2029 Asian Winter Games
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| Host city | Almaty, Kazakhstan |
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The 2029 Asian Winter Games (Kazakh: 2029 жылғы қысқы Азия ойындары, romanized: 2029 jylğy qysqy Azia oiyndary; Russian: Зимние Азиатские игры 2029 года, romanized: Zimniye Aziatskiye igry 2029 goda), officially known as the 10th Asian Winter Games, and commonly known as Almaty 2029 (Kazakh: Алматы 2029), will be the tenth edition of the Asian Winter Games, a pan-Asian winter multi-sport event to be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan.[1]
Saudi Arabia's planned city of Neom was originally elected as the host city at the 41st OCA General Assembly on 4 October 2022 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.[2][3][4][5] This would have been the first Asian Winter Games held in Saudi Arabia, as well as in the Arabian Peninsula, and an Arabic-speaking country. According to the original plan, events would have taken place in Trojena, a mountain tourism destination under construction in Neom. Trojena was expected to become the first major outdoor skiing destination in the Arabian Peninsula upon its originally scheduled completion in 2026.[6][7] Trojena's ski village, as well as indoor venues for the ice sports, would have been used. The final program for the Games had not yet been decided, but it was expected for Neom to have at least 47 medal events.[8] However, on 24 January 2026, the Olympic Council of Asia announced that the Games would be postponed to a later date which was to be announced in due course.[9]
On 2 February 2026, the Olympic Council of Asia announced that the Games would be held in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The OCA and the government of Kazakhstan signed the hosting contract on 5 February in Milan, Italy, one day before the start of the 2026 Winter Olympics.[1] Almaty previously hosted the 2011 Asian Winter Games with the capital Astana, the 2017 Winter Universiade by itself, as well as bidding for the 2022 Winter Olympics, which it lost to Beijing, China.