Winter Asian Games 1999 / Ice Hockey

The ice hockey competitions of the IV Winter Asian Games took place from January 30 to February 6, 1999 in the South Korean province of Gangwon-do . In addition to the host nation South Korea, five other countries - Japan , the People's Republic of China , Kazakhstan , Mongolia and Kuwait - took part in the competition. With Mongolia and Kuwait taking part for the first time, a new record number of participants was achieved. The gold medal was secured again by Kazakhstan, which did not lose a tournament. Behind them Japan and China won the other medals.

Four teams took part in the women's ice hockey tournament. The participants were the host nation, Japan, Kazakhstan and the People's Republic of China. As with the men, the People's Republic of China was able to win the gold medal without defeat and defend its title. Here, too, silver went to Japan, while Kazakhstan took bronze.

Men's

mode

The six participants were initially divided into two groups of three teams. These played the two final round participants from each group in a single round.

After the preliminary round, the last two teams completed the game for fifth place. The four participants in the final round played the gold medal winner, taking with them the result of the direct encounter in the preliminary round. The team with the most points won the gold medal.

Preliminary round

Group A

January 1999	South Korea	14: 1 (6: 1, 2: 0, 6: 0)	Mongolia	Gangwon-do, South Korea spectators:
February 1999	South Korea	1:12 (0: 5, 0: 3, 1: 4)	Kazakhstan	Gangwon-do, South Korea spectators:
February 1999	Kazakhstan	40: 0 (7: 0, 12: 0, 21: 0)	Mongolia	Gangwon-do, South Korea spectators:

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	52: 01	4-0
2.	South Korea	2	1	0	1	15:13	2: 2
3.	Mongolia	2	0	0	2	01:54	0: 4

Group B

January 1999	Japan	44: 1 (15: 0, 11: 1, 18: 0)	Kuwait	Gangwon-do, South Korea spectators:
February 1999	People's Republic of China	35: 0 (15: 0, 15: 0, 5: 0)	Kuwait	Gangwon-do, South Korea spectators:
February 1999	Japan	7: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 4: 0)	People's Republic of China	Gangwon-do, South Korea spectators:

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Japan	2	2	0	0	51: 01	4-0
2.	People's Republic of China	2	1	0	1	35: 07	2: 2
3.	Kuwait	2	0	0	2	01:79	0: 4

Play for 5th place

February 1999

Mongolia

5: 4 n.V. (0: 3, 4: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0)

Kuwait

Gangwon-do, South Korea spectators:

Final round

February 1999	Kazakhstan	12: 2 (5: 0, 5: 2, 2: 0)	People's Republic of China	Gangwon-do, South Korea spectators:
February 1999	South Korea	1:13 (0: 5, 0: 2, 1: 6)	Japan	Gangwon-do, South Korea spectators:
February 1999	Kazakhstan	1: 1 (0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 1)	Japan	Gangwon-do, South Korea spectators:
February 1999	South Korea	2: 7 (0: 3, 1: 4, 1: 0)	People's Republic of China	Gangwon-do, South Korea spectators:

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Kazakhstan	3	2	1	0	25: 04	5: 1
2.	Japan	3	2	1	0	21: 02	5: 1
3.	People's Republic of China	3	1	0	2	09:21	2: 4
4th	South Korea	3	0	0	3	04:32	0: 6

Note: The preliminary round matches South Korea - Kazakhstan (1:12) and Japan - People's Republic of China (7: 0) are included in the table.

Final placements

rank	nation
1	Kazakhstan
2	Japan
3	People's Republic of China
4th	South Korea
5	Mongolia
6th	Kuwait

Women

mode

Each of the four teams played once against each other team. The team with the most points won the gold medal.

Results

January 30, 1999	South Korea	1:17 (0: 6, 0: 5, 1: 6)	Kazakhstan	Gangwon-do, South Korea spectators:
January 30, 1999	People's Republic of China	6: 1 (2: 0, 1: 0, 3: 1)	Japan	Gangwon-do, South Korea spectators:
February 1999	South Korea	1:15 (0: 5, 1: 4, 0: 6)	People's Republic of China	Gangwon-do, South Korea spectators:
February 1999	Japan	2: 1 (1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0)	Kazakhstan	Gangwon-do, South Korea spectators:
February 4, 1999	People's Republic of China	10: 2 (1: 0, 3: 0, 6: 2)	Kazakhstan	Gangwon-do, South Korea spectators:
February 4, 1999	South Korea	0:25 (0: 7, 0:13, 0: 6)	Japan	Gangwon-do, South Korea spectators:

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	People's Republic of China	3	3	0	0	31: 04	6-0
2.	Japan	3	2	0	1	28: 07	4: 2
3.	Kazakhstan	3	1	0	2	20:13	2: 4
4th	South Korea	3	0	0	3	02:57	0: 6

Medal table

Medal table ice hockey
space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	People's Republic of China	1	-	1	2
1	Kazakhstan	1	-	1	2
3	Japan	-	2	-	2

literature

• Stephan Müller: International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia: 1904 - 2005 . Books on Demand, Norderstedt, Germany 2005, ISBN 978-3-8334-4189-9 .

Web links

• Results of the men's ice hockey tournament at hockeyarchives.info (French)
• Results of the women's ice hockey tournament at hockeyarchives.info (French)