X 14

Women's tournament

• Maryam Binali – Skip
• Hanan Al Boinin – Third
• Mubarka Al Abdulla – Second
• Dhabya Al Boinin – 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	Ramina Yunicheva	1	2
Qatar	Maryam Binali	0	4

Round-robin

Qatar has a bye in draw 5

Draw 1 Saturday, February 18, 13:30 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Japan (Fujisawa) 2 3 1 0 4 3 2 2 X X 17  Qatar (Binali) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 1 Draw 2 Saturday, February 19, 9:00 Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Qatar (Binali) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 X X 2  South Korea (Eun-jung) 4 5 4 0 4 6 1 0 X X 24

Draw 3 Sunday, February 20, 9:00 Sheet C 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  Qatar (Binali) 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X 2  Kazakhstan (Yunicheva) 2 0 1 0 4 2 2 3 X X 14 Draw 4 Monday, February 20, 18:00 Sheet B 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Final  China (Wang) 4 0 5 4 5 5 X X X X 23  Qatar (Binali) 0 1 0 0 0 0 X X X X 1

Ice hockey

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

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

• Mohamed Abdelaziz (G)
• Ahmad Alsulaiti (G)
• Eid Mohammed Al Kubaisi (D)
• Abdulla Al Muhaizaa (D)
• Mohammed Al Muhaizaa (D)
• Mohamed Alkaabi (D)
• Naif Alrumaihi (D)
• Saad Naimi (D)
• Turki Al Heidous (F)
• Saoud Al Kuwari (F)
• Thamer Al Mohannadi (F)
• Saad Al Moslamani (F)
• Ali Al Muhaizaa (F)
• Jassim Al Sheeb (F)
• Abdulrahman Alashqar (F)
• Mohammed Alkhalaf (F)
• Abdulla Alsulaiti (F)
• Abdulaziz Fakhroo (F)
• Ahmad Fakhroo (F)
• Jassim Fakhroo (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	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)

Independent Olympic Athletes

Hoshioki Ice Skating Rink Attendance: 62

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	16 min
	16	Shots	33

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23 February 2017 20:00

Qatar

2–14 (1–4, 0–5, 1–5)

Philippines

Hoshioki Ice Skating Rink Attendance: 103

Game reference
	39 min	Penalties	10 min
	32	Shots	50

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24 February 2017 16:30

Kyrgyzstan

7–2 (2–0, 4–0, 1–2)

Qatar

Hoshioki Ice Skating Rink Attendance: 68

Game reference
	26 min	Penalties	14 min
	55	Shots	24

Short track speed skating

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

Men

• Mubarak Al Mohannadi
• Jumah Al Sulaiti
• Mohammed Al Sahouti

References

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