Independent Olympic Athletes are scheduled to compete in the 2017 Asian Winter Games in Sapporo and Obihiro, Japan from February 19 to 26. The team is scheduled to compete in one sport: ice hockey, and consists of 23 athletes.
The Kuwait Olympic Committee was suspended in October 2015, due to political interference. Therefore, the country is scheduled to compete under the Olympic flag as Independent Olympic Athletes.
The following table lists the delegation per sport and gender.
The Independent Olympic Athletes are scheduled to compete in division 2 of the men's tournament. The Independent Olympic Athletes finished in sixth place (16th place overall) in division 2 of the competition.
Independent Olympic Athletes were represented by the following 23 athletes:
<small>Legend: G = Goali, D = Defense, F = Forward</small>