Like in the previous edition, only a men's competition was held. Malaysia has requested the Philippines to introduce a women's ice hockey event to the games.[3] The hosts complied with Malaysia's request but a total of three nations only expressed their interest to participate in a women's tournament[4] a team short in order for women's hockey to be a medal event.
The following is the competition schedule for the ice hockey competition[5]
G
Group stage
½
Semifinals
B
3rd place play-off
F
Final
Sun 1
Mon 2
Tue 3
Wed 4
Thu 5
Fri 6
Sat 7
Sun 8
G
G
G
G
G
G
½
B
F
Competition format
The tournament had a single round robin format for the group phase with the top four teams advanced to the semifinals. The winning teams of the two semifinals contested the gold medal while the losing teams played against each other to determine the bronze medalist team.[5]
Source: IIHF Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament. (H) Host
Singapore Eugene Ang Chen Pei Huan Chew Wee Cael Chua Darren Goh Ryan Goh Benjamin Huang James Kodrowski Kok Hung Wei Joewe Lam Bryan Lee Kenny Liang Liu Zhiyang Ignatius Ng Richard Lowell Obrien Christian William Redden Ethan Peter Redden Ryan Tan Marcus Tang Christopher Wong
Philippines Samuel James Bengzon Javier Alfonso Gabriel Cadiz John Steven Fuglister Francisco Emmanuel Gautier Benjamin Jorge Imperial Gianpetro Iseppi Lenard Rigel Lancero II Carl Michael Montano Danilo Pastrana Jr. Jan Aro Regencia Miguel Alfonso Relampagos Jon David Samson Eishner Jigsmac Sibug Geffrey So Paolo Spafford Kenneth Mitchell Stern Patrick Russell Syquiatco Carlo Martin Tenedero Carlo Angelo Tigaronita Richmond Yu