Singapore at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Singapore competed in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26.^[1][2] After competing with just one athlete in their Asian Winter Games debut, the country sent twenty-two athletes in two sports (three disciplines).^[3][4][5]

Singapore at the 2017 Asian Winter Games
IOC code	SGP
NOC	Singapore National Olympic Council
in Sapporo and Obihiro February 19–26
Competitors	22 in 2 sports
Flag bearer	Lucas Ng
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Asian Winter Games appearances
2011 2017

Short track speed skater Lucas Ng was the country's flagbearer during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony.^[6]

Background

This will be the second multi-sport event (after the 2016 Asian Beach Games, where Singapore competed under the code of SGP, after changing it in late 2016 from SIN.^[7][8]

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Figure skating	0	2	2
Ice hockey	18	0	18
Short track speed skating	1	1	2
Total	19	3	22

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Singapore competed in the figure skating competition for the first time ever.^[3] The team consisted of two female athletes competing in the ladies individual event.^[5] Shuran finished in sixth place overall, the highest placement of the team at the Games, and her teammate, Ing finished in eleventh place.^[9]

Individual

Athlete(s)	Event	SP		FP		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Yu Shuran	Ladies	50.99	7	95.71	6	146.70	6
Chloe Ing		44.64	11	82.71	8	127.35	11

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

The Singaporean hockey competed in division one.^[10][11] This also marked the country's debut in the sport of ice hockey at the Asian Winter Games.^[12] Singapore finished in sixth and last place (10th place overall) in division one of the competition.^[13]

Men's tournament

Main article: Ice hockey at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Men's tournament

Singapore was represented by the following 18 athletes:^[14][15]

• Eugene Chin (G)
• Kenny Liang (G)
• Ang Yu-jin (D)
• Chen Pei-huan (D)
• Chew Wee (D)
• Samuel Lim (D)
• Joewe Lam (D)
• Loh Chee-seng (C) (D)
• Richard O'Brien (D)
• Chiong Woon-lip (F)
• Benjamin Huang (F)
• Lam Kin-yu (A) (F)
• Gabriel Lau (F)
• Joshua Lee (F)
• Liu Zhi-yang (F)
• Siah Ming-zhe (F)
• Peter Tan (F)
• Ryan Tan (F)

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

Rank	Team v t e	Pld	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Thailand	5	4	1	0	0	36	12	+24	14
6	Chinese Taipei	5	3	1	1	0	34	13	+21	12
7	United Arab Emirates	5	3	0	0	2	29	24	+5	9
8	Mongolia	5	2	0	0	3	25	23	+2	6
9	Hong Kong	5	1	0	1	3	27	27	0	4
10	Singapore	5	0	0	0	5	4	56	–52	0

18 February 2017 12:00 v

Singapore

1–12 (0–2, 1–5, 0–5)

Hong Kong

Mikaho Gymnasium Attendance: 260

Game reference
				Referee: Benjamin Hoppe Linesmen: Maximilian Gatol Park Jun-soo
	12 min	Penalties	4 min
	16	Shots	45

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20 February 2017 15:30 v

Mongolia

8–0 (2–0, 4–0, 2–0)

Singapore

Mikaho Gymnasium Attendance: 240

Game reference
	14 min	Penalties	66 min
	41	Shots	10

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21 February 2017 12:00 v

Singapore

1–11 (1–3, 0–5, 0–3)

Chinese Taipei

Mikaho Gymnasium Attendance: 200

Game reference
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	16	Shots	43

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23 February 2017 19:00 v

United Arab Emirates

11–2 (3–0, 3–1, 5–1)

Singapore

Mikaho Gymnasium Attendance: 160

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	22 min
	44	Shots	5

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25 February 2017 15:30 v

Thailand

14–0 (5–0, 5–0, 4–0)

Singapore

Mikaho Gymnasium Attendance: 250

Game reference
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	50	Shots	13

Short track speed skating

Main article: Short track speed skating at the 2017 Asian Winter Games

Singapore entered two athletes (one male and one female) in the short track speed skating competitions.^[16]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Lucas Ng	Men's 500 m	45.115	3 q	46.432	4	did not advance
	Men's 1000 m	1:34.332	4	did not advance
	Men's 1500 m	2:47.061	4	—		did not advance
Cheyenne Goh	Women's 500 m	50.878	2 Q	49.227	3	did not advance
	Women's 1000 m	1:41.672	3 q	1:46.560	3	did not advance
	Women's 1500 m	3:00.201	3 Q	—		2:53.343	5	did not advance

See also

• Singapore at the 2018 Winter Olympics

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