Winter Asian Games 2007 / Ice Hockey

The ice hockey competitions of the VI. Winter Asian Games took place from January 26th to February 3rd, 2007 in Changchun , People's Republic of China . In addition to the host nation, the People's Republic of China, ten other countries took part in the men's competition. As a result, a new record number of participants was achieved. The gold medal was secured for the second time by Japan, which did not lose a tournament. Kazakhstan and South Korea won the other medals behind them.

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

Venues

The men's tournament took place in the Fu'ao ice hockey stadium - with the exception of the final round game between China and South Korea . The women played in the ice rink in Jilin Province .

Changchun
Ice hockey stadium Fu'ao capacity:	Ice Rink Jilin Province Capacity:

Men's

mode

The eleven participants were initially divided into three groups of three teams and one group of two teams. These played out the final round participants of each group in a single round. The teams in second places qualified for the placement round of places 5 to 8. The three bottom of the group played from ranks 9 to 11.

After the preliminary round, the four group winners completed the final round, which was also played in a single round, so that each team played three games. The team with the most points won the gold medal. The rounds for places 5 to 8 and 9 to 11 were played separately in the knockout system . The best third party was automatically seeded for the game for 9th place.

Preliminary round

Group A

January 28, 2007

Japan

6: 1 (0: 0, 4: 0, 2: 1)

North Korea

Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 321

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Japan	1	1	0	0	06: 01	3
2.	North Korea	1	0	0	1	01: 06	0

Group B

January 26, 2007	Thailand	0: 4 (0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 2)	United Arab Emirates	Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 720
January 27, 2007	United Arab Emirates	0:38 (0:14, 0: 8, 0:16)	Kazakhstan	Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 410
January 28, 2007	Kazakhstan	52: 1 (17: 0, 20: 0, 15: 1)	Thailand	Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 300

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	90: 01	6th
2.	United Arab Emirates	2	1	0	1	04:38	3
3.	Thailand	2	0	0	2	01:56	0

Group C

January 26, 2007	Kuwait	15: 2 (3: 0, 7: 0, 5: 2)	Macau	Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 700
January 27, 2007	Macau	0:26 (0:11, 0: 8, 0: 7)	People's Republic of China	Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 543
January 28, 2007	People's Republic of China	11: 1 (6: 0, 4: 0, 1: 1)	Kuwait	Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 350

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	People's Republic of China	2	2	0	0	37: 01	6th
2.	Kuwait	2	1	0	1	16:13	3
3.	Macau	2	0	0	2	02:41	0

Group D

January 26, 2007	Hong Kong	3: 7 (3: 3, 0: 1, 0: 3)	Malaysia	Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 710
January 27, 2007	South Korea	11: 0 (3: 0, 4: 0, 4: 0)	Hong Kong	Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 558
January 28, 2007	Malaysia	1:14 (0: 3, 0: 4, 1: 7)	South Korea	Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 340

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	South Korea	2	2	0	0	27: 01	6th
2.	Malaysia	2	1	0	1	08:21	3
3.	Hong Kong	2	0	0	2	03:20	0

Placement round

Placement round places 9–11 Play for 9th place                 Hong Kong        bye       Hong Kong 3     Thailand 4th   Macau 0     Thailand 6th

Placement round places 5–8 Play for 5th place           North Korea 15th   Malaysia 0           North Korea 9    Society. Arab. Emirates 2   Game for 7th place       Kuwait 2   Malaysia 2   Society. Arab. Emirates 6th     Kuwait 10

Placement round places 9–11

January 30, 2007

Macau

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

Thailand

Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 320

Play for 9th place

February 2, 2007

Hong Kong

3: 4 (0: 0, 0: 3, 3: 1)

Thailand

Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 350

Placement round places 5–8

January 30, 2007	North Korea	15: 0 (8: 0, 3: 0, 4: 0)	Malaysia	Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 350
January 30, 2007	Kuwait	2: 6 (0: 0, 1: 2, 1: 4)	United Arab Emirates	Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 310

Game for 7th place

February 2, 2007

Malaysia

2:10 (1: 2, 1: 5, 0: 3)

Kuwait

Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 350

Play for 5th place

February 2, 2007

North Korea

9: 2 (3: 0, 4: 0, 2: 2)

United Arab Emirates

Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 350

Final round

January 31, 2007 7:00 p.m. (local time)	January 31, 2007 12:00 noon ( CET )	Japan	3: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 2: 0)	South Korea	Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 720
January 31, 2007 10:30 p.m.	January 31, 2007 3:30 p.m.	People's Republic of China	1:17 (0: 6, 0: 6, 1: 5)	Kazakhstan	Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 750
February 1, 2007 7:00 p.m.	February 1, 2007 12:00 p.m.	Japan	3: 2 (2: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0)	Kazakhstan	Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 320
February 1, 2007 9:00 p.m.	February 1, 2007 2:00 p.m.	People's Republic of China	3: 6 (2: 0, 0: 3, 1: 2)	South Korea	Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 2,800
February 3, 2007 3:30 p.m.	February 3, 2007 8:30 a.m.	Japan	3: 1 (2: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0)	People's Republic of China	Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 650
February 3, 2007 7:00 p.m.	February 3, 2007 12:00 p.m.	Kazakhstan	8: 1 (2: 0, 3: 0, 3: 1)	South Korea	Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 650

