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Asian Winter Games
	Official logo of the Games
Abbreviation	AWG
First event	1986 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, Japan
Occur every	Four years
Last event	2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo-Obihiro, Japan
Next event	2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China
Purpose	Multi-sport event for nations on the Asian continent

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The Asian Winter Games (AWG) is an international multi-sport event held every four years for members of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) which features winter events. The Japanese Olympic Committee first suggested the idea of holding a winter version of the Asian Games in 1982. Their efforts were rewarded when they were finally given hosting rights for the first edition that was held in Sapporo in 1986, as the city had the infrastructure and expertise gained from hosting of the 1972 Winter Olympics.

From having only seven member nations of the Olympic Council of Asia taking part in the first edition, the number of nations competing in the Winter Asiad has consistently grown. In the 2007 Asian Winter Games in Changchun, 27 out of the 45 members fielded a record number of competitors, while all 45 NOCs sent delegations for the first time ever in Winter Asian history.

Although games in Lebanon in 2009 were considered, they did not take place and were cancelled.^[1] After the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo, the next edition is scheduled to be held in Harbin in 2025.

The 2021 Winter Asian Games were scheduled to be held, but were eventually canceled.^[2]

List of Asian Winter Games

1986,1990,2017

1996, 2025

1999

2003

2007

2011

2029

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Host cities of the Asian Winter Games

Edition	Year	Host city	Host nation	Opened by	Start date	End date	Nations	Competitors	Sports	Events	Top-placed team	Ref.
1	1986	Sapporo	Japan	Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah	1 March	8 March	7	293	7	35	Japan (JPN)	^[3]
2	1990	Sapporo	Japan	Emperor Akihito	9 March	14 March	9	310	6	33	Japan (JPN)	^[4]
3	1996	Harbin	China	President Jiang Zemin	4 February	11 February	17	453	8	43	China (CHN)	^[5]
4	1999	Gangwon	South Korea	President Kim Dae-jung	30 January	6 February	14	798	7	43	China (CHN)	^[6]
5	2003	Aomori	Japan	Crown Prince Naruhito	1 February	8 February	17	641	11	51	Japan (JPN)	^[7]
6	2007	Changchun	China	President Hu Jintao	28 January	4 February	25	796	10	47	China (CHN)	^[8]
7	2011	Astana and Almaty	Kazakhstan	President Nursultan Nazarbayev	30 January	6 February	26	843	11	69	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	^[9]
8	2017	Sapporo and Obihiro	Japan	Crown Prince Naruhito	19 February	26 February	32	1,147	11	64	Japan (JPN)	^[10]
9	2025	Harbin	China	TBD	7 February	14 February			11	64
10	2029	Trojena	Saudi Arabia	TBD

At the 2017 Games, the Olympic Council of Asia invited athletes from Oceania. Two countries from the region (Australia and New Zealand) accepted the invitation and their athletes competed along with 30 NOCs from Asia.

Sports

Sport	Years
Alpine skiing	All
Bandy	2011
Biathlon	All
Cross-country skiing	All
Curling	2003–2007, since 2017
Figure skating	1986, since 1996
Freestyle skiing	1996, since 2003
Ice hockey	All
Short-track speed skating	All
Ski jumping	2003, 2011-2017
Ski mountaineering	2025
Ski orienteering	2011
Snowboarding	2003–2007, since 2017
Speed skating	All

Medal count


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Japan (JPN)	138	144	115	397
2	China (CHN)	94	85	105	284
3	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	78	62	56	196
4	South Korea (KOR)	74	83	92	249
5	North Korea (PRK)	1	4	12	17
6	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	2	4	7
7	Lebanon (LBN)	1	1	0	2
8	Mongolia (MGL)	0	1	6	7
9	Iran (IRI)	0	1	2	3
10	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		387	383	393	1,163

References

^ "The skiers of Lebanon". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2005-06-04. Archived from the original on 2023-07-09.
^ "2021 동계아시안게임 사실상 무산…병역 혜택 사라질 듯". SBS 뉴스 (in Korean). 2020-08-25.
^ "1st AWG Sapporo 1986". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 22 July 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "2nd AWG Sapporo 1990". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 22 July 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "3rd AWG Harbin 1996". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 22 July 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "4th AWG Gangwon 1999". Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
^ "5th AWG Aomori 2003". Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 2011-12-08. Retrieved 1 February 2003.
^ "6th AWG Changchun 2007". Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 28 January 2007.
^ "7th AWG Astana-Almaty 2011". Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 2010-11-08. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
^ "8th AWG Sapporo 2017". Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 2010-11-07. Retrieved 19 February 2017.

External links

[1] "The skiers of Lebanon". The Sydney Morning Herald. 2005-06-04. Archived from the original on 2023-07-09.

[2] "2021 동계아시안게임 사실상 무산…병역 혜택 사라질 듯". SBS 뉴스 (in Korean). 2020-08-25.

[3] "1st AWG Sapporo 1986". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 22 July 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}

[4] "2nd AWG Sapporo 1990". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 22 July 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}

[5] "3rd AWG Harbin 1996". Olympic Council of Asia. Retrieved 22 July 2010.^{[permanent dead link]}

[6] "4th AWG Gangwon 1999". Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 22 July 2010.

[7] "5th AWG Aomori 2003". Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 2011-12-08. Retrieved 1 February 2003.

[8] "6th AWG Changchun 2007". Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 28 January 2007.

[9] "7th AWG Astana-Almaty 2011". Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 2010-11-08. Retrieved 30 January 2011.

