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|sport = Ice hockey
|founded = 2008
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The '''Arab Cup of Ice Hockey''' was an international [ce hockey competition involving teams from Arab nations. The inaugural (and to date only) tournament took place on the 16th to 20 June 2008 in Abu Dhabi, [[United Arab Emirates]]. A 2009 competition was planned to be held in Kuwait City, [[Kuwait]] but was cancelled.

==2008 results==
The 2008 competition was made up of four teams from Arab nations. All games took place in Abu Dhabi Ice Rink - Zayed Sports Complex. [[United Arab Emirates]] won the tournament, beating [[Kuwait]] 4 – 1 in the gold medal game.<ref name="2008UAEWIN">{{cite web | url = http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/article/arab-cup-victory-for-emirates.html | title = Arab Cup victory for Emirates | publisher = [[International Ice Hockey Federation]] | date = | accessdate = 2010-05-14 |archiveurl= |archivedate= |deadurl=no}}</ref>

===Standings===
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|-
!width=40|{{Tooltip|Rk|Ranking}}
!width=165|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|OTL|Overtime loss}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GDF|Goal difference}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|PTS|Points}}
|- style="background:#ffd700;"
|[[Image:gold medal icon.png]]|| style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|UAE}} || 3 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 19 || 5 || 14 || '''6'''
|- style="background:#c0c0c0;"
|[[Image:silver medal icon.png]]|| style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|KUW}} || 3 || 2 || 1 || 0 || 17 || 9 || 8 || '''5'''
|- style="background:#cc9966;"
|[[Image:bronze medal icon.png]]|| style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|MAR}} || 3 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 12 || 21 || -9 || '''2'''
|-
|4 || style="text-align:left;"|{{ih|ALG}} || 3 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 10 || 23 || -13 || '''0'''
|}

===Fixtures===
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|date = June 16, 2008
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|team2 = {{ih|MAR}}
|score = 9 – 0
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|date = June 16, 2008
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|team1 = {{ih-rt|KUW}}
|team2 = {{ih|ALG}}
|score = 8 – 2
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|date = June 17, 2008
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|score = 6 – 2
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|date = June 17, 2008
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|score = 6 – 3
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|score = 3 – 2 (OT)
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|date = June 18, 2008
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|score = 9 – 6
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====Semi-finals====
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|date = June 19, 2008
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|team1 = {{ih-rt|UAE}}
|team2 = {{ih|ALG}}
|score = 10 – 4
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====Bronze medal game====
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|date = June 20, 2008
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|team1 = {{ih|MAR}}
|score = 7 – 5
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====Gold medal game====
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|date = June 20, 2008
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|team1 = {{ih-rt|UAE}}
|team2 = {{ih|KUW}}
|score = 4 – 1
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|goals1 = 
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|stadium = Zayed Sports Complex
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}}

== See also ==
*[[Arab Ice Hockey Federation]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[http://moroccanicehockey.com/ Moroccan Ice Hockey Federation Website]
*[http://www.arabicehockeyfederation.com Arab Ice Hockey Federation Website]
*[http://www.hockeyalgeria.com Algerian Ice Hockey Association Website]
*[http://www.myspace.com/algeriaicehockey Official Algeria Myspace Page]

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[[Category:Tournaments]]