Turkmenistan at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Turkmenistan competed in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26. This marked the country's debut at the Asian Winter Games. The country competed in one sport: ice hockey.

Turkmenistan at the
2017 Asian Winter Games
IOC codeTKM
NOCNational Olympic Committee of Turkmenistan
in Sapporo and Obihiro
February 19–26
Competitors23 in 1 sport
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Asian Winter Games appearances

Background

Turkmenistan originally had intended to make its debut at the 2007 Asian Winter Games in Changchun, China, however its athlete was not allowed to compete officially, as the country was not an official member of the International Skating Union at the time.

Competitors

The following table lists the Turkmenistani delegation per sport and gender.

Sport Men Women Total
Ice hockey 23 0 23
Total 23 0 23

Ice hockey

Turkmenistan entered a men's hockey team, competing in division 2. This marked the country's debut in the sport at the Asian Winter Games. Before the tournament, the team had a training camp in Minsk, Belarus, and won both friendly games against local club teams. Turkmenistan finished in first place (11th place overall) in division 2 of the competition.

Men's tournament

Turkmenistan was represented by the following 23 athletes:

  • Keremli Charyyev (G)
  • Rahman Muratov (G)
  • Amangeldi Aganiyazov (D)
  • Shyhy Babayev (D)
  • Kerim Bayramov (D)
  • Evald Gayer (D)
  • Dovlet Hydyrov (D)
  • Dmitriy Savin (A) (D)
  • Nikita Selifonkin (D)
  • Ilyas Veliyev (A) (D)
  • Ezizmuhammet Akmuhammedov (F)
  • Maksat Atayev (F)
  • Pavel Barkovskiy (F)
  • Baymyrat Baymyradov (F)
  • Azat Berdinyyazov (F)
  • Yakut Berdiyev (F)
  • Ahmet Gurbanov (C) (F)
  • Meylis Kuliyev (F)
  • Mammet Myrado (F)
  • Nurmammet Nuryyev (F)
  • Dovlet Soyunov (F)
  • Aleksandr Vahovskiy (F)
  • Ishan Veleyev (F)

Legend: G = Goalie, D = Defense, F = Forward, C = Captain, A = Assistant captain

Group B
Rank Pld W OW OL L GF GA GD Pts
1  Turkmenistan 3 3 0 0 0 37 4 +33 9
2  Macau 3 2 0 0 1 15 22 –7 6
3  Malaysia 3 1 0 0 2 19 20 –1 3
4  Indonesia 3 0 0 0 3 6 31 –25 0
18 February 2017
13:00
Turkmenistan 9–2
(5–0, 4–1, 0–1)
 MalaysiaHoshioki Ice Skating Rink
Attendance: 113
Game reference
Referee:
Richard Magnusson
Linesmen:
Rafal Noworyta
Daniel Haugen
8 minPenalties4 min
50Shots14

21 February 2017
9:30
Macau 0–16
(0–6, 0–4, 0–6)
 TurkmenistanHoshioki Ice Skating Rink
Attendance: 155
Game reference
14 minPenalties6 min
8Shots66

24 February 2017
13:00
Indonesia 2–12
(1–5, 0–5, 1–2)
 TurkmenistanHoshioki Ice Skating Rink
Attendance: 102
Game reference
2 minPenalties8 min
11Shots71
11th place match
26 February 2017
12:30
Kyrgyzstan 3–7
(2–2, 0–1, 1–4)
 TurkmenistanHoshioki Ice Skating Rink
Attendance: 243
Game reference
46 minPenalties18 min
26Shots64

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