Kuwait at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

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Kuwait competed at the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, from February 7 to 14.

Kuwait at the
2025 Asian Winter Games
Flag of Kuwait
IOC codeKUW
NOCKuwait Olympic Committee
Websitewww.kuwaitolympic.org
in Harbin, China
7 February 2025 (2025-02-07) – 14 February 2025 (2025-02-14)
Competitors25 in 4 sports
Flag bearers Mohammed Al Duaij & Fatema Abdulateef
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Asian Winter Games appearances
  • 1996
  • 1999
  • 2003
  • 2007
  • 2011
  • 2017
  • 2025
  • 2029
Other related appearances
 Athletes from Kuwait (2011)
 Independent Olympic Athletes (2017)

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

Competitors

The following table lists the Kuwaiti delegation per sport and gender.

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.

Athlete Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
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 1:21.34 44 1:18.52 38 2:39.86 38

Curling

Kuwait entered two curlers.

Summary
Team Event Group stage Qualification Semifinal Final / BM
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 BE SE DSC
 Japan Tori Koana / Go Aoki 5 0 – 49 8 21 5 0 15 57.23
 Hong Kong Ling-Yue Hung / Martin Yan 4 1 – 46 26 19 17 0 8 56.68
 Chinese Taipei Chou Yi-hsuan / Liu Bor-kai 3 2 – 44 25 20 14 0 9 65.56
 Thailand Chanatip Sonkham / Teekawin Jearateerawit 2 3 – 29 46 14 20 0 7 142.12
 Kuwait Fatema Abdulateef / Saud Alkandari 1 4 – 14 41 12 17 0 4 197.23
 Mongolia Enkhzaya Ganbat / Bayar Bulgankhuu 0 5 – 16 52 11 24 0 2 134.74
Draw 1

Tuesday, 4 February, 10:00

Sheet A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Final
 Kuwait (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
 Kuwait (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
 Kuwait (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
 Kuwait (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
 Kuwait (Abdulateef / Alkandari) 0 0 L
  • Kuwait forfeited the game after end 2 as a player was feeling unwell and could not continue to play.

Freestyle skiing

Kuwait entered one male freestyle skier.

Men

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Best Rank
Salman Al-Kandari Halfpipe Did not start
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.

Kuwait was represented by the following 20 athletes:

