Ice hockey

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...

at the 1996 Asian Winter Games took place in the city of Harbin

Harbin

Harbin ; Manchu language: , Harbin; Russian: Харби́н Kharbin ), is the capital and largest city of Heilongjiang Province in Northeast China, lying on the southern bank of the Songhua River...

, People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. The spot for the DPR Korea team, which did not participate, was filled with Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan , officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a transcontinental country in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. Ranked as the ninth largest country in the world, it is also the world's largest landlocked country; its territory of is greater than Western Europe...

's entry into this Winter Asiad. This edition also marks the introduction of women's ice hockey event to the Winter Asian Games.

Medal table

1996 Winter Asiad - Ice hockey medal count
Pos	Country				Total
1=		1	0	1	2
1=		1	0	1	2
3		0	2	0	2

(Host nation highlighted)

Men

31

8

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
		3	3	0	0	33	2
6
		3	2	0	1	14	6
4
		3	1	0	2	7	29	−22	2
4		3	0	0	3	4	21	−17	0

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Women

19

Rank	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
		2	2	0	0	22	3
4
		2	1	0	1	9	11	−2	2
		2	0	0	2	2	19	−17	0

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