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at the

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was held in

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(males) and

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(females) in Kazakhstan from 28 January to 6 February. For these games, the men were competing in a 14-team tournament, and the women in a 5-team tournament. Ice hockey preliminaries actually started two days before the

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of the Games on 30 January. For the first time ever, there were two divisions in the male competition so as to avoid one sided games seen at the last edition of the games. India and Qatar withdrew and 12 nations competed in the Men's tournament. All games was played at the

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(Arena 1 and 2) in

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and

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made their debuts at an international ice hockey tournament.

Schedule

Medalists

Medal table

Draw

The top division was consisted of five teams, North Korea withdrew and replaced by 2010 IIHF Challenge Cup of Asia winner Chinese Taipei. * * * * * Nine teams registered for the premier division. ;Group A * ** ** ;Group B * * Athletes from Kuwait * ;Group C * * * * India and Qatar withdrew and the format changed into a round robin competition.

Final standing

Men

Women

References

External links

IIHF - Ice hockey at the 2011 Asian Winter Games
{{Asian Winter Games Ice hockey 2011 Asian Winter Games events

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Ice hockey in Kazakhstan