Tournament details | |
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Host country | Kazakhstan |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | January 28 – February 8 (men) January 28 – February 6 (women) |
Official website | |
FISU.net | |
Ice hockey at the 2017 Winter Universiade comprised two ice hockey tournaments – a men's tournament and a women's tournament – during the Almaty 2017 edition of the Universiade (renamed FISU World University Games in 2020). The men's tournament was held from January 28 through February 8 at Halyk Arena and the women's tournament was held from January 28 to February 6 at Baluan Sholak Sports Palace.
The selection of participating teams - twelve in the men's tournament and seven in the women's tournament, including the hosting Kazakhstan sides in both cases - was announced on July 25, 2016[1] while the draw to place the teams into their assigned pools took place on September 18, 2016.[2]