Saudi Arabia at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

Saudi Arabia at the 2025 Asian Winter Games
Flag of Saudi Arabia
IOC code	KSA
NOC	Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee
in Harbin, China 7 February 2025 (2025-02-07) – 14 February 2025 (2025-02-14)
Competitors	8 in 2 sports
Flag bearer	Fayik Abdi & Sharifa Al-Sudairi
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Asian Winter Games appearances
2025 2029

Saudi Arabia competed at the 2025 Asian Winter Games in Harbin, China, from February 7 to 14. ^{[1] [2]} Saudi Arabia, the host of the upcoming 2029 edition, made its Asian Winter Games debut. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]} The Saudi Arabian team consisted of eight athletes (six men and two women) competing in two sports: alpine skiing and curling. ^[7] Alpine skiers Fayik Abdi and Sharifa Al-Sudairi were the country's opening ceremony flagbearers. ^[8]

Competitors

The following table lists the Saudi Arabian delegation per sport and gender. ^[9]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Alpine skiing	1	2	3
Curling	5	0	5
Total	6	2	8

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

Saudi Arabia entered three alpine skiers (one man and two women). ^{[4] [10]}

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Fayik Abdi	Men's slalom	Did not finish
Sharifa Al-Sudairi	Women's slalom	Did not finish
Farhoud Joud		1:03.84	24	1:01.81	20	2:05.65	19

Curling

Main article: Curling at the 2025 Asian Winter Games

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Qualification	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Suleiman Alaqel Munior Albeelbisi Mohammed Aldaraan Abdullah Alzahrani Hussain Hagawi	Men's team	Qatar L 4–10	China L 1–19	Thailand W 12–2	Japan L 4–9	Hong Kong L 1–15	5	Did not advance			10

Men's tournament

Main article: Curling at the 2025 Asian Winter Games – Men's tournament

Saudi Arabia entered a men's team of five athletes.

Round robin

Group B	Skip	W	L	W–L	PF	PA	EW	EL	BE	SE	DSC
China	Xu Xiaoming	5	0	–	53	10	23	8	0	13	36.46
Hong Kong	Jason Chang	4	1	–	50	16	21	9	1	14	62.23
Japan	Ryo Aoki	3	2	–	52	21	19	13	3	7	63.73
Qatar	Mubarak Al-Marri	2	3	–	21	41	14	19	0	5	138.50
Saudi Arabia	Suleiman Alaqel	1	4	–	22	55	12	21	0	3	128.47
Thailand	Pongsak Mahattanasakul	0	5	–	8	73	7	26	0	1	130.14

Draw 1

Sunday, 9 February, 13:00

Sheet D	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Qatar (Al-Marri)	3	2	1	0	3	0	1	X	10
Saudi Arabia (Alaqel)	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	X	4

Draw 2

Sunday, 9 February, 21:00

Sheet B	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
China (Xu)	4	3	3	5	0	4	X	X	19
Saudi Arabia (Alaqel)	0	0	0	0	1	0	X	X	1

Draw 4

Monday, 10 February, 14:00

Sheet C	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Thailand (Mahattanasakul)	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	X	2
Saudi Arabia (Alaqel)	2	0	4	2	2	0	2	X	12

Draw 6

Tuesday, 11 February, 14:00

Sheet E	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Saudi Arabia (Alaqel)	1	0	2	0	1	0	0	X	4
Japan (Aoki)	0	4	0	1	0	3	1	X	9

Draw 7

Wednesday, 12 February, 9:00

Sheet A	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Final
Saudi Arabia (Alaqel)	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	X	1
Hong Kong (Chang)	4	3	2	4	2	0	X	X	15

References

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8. @asiangamesoca; (7 February 2025). "Today is the day! Meet the flag bearers who will proudly carry the flags of their NOCs at today's Harbin Asian Winter Games Opening Ceremony! With 34 NOCs represented by both male and female athletes, it's a powerful moment of unity and equality. Just a few more hours to go! Are you excited or super excited?" – via Instagram.
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