Kuwait at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

Kuwait at the
2025 Asian Winter Games
Kuwait at the; 2025 Asian Winter Games
	Flag of Kuwait
IOC code	KUW
NOC	Kuwait Olympic Committee
Website	www.kuwaitolympic.org
in Harbin, China; 7 February 2025 – 14 February 2025
Competitors	25 in 4 sports
Flag bearer	Mohammed Al Duaij & Fatema Abdulateef
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Asian Winter Games appearances
	1996; 1999; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2017; 2029;
Other related appearances
	Athletes from Kuwait (2011); Independent Olympic Athletes (2017)

Kuwait competed at the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, from February 7 to 14.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The Kuwaiti team consisted of 25 athletes.^[4]^[5] During the opening ceremony, hockey player Mohammed Al Duaij and curler Fatema Abdulateef were the country's flagbearers.^[6]

Competitors

The following table lists the Kuwaiti delegation per sport and gender.^[7]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	2	0	2
Curling	1	1	2
Freestyle skiing	1	0	1
Ice hockey	20	0	20
Total	24	1	25

Alpine skiing

Kuwait entered two male alpine skiers.^[7]

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Faris Al Obaid	Men's slalom	1:23.90	45	1:21.72	39	2:45.62	39
Abdulrahman Al Wahibi	Men's slalom	1:21.34	44	1:18.52	38	2:39.86	38

Curling

Kuwait entered two curlers.^[7]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Qualification	Semifinal	Final / BM
Team	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Fatema Abdulateef Saud Alkandari	Mixed doubles	Mongolia W 6–5	Thailand L 3–12	Chinese Taipei L 3–13	Hong Kong L 2–11	Japan L	5	Did not advance			10

Mixed doubles tournament

Kuwait entered a mixed doubles pair. Abdulateef and Alkandari finished fourth in their group in the preliminary stage.

Round robin

Group A	Athletes	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	SE	DSC
Japan	Tori Koana / Go Aoki	5	0	–	49	8	21	5	15	57.23
Hong Kong	Ling-Yue Hung / Martin Yan	4	1	–	46	26	19	17	8	56.68
Chinese Taipei	Chou Yi-hsuan / Liu Bor-kai	3	2	–	44	25	20	14	9	65.56
Thailand	Chanatip Sonkham / Teekawin Jearateerawit	2	3	–	29	46	14	20	7	142.12
	Fatema Abdulateef / Saud Alkandari	1	4	–	14	41	12	17	4	197.23
Mongolia	Enkhzaya Ganbat / Bayar Bulgankhuu	0	5	–	16	52	11	24	2	134.74

Draw 1

Tuesday, 4 February, 10:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
(Abdulateef / Alkandari)	1	0	2	0	1	1	0	1	6
Mongolia (Ganbat / Bulgankhuu)	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	0	5

Draw 2

Tuesday, 4 February, 14:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Thailand (Sonkham / Jearateerawit)	0	1	4	1	0	4	2	X	12
(Abdulateef / Alkandari)	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	3

Draw 3

Wednesday, 5 February, 10:00

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Chinese Taipei (Chou / Liu)	2	0	5	2	0	0	4	X	13
(Abdulateef / Alkandari)	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	X	3

Draw 4

Wednesday, 5 February, 14:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
(Abdulateef / Alkandari)	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	X	2
Hong Kong (Hung / Yan)	5	1	0	1	2	2	0	X	11

Draw 7

Thursday, 6 February, 14:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Japan (Koana / Aoki)	5	5							W
(Abdulateef / Alkandari)	0	0							L

Kuwait forfeited the game after end 2 as a player was feeling unwell and could not continue to play.^[8]

Freestyle skiing

Kuwait entered one male freestyle skier.^[7]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification				Final
Athlete	Event	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Best	Rank
Salman Al-Kandari	Halfpipe	Did not start
Salman Al-Kandari	Slopestyle	42.00	DNI	DNI	42.00	10

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Kuwait qualified a men's hockey team. The Kuwaiti team qualified after being ranked as one of the top 12 teams in Asia on the IIHF World Ranking as of May 2024.^[9]

Kuwait was represented by the following 20 athletes:^[10]

Barvik Adam (G)
Mashari Al-Ajmi (F)
Abdullah Al-Asousi (F)
Jasem Al-Awadhi (D)
Abdulrazaq Al-Daei (D)
Mohammed Al-Duaij (D)
Meshal Al-Foudari (D)
Abdulaziz Al-Khashan (F)
Abdulmohsen Al-Khashram (F)
Abdulaziz Al-Maraghy (F)
Abdullah Al-Maragi (F)
Mohammad Al-Maraqi (D)
Salem Al-Mari (F)
Zaid Al-Saied (G)
Valery Budzevich (F)
Ilia Drozdetskikh (F)
Khalaf Khalaf (D)
Anton Tcibin (D)
Kamil Vavra (F)
Bojan Zidarevic (F)

Legend: G = Goalie, D = Defense, F = Forward

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OW	OL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kyrgyzstan	3	2	1	0	0	49	10	+39	8	Quarterfinals
2	Kuwait	3	2	0	1	0	52	12	+40	7	Placement 9–10
3	Singapore	3	1	0	0	2	25	22	+3	3	Placement 11–12
4	Bahrain	3	0	0	0	3	1	83	−82	0	Placement 13–14

Source: OCA

3 February
9:00

Kuwait

8–9 OT
(5–3, 2–2, 1–3)
(OT: 0–1)

Kyrgyzstan

Harbin Ice Hockey Arena, Harbin
Attendance: 1,837

Game reference

Adam Barvík

Goalies

Arslan Maraimbekov
Artem Vasilev

Referee:
Shen Yen-chin (TPE)

Tsibin (Drozdetskikh) – 03:57	1–0
	1–1	04:11 – Egorov (Abdyraev)
	1–2	04:42 – Bekmuratov (Ismanov, Mirbekov)
	1–3	06:44 – Seifulov (Bem, Nuraliev)
Al-Mari (Drozdetskikh, Budzevich) – 07:32	2–3
Drozdetskikh (Tsibin, Budzevich) – 08:20	3–3
Drozdetskikh (Tsibin, Budzevich) – 10:22	4–3
Tsibin (Drozdetskikh) – 19:26	5–3
Drozdetskikh – 28:37	6–3
Tsibin (Drozdetskikh, Budzevich) – 30:13	7–3
	7–4	35:50 – Seifulov (Titov, Popov) (PP)
	7–5	36:31 – Mirbekov (Bekmuratov, Kachkynbekov)
	7–6	42:07 – Abdyraev (Titov, Seifulov)
	7–7	43:10 – Seifulov (Mirbekov)
Drozdetskikh (Tsibin, Budzevich) – 44:03	8–7
	8–8	59:26 – Seifulov (Terentyev, Abdyraev)
	8–9	60:19 – Seifulov (Abdyraev)

12 min

Penalties

8 min

21

Shots

64

5 February
9:00

Singapore

3–10
(0–3, 0–4, 3–3)

Kuwait

Harbin Sport University Stadium, Harbin
Attendance: 383

Game reference

Joshua Lee

Goalies

Adam Barvík
Zaid Al-Saied

Referee:
Timur Morev (KAZ)

	0–1	09:26 – Vavra (Al-Awadhi, Zidarević)
	0–2	10:12 – Tsibin (Al-Khashan, Al-Khalaf)
	0–3	15:43 – Drozdetskikh (Budzevich, Al-Khalaf)
	0–4	20:51 – Tsibin (Budzevich)
	0–5	24:55 – Drozdetskikh (Budzevich, Al-Khalaf)
	0–6	25:49 – Tsibin (Vavra, Al-Awadhi) (PP)
	0–7	36:10 – Al-Awadhi (Vavra)
Chan – 41:24	1–7
	1–8	48:50 – Zidarević (Vavra)
	1–9	52:06 – Drozdetskikh (Al-Awadhi, Al-Daei) (PP)
Kodrowski (Chan) – 53:20	2–9
	2–10	54:40 – Budzevich (Drozdetskikh, Al-Mari)
Chan (Kodrowski, Chew W.) (PP) – 56:30	3–10

10 min

Penalties

10 min

28

Shots

47

9 February
21:00

Bahrain

0–34
(0–10, 0–10, 0–14)

Kuwait

Harbin Ice Hockey Arena, Harbin
Attendance: 907

Game reference

Rashed Al-Mutlaq
Abdulla Al-Adhab

Goalies

Adam Barvík
Zaid Al-Saied

Referee:
Li Ho Ching (HKG)

	0–1	01:38 – Al-Khashan (Al-Ajmi, Al-Foudari)
	0–2	03:52 – Drozdetskikh (Tsibin)
	0–3	04:20 – Tsibin (Budzevich, Drozdetskikh)
	0–4	06:18 – Al-Khalaf (Al-Khashan, Al-Foudari)
	0–5	08:26 – Vavra (Al-Awadhi, Abdula. Al-Maragi)
	0–6	10:32 – Tsibin (Al-Foudari)
	0–7	13:35 – Al-Mari (Al-Khalaf, Tsibin) (PP)
	0–8	14:05 – Vavra (Zidarević)
	0–9	17:00 – Abdull. Al-Maragi (Vavra, Al-Duaij)
	0–10	17:56 – Drozdetskikh (Tsibin, Budzevich)
	0–11	21:37 – Vavra (Al-Daei)
	0–12	21:56 – Al-Khashan (Al-Khashram)
	0–13	26:21 – Zidarević (Vavra, Al-Awadhi)
	0–14	28:36 – Al-Khashram (Tsibin) (SH)
	0–15	29:46 – Tsibin (Budzevich)
	0–16	30:05 – Budzevich (Drozdetskikh)
	0–17	35:05 – Drozdetskikh
	0–18	35:56 – Vavra (Al-Awadhi, Zidarević)
	0–19	36:56 – Al-Ajmi (Al-Khashram, Al-Foudari)
	0–20	39:06 – Drozdetskikh (Budzevich, Al-Khalaf)
	0–21	40:35 – Budzevich (Drozdetskikh, Tsibin)
	0–22	41:13 – Al-Daei (Vavra, Al-Awadhi) (PP)
	0–23	42:15 – Tsibin
	0–24	45:31 – Tsibin (Budzevich, Drozdetskikh)
	0–25	46:19 – Vavra (Zidarević, Al-Awadhi)
	0–26	50:00 – Budzevich (Tsibin, Drozdetskikh)
	0–27	50:24 – Zidarević (Vavra, Al-Awadhi)
	0–28	55:36 – Tsibin (Budzevich) (SH)
	0–29	56:24 – Zidarević (Vavra)
	0–30	57:57 – Al-Asousi (Vavra, Abdull. Al-Maragi)
	0–31	58:29 – Tsibin (Budzevich, Drozdetskikh)
	0–32	58:48 – Al-Mari (Tsibin, Drozdetskikh)
	0–33	59:23 – Vavra (Al-Awadhi)
	0–34	59:33 – Al-Awadhi (Vavra)

8 min

Penalties

6 min

9

Shots

86

Ninth place game

10 February
17:00

Kuwait

8–4
(3–2, 3–2, 2–0)

Turkmenistan

Harbin Sport University Stadium, Harbin
Attendance: 668

Game reference

Adam Barvík

Goalies

Keremli Çaryýew

Referees:
Anton Boryayev (KAZ)
Chae Young-jin (KOR)

	0–1	07:01 – Baýjaýew (Esenow, Kakabaýew)
Budzevich (Drozdetskikh) – 09:23	1–1
Vavra (PS) – 09:59	2–1
	2–2	12:29 – Baýjaýew (Esenow, Kakajanow)
Drozdetskikh (Budzevich, Tsibin) – 16:48	3–2
Tsibin (Drozdetskikh) – 28:29	4–2
Budzevich (Tsibin, Drozdetskikh) (PP) – 32:24	5–2
	5–3	34:31 – Wahowskiý (Gurbanow)
	5–4	35:59 – Gurbanow (Wahowskiý)
Budzevich (Al-Mari, Tsibin) – 39:05	6–4
Drozdetskikh (Budzevich) (SH) – 48:59	7–4
Al-Mari (Budzevich, Drozdetskikh) – 50:34	8–4

8 min

Penalties

8 min

37

Shots

34

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[4] "65 رياضياً ورياضية يمثلون الكويت في دورة الألعاب الآسيوية الشتوية «هاربين 2025»" [65 male and female athletes to represent Kuwait in the Asian Winter Games “Harbin 2025”]. Kuwait News Agency (in Arabic). Kuwait City, Kuwait. 14 January 2025. Archived from the original on 15 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.

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