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Japan	3	3	0	0	09: 03	9
2.	Kazakhstan	3	2	0	1	27: 05	6th
3.	South Korea	3	1	0	2	06:14	3
4th	People's Republic of China	3	0	0	3	05:25	0

Final placements

rank	nation
1	Japan
2	Kazakhstan
3	South Korea
4th	People's Republic of China
5	North Korea
6th	United Arab Emirates
7th	Kuwait
8th	Malaysia
9	Thailand
10	Hong Kong
11	Macau

Medalist

Asian game winner Japan

Masato Domeki , Masahito Haruna , Yoshinori Iimura , Mitsuaki Inoue , Kengo Ito , Tōru Kamino , Ryūichi Kawai , Masahiro Kawamura , Naoya Kikuchi , Yosuke Kon , Fumitaka Miyauchi , Masahito Nishiwaki , Daisuke Obara , Akifumi Okuyama , Hideyuki Osawa , Takeshi Saitō , Tetsuya Saitō , Shō Satō , Takahito Suzuki , Gō Tanaka , Jun Tonosaki , Shin'ya Yanadori

Silver Kazakhstan

Sergei Alexandrov , Artyom Argokow , Alexei Gubarev , Sergei Yakovenko , Oleg Jeremejew , Konstantin Kassatkin , Anton Komissarov , Maxim Komissarov , Alexander Koreshkov , Yevgeny Koreshkov , Alexei Korschkow , Oleg Kovalenko , Lew Krutochwostow , Yevgeny Masunin , Sergei Miroshnichenko , Andrei Ogorodnikov , Sergei Ogureschnikow , Wadim Rifel , Andrei Sawenkow , Talgat Schailauow , Andrei Troschtschinski , Jewgeni Uschkow

Bronze South Korea

Choi Jung-sik , Eum Hyun-seung , Hong Hyun-mok , Hwang Byung-wook , Jeon Jin-ho , Kim Han-sung , Kim Hong-il , Kim Ki-sung , Kim Kyu-hun , Kim Kyung-tae , Kim Yoon-hwan , Lee Kwon-jae , Lee Kwon-joon , Lee Myung-woo , Lee Yong-jun , Oh Hyon-ho , Park Sung-min , Park Woo-sang , Son Ho-sung , Suh Sin-il , Yoon Kyung-won

Best scorer

Abbreviations: G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points; Fat: tournament best

player	team	G	A.	Pts
Alexander Koreshkov	Kazakhstan	12	11	23
Oleg Jeremejew	Kazakhstan	13	7th	20th
Talgat Schailauow	Kazakhstan	10	7th	17th
Konstantin Kassatkin	Kazakhstan	10	5	15th
Wadim Rifel	Kazakhstan	11	3	14th
Lev Krutochvostov	Kazakhstan	7th	7th	14th
Andrei Ogorodnikov	Kazakhstan	4th	7th	11
Artyom Argokov	Kazakhstan	8th	2	10
Ahmad Al-Ajmi	Kuwait	5	5	10
Mohammad Al-Ajmi	Kuwait	8th	1	9

Women

mode

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

Results

January 28, 2007 12:30 p.m. (local time)	January 28, 2007 5:30 a.m. ( CET )	North Korea	2: 3 (1: 2, 0: 0, 1: 1)	Japan	Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 700
January 28, 2007 3:30 p.m.	January 28, 2007 8:30 a.m.	South Korea	0:20 (0: 6, 0: 7, 0: 7)	People's Republic of China	Changchun, People's Republic of China, spectators: 1,200
January 29, 2007 3:00 p.m.	January 29, 2007 8:00 am	Kazakhstan	6: 1 (1: 0, 5: 1, 0: 0)	North Korea	Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 450
January 29, 2007 7:00 p.m.	January 29, 2007 12:00 p.m.	Japan	29: 0 (12: 0, 6: 0, 11: 0)	South Korea	Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 450
January 31, 2007 3:00 p.m.	January 31, 2007 8:00 am	Kazakhstan	14: 0 (5: 0, 6: 0, 3: 0)	South Korea	Changchun, People's Republic of China, spectators: 1,200
January 31, 2007 7:00 p.m.	January 31, 2007 12:00 p.m.	Japan	4: 2 (1: 0, 1: 2, 2: 0)	People's Republic of China	Changchun, People's Republic of China, spectators: 1,600
February 1, 2007 3:00 p.m.	February 1, 2007 8:00 a.m.	North Korea	5: 0 (4: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0)	South Korea	Changchun, People's Republic of China, spectators: 1,600
February 2, 2007 7:00 p.m.	February 2, 2007 12:00 noon	People's Republic of China	1: 3 (1: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1)	Kazakhstan	Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 2,400
February 3, 2007 3:00 p.m.	February 3, 2007 8:00 am	Kazakhstan	2: 1 (2: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0)	Japan	Changchun, People's Republic of China Spectators: 1,800
February 3, 2007 7:00 p.m.	February 3, 2007 12:00 p.m.	People's Republic of China	6: 3 (1: 0, 2: 0, 3: 3)	North Korea	Changchun, People's Republic of China, spectators: 2,200

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Kazakhstan	4th	4th	0	0	25: 03	12
2.	Japan	4th	3	0	1	37: 06	9
3.	People's Republic of China	4th	2	0	2	29:10	6th
4th	North Korea	4th	1	0	3	11:15	3
5.	South Korea	4th	0	0	4th	00:68	0

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	-	-	1	1
3	South Korea	-	-	1	1

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)