Independent Olympic Athletes are scheduled to compete in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26. The team is scheduled to compete in one sport: ice hockey, and consists of 23 athletes.
Background The Kuwait Olympic Committee was suspended in October 2015, due to political interference. Therefore, the country is scheduled to compete under the Olympic flag as Independent Olympic Athletes.
Competitors The following table lists the delegation per sport and gender. Sport Men Women TotalIce hockey 23023 Total 23023
Ice hockey
The Independent Olympic Athletes are scheduled to compete in division 2 of the men's tournament. The Independent Olympic Athletes finished in sixth place (16th place overall) in division 2 of the competition.
Men's tournament
Independent Olympic Athletes were represented by the following 23 athletes:
Dhari Alomran (G) Jasem Alsarraf (G) Jasem Dashti (G) Meshal Alajmi (D) Jasem Alawadhi (D) Meshal Alfoudari (D) Fahad Alhenaidi (D) Saleh Almaghrabi (D) Mohammad Almaraqi (D) Abdullah Alzidan (D) Hussain Baqer (D) Ahmad Alajmi (F) Hamad Alajmi (F) Mohammad Alajmi (F) Salem Alajmi (F) Abdullah Alasousi (F) Yousef Alkandari (F) Abdulaziz Almaraghy (F) Abdullah Almaragi (F) Hamad Alshayji (F) Yousef Andekali (F) Bashar Mohammed (F) Abdulaziz Shetail (F)
Legend: G = Goali, D = Defense, F = Forward Group A
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