2025 Asian Winter Games
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| Host city | Harbin, China |
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| Motto | Dream of Winter, Love Among Asia (Chinese: 冰雪同梦，亚洲同心) |
| Nations | 34 (expected) |
| Events | 64 in 11 sports |
| Opening | 7 February 2025 |
| Closing | 14 February 2025 |
| Main venue | Harbin International Convention Exhibition and Sports Center |
| Website | harbin2025.com |
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| Winter | |
The 2025 Asian Winter Games (第九届亚洲冬季运动会), officially known as the 9th Asian Winter Games, and commonly known as Harbin 2025 (哈尔滨2025), will be the ninth edition of the Asian Winter Games, a multi-sport event held from 7 to 14 February 2025 in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China. This will be the second time that Harbin will host the event and the third time China has hosted the Asian Winter Games.
Bidding process
[edit]Harbin was elected as the host city at the 42nd OCA General Assembly on 8 July 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand.[1] Harbin was the only bid to host the games.[2]
Host City
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Harbin, China: On 28 June 2023, the Harbin government held a press briefing on the city's bid for the 2025 Asian Winter Games, the government official revealed that all preparations for the bid have been basically completed.[3][4]
| City | NOC | Round 1 |
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| Harbin | China
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Only bidder |
Interested parties
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Seoul, Gangwon or Jeonju, South Korea[5]
Development and preparations
[edit]Emblem and mascot
[edit]The official emblem and mascots were unveiled the same day as the slogan reveal on 11 January 2024. The emblem “Breakthrough”, consists of three distinct elements: the emblem motif, the abbreviated name of the Games and the OCA symbol. The emblem motif integrates the designs of a short track speed skater, a lilac (the city flower of Harbin) and swirling ribbons into one cohesive composition. With gradients of blue and purple, it simulates the light and shadow refracted when sunlight hits the ice, depicting the charm of winter sports. The swirling ribbon embodies the tribute to the past and aspirations for the future. Only by constant breakthroughs can one embrace the most promising future. The posture of the short track speed skater embodies the sportsmanship of the athletes of the nations and regions of Asia. The purple lilac embodies Harbin's city culture of openness, while the purple-blue hues symbolize ice and snow, reflecting the unique features of the “Ice City” and its passion for winter sports. The swirling ribbon adds a joyous visual to the emblem, depicting the enthusiasm of the people of Harbin. The OCA symbol in the upper left captures the hope, vitality and long-standing aspiration of Asian countries to pursue progress and peace, and to strive for the Olympic motto of “Citius, Altius, Fortius”.
The mascots of the event are Binbin and Nini, a pair of Siberian tigers. Binbin represents the ice events, while Nini represents the snow events. Their names embody the Games’ mantra "Welcome to Harbin". Binbin shows off his winter sportswear, boldly donning a red scarf and blue gloves and sharing his joy of ice dancing, as Nini is snowboarding, wearing a traditional Chinese red cotton jacket with a warm fluffy collar and snowflake patterns that display a festive look.[6]
Motto
[edit]The official motto of the 2025 Asian Winter Games, "Dream of Winter, Love among Asia" was announced on 11 January 2024.
Venues
[edit]On 27 February 2024, OCA confirmed venues of 2025 Asian Winter Games.[7]
- Harbin Ice Hockey Arena: Ice hockey (men's)
- Harbin International Convention Exhibition and Sports Center: Opening and closing ceremonies
- Harbin Pingfang District Ice Hockey Arena: Curling
- Harbin Sport University Student Skating Rink: Ice hockey (women's)
- Heilongjiang Ice Events Training Centre Multifunctional Hall: Figure skating and Short track speed skating
- Heilongjiang Ice Events Training Centre Speed Skating Rink: Speed skating
- Yabuli Ski Resort: Alpine skiing, Biathlon, Cross-country skiing, Freestyle skiing, Ski mountaineering and Snowboarding
Sports
[edit]In October 2023, the Olympic Council of Asia announced the full sports program. 64 events across 11 winter sport disciplines, are scheduled in the 2025 Asian Winter Games program.[8] The five ice sports are curling, figure skating, speed skating, short-track speed skating and ice hockey, along with skiing. Ski mountaineering will also be held for the first time at the Asian Winter Games.[9] The discipline of ski jumping has been dropped, after being contested at the last edition of the games.
