# Qatar at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Qatar is scheduled to compete in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26.
Qatar is scheduled to compete in three sports. After competing in speed skating in its debut at the 2011 Games, this will mark the country's debut in all three sports it contests at this edition: curling, hockey and short track speed skating. Qatar's team will consist of 32 athletes.
On February 19, 2017 it was announced that ice hockey player Thamer Al Mohannadi would be the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony.

## Competitors

The following table lists the Qatari delegation per sport and gender.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Curling | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Ice hockey | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| Short track speed skating | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total | 28 | 4 | 32 |

## Curling

Qatar has entered a men's and women's team, each consisting of four athletes (for a total of eight).

### Men's tournament

* Nabeel Alyafei – Skip
* Ahmed Al Fahad – Third
* Jaber Al Ozali – Second
* Ahmad Khashabi – Lead
Key :
* Teams to playoffs
| Countryvte | Skip | W | L |
| China | Liu Rui | 5 | 0 |
| South Korea | Kim Soo-hyuk | 4 | 1 |
| Japan | Yusuke Morozumi | 3 | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | Randolph Shen | 2 | 3 |
| Kazakhstan | Viktor Kim | 1 | 4 |
| Qatar | Nabeel Alyafei | 0 | 5 |

#### Round-robin

Qatar has a bye in draw 3
| Sheet C v | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| South Korea (Soo-hyuk) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | x | x | x | 20 |
| Qatar (Alyafei) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | x | x | x | 0 |
| Sheet B v | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Japan (Morozumi) | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | X | X | X | 19 |
| Qatar (Alyafei) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet C v | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Qatar (Alyafei) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Kazakhstan (Kim) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| Sheet A v | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Chinese Taipei (Shen) | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Qatar (Alyafei) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet A v | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Qatar (Alyafei) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 5 |
| China (Rui) | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | X | X | 14 |

### Women's tournament

* Maryam Binali – Skip
* Hanan Al Boinin – Third
* Mubarka Al Abdulla – Second
* Dhabya Al Boinin – Lead
Key :
* Teams to playoffs
| Countryvte | Skip | W | L |
| South Korea | Kim Eun-jung | 4 | 0 |
| China | Wang Bingyu | 3 | 1 |
| Japan | Satsuki Fujisawa | 2 | 2 |
| Kazakhstan | Ramina Yunicheva | 1 | 3 |
| Qatar | Maryam Binali | 0 | 4 |

#### Round-robin

Qatar has a bye in draw 5
| Sheet A v | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Japan (Fujisawa) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | X | X | 17 |
| Qatar (Binali) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 1 |
| Sheet A v | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Qatar (Binali) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | X | X | 2 |
| South Korea (Eun-jung) | 4 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | X | X | 24 |
| Sheet C v | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| Qatar (Binali) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | 2 |
| Kazakhstan (Yunicheva) | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | X | X | 14 |
| Sheet B v | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Final |
| China (Wang) | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | X | X | X | X | 23 |
| Qatar (Binali) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | X | X | X | 1 |

## Ice hockey

Qatar has entered a men's team. The team will compete in the Division two. Qatar finished in seventh place (17th place overall) in division 2 of the competition.

### Men's tournament

Qatar was represented by the following 21 athletes:
* Mohamed Abdelaziz (G)
* Ahmad Alsulaiti (G)
* Eid Mohammed Al Kubaisi (D)
* Abdulla Al Muhaizaa (D)
* Mohammed Al Muhaizaa (D)
* Mohamed Alkaabi (D)
* Naif Alrumaihi (D)
* Saad Naimi (D)
* Turki Al Heidous (F)
* Saoud Al Kuwari (F)
* Thamer Al Mohannadi (F)
* Saad Al Moslamani (F)
* Ali Al Muhaizaa (F)
* Jassim Al Sheeb (F)
* Abdulrahman Alashqar (F)
* Mohammed Alkhalaf (F)
* Abdulla Alsulaiti (F)
* Abdulaziz Fakhroo (F)
* Ahmad Fakhroo (F)
* Jassim Fakhroo (F)
* Abdulla Mohammed (F)
Legend: G = Goalie, D = Defense, F = Forward

#### Group A

| Rank | Teamvte | Pld | W | OW | OL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 7 | +15 | 9 |
| 2 | Philippines | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 15 | +12 | 6 |
| 3 | Independent Olympic Athletes | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 15 | –6 | 3 |
| 4 | Qatar | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 27 | –21 | 0 |

## Short track speed skating

Qatar has entered three male short track speed skaters.

### Men

* Mubarak Al Mohannadi
* Jumah Al Sulaiti
* Mohammed Al Sahouti