The 2016 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship was the fourth

Gulf Ice Hockey Championship The Gulf Ice Hockey Championship, also known as the GCC Gulf Ice Hockey Championships, is an international ice hockey competition involving countries from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) region. The inaugural tournament took place on May 25 to M ...

. It took place between 28 January and 2 February 2016 in

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, Qatar. The

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

won the tournament after defeating

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in the gold medal game, claiming their fourth title of the championships.

Kuwait Kuwait (; ar, الكويت ', or ), officially the State of Kuwait ( ar, دولة الكويت '), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the nort ...

finished third after defeating

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in the bronze medal game.

Overview

The 2016 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship was organised by the Qatar Winter Sports Committee and began on 28 January 2016 in

, Qatar with the games being played at Villagio’s Ice Court.

and the

all returned for their fourth Gulf Ice Hockey Championship's while hosts Qatar returned to compete in their second appearance of the tournament. The four teams first competed in a round-robin competition, with their ranking determining their seeding in the semi-finals. The United Arab Emirates finished the round-robin in first place after winning all three of their games and were seeded against fourth placed Oman who had failed to win any of their games. Kuwait finished the round-robin in second place after beating both Oman in their opening game and Qatar before losing to the United Arab Emirates in their third game. Hosts Qatar finished in third place after defeating Oman 5–3 in their final round-robin match. The United Arab Emirates opened the playoff round with a 5–0 shutout against Oman and advanced to the gold medal match against Qatar who had defeated Kuwait 5–3 in their semifinal. The United Arab Emirates won the tournament after defeating Qatar 5–0 in the gold medal match, winning their fourth championship title. Qatar picked up their first silver medal at the championship having previously won bronze in 2014. Kuwait finished third after defeating Oman 5–4 in the bronze medal game.

Round-robin

The four participating teams were placed in a single round robin. After playing the round-robin, the number one ranked team is seeded into a semi-final against the fourth ranked team and the second ranked team plays in the second semi-final against the team who finished in third place.

Playoff round

Bracket

Semi-finals

Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

References

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Gulf Ice Hockey Championship International ice hockey competitions hosted by Qatar