Get set, go! The 2017 Sapporo Asian Winter Games are coming!
All you need to know and how to get your tickets for the hotly anticipated 2017 Games.
Asian Winter Games speed skating ©Getty Images
The 8th Asian Winter Games (AWG) are on their way and tickets are now on sale so you can be a part of all the action!
Hosted in the Japanese cities of Sapporo and Obihiro from February 19th-26th, 2017, the Games are an international event held by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) with an ever-growing following of winter sport fans.
The Games will feature five sports: curling, ice hockey, biathlon, skiing (ski jumping, cross country, alpine, freestyle and snowboard), skating (figure skating, speed skating and short track).
China's Liu Zhongqing competes in the 7th Asian Winter Games men's aerials freestyle skiing final.
Sapporo 2017 estimates that 1,200 athletes will participate which would make it the largest Asian Winter Games in OCA history.
It will be the third time Sapporo has hosted the Games, with the very first Games in the city in 1986 and the second Games that followed.
With the Games taking place one year before the 2018 Olympic Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea, the Sapporo Asian Winter Games Olympic Committee are aiming to produce a high-quality winter sports competition for the world to enjoy.
To secure your place in sporting history, get your tickets now!
Pre-Sales Tickets (including the Opening Ceremony) available now until October 23rd, 2016 at 6pm
General Sales open from November 14th, 2016 at 10am.
