Asian Games 2022

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19th Asian Games
The Main Stadium in September 2019
The Main Stadium in September 2019
city China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Hangzhou , PR China
Stadion Main Stadium Hangzhou
u. a. Competition venues
opening September 10, 2022
Final day September 25, 2022
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The 19th Asian Games are scheduled to take place in the east Chinese city ​​of Hangzhou from September 10-25, 2022 . After 1990 and 2010, the People's Republic of China is hosting the Asian Games for the third time.

A total of 53 competition venues, five sports villages and 31 training facilities are required for the Asian Games, 40 of which were already under construction in 2019. In mid-April 2020, the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) reported that over 85 percent of the buildings would be completed by the end of 2020.

Participating Nations

For the first time, athletes from Oceania and Australia should also be able to participate, but only in selected sports to qualify for the Summer Olympics in 2024 .


Sports and dates

While eSport was still a demonstration sport in Indonesia in 2018, it is now to be officially included in the program.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hangzhou to host 19th Asian Games in 2022 , on: ocasia.org, September 16, 2015, accessed April 26, 2020 (in the web archive)
  2. ↑ a b Over 85 percent of 2022 Asian Games construction will finish in 2020 , on: hangzhou2022.cn, from April 13, 2020, accessed 2020
  3. ↑ 2022 Asian Games to include athletes from Oceania , on: foxsports.com, March 4, 2019, accessed April 26, 2020
  4. ↑ eSports becomes an official sport , Asian Games 2022, on: spiegel.de, from April 19, 2017, accessed April 26, 2020