2027 IIHF Asia Championship

2027 IIHF Asia Championship
Tournament details
Host country South Korea
CityJeonju
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Dates5–8 November 2026
Teams4
Final positions
Champions  Kazakhstan (3rd title)
Runners-up  Japan
Third place  South Korea
Fourth place China
Tournament statistics
Games played6
Goals scored28 (4.67 per game)
Attendance3,725 (621 per game)
Scoring leaderJapan Chikara Hanzawa (5 points)
Official website
IIHF.com
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The 2027 IIHF Asia Championship was the third edition of the IIHF Asia Championship Series, organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF). It was held in Jeonju, South Korea from 5 to 8 November 2026.

Kazakhstan won their third title in as many editions.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W OTW OTL L GF GA GD Pts
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Kazakhstan 3 2 1 0 0 9 2 +7 8
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan 3 2 0 0 1 11 7 +4 6
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  South Korea (H) 3 1 0 1 1 6 7 −1 4
4  China 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+9).

5 November 2026
16:00
Japan 2–3
(1–1, 1–1, 0–1)
 KazakhstanJeonju Indoor Ice Rink, Jeonju
Attendance: 300
Game reference
Issa OtsukaGoaliesVladislav NurekReferees:
South Korea Chae Young-jin
South Korea Park Jun-soo
Linesmen:
South Korea Lim Jun-seo
China Xu Hehao
Taneichi (Isogai, Ishida) (PP) – 03:321–0
1–104:38 – Mukhametov (Grents)
1–227:11 – Migunov (Merzlikin, Mangisbayev)
Kimura (Ishida) (PP) – 33:402–2
2–350:02 – Nikitin (Gatiyatov, Gusseinov) (PP)
8 minPenalties6 min
21Shots41
5 November 2026
19:30
South Korea 3–1
(0–0, 1–0, 2–1)
 ChinaJeonju Indoor Ice Rink, Jeonju
Attendance: 425
Game reference
Chun Jong-hunGoaliesChen ShifengReferees:
Japan Masa Hashimoto
Kazakhstan Mihail Stupak
Linesmen:
South Korea Kang Kyu-seong
Kazakhstan Vyacheslav Zbrodko
Song H. (Kwon H., Lee J.) – 23:521–0
1–143:28 – Zhang Z. (Jiang)
Huh (Lee Y., Kwon M.) – 47:462–1
Lee C. (Kim G.) (EN) – 59:203–1
2 minPenalties2 min
48Shots15

7 November 2026
14:00
South Korea 3–5
(0–0, 1–4, 2–1)
 JapanJeonju Indoor Ice Rink, Jeonju
Attendance: 1,200
Game reference
Lee Yeon-seung
Choi Su-hoon
GoaliesIssa OtsukaReferees:
China Feng Lei
Kazakhstan Mihail Stupak
Linesmen:
China Xu Hehao
Kazakhstan Vyacheslav Zbrodko
0–124:01 – Nakajima (Isogai, Hanzawa)
0–230:27 – Hanzawa (Ishida, Takeya)
0–333:50 – Miura (Taneichi, Okubo)
0–435:00 – Hanzawa (Ishida, Tsutsumi)
Kim Sa. (Kwon M., Kim Se.) (PP) – 38:051–4
1–544:30 – Tsutsumi (Suzuki) (PP)
Kim Si. (Lee C., Huh) (PP) – 44:302–5
Kim Sa. (Kim G., Jeong) – 58:433–5
10 minPenalties8 min
25Shots19
7 November 2026
17:30
Kazakhstan 5–0
(0–0, 2–0, 3–0)
 ChinaJeonju Indoor Ice Rink, Jeonju
Attendance: 300
Game reference
Vladislav Nurek
Sergei Kudryavtsev
GoaliesChen ShifengReferees:
South Korea Chae Young-jin
Japan Masa Hashimoto
Linesmen:
South Korea Kang Kyu-seong
Japan Ryoya Yamada
Daniyar (Mukhametov, Gusseinov) (PP) – 30:061–0
Daniyar (Butenko, Gatiyatov) – 33:362–0
Gatiyatov (Butenko, Daniyar) – 40:333–0
Iulbarisov (Mukhametov, Alexandrov) – 47:464–0
Nikitin (Gatiyatov, Gusseinov) (PP) – 52:565–0
0 minPenalties4 min
51Shots13

8 November 2026
14:00
China 1–4
(0–0, 0–1, 1–3)
 JapanJeonju Indoor Ice Rink, Jeonju
Attendance: 300
Game reference
Chen ShifengGoaliesEiki SatoReferees:
South Korea Park Jun-soo
Kazakhstan Mihail Stupak
Linesmen:
South Korea Lim Jun-seo
Kazakhstan Vyacheslav Zbrodko
0–137:26 – Isogai (Hanzawa, Ishida) (PP)
0–244:30 – Nakajima (Hanzawa, Isogai)
0–349:59 – Miura (Okubo)
0–458:26 – Tsutsumi (Suzuki)
Hou (Wang, Yan) – 59:081–4
12 minPenalties6 min
20Shots41
8 November 2026
17:30
Kazakhstan 1–0 GWS
(0–0, 0–0, 0–0)
(OT: 0–0)
(SO: 1–0)
 South KoreaJeonju Indoor Ice Rink, Jeonju
Attendance: 1,200
Game reference
Choi Su-hoonGoaliesVladislav NurekReferees:
China Feng Lei
Japan Masa Hashimoto
Linesmen:
China Xu Hehao
Japan Ryoya Yamada
Gross GOAL
Gusseinov MISS
Mukhametov MISS
Rymarev GOAL
Iulbarisov MISS
Rymarev GOAL
Rymarev MISS
Gross MISS
Gusseinov GOAL
ShootoutGOAL Lee C.
MISS Kwon M.
MISS Kim Sa.
MISS Kim G.
GOAL Huh
GOAL Lee C.
MISS Lee C.
MISS Kwon M.
MISS Kim Si.
8 minPenalties9 min
29Shots23

References

  1. ↑ "IIHF Asia Championship 2027". IIHF. 29 August 2026. Retrieved 29 August 2026.
  2. ↑ "IIHF Asia Championship 2027: Kazakhstan claims third-straight title". IIHF. 8 November 2026. Retrieved 8 November 2026.