Arab Cup of Ice Hockey
Encyclopedia
The Arab Cup of Ice Hockey is an annual international ice hockey
competition involving teams from Arab nations. The inaugural tournament took place on the 16th to 20 June 2008 in Abu Dhabi
, United Arab Emirates
. A 2009 competition was planned to be held in Kuwait City
, Kuwait
but was cancelled.
won the tournament, beating Kuwait
4 – 1 in the gold medal game.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
competition involving teams from Arab nations. The inaugural tournament took place on the 16th to 20 June 2008 in Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi , literally Father of Gazelle, is the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi lies on a T-shaped island jutting into the Persian Gulf from the central western...
, United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates
The United Arab Emirates, abbreviated as the UAE, or shortened to "the Emirates", is a state situated in the southeast of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia on the Persian Gulf, bordering Oman, and Saudi Arabia, and sharing sea borders with Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, and Iran.The UAE is a...
. A 2009 competition was planned to be held in Kuwait City
Kuwait City
-Suburbs:Although the districts below are not usually recognized as suburbs, the following is a list of a few areas surrounding Kuwait city:Al-Salam ""السلام"" -Economy:...
, Kuwait
Kuwait
The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...
but was cancelled.
2008 results
The 2008 competition was made up of four teams from Arab nations. All games took place in Abu Dhabi Ice Rink - Zayed Sports Complex. United Arab EmiratesUnited Arab Emirates national ice hockey team
The UAE ice hockey team is the national ice hockey team of the United Arab Emirates. The team is operated under the UAE Ice Hockey Association, a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.-History:...
won the tournament, beating Kuwait
Kuwait national ice hockey team
The Kuwait national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Kuwait, and an associate member of the International Ice Hockey Federation.-History:...
4 – 1 in the gold medal game.
Standings
| Team | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 6 | |
 |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 5 | |
 |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 2 | |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 23 | -13 | 0 |