2025 Asian Winter Games

IX Asian Winter Games

Host city	Harbin, China
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
Summer
← Hangzhou 2022 Aichi–Nagoya 2026 →
Winter
← Sapporo–Obihiro 2017 Trojena 2029 →

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.

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]

• 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]

2025 Asian Winter Games bidding results

City	NOC	Round 1
Harbin	China	Only bidder

• Seoul, Gangwon or Jeonju, South Korea^[5]

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]

The official motto of the 2025 Asian Winter Games, "Dream of Winter, Love among Asia" was announced on 11 January 2024.

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

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.

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.

Event/Date→		February 2025										Events
		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								1	1			2
Biathlon								2			2	4
Cross-country skiing					2	1	1		1	1		6
Curling		●	●	●	1	●	●	●	●	●	2	3
Figure skating									●	2	2	4
Freestyle skiing				●	2	2	1	2	2	2		11
Ice hockey		●	●	●		●	●	●	●	2		2
Short-track speed skating					●	3	2	4				9
Ski mountaineering						1	1			1		3
Snowboarding				●	2		2		●	2		6
Speed skating					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

A total of 13 NOC's have qualified athletes so far.

• Previous Asian Winter Games in China
  • 1996 Asian Winter Games – also held in Harbin
  • 2007 Asian Winter Games – Changchun

• Official website