  • 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
  • v
  • t
  • e
 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)		 KyrgyzstanHarbin Ice Hockey Arena, Harbin
Attendance: 1,837
Game reference
Adam BarvíkGoaliesArslan Maraimbekov
Artem Vasilev		Referee:
Shen Yen-chin (TPE)
Tsibin (Drozdetskikh) – 03:571–0
1–104:11 – Egorov (Abdyraev)
1–204:42 – Bekmuratov (Ismanov, Mirbekov)
1–306:44 – Seifulov (Bem, Nuraliev)
Al-Mari (Drozdetskikh, Budzevich) – 07:322–3
Drozdetskikh (Tsibin, Budzevich) – 08:203–3
Drozdetskikh (Tsibin, Budzevich) – 10:224–3
Tsibin (Drozdetskikh) – 19:265–3
Drozdetskikh – 28:376–3
Tsibin (Drozdetskikh, Budzevich) – 30:137–3
7–435:50 – Seifulov (Titov, Popov) (PP)
7–536:31 – Mirbekov (Bekmuratov, Kachkynbekov)
7–642:07 – Abdyraev (Titov, Seifulov)
7–743:10 – Seifulov (Mirbekov)
Drozdetskikh (Tsibin, Budzevich) – 44:038–7
8–859:26 – Seifulov (Terentyev, Abdyraev)
8–960:19 – Seifulov (Abdyraev)
12 minPenalties8 min
21Shots64
5 February
9:00		Singapore 3–10
(0–3, 0–4, 3–3)		 KuwaitHarbin Sport University Stadium, Harbin
Attendance: 383
Game reference
Joshua LeeGoaliesAdam Barvík
Zaid Al-Saied		Referee:
Timur Morev (KAZ)
0–109:26 – Vavra (Al-Awadhi, Zidarević)
0–210:12 – Tsibin (Al-Khashan, Al-Khalaf)
0–315:43 – Drozdetskikh (Budzevich, Al-Khalaf)
0–420:51 – Tsibin (Budzevich)
0–524:55 – Drozdetskikh (Budzevich, Al-Khalaf)
0–625:49 – Tsibin (Vavra, Al-Awadhi) (PP)
0–736:10 – Al-Awadhi (Vavra)
Chan – 41:241–7
1–848:50 – Zidarević (Vavra)
1–952:06 – Drozdetskikh (Al-Awadhi, Al-Daei) (PP)
Kodrowski (Chan) – 53:202–9
2–1054:40 – Budzevich (Drozdetskikh, Al-Mari)
Chan (Kodrowski, Chew) (PP) – 56:303–10
10 minPenalties10 min
28Shots47
9 February
21:00		Bahrain 0–34
(0–10, 0–10, 0–14)		 KuwaitHarbin Ice Hockey Arena, Harbin
Attendance: 907
Game reference
Rashed Al-Mutlaq
Abdulla Al-Adhab		GoaliesAdam Barvík
Zaid Al-Saied		Referee:
Li Ho Ching (HKG)
0–101:38 – Al-Khashan (Al-Ajmi, Al-Foudari)
0–203:52 – Drozdetskikh (Tsibin)
0–304:20 – Tsibin (Budzevich, Drozdetskikh)
0–406:18 – Al-Khalaf (Al-Khashan, Al-Foudari)
0–508:26 – Vavra (Al-Awadhi, Abdula. Al-Maragi)
0–610:32 – Tsibin (Al-Foudari)
0–713:35 – Al-Mari (Al-Khalaf, Tsibin) (PP)
0–814:05 – Vavra (Zidarević)
0–917:00 – Abdull. Al-Maragi (Vavra, Al-Duaij)
0–1017:56 – Drozdetskikh (Tsibin, Budzevich)
0–1121:37 – Vavra (Al-Daei)
0–1221:56 – Al-Khashan (Al-Khashram)
0–1326:21 – Zidarević (Vavra, Al-Awadhi)
0–1428:36 – Al-Khashram (Tsibin) (SH)
0–1529:46 – Tsibin (Budzevich)
0–1630:05 – Budzevich (Drozdetskikh)
0–1735:05 – Drozdetskikh
0–1835:56 – Vavra (Al-Awadhi, Zidarević)
0–1936:56 – Al-Ajmi (Al-Khashram, Al-Foudari)
0–2039:06 – Drozdetskikh (Budzevich, Al-Khalaf)
0–2140:35 – Budzevich (Drozdetskikh, Tsibin)
0–2241:13 – Al-Daei (Vavra, Al-Awadhi) (PP)
0–2342:15 – Tsibin
0–2445:31 – Tsibin (Budzevich, Drozdetskikh)
0–2546:19 – Vavra (Zidarević, Al-Awadhi)
0–2650:00 – Budzevich (Tsibin, Drozdetskikh)
0–2750:24 – Zidarević (Vavra, Al-Awadhi)
0–2855:36 – Tsibin (Budzevich) (SH)
0–2956:24 – Zidarević (Vavra)
0–3057:57 – Al-Asousi (Vavra, Abdull. Al-Maragi)
0–3158:29 – Tsibin (Budzevich, Drozdetskikh)
0–3258:48 – Al-Mari (Tsibin, Drozdetskikh)
0–3359:23 – Vavra (Al-Awadhi)
0–3459:33 – Al-Awadhi (Vavra)
8 minPenalties6 min
9Shots86
Ninth place game
10 February
17:00		Kuwait 8–4
(3–2, 3–2, 2–0)		 TurkmenistanHarbin Sport University Stadium, Harbin
Attendance: 668
Game reference
Adam BarvíkGoaliesKeremli ÇaryýewReferees:
Anton Boryayev (KAZ)
Chae Young-jin (KOR)
0–107:01 – Baýjaýew (Esenow, Kakabaýew)
Budzevich (Drozdetskikh) – 09:231–1
Vavra (PS) – 09:592–1
2–212:29 – Baýjaýew (Esenow, Kakajanow)
Drozdetskikh (Budzevich, Tsibin) – 16:483–2
Tsibin (Drozdetskikh) – 28:294–2
Budzevich (Tsibin, Drozdetskikh) (PP) – 32:245–2
5–334:31 – Wahowskiý (Gurbanow)
5–435:59 – Gurbanow (Wahowskiý)
Budzevich (Al-Mari, Tsibin) – 39:056–4
Drozdetskikh (Budzevich) (SH) – 48:597–4
Al-Mari (Budzevich, Drozdetskikh) – 50:348–4
8 minPenalties8 min
37Shots34

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