2025 IIHF Asia Championship

2025 IIHF Asia Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Kazakhstan
City	Almaty
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	6–9 November 2024
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Kazakhstan (1st title)
Runner-up	Japan
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	China
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	33 (5.5 per game)
Attendance	10,715 (1,786 per game)
Official website
	www.iihf.com
	2026 →

The 2025 IIHF Asia Championship was an international men's ice hockey tournament organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It was the first edition of this event. The tournament was played at Halyk Arena in Almaty, Kazakhstan, from 6 to 9 November 2024.^[1]^[2] Kazakhstan won the tournament after winning the group.^[3]

Creation

The tournament was first proposed in May 2023 after collaboration was agreed between China, Japan, Kazakhstan and South Korea with the IIHF to grow Asian Ice Hockey.^[4] The four nations have agreed to play this tournament for four years.

Venue

The venue was the Halyk Arena in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Almaty		Almaty
		Halyk Arena
		Capacity: 12,000

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Kazakhstan (H)	3	2	0	0	1	12	6	+6	6
2	Japan	3	2	0	0	1	10	8	+2	6
3	South Korea	3	1	0	1	1	7	8	−1	4
4	China	3	0	1	0	2	4	11	−7	2

Source: IIHF
(H) Host

Match results

All times are local (Time in Kazakhstan – UTC+5).

6 November 2024
16:00

Japan

4–1
(2–1, 1–0, 1–0)

China

Halyk Arena, Almaty
Attendance: 293

Game reference

Referees:

Young Jin Chae

Konstantin Chubenko
Linesmen:

Timur Iskakov

Vladislav Zotov

	1–0
	1–1
	2–1
	3–1
	4–1

12 min

Penalties

12 min

38

Shots

15

6 November 2024
19:30

South Korea

4–1
(0–0, 2–1, 2–0)

Kazakhstan

Halyk Arena, Almaty
Attendance: 2,921

Game reference

Referees:

Goro Terakado

Johan Wedin
Linesmen:

Hongda Chi

Doyeon Choi

	1–0
	1–1
	2–1
	3–1
	4–1

6 min

Penalties

2 min

20

Shots

28

8 November 2024
16:00

Japan

5–2
(2–0, 2–2, 1–0)

South Korea

Halyk Arena, Almaty
Attendance: 715

Game reference

Referees:

Konstantin Chubenko

Jiaqi Liu
Linesmen:

Nurian Alpyspayev

Vladislav Mashenkin

	1–0
	2–0
	3–0
	3–1
	3–2
	4–2
	5–2

8 min

Penalties

8 min

33

Shots

30

8 November 2024
19:30

Kazakhstan

6–1
(1–0, 1–1, 4–0)

China

Halyk Arena, Almaty
Attendance: 2,283

Game reference

Referees:

Young Jin Chae

Goro Terakado
Linesmen:

Damir Dairov

Ryohma Taniguchi

	1–0
	1–1
	2–1
	3–1
	4–1
	5–1
	6–1

8 min

Penalties

8 min

47

Shots

21

9 November 2024
16:00

China

2–1 OT
(1–1, 0–0, 0–0)
(1–0)

South Korea

Halyk Arena, Almaty
Attendance: 1,408

Game reference

Referees:

Young Jin Chae

Jiaqi Liu
Linesmen:

Timur Iskakov

Vladislav Mashenkin

	1–0
	1–1
	2–1

2 min

Penalties

4 min

24

Shots

38

9 November 2024
19:30

Kazakhstan

5–1
(1–0, 2–0, 2–1)

Japan

Halyk Arena, Almaty
Attendance: 3,095

Game reference

Referees:

Konstantin Chubenko

Johan Wedin
Linesmen:

Hongda Chi

Doyeon Choi

	1–0
	2–0
	3–0
	3–1
	4–1
	5–1

6 min

Penalties

6 min

23

Shots

24

References

^ 2025 IIHF Asia Championship official website, www.iihf.com
^ 2025 IIHF Asia Championship statistics, stats.iihf.com
^ Kazakhstan wins first-ever IIHF Asia Championship, nationalteamsoficehockey.com
^ "IIHF - 2024 IIHF Asia Championship Series approaches". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation.

External links

Official website of IIHF

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[1] 2025 IIHF Asia Championship official website, www.iihf.com

[2] 2025 IIHF Asia Championship statistics, stats.iihf.com

[3] Kazakhstan wins first-ever IIHF Asia Championship, nationalteamsoficehockey.com

[4] "IIHF - 2024 IIHF Asia Championship Series approaches". IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation.

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