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
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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]

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.

The venue was the Halyk Arena in Almaty, Kazakhstan.

Almaty		Almaty
		Halyk Arena
		Capacity: 12,000

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

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 1]
	Sato	Goalies	Chen	Referees: Young Jin Chae Konstantin Chubenko Linesmen: Timur Iskakov Vladislav Zotov
	Ushio (Takebe, Ishida) – pp – 14:22 1–0 1–1 7:19 – Han (Yan, J Wang) Tokoro (Kamada) – 14:57 2–1 Hanzawa (Kobayashi, Yoneyama) – pp – 29:40 3–1 Isogai (Kobayashi, Yoneyama) – pp – 57:28 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 2]
	Y. Lee	Goalies	Amirbekov	Referees: Goro Terakado Johan Wedin Linesmen: Hongda Chi Doyeon Choi
	Oh (S. Lee, HS Lee) – 20:56 1–0 1–1 23:51 – Borissevich (Presnov) Jeong – 34:46 2–1 G. Kim (S. Kim, YS Kang) – en – 58:03 3–1 S. Kim (G. Kim, YS Kang) – 59:18 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 3]
	Ito	Goalies	Y. Lee	Referees: Konstantin Chubenko Jiaqi Liu Linesmen: Nurian Alpyspayev Vladislav Mashenkin
	Takebe (Ando, Ishida) – pp – 12:45 1–0 Irikura (Hanzawa, Yoneyama) – pp – 15:33 2–0 Irikura (Hanzawa, Ishida) – 23:11 3–0 3–1 23:46 – S. Lee (HS Lee) 3–2 27:35 – pp – M. Kang (Nam, YS Kang) Irikura (Isogai, Kobayashi) – pp – 29:48 4–2 Isogai (Hanzawa, Irikura) – 43:42 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 4]
	Amirbekov	Goalies	Sun	Referees: Young Jin Chae Goro Terakado Linesmen: Damir Dairov Ryohma Taniguchi
	Breus (Grents, Rymarev) – pp – 16:34 1–0 1–1 26:52 – Zheng (Hou, P. Zhang) Buyalski (Korolinskiy) – 30:32 2–1 Grents (Rymarev) – 44:13 3–1 Korolinskiy (Breus, Zubov) – 44:53 4–1 Breus (Buyalskiy) – pp – 50:26 5–1 Breus (Grents, Rymarev) – 56:52 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 5]
	S. Chen	Goalies	Ha	Referees: Young Jin Chae Jiaqi Liu Linesmen: Timur Iskakov Vladislav Mashenkin
	Hou (Wang, Yan) – pp – 2:43 1–0 1–1 7:40 – S. Kim (Kwon, H. Nam) Zhang (J. Zhang, P. Zhang) – pp – 61:45 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 6]
	Amirbekov	Goalies	Otsuka	Referees: Konstantin Chubenko Johan Wedin Linesmen: Hongda Chi Doyeon Choi
	Rymarev (Borissevich, Grents) – 7:16 1–0 Rymarev (Alexandrov) – 27:47 2–0 Namestnikov (Korolinskiy) – 29:11 3–0 3–1 42:51 – pp – Irikura (Hanzawa, Kobayashi) Grebenshikov (Volkov, Korolinskiy) – 44:58 4–1 Korolinskiy – en – 58:26 5–1
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	23	Shots	24

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