MILAN, Italy, Feb 5, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - The next Asian Winter Games will take 
place in the Kazakh city of Almaty in 2029, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) 
announced on Thursday.

The event had been due to be held in Neom in Saudi Arabia but it was 
postponed last month after Riyadh appeared to stall on delivery of the ski 
resort in the showpiece mega-project and had discussed staging the event four 
years later than planned.

Kazakhstan has already hosted the event in 2011 in Almaty and Astana with the 
2029.

Almaty was also an unsuccessful candidate to host the 2022 Winter Olympics, 
losing out to Beijing.