2026 IIHF Asia Championship

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2026 IIHF Asia Championship
Tournament details
Host country China
CityBeijing
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Dates20–23 November 2025
Teams4
Final positions
Champions  Kazakhstan (2nd title)
Runners-up  South Korea
Third place  Japan
Fourth place China
Tournament statistics
Games played6
Goals scored28 (4.67 per game)
Attendance3,890 (648 per game)
Scoring leaderKazakhstan Maxim Musorov (7 points)
Official website
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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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Kazakhstan 3 3 0 0 0 13 6 +7 9
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Korea 3 2 0 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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)		 KazakhstanIce Sports Training Base, Beijing
Attendance: 763
Game reference
Lee Yeon-seungGoaliesRoman KalmykovReferees:
Japan Kenji Kosaka
China Lu Haotian
Linesmen:
China Chi Hongda
China Yuan Zhaoyang
0–110:10 – Stepanenko (Musorov, Mikhailov)
0–222:40 – Stepanenko (Borissevich, Musorov)
Kim Sa. (Nam, Lee Yu.) (PP) – 32:471–2
1–342:47 – Starchenko (Musorov, Likhotnikov) (PP)
1–447:56 – Stepanenko (Lyapunov, Borissevich)
Kang (Kim G., Kim Se.) (PP) – 58:022–4
9 minPenalties4 min
27Shots22
20 November 2025
19:30		Japan 4–1
(0–1, 2–0, 2–0)		 ChinaIce Sports Training Base, Beijing
Attendance: 876
Game reference
Issa OtsukaGoaliesChen ShifengReferees:
South Korea Chae Young-jin
Kazakhstan Mihail Stupak
Linesmen:
South Korea Lim Jun-seo
Kazakhstan Vladislav Mashenkin
0–114:48 – Yan (Jiang) (PP)
Toko (Ushio, Sasaki) – 28:111–1
Ushio (Y. Sato, Yoneyama) (PP) – 33:222–1
Nakajima (Y. Sato, Hanzawa) – 40:143–1
Nakajima (Miura, Y. Sato) – 47:454–1
10 minPenalties10 min
43Shots21
22 November 2025
16:00		Japan 0–1
(0–0, 0–1, 0–0)		 South KoreaIce Sports Training Base, Beijing
Attendance: 368
Game reference
Eiki SatoGoaliesLee Yeon-seungReferees:
China Feng Lei
China Lu Haotian
Linesmen:
Kazakhstan Vladislav Mashenkin
China Yuan Zhaoyang
0–131:44 – Kim Sa. (Kim Si., Nam)
6 minPenalties6 min
38Shots32
22 November 2025
19:30		Kazakhstan 5–1
(1–0, 3–1, 1–0)		 ChinaIce Sports Training Base, Beijing
Attendance: 759
Game reference
Vladislav PestovGoaliesChen ShifengReferees:
South Korea Chae Young-jin
Japan Kenji Kosaka
Linesmen:
South Korea Lim Jun-seo
Japan Ryoya Yamada
Musorov (Lyapunov, Borissevich) – 03:041–0
Alexandrov (Likhotnikov, Chaporov) – 26:232–0
Muratov (Starchenko, Boiko) – 27:523–0
Gatiyatov (Butenko, Daniyar) – 31:504–0
4–136:46 – Zheng M. (Wang, Hou)
Muratov (Starchenko, Nikitin) – 55:515–1
8 minPenalties2 min
44Shots22
23 November 2025
16:00		Kazakhstan 4–3
(1–1, 3–1, 0–1)		 JapanIce Sports Training Base, Beijing
Attendance: 385
Game reference
Roman KalmykovGoaliesIssa OtsukaReferees:
South Korea Chae Young-jin
China Feng Lei
Linesmen:
China Chi Hongda
South Korea Lim Jun-seo
Lyapunov (Starchenko, Musorov) (PP) – 05:471–0
1–118:22 – M. Suzuki (Ushio)
Starchenko (Mikhailov, Musorov) (PP) – 21:372–1
2–224:52 – Y. Sato (Yoneyama, Nakajima) (PP)
Borissevich (Lyapunov, Musorov) – 25:103–2
Starchenko (Boiko, Muratov) – 29:284–2
4–355:21 – Okubo (Nakajima, Y. Sato)
6 minPenalties14 min
37Shots25
23 November 2025
19:30		China 0–3
(0–3, 0–0, 0–0)		 South KoreaIce Sports Training Base, Beijing
Attendance: 739
Game reference
Chen ShifengGoaliesJang Ga-ramReferees:
Japan Kenji Kosaka
Kazakhstan Mihail Stupak
Linesmen:
Kazakhstan Vladislav Mashenkin
Japan Ryoya Yamada
0–107:36 – Kim Sa. (Kwon)
0–208:30 – Shin D. (Song, Nam)
0–314:38 – Kim Sa. (Kwon, Kim Se.)
29 minPenalties10 min
25Shots37

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.