2007 Asian Winter Games - Participating Nations

Participating Nations

The sixth edition marked the first time that all members of the Olympic Council of Asia sent delegations to the Winter Asiad. The following are the 25 National Olympic Committees which competed, with the number of competitors they fielded:

Seven figure skaters from Kuwait, Malaysia, Macau and a speed skater from Turkmenistan were not allowed to compete as their respective nations were not members of the International Skating Union. However, competitors were later allowed to compete, but their results were not allowed to count towards the official rankings.

  • Afghanistan (3)
  • China (159)
  • Chinese Taipei (14)
  • Hong Kong (26)
  • India (5)
  • Iran (14)
  • Japan (112)
  • Jordan (3)
  • Kazakhstan (104)
  • Kuwait (22)
  • Kyrgyzstan (5)
  • Lebanon (3)
  • Macau (26)
  • Malaysia (21)
  • Mongolia (23)
  • Nepal (2)
  • North Korea (66)
  • Pakistan (7)
  • Palestine (1)
  • Philippines (5)
  • South Korea (118)
  • Tajikistan (3)
  • Thailand (23)
  • Turkmenistan* (1)
  • United Arab Emirates (19)
  • Uzbekistan (11)
Non-competing nations

The following only sent non-competing delegations:

  • Bahrain
  • Bangladesh
  • Bhutan
  • Brunei
  • Cambodia
  • Indonesia
  • Iraq
  • Laos
  • Maldives
  • Myanmar
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Singapore
  • Sri Lanka
  • Syria
  • Timor-Leste
  • Vietnam
  • Yemen

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