Arab Cup of Ice Hockey
The Arab Cup of Ice Hockey was a tournament for national ice hockey teams from the Arab world that was originally supposed to take place annually. Ultimately, the tournament was held only once in 2008.
history
After the interest in ice hockey in the Arab states increased since the end of the 1990s and national teams were founded in Morocco , Kuwait , Algeria and the United Arab Emirates , these four countries decided to found the Arab Cup of Ice Hockey .
Held in 2008
| Arab Cup of Ice Hockey 2008 | |
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| Number of nations | 4th |
| winner |
 United Arab Emirates
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| Venue (s) | Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates |
| opening | June 16, 2008 |
| Final day | June 20, 2008 |
| Gates | 98 (9.80 per game) |
| Awards | |
| Most valuable player |
 Harond Litim
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The Arab Cup of Ice Hockey 2008 was the first and only staging of the competition and took place from June 16 to 20, 2008 in Abu Dhabi , the capital of the United Arab Emirates . The game was played in the 1,200-seat Abu Dhabi Ice Rink . Each of the five teams played five games together with the final round.
The host United Arab Emirates emerged as the winner of the tournament, followed by the teams from Kuwait , Morocco and Algeria .
With eleven points, including four goals, in five games, the Algerian Harond Litim was voted the most valuable player of the tournament.
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| Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates | ||
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| Venue | ||
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Abu Dhabi Ice Rink Capacity: 1,200 |
| June 16, 2008 |
 Kuwait |
8: 2 (2: 1, 2: 0, 4: 1) |
Algeria |
Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Spectators: not known |
| June 16, 2008 |
United Arab Emirates |
9: 0 (4: 0, 3: 0, 2: 0) |
 Morocco |
Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Spectators: not known |
| June 17, 2008 |
Kuwait |
6: 3 (2: 1, 2: 1, 2: 1) |
Morocco |
Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Spectators: not known |
| June 17, 2008 |
United Arab Emirates |
6: 2 (1: 0, 4: 2, 1: 0) |
Algeria |
Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Spectators: not known |
| June 18, 2008 |
Morocco |
9: 6 (5: 0, 2: 3, 2: 3) |
Algeria |
Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Spectators: not known |
| June 18, 2008 |
United Arab Emirates |
4: 3 n.P. (0: 1, 0: 1, 2: 0, 0: 0, 2: 1) |
Kuwait |
Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Spectators: not known |
| Pl. | Sp | S. | OTN | N | Gates | Points | |
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| 1. |
United Arab Emirates
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19: 5 | 6th |
| 2. |
Kuwait
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17: 9 | 5 |
| 3. |
Morocco
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12:21 | 2 |
| 4th |
Algeria
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10:23 | 0 |
Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTN = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , N = defeats
Final round
| Semifinals | final | |||||||
| 1 | United Arab Emirates
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10 | ||||||
| 4th | Algeria
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4th | ||||||
| 1 | United Arab Emirates
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4th | ||||||
| 2 | Kuwait
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1 | ||||||
| 2 | Kuwait
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9 | ||||||
| 3 | Morocco
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0 | ||||||
| 3rd place match | ||||||||
| 3 | Morocco
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7th | ||||||
| 4th | Algeria
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5 | ||||||
- Semifinals
| June 19, 2008 |
Kuwait |
9: 0 (3: 0, 3: 0, 3: 0) |
Morocco |
Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Spectators: not known |
| June 19, 2008 |
United Arab Emirates |
10: 4 (4: 1, 3: 2, 3: 1) |
Algeria |
Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Spectators: not known |
- 3rd place match
| June 20, 2008 |
Morocco |
7: 5 (-: -, -: -, - :-) |
Algeria |
Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Spectators: not known |
- final
| June 20, 2008 |
United Arab Emirates |
4: 1 (0: 0, 3: 0, 1: 1) |
Kuwait |
Ice Rink, Abu Dhabi Spectators: not known |
Further course
The second Arab Cup of Ice Hockey was in 2009 in Kuwait City Kuwait take place. Due to the establishment of the Arab Ice Hockey Federation and the admission of two more members following the previous year's tournament, organizational difficulties arose and the next Arab Cup was initially postponed to 2010 and ultimately canceled.
To replace the tournament, the national teams of Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates founded the golf ice hockey championship in 2010 , in which they met the teams of Saudi Arabia and Oman .
See also
Web links
- Website of the Arab Ice Hockey Federation ( Memento from June 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive )