Kyrgyzstan at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

Kyrgyzstan at the
2025 Asian Winter Games
Kyrgyzstan at the; 2025 Asian Winter Games
	Flag of Kyrgyzstan
IOC code	KGZ
NOC	National Olympic Committee of the Kyrgyz Republic
in Harbin, China; 7 February 2025 – 14 February 2025
Competitors	40 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Seifulov Mamed & Keremet Asanbaeva
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Asian Winter Games appearances
	1996; 1999; 2003; 2007; 2011; 2017; 2029;

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

The Kyrgyzstani team is scheduled to be made up of 40 athletes competing in six sports.^[3]^[4] Hockey player Seifulov Mamed and curler Keremet Asanbaeva were the country's opening ceremony flagbearers.^[5]

Competitors

The following table lists the Kyrgyzstani delegation per sport and gender.^[6]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	4	3	7
Biathlon	4	3	7
Cross-country skiing	1	0	1
Curling	4	1	5
Figure skating	0	1	1
Ice hockey	19	0	19
Total	32	8	40

A lot of Kyrgyz athletes competed in both biathlon and cross-country skiing. The athletes who competed in both sports are included the biathlon count.

Alpine skiing

Kyrgyzstan entered seven alpine skiers.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Denis Koniukhov	Slalom	DNF
Nasyr Khurov		55.82	27	53.51	21	1:49.33	21
Nadim Mukhtarov		DNS
Evgenii Timofeev		53.77	22	52.45	18	1:46.22	18

Women

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Samira Amatova	Slalom	1:11.29	33	1:06.59	26	2:17.88	26
Almina Ibragimova		1:07.52	28	1:05.62	22	2:13.14	22
Arina Shabanova		1:11.82	34	DNF

Biathlon

Kyrgyzstan entered seven biathletes.^[6]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Eldar Kadyrov	Sprint	37:23.3	3+3	24
Musa Rakhmanberdi Uulu		36:16.1	1+0	21
Artur Saparbekov		35:28.3	3+0	19
Nurislam Zhumaliev		44:28.3	5+2	27
Eldar Kadyrov Musa Rakhmanberdi Uulu Artur Saparbekov Nurislam Zhumaliev	Relay	1:47:29.2	12+21	6

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
Antonina Borisenko	Sprint	40:00.4	3+4	23
Madina Saralaeva		45:40.1	3+5	26
Diana Taalaibekova		37:43.0	2+3	22

Cross-country skiing

Kyrgyzstan entered seven cross-country skiers, six of whom competed in biathlon.^[6]

Distance

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Deficit	Rank
Eldar Kadyrov	Men's 10 km freestyle	26:00.2	+4:53.7	26
Musa Rakhmanberdi Uulu		25:56.4	+4:49.9	24
Artur Saparbekov		24:41.6	+3:35.1	20
Tariel Zharkymbaev		27:53.2	+6:46.7	33
Antonina Borisenko	Women's 5 km freestyle	18:12.8	+6:05.3	26
Madina Saralaeva		22:17.1	+10:09.6	32
Diana Taalaibekova		18:49.9	+6:42.4	28

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Musa Rakhmanberdi Uulu	Men's sprint classical	3:51.98	27 Q	3:49.30	6	Did not advance
Tariel Zharkymbaev	Men's sprint classical	3:36.11	23 Q	3:36.51	5	Did not advance
Diana Taalaibekova	Women's sprint classical	6:00.20	27 Q	5:45.07	6	Did not advance

Curling

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
Aibek Asanaliev Iskhak Abykeev Beksultan Myrzabaev Mukhamed Dasifu	Men's team	South Korea L 1–15	Philippines L 2–12	Chinese Taipei L 4–7	Kazakhstan L 3–6	—	5	Did not advance			9
Keremet Asanbaeva Iskhak Abykeev	Mixed doubles	Qatar W 8–6	Philippines L 2–10	China L 3–8	Kazakhstan L 5–12	South Korea L 3–14	5	Did not advance			9

Men's tournament

Kyrgyzstan entered a men's team.

Round robin

Group A	Skip	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	DSC
South Korea	Lee Jae-beom	4	0	–	43	5	19	5	1	11	83.43
Philippines	Marc Pfister	3	1	–	28	12	11	9	5	2	78.11
Kazakhstan	Abylaikhan Zhuzbay	2	2	–	19	24	12	12	0	4	73.49
Chinese Taipei	Liu Bor-kai	1	3	–	16	35	9	17	0	2	108.93
	Aibek Asanaliev	0	4	–	10	40	9	17	0	0	77.01

Draw 2

Sunday, 9 February, 21:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
(Asanaliev)	0	0	0	1	0	0	X	X	1
South Korea (Lee)	4	1	4	0	3	3	X	X	15

Draw 5

Monday, 10 February, 19:00

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Philippines (Pfister)	2	0	5	0	4	1	X	X	12
(Asanaliev)	0	1	0	1	0	0	X	X	2

Draw 6

Tuesday, 11 February, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Chinese Taipei (Liu)	1	0	2	0	2	2	0	X	7
(Asanaliev)	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	X	4

Draw 8

Wednesday, 12 February, 14:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
(Asanaliev)	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	X	3
Kazakhstan (Zhuzbay)	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	X	6

Mixed doubles tournament

Kyrgyzstan entered a mixed doubles pair.

Round robin

Group B	Athletes	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	SE	DSC
China	Han Yu / Wang Zhiyu	5	0	–	44	19	23	11	12	37.46
Philippines	Kathleen Dubberstein / Marc Pfister	4	1	–	50	22	21	13	12	58.24
South Korea	Kim Kyeong-ae / Seong Ji-hoon	3	2	–	50	22	24	9	14	47.83
Kazakhstan	Amina Seitzhanova / Azizbek Nadirbayev	2	3	–	26	43	14	21	6	55.33
	Keremet Asanbaeva / Iskhak Abykeev	1	4	–	21	50	13	23	4	114.23
Qatar	Mabarka Al-Abdulla / Nasser Alyafei	0	5	–	15	50	8	26	1	98.31

Draw 1

Tuesday, 4 February, 10:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Qatar (Al-Abdulla / Alyafei)	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	1	6
(Asanbaeva / Abykeev)	0	4	1	0	1	1	1	0	8

Draw 2

Tuesday, 4 February, 14:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
(Asanbaeva / Abykeev)	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	X	2
Philippines (Dubberstein / Pfister)	3	1	0	1	1	0	4	X	10

Draw 3

Wednesday, 5 February, 10:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
(Asanbaeva / Abykeev)	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	X	3
China (Han / Wang)	1	0	2	2	0	1	2	X	8

Draw 6

Thursday, 6 February, 10:00

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Kazakhstan (Seitzhanova / Nadirbayev)	1	0	3	3	0	4	1	X	12
(Asanbaeva / Abykeev)	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	X	5

Draw 8

Thursday, 6 February, 18:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
South Korea (Kim / Seong)	0	3	5	1	0	3	2	X	14
(Asanbaeva / Abykeev)	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	X	3

Figure skating

Kyrgyzstan entered one female figure skater.^[6]

Athlete(s)	Event	SP		FP		Total
Athlete(s)	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Daria Snegovskaia	Women's	40.21	15 Q	66.60	17	106.81	15

Ice hockey

Men's tournament

Kyrgyzstan qualified a men's hockey team. The Kyrgyzstani team qualified after being ranked as one of the top 12 teams in Asia on the IIHF World Ranking as of May 2024.^[7] The Kyrgyzstani team finished the tournament in seventh place out of 14 teams.^[8]^[9]

Kyrgyzstan was represented by the following 19 athletes:^[10]

AIslambek Abdyraev (F)
Adil Bekmuratov (F)
Zakhar Bem (F)
Maksim Egorov (D)
Ernazar Isamatov (D)
Sultan Ismanov (F)
Adis Kachkynbekov (D)
Anton Kudashev (D)
Egor Leshchenko (D)
Belek Maksatbekov (F)
Arslan Maraimbekov (G)
Ersultan Mirbekov (F)
Adilet Nuraliev (D)
Denis Popov (D)
Mamed Seifulov (F)
Tair Supokhunov (F)
Kuzma Terentyev (D)
Aleksandr Titov (F)
Artem Vasilev (G)

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
13:00

Kyrgyzstan

29–0
(10–0, 10–0, 9–0)

Bahrain

Harbin Sport University Stadium, Harbin
Attendance: 398

Game reference

Artem Vasilev

Goalies

Abdulla Al-Adhab
Rashed Al-Mutlaq

Referee:
Anton Boryayev (KAZ)

Bekmuratov (Mirbekov, Popov) (PP) – 04:03	1–0
Leshchenko (Supokhunov, Nuraliev) – 09:11	2–0
Titov (Egorov, Seifulov) – 09:56	3–0
Mirbekov (Popov, Bekmuratov) – 11:02	4–0
Abdyraev (Titov, Nuraliev) – 12:46	5–0
Mirbekov – 15:17	6–0
Supokhunov – 16:27	7–0
Titov (Abdyraev, Terentyev) – 16:40	8–0
Ismanov (Bekmuratov) – 18:37	9–0
Abdyraev (Titov, Egorov) – 19:25	10–0
Egorov (Abdyraev, Seifulov) – 20:25	11–0
Nuraliev (Bem, Leshchenko) – 25:34	12–0
Seifulov (Titov, Egorov) – 25:54	13–0
Titov (Seifulov, Abdyraev) – 29:28	14–0
Titov (Abdyraev, Seifulov) – 30:10	15–0
Ismanov – 33:42	16–0
Popov (Mirbekov) – 33:55	17–0
Maksatbekov (Supokhunov, Nuraliev) – 34:25	18–0
Egorov (Seifulov, Titov) – 36:38	19–0
Popov (Ismanov, Mirbekov) (SH) – 39:41	20–0
Mirbekov (Kachkynbekov, Popov) (SH) – 40:38	21–0
Kachkynbekov (Ismanov) – 44:37	22–0
Bem (Nuraliev, Supokhunov) – 46:02	23–0
Seifulov (Abdyraev) – 46:58	24–0
Popov (Ismanov, Mirbekov) – 50:44	25–0
Ismanov (Mirbekov, Bekmuratov) – 50:54	26–0
Popov (Mirbekov, Ismanov) – 53:41	27–0
Kachkynbekov (Mirbekov, Bekmuratov) – 54:34	28–0
Seifulov – 57:00	29–0

7 min

Penalties

2 min

102

Shots

3

9 February
17:00

Kyrgyzstan

11–2
(3–1, 6–0, 2–1)

Singapore

Harbin Ice Hockey Arena, Harbin
Attendance: 2,765

Game reference

Artem Vasilev
Arslan Maraimbekov

Goalies

Joshua Lee

Referee:
Shen Yen-chin (TPE)

Seifulov (Abdyraev, Terentyev) – 02:25	1–0
Ismanov (Bekmuratov, Isamatov) – 12:53	2–0
	2–1	13:08 – Blakney (Kodrowski)
Abdyraev (Egorov, Seifulov) – 19:37	3–1
Seifulov (Leshchenko, Terentyev) – 20:56	4–1
Abdyraev (Titov, Seifulov) (PP) – 22:34	5–1
Ismanov (Mirbekov) – 24:51	6–1
Popov (Mirbekov, Ismanov) – 25:18	7–1
Titov (Seifulov, Terentyev) – 30:11	8–1
Seifulov (Terentyev, Abdyraev) (PP) – 34:42	9–1
Maksatbekov (Supokhunov, Nuraliev) – 46:12	10–1
Mirbekov (Bekmuratov, Ismanov) – 47:22	11–1
	11–2	51:04 – Chan (Goh)

2 min

Penalties

8 min

89

Shots

9

Quarterfinals playoff

10 February
21:00

Hong Kong

5–6 OT
(2–0, 2–3, 1–2)
(OT: 0–1)

Kyrgyzstan

Harbin Sport University Stadium, Harbin
Attendance: 1,136

Game reference

Cheung Ching Ho
Michael Gan

Goalies

Artem Vasilev
Arslan Maraimbekov

Referees:
Anton Boryayev (KAZ)
Liu Jiaqi (CHN)

Shum (Chu, Mak) – 15:58	1–0
Chu (Shum) – 19:12	2–0
	2–1	23:36 – Mirbekov
	2–2	28:54 – Ismanov (Egorov, Mirbekov)
Tong (Chu, Shum) – 29:08	3–2
Chu – 33:16	4–2
	4–3	39:46 – Mirbekov (Maksatbekov, Isamatov)
	4–4	54:25 – Abdyraev (Titov, Terentyev)
Elmer (Tong, Chu) (PP) – 57:00	5–4
	5–5	58:10 – Titov (Seifulov, Isamatov)
	5–6	62:27 – Abdyraev (Terentyev, Seifulov)

12 min

Penalties

6 min

21

Shots

50

Quarterfinals

11 February
16:00

South Korea

20–0
(6–0, 11–0, 3–0)

Kyrgyzstan

Harbin Sport University Stadium, Harbin
Attendance: 1,060

Game reference

Ha Jung-ho

Goalies

Artem Vasilev
Arslan Maraimbekov

Referees:
Timur Morev (KAZ)
Shen Yen-chin (TPE)

Kang M.W. (Kim S.H., Kim D.H.) – 02:47	1–0
Kim S.Y. (Kang M.W., Kim S.H.) – 06:01	2–0
Lee H.S. (Oh I.G., Kong Y.C.) – 13:21	3–0
Kim S.Y. (Kim D.H., Kang M.W.) – 14:55	4–0
Kang Y.S. (Lee H.S., Kong Y.C.) – 17:38	5–0
Lee S.J. (Kim S.Y.) – 18:38	6–0
Kim S.H. (Kang M.W., Kim S.Y.) – 22:35	7–0
Lee M.Y. (Kwon H.S., Jeon J.W.) – 24:14	8–0
Kwon H.S. – 27:23	9–0
Lee C.M. (Kim S.W., Ahn J.H.) – 27:46	10–0
Lee C.M. (Ahn J.H., Kim S.W.) – 32:13	11–0
Lee C.M. (Kim S.W., Nam H.D.) – 32:47	12–0
Kang M.W. (Kim S.H.) – 34:16	13–0
Kang M.W. (Kim S.H., Kim S.Y.) – 34:40	14–0
Jeon J.W. (Kwon H.S.) – 34:50	15–0
Ahn J.H. (Kim S.W.) (PP) – 35:26	16–0
Lee H.S. (Kong Y.C., Ahn J.H.) – 36:50	17–0
Lee S.J. (Kim S.Y., Kim S.H.) – 51:58	18–0
Kim S.W. (Nam H.D., Ahn J.H.) – 54:18	19–0
Kim S.Y. (Kong Y.C., Lee S.J.) – 56:56	20–0

4 min

Penalties

4 min

55

Shots

11

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[1] "HAWGOC confirms record entry of NOCs, athletes for Harbin 2025". www.oca.asia/. Olympic Council of Asia. 21 January 2025. Archived from the original on 23 January 2025. Retrieved 21 January 2025.

[2] "Record-high 34 countries and regions will participate in Harbin Asian Winter Games". China Daily. Beijing, China. Xinhua. 22 January 2025. Archived from the original on 22 January 2025. Retrieved 22 January 2025.

[3] "Kyrgyzstan to field 50 athletes at Asian Winter Games". www.oca.asia/. Olympic Council of Asia. 8 January 2025. Retrieved 15 January 2025.

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[5] @asiangamesoca; (7 February 2025). "Today is the day! Meet the flag bearers who will proudly carry the flags of their NOCs at today's Harbin Asian Winter Games Opening Ceremony! With 34 NOCs represented by both male and female athletes, it's a powerful moment of unity and equality. Just a few more hours to go! Are you excited or super excited?" – via Instagram.

[competitors-6] "Kyrgyzstan". www.harbin2025.com. Organising Committee for the 9th Harbin Asian Winter Games 2025. 26 January 2025. Retrieved 26 January 2025.

[7] "OCA announces qualified teams for AWG Harbin 2025 ice hockey tournament". www.harbin2025.com/. Harbin 2025 Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee. 21 August 2024. Archived from the original on 26 September 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.

[8] "Kyrgyzstan's ice hockey team ranks 7th at Asian Games in China". AKIpress News Agency. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. 13 February 2025. Retrieved 13 February 2025.

[9] "Asian Games. Kyrgyzstan National Hockey team takes 7th place". Kabar. Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan. 12 February 2025. Retrieved 13 February 2025.

[10] "Team Roster Kyrgyzstan" (PDF). www.harbin2025.com/. Harbin 2025 Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee. 2 February 2025. Retrieved 15 February 2025.

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