2025 IIHF Asia Championship

For the women's tournament, see 2025 IIHF Women's 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

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. Kazakhstan won the tournament after winning the group.

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. 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).

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 5 PN = 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

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 5 PN = 5

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

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 3 PN = 7

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

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 7 PN = 7

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

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 1 PN = 3

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

Error: Goals/Progression mismatch: N1 = 0 N2 = 3 PN = 6

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

External links

• Official website of IIHF