Sports Beijing

Sports Beijing is a non-profit sports organization located in Beijing, China. It caters mainly to expatriots, but all children of all nationalities are welcomed to participate. Children from ages 4-17 all participate. Their sports include ice hockey, soccer, gymnastics, baseball, touch football, dance, cheerleading, golf, floor hockey, roller hockey and others.

Ice Hockey

Ice hockey has the second largest amount of participants, second only to soccer. It has four divisions -- Mite, Squirt, Peewee and Bantam. Its age groups do not correspond with the Canadian nor American age groups. Mite is under 7, Squirt 7-12, Peewee 12-15 and Bantam 15+. These are mere guidelines though, and it mainly depends on talent.

Sports Beijing also fields a team every year in the Malaysia Ice Hockey 5's, Asia's largest ice hockey tournament. They send three teams; a Squirt team, a Peewee team and a Bantam team. In 2006, the Squirt team placed 4th, the Peewee team 1st, and the Bantam team 2nd in their respective divisions.