Independent Olympic Athletes at the 2017 Asian Winter Games


Independent Olympic Athletes are scheduled to compete in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26. The team is scheduled to compete in one sport: ice hockey, and consists of 23 athletes.

Background

The Kuwait Olympic Committee was suspended in October 2015, due to political interference. Therefore, the country is scheduled to compete under the Olympic flag as Independent Olympic Athletes.

Competitors

The following table lists the delegation per sport and gender.
SportMenWomenTotal
Ice hockey23023
Total23023

Ice hockey

The Independent Olympic Athletes are scheduled to compete in division 2 of the men's tournament. The Independent Olympic Athletes finished in sixth place in division 2 of the competition.

Men's tournament

;Group A
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