Asian Youth Games
The Asian Youth Games are a multisport event for juniors. They took place for the first time in 2009 and are always played in the year before the Asian Games .
Events
| year | No. | venue | Event date |
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 Singapore
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June 29 - July 7, 2009 |
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 People's Republic of China , Nanjing
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16.-24. August 2013 |
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 Sri Lanka , Hambantota
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2017 |
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 Indonesia , Surabaya
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2021 |
sports
For reasons of time and capacity, only nine sports were on the program at the first event (swimming including diving, athletics, basketball, beach volleyball, bowling, soccer, sailing, shooting and table tennis). For the second edition, bowling, sailing and beach volleyball were no longer part of the program, but badminton , judo, tennis, fencing, golf, handball, rugby, squash, weightlifting and taekwondo were added.