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sports discipline.
Alpine skiing (2) ()
Biathlon (4) ()
Cross-country skiing (6) ()
Curling (3) ()
Figure skating (4) ()
Freestyle skiing (11) ()
Ice hockey (2) ()
Short-track speed skating (9) ()
Ski mountaineering (3) ()
Snowboarding (6) ()
Speed skating (11) ()
Calendar
[edit]On 27 February 2024, OCA published competition schedule of 2025 Asian Winter Games.[7] The speed skating competition will award the most gold medals, with 14 in total, followed by short track speed skating, which will award 9 gold medals.
| OC | Opening ceremony | ● | Event competitions | 1 | Event finals | CC | Closing ceremony |
| Event/Date→ | February 2025 | Events | ||||||||||
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| 5 Wed |
6 Thu |
7 Fri |
8 Sat |
9 Sun |
10 Mon |
11 Tue |
12 Wed |
13 Thu |
14 Fri | |||
| Ceremonies | OC | CC | ||||||||||
 Alpine skiing
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1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
 Biathlon
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2 | 2 | 4 | |||||||||
 Cross-country skiing
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2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
 Curling
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● | ● | ● | 1 | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 3 | |
 Figure skating
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● | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||||||||
 Freestyle skiing
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● | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | ||||
 Ice hockey
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● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | ● | 2 | 2 | |||
 Short-track speed skating
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● | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | |||||||
 Ski mountaineering
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1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||
 Snowboarding
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● | 2 | 2 | ● | 2 | 6 | ||||||
 Speed skating
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2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | ||||||
| Total events | 9 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 64 | ||||
| Cumulative total | 9 | 18 | 29 | 40 | 48 | 58 | 64 | |||||
| Event/Date→ | 5 Wed |
6 Thu |
7 Fri |
8 Sat |
9 Sun |
10 Mon |
11 Tue |
12 Wed |
13 Thu |
14 Fri |
Events | |
| February 2025 | ||||||||||||
Participating National Olympic Committees
[edit]A total of 14 NOC's have qualified athletes so far.
See also
[edit]- Previous Asian Winter Games in China
- 1996 Asian Winter Games – also held in Harbin
- 2007 Asian Winter Games – Changchun
References
[edit]- ^ Huiying, Zhou (8 July 2024). "Harbin wins bid to host 9th Asian Winter Games". China Daily. Beijing, China. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ McKay, Duncan (8 July 2023). "Harbin in China awarded 2025 Asian Winter Games for second time". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ Liang, Kexin; Li, Pengju (27 May 2023). "Mobilization Meeting for Harbin's Bid to Host the 2025 Asian Winter Games was held; Zhang Qixiang delivered speech (哈尔滨市申办2025年亚洲冬季运动会动员会议召开 张起翔讲话)". 冰城+ app. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ Liu, Huan. "Harbin to bid for 2025 Asian Winter Games; preparation work basically completed 哈尔滨市将申办2025年第九届亚冬会 申办准备工作已基本就绪" (in Chinese). China News Service. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ Kwon, Jong-oh. "Korea Sports Association promotes hosting of 2025 Asian Winter Games (대한체육회, 2025 동계 아시안게임 개최 추진)" (in Korean). KBS News. Retrieved 27 May 2023.
- ^ "Harbin 2025 unveils mascot, emblem and slogan for AWG". Olympic Council of Asia. 11 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
- ^ a b "OCA announces competition schedule for 9th AWG Harbin 2025". Olympic Council of Asia. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 1 March 2024.
- ^ "OCA announces sports programme for 9th Asian Winter Games Harbin 2025". www.oca.asia/. Olympic Council of Asia. 18 October 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
- ^ Barker, Philip (24 October 2023). "Ski mountaineering to make Asian Winter Games debut at Harbin 2025". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
External links
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