Ice hockey at the 2011 Asian Winter Games

Ice hockey
at the 2011 Asian Winter Games
VenueKazakhstan Sports Palace
Baluan Sholak Sports Palace
Dates28 January – 6 February 2011
Competitors350 from 13 nations
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Ice hockey at the 2011 Asian Winter Games was held in Astana (males) and Almaty (females) in Kazakhstan from 28 January to 6 February.

For these games, the men were competing in a 14-team tournament, and the women in a 5-team tournament. Ice hockey preliminaries actually started two days before the Opening Ceremony of the Games on 30 January.

For the first time ever, there were two divisions in the male competition so as to avoid one sided games seen at the last edition of the games.[1] India and Qatar withdrew [2][3] and 12 nations competed in the Men's tournament. All games were played at the Kazakhstan Sports Palace (Arena 1 and 2) in Astana. Kyrgyzstan and Bahrain made their debuts at an international ice hockey tournament.

  1. ^ "UAE warms to ice hockey". ocasia.org. 28 January 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2011.[permanent dead link‍]
  2. ^ "Players ready to shell out money but govt says no". hindustantimes.com. 20 January 2011. Archived from the original on 4 February 2011. Retrieved 20 January 2011.
  3. ^ "Arena for a medal". iihf.com. 26 January 2011. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 26 January 2011.