The United Arab Emirates is scheduled to compete in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26. The country is scheduled to compete in two sports (figure skating and hockey).
Competitors The following table lists the Emirati delegation per sport and gender. Sport Men Women TotalFigure skating 011Ice hockey 23023 Total 23 124
Figure skating
United Arab Emirates is scheduled to compete in the women's figure skating competition. This will mark the country's Asian Winter Games debut in the sport.
AthleteEventTotalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankZahra LariWomen's23.311953.371876.6818
Ice hockey
The United Arab Emirates has entered a men's hockey team. The team will compete in division one. The United Arab Emirates finished in third place (7th place overall) in division 1 of the competition.
Men's tournament
United Arab Emirates was represented by the following 23 athletes:
Faisal Al Suwaidi Hazaa Al Saadi Ahmed Al Suwaidi Said Al Amri Saeed Al Nuaimi Ahmed Atiq Al Dhaheri Faisal Al Blooshi Ali Mohamed Al Hadad Ayez Ahmad Al Muhairbi Mohamed Al Dhaheri Mohammad Saeed Al Junaibi Juma Al Dhaheri Omar Ali Al Shamisi Mohamed Saeed Al Shamisi Mohamed Hamad Al Dhaheri Suhail Al Mehairi Salim Al Yafei Obaid Al Al Muharrami Khalifa Al Mahrouqi Khalid Al Suwaidi Theyab Ali Al Sabousi Mohamed Al Zaabi Mohamed Rashid Al Kaabi
Legend: G = Goalie, D = Defense-man, F = Forward
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