2025 Asian Winter Games Parade of Nations

The Harbin International Convention Exhibition and Sports Center hosted the opening ceremony.

During the Parade of Nations at the 2025 Asian Winter Games opening ceremony, held on 7 February 2025, athletes bearing the flags of their respective nations led their national delegations as they paraded into the Harbin International Convention Exhibition and Sports Center in the host city of Harbin, China.

Countries and flagbearers

Order	Nation	Chinese name	Pinyin	Flag bearer	Sport	Reference
1	Afghanistan	阿富汗	Āfùhàn	Nizaruddin Ali Zada	Snowboarding	[1]
				—
2	Bahrain	巴林	Bālín	Sameh Hegazi	Ice hockey	[2]
				Malak Janahi	Team official
3	Bhutan	不丹	Bùdān	Chencho Dorji	Alpine skiing	[3]
				—
4	Cambodia	柬埔寨	Jiǎnpǔzhài	Panhasith Pisey	Snowboarding	[2]
				—
5	North Korea (DPR Korea)	朝鲜	Cháoxiǎn	Han Kum-chol	Figure skating	[2]
				Ryom Tae-ok
6	Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China)	中国香港	Zhōngguó Xiānggǎng	Adrian Yung	Alpine skiing	[4]
				Lam Ching Yan	Short-track speed skating
7	India	印度	Yìndù	Arif Khan	Alpine skiing	[2]
				Bhavani Thekkada	Cross-country skiing
8	Indonesia	印度尼西亚	Yìndùníxīyà	Dwiki Eka Ramadhan	Figure skating	[2]
				Kelly Supangat
9	Iran	伊朗	Yīlǎng	Mohammad Kiyadarbandsari	Alpine skiing	[5]
				Marzieh Beha	Ski mountaineering
10	Japan	日本	Rìběn	Haruki Watanabe	Curling	[6]
				Yuka Takahashi	Speed skating
11	Jordan	约旦	Yuēdàn	Sharif Zawaideh	Alpine skiing	[7]
				—
12	Kazakhstan	哈萨克斯坦	Hāsàkèsītǎn	Adil Beketayev	Ice hockey	[8]
				Olga Tikhonova	Short-track speed skating
13	South Korea	韩国	Hánguó	Chong-Min Lee	Ice hockey	[9]
				Gim Eun-ji	Curling
14	Kuwait	科威特	Kēwēitè	Mohammed Al Duaij	Ice hockey	[10]
				Fatema Abdulateef	Curling
15	Kyrgyzstan	吉尔吉斯斯坦	Jíěrjísīsītǎn	Seifulov Mamed	Ice hockey	[2]
				Keremet Asanbaeva	Curling
16	Lebanon	黎巴嫩	Líbānèn	Maurizio Sottile	Team official	[2]
				Joanne Diwan
17	Macau (Macao, China)	中国澳门	Zhōngguó Àomén	Leong Chon Kong	Ice hockey	[2]
				Cheong Hio Lam	Team official
18	Malaysia	马来西亚	Mǎláixīyà	Wei Yan Tang	Cross-country skiing	[2]
				Ashley Chin	Short-track speed skating
19	Mongolia	蒙古	Měnggǔ	Achbadrakh Batmunkh	Cross-country skiing	[2]
				Gereltuya Battulga	Short-track speed skating
20	Nepal	尼泊尔	Níbóěr	Saphal Ram Shrestha	Alpine skiing	[2]
				Laxmi Rai
21	Pakistan	巴基斯坦	Bājīsītǎn	Muhammad Karim	Alpine skiing	[2]
				—
22	Philippines	菲律宾	Fēilǜbīn	Peter Groseclose	Short-track speed skating	[11]
				Kathleen Dubberstein	Curling
23	Qatar	卡塔尔	Kǎtǎěr	Mohammed Alnaimi	Curling	[2]
				Sara Al-Qaet
24	Saudi Arabia	沙特	Shātè	Fayik Abdi	Alpine skiing	[2]
				Sharifa Al-Sudairi
25	Singapore	新加坡	Xīnjiāpō	Wee Chew	Ice hockey	[2]
				Alyssa Pok	Short-track speed skating
26	Sri Lanka	斯里兰卡	Sīlǐ Lánkǎ	Sajeev De Silva	Cross-country skiing	[2]
				Piumi Piyadarshani
27	Chinese Taipei	中华台北	Zhōnghuá Táiběi	Lin Chun-chieh	Short-track speed skating	[2]
				Lin Yang-chi	Ice hockey
28	Tajikistan	塔吉克斯坦	Tǎjíkèsītǎn	Ikromiddin Abdullozoda	Alpine skiing	[2]
				—
29	Thailand	泰国	Tàiguó	Thanatip Bunrit	Cross-country skiing	[2]
				Teekhree Silpa-Archa	Figure skating
30	Turkmenistan	土库曼斯坦	Tǔkùmànsītǎn	Dovlet Hydyrov	Ice hockey	[2]
				—
31	United Arab Emirates	阿联酋	Āliánqiú	Sultan Al-Ghandi	Freestyle skiing	[12]
				Amenah Al-Muhairi	Snowboarding
32	Uzbekistan	乌兹别克斯坦	Wūzībiékèsītǎn	Jasur Shamsiddinov	Ski mountaineering	[13]
				Feruza Bobokulova
33	Vietnam	越南	Yuènán	Dương Trường Lập	Short-track speed skating	[2]
				—
34	China	中国	Zhōngguó	Ning Zhongyan	Speed skating	[14]
				Liu Mengting	Freestyle skiing

References

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