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Abbreviation | AWG |
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First event | 1986 Asian Winter GamesinSapporo, Japan |
Occur every | Four years |
Last event | 2017 Asian Winter GamesinSapporo-Obihiro, Japan |
Next event | 2025 Asian Winter GamesinHarbin, 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 Sapporoin1986, 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 GamesinChangchun, 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]
Edition | Year | Host city | Host nation | Opened by | Start date | End date | Nations | Competitors | Sports | Events | Top-placed team | Ref. |
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1 | 1986 | Sapporo | ![]() |
Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah | 1 March | 8 March | 7 | 293 | 7 | 35 | ![]() |
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2 | 1990 | Sapporo | ![]() |
Emperor Akihito | 9 March | 14 March | 9 | 310 | 6 | 33 | ![]() |
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3 | 1996 | Harbin | ![]() |
President Jiang Zemin | 4 February | 11 February | 17 | 453 | 8 | 43 | ![]() |
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4 | 1999 | Gangwon | ![]() |
President Kim Dae-jung | 30 January | 6 February | 14 | 798 | 7 | 43 | ![]() |
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5 | 2003 | Aomori | ![]() |
Crown Prince Naruhito | 1 February | 8 February | 17 | 641 | 11 | 51 | ![]() |
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6 | 2007 | Changchun | ![]() |
President Hu Jintao | 28 January | 4 February | 25 | 796 | 10 | 47 | ![]() |
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7 | 2011 | Astana and Almaty | ![]() |
President Nursultan Nazarbayev | 30 January | 6 February | 26 | 843 | 11 | 69 | ![]() |
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8 | 2017 | Sapporo and Obihiro | ![]() |
Crown Prince Naruhito | 19 February | 26 February | 32 | 1,147 | 11 | 64 | ![]() |
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9 | 2025 | Harbin | ![]() |
TBD | 7 February | 14 February | 11 | 64 | ||||
10 | 2029 | Trojena | ![]() |
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Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 138 | 144 | 115 | 397 |
2 | ![]() | 94 | 85 | 105 | 284 |
3 | ![]() | 78 | 62 | 56 | 196 |
4 | ![]() | 74 | 83 | 92 | 249 |
5 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 12 | 17 |
6 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
7 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
9 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
10 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (10 entries) | 387 | 383 | 393 | 1163 |
Events of the Olympic Council of Asia
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1 Inter-continental event involving Asia and Africa.2 Merged to form Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. |