The 2010 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship was the first

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 25 May and 30 May 2010 in

Kuwait City Kuwait City ( ar, مدينة الكويت) is the capital and largest city of Kuwait. Located at the heart of the country on the south shore of Kuwait Bay on the Persian Gulf, it is the political, cultural and economical centre of the emirate, ...

, Kuwait. 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 winning all three of their games and finishing first in the standings.

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 second and

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the A ...

finished in third place.

Overview

The 2010 Gulf Ice Hockey Championship began on 25 May 2010 in

, Kuwait with the games being played at the National Ice Skating Rink. The

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and

their made their debut in international competition. The event was organised by the Kuwait Ice Hockey Association and supervised by the

International Ice Hockey Federation The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF; french: Fédération internationale de hockey sur glace; german: Internationale Eishockey-Föderation) is a worldwide governing body for ice hockey. It is based in Zurich, Switzerland, and has 83 m ...

who also provided referees. The

won the tournament, winning all three games and finishing first in the standings.

finished second after losing only to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia finished in third place.

Standings

Fixtures

References

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Gulf Ice Hockey Championship International ice hockey competitions hosted by Kuwait