Asian Winter Games
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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.
List of Asian Winter Games[change | change source]
| Edition | Year | Host City | Host Nation | Opened by | Start Date | End Date | Nations | Competitors | Sports | Events | Top Placed Team | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1986 | Sapporo |  Japan
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Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | 1 March | 8 March | 7 | 293 | 4 | 35 | Japan (JPN)
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[1] |
| 2 | 1990 | Sapporo | Japan
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Emperor Akihito | 9 March | 14 March | 9 | 310 | 4 | 33 | Japan (JPN)
|
[2] |
| 3 | 1996 | Harbin |  China
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President Jiang Zemin | 4 February | 11 February | 17 | 453 | 4 | 43 |  China (CHN)
|
[3] |
| 4 | 1999 | Gangwon |  South Korea
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President Kim Dae-jung | 30 January | 6 February | 14 | 798 | 4 | 43 | China (CHN)
|
[4] |
| 5 | 2003 | Aomori |  Japan
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Crown Prince Naruhito | 1 February | 8 February | 17 | 641 | 5 | 51 |  Japan (JPN)
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[5] |
| 6 | 2007 | Changchun | China
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President Hu Jintao | 28 January | 4 February | 25 | 796 | 5 | 47 | China (CHN)
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[6] |
| 7 | 2011 | Astana‒Almaty |  Kazakhstan
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President Nursultan Nazarbayev | 30 January | 6 February | 26 | 843 | 5 | 69 |  Kazakhstan (KAZ)
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[7] |
| 8 | 2017 | Sapporo | Japan
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Crown Prince Naruhito | 19 February | 26 February | 32 | 1,147 | 5 | 64 | Japan (JPN)
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[8] |
| 9 | 2025 | Harbin | China
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Future event | ||||||||
| 10 | 2029 | NEOM | Future event | |||||||||
- For the 2017 Games, the Olympic Council of Asia invited athletes from the Oceania region. Two countries from the region (Australia and New Zealand) participated along with 30 NOCs from Asia.
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "1st AWG Sapporo 1986". OCA. Retrieved 22 July 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "2nd AWG Sapporo 1990". OCA. Retrieved 22 July 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "3rd AWG Harbin 1996". OCA. Retrieved 22 July 2010.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "4th AWG Gangwon 1999". OCA. Archived from the original on 2010-06-13. Retrieved 22 July 2010.
- ↑ "5th AWG Aomori 2003". OCA. Archived from the original on 2011-12-08. Retrieved 1 February 2003.
- ↑ "6th AWG Changchun 2007". OCA. Archived from the original on 2011-05-22. Retrieved 28 January 2007.
- ↑ "7th AWG Astana-Almaty 2011". OCA. Archived from the original on 2010-11-08. Retrieved 30 January 2011.
- ↑ "8th AWG Sapporo 2017". OCA. Archived from the original on 2010-11-07. Retrieved 19 February 2017.
Other websites[change | change source]
- 2011 Asian Winter Games official website
- Olympic Council of Asia Archived 2018-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
