Macau is scheduled to return to competition after missing the last edition of the games in 2011. The country has only competed in one sport at the games: hockey.[7]
Competitors
The following table lists the Macanese delegation per sport and gender.
Macau has entered a men's hockey team. The team is scheduled to compete in division 2.[8][9] Macau finished in fourth place (14th place overall) in division 2 of the competition.[10]
^"2017 Sapporo AWG sport entries by NOC". www.sapporo2017.org. 8th Sapporo Asian Winter Games Organizing Committee. 16 December 2016. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 16 December 2016.
^"再入圍亞洲冬季運動會 澳冰球隊力爭第二梯隊前三" [And then nominated for the Asian Winter Games, the ice hockey team to strive for the second echelon of the first three spots]. www.macausports.com.mo/ (in Chinese). Macau Sports Weekly. 21 January 2017. Retrieved 15 February 2017.