2026 IIHF Asia Championship

For the women's tournament, see 2026 IIHF Women's Asia Championship.

2026 IIHF Asia Championship

Tournament details
Host country	China
City	Beijing
Venue	1 (in 1 host city)
Dates	20–23 November 2025
Teams	4
Final positions
Champions	Kazakhstan (2nd title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	Japan
Fourth place	China
Tournament statistics
Games played	6
Goals scored	28 (4.67 per game)
Attendance	3,890 (648 per game)
Scoring leader	Maxim Musorov (7 points)
Official website
www.iihf.com
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The 2026 IIHF Asia Championship was the second edition of the IIHF Asia Championship Series, organised by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It was held in Beijing, China from 20 to 23 November 2025. ^{[1] [2]}

Kazakhstan won the tournament for the second time. ^[3]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	OTW	OTL	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	Kazakhstan	3	3	0	0	0	13	6	+7	9
	South Korea	3	2	0	0	1	6	4	+2	6
	Japan	3	1	0	0	2	7	6	+1	3
4	China (H)	3	0	0	0	3	2	12	−10	0

Source: IIHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head number of goals scored; 5) result against closest best-ranked team outside tied teams; 6) result against second-best ranked team outside tied teams; 7) seeding before tournament.
(H) Host

Results

All times are local (UTC+8).

20 November 2025 16:00

South Korea

2–4 (0–1, 1–1, 1–2)

Kazakhstan

Ice Sports Training Base, Beijing Attendance: 763

Game reference
	Lee Yeon-seung	Goalies	Roman Kalmykov	Referees: Kenji Kosaka Lu Haotian Linesmen: Chi Hongda Yuan Zhaoyang
	0–1 10:10 – Stepanenko (Musorov, Mikhailov) 0–2 22:40 – Stepanenko (Borissevich, Musorov) Kim Sa. (Nam, Lee Yu.) (PP) – 32:47 1–2 1–3 42:47 – Starchenko (Musorov, Likhotnikov) (PP) 1–4 47:56 – Stepanenko (Lyapunov, Borissevich) Kang (Kim G., Kim Se.) (PP) – 58:02 2–4
	9 min	Penalties	4 min
	27	Shots	22

20 November 2025 19:30

Japan

4–1 (0–1, 2–0, 2–0)

China

Ice Sports Training Base, Beijing Attendance: 876

Game reference
	Issa Otsuka	Goalies	Chen Shifeng	Referees: Chae Young-jin Mihail Stupak Linesmen: Lim Jun-seo Vladislav Mashenkin
	0–1 14:48 – Yan (Jiang) (PP) Toko (Ushio, Sasaki) – 28:11 1–1 Ushio (Y. Sato, Yoneyama) (PP) – 33:22 2–1 Nakajima (Y. Sato, Hanzawa) – 40:14 3–1 Nakajima (Miura, Y. Sato) – 47:45 4–1
	10 min	Penalties	10 min
	43	Shots	21

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22 November 2025 16:00

Japan

0–1 (0–0, 0–1, 0–0)

South Korea

Ice Sports Training Base, Beijing Attendance: 368

Game reference
	Eiki Sato	Goalies	Lee Yeon-seung	Referees: Feng Lei Lu Haotian Linesmen: Vladislav Mashenkin Yuan Zhaoyang
	0–1 31:44 – Kim Sa. (Kim Si., Nam)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	38	Shots	32

22 November 2025 19:30

Kazakhstan

5–1 (1–0, 3–1, 1–0)

China

Ice Sports Training Base, Beijing Attendance: 759

Game reference
	Vladislav Pestov	Goalies	Chen Shifeng	Referees: Chae Young-jin Kenji Kosaka Linesmen: Lim Jun-seo Ryoya Yamada
	Musorov (Lyapunov, Borissevich) – 03:04 1–0 Alexandrov (Likhotnikov, Chaporov) – 26:23 2–0 Muratov (Starchenko, Boiko) – 27:52 3–0 Gatiyatov (Butenko, Daniyar) – 31:50 4–0 4–1 36:46 – Zheng M. (Wang, Hou) Muratov (Starchenko, Nikitin) – 55:51 5–1
	8 min	Penalties	2 min
	44	Shots	22

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23 November 2025 16:00

Kazakhstan

4–3 (1–1, 3–1, 0–1)

Japan

Ice Sports Training Base, Beijing Attendance: 385

Game reference
	Roman Kalmykov	Goalies	Issa Otsuka	Referees: Chae Young-jin Feng Lei Linesmen: Chi Hongda Lim Jun-seo
	Lyapunov (Starchenko, Musorov) (PP) – 05:47 1–0 1–1 18:22 – M. Suzuki (Ushio) Starchenko (Mikhailov, Musorov) (PP) – 21:37 2–1 2–2 24:52 – Y. Sato (Yoneyama, Nakajima) (PP) Borissevich (Lyapunov, Musorov) – 25:10 3–2 Starchenko (Boiko, Muratov) – 29:28 4–2 4–3 55:21 – Okubo (Nakajima, Y. Sato)
	6 min	Penalties	14 min
	37	Shots	25

23 November 2025 19:30

China

0–3 (0–3, 0–0, 0–0)

South Korea

Ice Sports Training Base, Beijing Attendance: 739

Game reference
	Chen Shifeng	Goalies	Jang Ga-ram	Referees: Kenji Kosaka Mihail Stupak Linesmen: Vladislav Mashenkin Ryoya Yamada
	0–1 07:36 – Kim Sa. (Kwon) 0–2 08:30 – Shin D. (Song, Nam) 0–3 14:38 – Kim Sa. (Kwon, Kim Se.)
	29 min	Penalties	10 min
	25	Shots	37

References

1. "China To Host 2026 IIHF Asia Championship and Div 1B Worlds". asianicehockey.com. 21 June 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
2. "Beijing to Host 2026 IIHF Ice Hockey Asia Championship". iihf.com. 5 November 2025. Retrieved 5 November 2025.
3. "Kazakhstan wins second straight Asia Championship with win over Japan, Korea beats China to finish second". IIHF. 23 November 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.

External links

• Official website