Asian Winter Games

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The Asian Winter Games is a multisport event like the Winter Olympic Games which features the winter events. The Japanese national Olympic committee first suggested the idea of holding a winter version of the Asian Games in 1982. Their efforts were rewarded when they were finally given hosting rights for the first edition that was held in Sapporo in 1986, as the city had the infrastructure and expertise gained from hosting of the 1972 Winter Olympics.

From having only seven member nations of the Olympic Council of Asia taking part in the first edition, the number of nations competing Winter Asiad has consistently grown. In the most recent Asian Winter Games in Changchun, 27 out of the 45 members fielded a record number of competitors, while all 45 NOCs sent delegations for the first time ever in Winter Asian history.

[edit] List of Asian Winter Games

1986 Asian Winter Games - Sapporo, Japan (I)	1990 Asian Winter Games - Sapporo, Japan (II)	1996 Asian Winter Games - Harbin, China¹ (III)	1999 Asian Winter Games - Kangwon, South Korea (IV)
2003 Asian Winter Games - Aomori, Japan (V)	2007 Asian Winter Games - Changchun, China (VI)	2011 Asian Winter Games - Almaty, Kazakhstan (VII)	2015 Asian Winter Games - Bidding in process (VIII)