2017 Asian Winter Games
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| Host city | Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan |
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| Motto | Beyond Your Ambitions (世界につながる、冬にする, Sekai ni tsunagaru, fuyu ni suru) |
| Nations | 32 |
| Athletes | 1,147 |
| Events | 64 in 11 sports |
| Opening | 19 February 2017 |
| Closing | 26 February 2017 |
| Opened by | Naruhito Crown Prince of Japan |
| Closed by | Timothy Fok Vice President of the Olympic Council of Asia |
| Athlete's Oath | Mari Motohashi Go Tanaka |
| Judge's Oath | Masatsugu Odoka Mai Mizuhori |
| Torch lighter | Masahiko Harada |
| Main venue | Sapporo Dome (opening ceremony) Makomanai Ice Arena (closing ceremony) |
| Website | sapporo2017.org (archived) |
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The 2017 Asian Winter Games (2017アジア冬季競技大会), also known as Sapporo 2017 (札幌2017), were a series of continental winter multi-sport events and the 8th edition of the Asian Winter Games. They were held from 19 to 26 February 2017 in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan.
The games were originally scheduled for 2015. However, on 3 July 2009, the Olympic Council of Asia's general assembly, hosted in Singapore, decided to move the games to one year before the following Winter Olympics. The games began on 19 February with the opening ceremony (the curling and hockey events began the day before) and ended with the closing ceremony on 26 February.
Sapporo and Obihiro were selected to be the host cities for the games on 31 January 2011, as they were the only bidding cities. The hosting contract was signed by Tsunekazu Takeda, the president of the Japanese Olympic Committee. It was the third time that Sapporo hosted the event and the fourth time that a city in Japan did. Previously, the city held the two first editions of the Games in 1986 and 1990. Before hosting the first Asian Winter Games, the city also hosted the 1972 Winter Olympics and 1991 Winter Universiade.