Winter Asian Games 2003 / Ice Hockey

The hockey competitions of V. Asian Winter Games were held from January 30 to February 7, 2003 in the Japanese prefecture of Aomori in the cities of Hachinohe and Misawa instead. In addition to the host nation Japan, five other countries - South Korea , the People's Republic of China , Kazakhstan , Mongolia and Thailand - took part in the competition. The gold medal was secured for the first time by Japan, which did not lose a tournament. Behind them Kazakhstan and China won the other medals.

Five teams took part in the women's ice hockey tournament, setting a new record. The participants were the host nation, South Korea, North Korea, Kazakhstan and the People's Republic of China. The title was secured for the first time by Kazakhstan, which remained undefeated in all games. Japan won silver, China took bronze.

Venues

The men's tournament took place in the Niida ice rink in Hachinohe . The women played in Misawa in the Misawa ice arena .

Hachinohe	Misawa
Ice rink Niida capacity:	Misawa Ice Arena Capacity:

Men's

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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 finalists played out the two finalists in a semi-final. The winner from it won the gold medal.

Preliminary round

Group A

February 2, 2003	Japan	39: 0 (15: 0, 16: 0, 8: 0)	Thailand	Hachinohe, Japan viewers:
February 3, 2003	People's Republic of China	24: 2 (7: 0, 9: 1, 8: 1)	Thailand	Hachinohe, Japan viewers:
February 4, 2003	Japan	15: 0 (5: 0, 6: 0, 4: 0)	People's Republic of China	Hachinohe, Japan viewers:

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Japan	2	2	0	0	54: 00	4-0
2.	People's Republic of China	2	1	0	1	24:17	2: 2
3.	Thailand	2	0	0	2	02:63	0: 4

Group B

February 2, 2003	Mongolia	1:25 (0:16, 0: 6, 1: 3)	Kazakhstan	Hachinohe, Japan viewers:
February 3, 2003	South Korea	23: 1 (9: 0, 8: 0, 6: 1)	Mongolia	Hachinohe, Japan viewers:
February 4, 2003	Kazakhstan	11: 1 (8: 1, 2: 0, 1: 0)	South Korea	Hachinohe, Japan viewers:

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	36: 02	4-0
2.	South Korea	2	1	0	1	24:12	2: 2
3.	Mongolia	2	0	0	2	02:48	0: 4

Final round

	Semifinals				final
	Japan	11
	South Korea	2
					Japan	7th
					Kazakhstan	2
					3rd place match
	Kazakhstan	12			South Korea	2
	People's Republic of China	1			People's Republic of China	6th

Play for 5th place

February 6, 2003

Thailand

4: 2 (1: 1, 1: 0, 2: 1)

Mongolia

Hachinohe, Japan viewers:

Semifinals

February 6, 2003	Japan	11: 2 (5: 0, 3: 0, 3: 2)	South Korea	Hachinohe, Japan viewers:
February 6, 2003	Kazakhstan	12: 1 (3: 1, 2: 0, 7: 0)	People's Republic of China	Hachinohe, Japan viewers:

3rd place match

February 7, 2003

South Korea

2: 6 (0: 1, 2: 2, 0: 3)

People's Republic of China

Hachinohe, Japan viewers:

final

February 7, 2003

Japan

7: 2 (3: 1, 1: 1, 3: 0)

Kazakhstan

Hachinohe, Japan viewers:

Final placements

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

Awards

Award	player	team
Top scorer	Ryan Fujita	Japan
	18 points (5 goals + 13 assists)

Women

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Each of the five teams played once against every other team. The team with the most points wins the gold medal.

Results

January 30, 2003	North Korea	2: 3 (1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 1)	Kazakhstan	Misawa, Japan viewers:
January 30, 2003	Japan	21: 0 (6: 0, 9: 0, 6: 0)	South Korea	Misawa, Japan viewers:
January 31, 2003	People's Republic of China	30: 1 (9: 0, 8: 0, 13: 1)	South Korea	Misawa, Japan viewers:
January 31, 2003	Japan	6: 1 (1: 0, 3: 1, 2: 0)	North Korea	Misawa, Japan viewers:
February 2, 2003	People's Republic of China	8: 1 (3: 0, 4: 1, 1: 0)	North Korea	Misawa, Japan viewers:
February 2, 2003	Japan	1: 3 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 3)	Kazakhstan	Misawa, Japan viewers:
February 3, 2003	Kazakhstan	1: 1 (0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0)	People's Republic of China	Misawa, Japan viewers:
February 3, 2003	South Korea	0:10 (0: 6, 0: 3, 0: 1)	North Korea	Misawa, Japan viewers:
February 5, 2003	Kazakhstan	19: 0 (14: 0, 5: 0, - :-)	South Korea	Misawa, Japan viewers:
February 5, 2003	People's Republic of China	4: 5 (0: 2, 0: 0, 4: 3)	Japan	Misawa, Japan viewers:

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Kazakhstan	4th	3	1	0	26: 04	7: 1
2.	Japan	4th	3	0	1	33: 08	6: 2
3.	People's Republic of China	4th	2	1	1	43: 04	5: 3
4th	North Korea	4th	1	0	3	14:17	2: 6
5.	South Korea	4th	0	0	4th	01:80	0: 8

Medal table

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

Footnotes

1. ↑ The game between Japan and the People's Republic of China also served as the Far East qualification for the 2003 Men's World Cup in Finland . South Korea waived because the association had been awarded the contract to host a Division II tournament.
2. ↑ The game between Kazakhstan and South Korea was stopped at 19: 0 after 23:46 minutes played in the second period after the South Koreans refused to continue the game. The game was rated 2-0 points and 19-0 goals for Kazakhstan.

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)