2023 Arab Cup of Ice Hockey
# 2023 Arab Cup of Ice Hockey

The 2023 Arab Cup of Ice Hockey (Arabic: كأس العرب لهوكي الجليد 2023) was the second edition of the Arab Cup of Ice Hockey held by the Arab Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was held in Kuwait from 7 to 13 May 2023 and was the first edition held since 2008.

Lebanon won its first Arab Cup after defeating hosts Kuwait 9–4 in the final, becoming the second team to win the Arab Cup title with an undefeated record after the United Arab Emirates in 2008. Kuwait awarded the silver medal, their second consecutive silver medal in the Arab Cup. Oman won the bronze medal after defeating Bahrain 6–3.

## Participants

| Group A | Group B |
| - | - |
| Algeria  Bahrain  Kuwait (hosts)  Tunisia | Egypt  Lebanon  Oman  Jeddah Eagles* |

    *Saudi Arabia was unofficially represented at the tournament by the Jeddah Eagles club team.

## Preliminary round

All times are Arabia Standard Time (UTC+3).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Kuwait (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 10 | +13 | 9 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 22 | −9 | 3 | |
| 4 | Algeria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | OTW | OTL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lebanon | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 6 | +23 | 9 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Oman | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 22 | +2 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 16 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Jeddah Eagles | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 24 | −20 | 0 | |

## Playoff round

### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Gold medal game | Gold medal game | Gold medal game |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A1 | Kuwait | 13 | | | |
| B2 | Oman | 3 | | | |
| B2 | Oman | 3 | A1 | Kuwait | 4 |
| | | | B1 | Lebanon | 9 |
| B1 | Lebanon | 8 | B1 | Lebanon | 9 |
| A2 | Bahrain | 1 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | | A2 | Bahrain | 3 |
| | | | B2 | Oman | 6 |

**5th place bracket**

| 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th place game | 5th place game | 5th place game |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| A3 | Tunisia | 24 | | | |
| B4 | Jeddah Eagles | 3 | | | |
| B4 | Jeddah Eagles | 3 | A3 | Tunisia | 4 |
| | | | A4 | Algeria | 8 |
| B3 | Egypt | 3 | A4 | Algeria | 8 |
| A4 | Algeria | 8 | 7th place game | 7th place game | 7th place game |
| | | | B3 | Egypt | 9 |
| | | | B4 | Jeddah Eagles | 4 |

## Final ranking

* 2023 Arab Cup of Ice Hockey
* Lebanon 1st title

| Rk | Team |
| - | - |
| | Lebanon |
| | Kuwait |
| | Oman |
| 4 | Bahrain |
| 5 | Algeria |
| 6 | Tunisia |
| 7 | Egypt |
| 8 | Jeddah Eagles |

## Statistics

### Scoring leaders

List shows the top ten skaters sorted by points, then goals.

| Player | GP | G | A | Pts | +/– | PIM | Pos |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Artyom Sursov | 5 | 9 | 14 | 23 | +6 | 10 | F |
| Ilya Drozdetskikh | 5 | 15 | 4 | 19 | +15 | 24 | F |
| Valeri Budevich | 5 | 7 | 8 | 15 | +9 | 6 | F |
| Anton Tsybin | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | +16 | 8 | D |
| Youssef Chaouachi | 4 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 2 | F |
| Nikita Shpakov | 5 | 8 | 5 | 13 | +7 | 12 | F |
| Alexei Baskov | 5 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +5 | 10 | F |
| Adrien Sebag | 5 | 6 | 7 | 13 | +2 | 10 | F |
| Bojan Zidarević | 5 | 2 | 11 | 13 | +17 | 6 | F |
| Grigori Yakovlev | 5 | 5 | 7 | 12 | +12 | 6 | F |

### Goaltending leaders

Only the top five goaltenders, based on save percentage, who have played at least 40% of their team's minutes, are included in this list.

| Player | TOI | GA | GAA | SA | SV% | SO |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gabriel Waked | 177:00 | 5 | 1.70 | 90 | 94.73 | 1 |
| Issam Ghotmeh | 124:00 | 6 | 2.91 | 58 | 90.62 | 0 |
| Yacine Chemrouk | 240:00 | 21 | 5.25 | 199 | 90.45 | 0 |
| Bogdan Donenko | 189:00 | 24 | 7.66 | 185 | 88.51 | 0 |
| Igor Tyalo | 180:00 | 14 | 4.67 | 91 | 86.67 | 0 |