[10] "8th AWG Sapporo 2017". Olympic Council of Asia. Archived from the original on 2010-11-07. Retrieved 19 February 2017.

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 From having only seven member nations of the [[Olympic Council of Asia]] taking part in the first edition, the number of nations competing in the Winter Asiad has consistently grown. In the [[2007 Asian Winter Games]] in [[Changchun]], 27 out of the 45 members fielded a record number of competitors, while all 45 NOCs sent delegations for the first time ever in Winter Asian history.
-Although games in [[Lebanon]] in 2009 were considered, they ultimately did not take place.<ref>[https://www.smh.com.au/world/the-skiers-of-lebanon-20050604-gdlg1d.html The skiers of Lebanon]</ref> After the [[2017 Asian Winter Games]] in Sapporo, the next edition is scheduled to be held in 2029.
+Although games in [[Lebanon]] in 2009 were considered, they did not take place and were cancelled.<ref>{{cite web |title=The skiers of Lebanon |date=2005-06-04 |website=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230709013446/https://www.smh.com.au/world/the-skiers-of-lebanon-20050604-gdlg1d.html |archive-date=2023-07-09 |url-status=live |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/the-skiers-of-lebanon-20050604-gdlg1d.html}}</ref> After the [[2017 Asian Winter Games]] in Sapporo, the next edition is scheduled to be held in Harbin in 2025.
+The 2021 Winter Asian Games were scheduled to be held, but were eventually canceled.<ref>{{cite web |title=2021 동계아시안게임 사실상 무산…병역 혜택 사라질 듯 |date=2020-08-25 |website=SBS 뉴스 |url=https://news.sbs.co.kr/news/endPage.do?news_id=N1005947247&plink=ORI&cooper=NAVER |language=ko}}</ref>
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-* For the 2017 Games, the [[Olympic Council of Asia]] invited athletes from [[Oceania National Olympic Committees|Oceania]]. Two countries from the region ([[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]]) participated along with 30 NOCs from [[Asia]].
+* At the 2017 Games, the [[Olympic Council of Asia]] invited athletes from [[Oceania National Olympic Committees|Oceania]]. Two countries from the region ([[Australia]] and [[New Zealand]]) accepted the invitation and their athletes competed along with 30 NOCs from [[Asia]].
 ==Sports==
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 | [[Alpine skiing at the Asian Winter Games|Alpine skiing]] || All
 |-
-|style="background: #D3D3D3;" | [[Bandy at the Asian Winter Games|Bandy]] || 2011 only
+|style="background: #D3D3D3;" | [[Bandy at the Asian Winter Games|Bandy]] || 2011
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 | [[Biathlon at the Asian Winter Games|Biathlon]] || All
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 | [[Cross-country skiing at the Asian Winter Games|Cross-country skiing]] || All
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-| [[Curling at the Asian Winter Games|Curling]] || 2003–2007, 2017
+| [[Curling at the Asian Winter Games|Curling]] || 2003–2007, since 2017
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 | [[Figure skating at the Asian Winter Games|Figure skating]] || 1986, since 1996
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 | [[Freestyle skiing at the Asian Winter Games|Freestyle skiing]] || 1996, since 2003
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+| [[Ice hockey at the Asian Winter Games|Ice hockey]] || All
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+| [[Short-track speed skating at the Asian Winter Games|Short-track speed skating]] || All
-! Sport || Years
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-| [[Ice hockey at the Asian Winter Games|Ice hockey]] || All
+| [[Ski jumping at the Asian Winter Games|Ski jumping]] || 2003, 2011-2017
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-|style="background: #D3D3D3;" | [[Ski orienteering at the Asian Winter Games|Ski orienteering]] || 2011 only
+| [[Ski mountaineering at the Asian Winter Games|Ski mountaineering]] || 2025
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 ==External links==
-*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110112160240/http://www.astana-almaty2011.kz/gis/menu/en/comm/home.aspx 2011 Asian Winter Games official website]
+*[https://www.harbin2025.com/english/index.html 2025 Asian Winter Games official website]
-*[http://www.ocasia.org Olympic Council of Asia]
+*[https://oca.asia/ Olympic Council of Asia]
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v t e Asian Games
Sports Bids OCA NOCs Medal table Summer Winter Mascots
Summer Games	1951 New Delhi 1954 Manila 1958 Tokyo 1962 Jakarta 1966 Bangkok 1970 Bangkok 1974 Tehran 1978 Bangkok 1982 New Delhi 1986 Seoul 1990 Beijing 1994 Hiroshima 1998 Bangkok 2002 Busan 2006 Doha 2010 Guangzhou 2014 Incheon 2018 Jakarta & Palembang 2022 Hangzhou^† 2026 Aichi-Nagoya 2030 Doha 2034 Riyadh
Winter Games	1986 Sapporo 1990 Sapporo 1996 Harbin 1999 Kangwon 2003 Aomori 2007 Changchun 2011 Astana & Almaty 2017 Sapporo 2025 Harbin 2029 Trojena
^†Postponed to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic

v t e Events of the Olympic Council of Asia
Continental	Asian Games Asian Beach Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Asian Winter Games Asian Youth Games
Regional	Central Asian Games East Asian Youth Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games
Defunct	East Asian Games West Asian Games Afro-Asian Games¹ Asian Indoor Games² Asian Martial Arts Games²
¹ Inter-continental event involving Asia and Africa.² Merged to form Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.