Bids for the Asian Games is the process where National Olympic Committees select from within their national territory cities to put forward bids to host an Asian Games.
| Games | Year | Candidate cities | Non-candidate applicant cities | OCA assembly | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host city | Others | |||||
| I | 1986 details |  Sapporo | Only bid | 3rd Seoul (1984) | [14] | |
| II | 1990 details |  India | Only bid | [24] | ||
| Sapporo | Only bid | 8th Bali (1989) | ||||
| III | 1995 |  Samjiyon | Only bid | |||
| 1996 details |  Harbin |  Gangwon | 12th Kuwait City (1993-12-02) | [25] | ||
| IV | 1999 details | Gangwon | Only bid | |||
| V | 2003 details |  Aomori | Only bid | 16th New Delhi (1997-12-14) | ||
| VI | 2007 details | Changchun |  Beirut |  Tehran  Almaty | 21st Busan (2002-10-02) | [25] [26] |
| VII | 2009 | Beirut | Only bid | |||
| 2011 details | Astana and Almaty | Only bid | 25th Kuwait City (2006-03-04) | [27] | ||
| VIII | 2017 details | Sapporo and Obihiro | Only bid | 30th Astana (2011-01-31) | [28] | |
| IX | 2025 details | Harbin | Only bid | 42rd | [29] | |
| X | 2029 details |  Trojena | Only bid | 41st Phnom Penh (2022-10-04) | ||
| Games | Year | Candidate cities | Non-candidate applicant cities | OCA assembly | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host city | Others | |||||
| I | 2009 details |  Singapore | Only bid | |||
| II | 2013 details | Nanjing | Only bid | 29th Guangzhou (2010-11-13) | [30] | |
| III | 2017 |  Hambantota | Only bid | No Kuwait City (2012-06-12) | [31] | |
| Jakarta | Only bid | 34th Ashgabat (2015-09-16) | [32] | |||
| 2021 details | Surabaya | Only bid | 31st Macau (2012-11-08) | [20] | ||
| Shantou | Only bid | 38th Bangkok (2019-03-03) | [32] | |||
| IV | 2025 |  Tashkent | Only bid | No Doha (2019-09-28) | [33] | |
| V | 2029 | Phnom Penh | Only bid | 40th Dubai (2021-11-22) | [34] | |
The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years for athletes of Asia. The Games were regulated by Asian Games Federation from the first Games in New Delhi, India in 1951, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games, they have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia, after the breakup of the Asian Games Federation. The Games are recognized by the International Olympic Committee and are the second largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games.
The 2002 Asian Games, officially known as the XIV Asian Games and also known as Busan 2002 (부산2002), were an international multi-sport event held in Busan, South Korea from September 29 to October 14, 2002. Due to schedule impediments the football tournament started two days before the opening ceremony.
The National Games of the People's Republic of China is the highest-level comprehensive multi-sport event of China. It is hosted by the General Administration of Sport of China. The games is held every four years, usually in the summer or autumn of the year after the Summer Olympics.
The 1962 Asian Games also known as the 4th Asian Games, IV Asiad, and Jakarta 1962, was the fourth edition of pan-Asian multi-sport event sanctioned by the Asian Games Federation (AGF). The games were held from 24 August to 4 September 1962, in Jakarta, Indonesia. It was the first international multi-sport event hosted by the then-17-year-old Southeast Asian country. This was the first of two Asian Games hosted by the city: the second was held in 2018, with Palembang as the co-host.
The 1986 Asian Games, officially known as the 10th Asian Games and the X Asiad and commonly known as Seoul 1986, were held from 20 September to 5 October 1986, in Seoul, South Korea. The venues and facilities of the 10th Asiad were the same venues and facilities that would be used in the 1988 Summer Olympics, as it was considered a test event.
The 1990 Asian Games, also known as the XI Asiad and the 11th Asian Games (第十一届亚洲运动会) or simply Beijing 1990 (北京1990), were held from September 22 to October 7, 1990, in Beijing, China. This was the first Asian Games held in China.
The 2010 Asian Games (2010年亚洲运动会), officially known as the XVI Asian Games (第十六届亚洲运动会) and also known as Guangzhou 2010 (广州2010), were a regional multi-sport event held from November 12 to 27, 2010 in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It was the second time China hosted the Asian Games, with the first one being Asian Games 1990 in Beijing.
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The 3rd Asian Winter Games, also known as Harbin 1996, were held from February 4 to 11, 1996 in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China. North Korea's Samjiyon was the original host for the games scheduled in 1995, but withdrew in August 1992. After the withdrawal, South Korea and then China submitted bids respectively. The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) decided to elect the host cities for these 3rd games and the next 4th games simultaneously. On December 2, 1993, The OCA announced that the 3rd games would be held in China in 1996 and the 4th games would be held in South Korea in 1999.
Wu Jingyu is a female Chinese Taekwondo practitioner who won gold medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics in the –49 kg class. She also won several medals at world championships and Asian Games.
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The 2010 Asian Games torch relay was held from October 12, 2010 through 21 cities in Guangdong province and 2 cities outside the province before the opening ceremony on November 12, 2010. Prior to the relay, a lighting ceremony was held back on October 9, 2010. Some 2,068 torchbearers were expected to carry the torch. The relay leg in Harbin was held in a minor scale due the climatic conditions,as the leg was held inside the main venue of the 1996 Asian Winter Games complex, the Harbin Ice Hockey Rink, while the relay on October 15, 2010 was affected by Typhoon Megi as it was held under the rain. The leg held from November 6–8 acted as a test relay. The flame travelled across China aboard a China Southern Airlines Airbus A330-200 named "Flight Guangzhou 2010", with the airline company being the official partner of the games.
The 2010 Asian Games opening ceremony officially began at 8:00pm China Standard Time (UTC+8) on November 12, 2010. The ceremony took place along the Pearl River on Haixinsha Island, mark it the first time in history that an Asian Games ceremony was held outside the main Games stadium. In front of 30,000 spectators, it lasted four hours, featured about 6,000 performers, with at least 40,000 of fireworks. The ceremony was directed and choreographed by Chen Weiya (陈维亚), who was assistant director to Zhang Yimou in 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony and was filmed by Guangzhou Asian Games Broadcasting (GAB).
The 2022 Asian Games (2022年亚洲运动会), officially the 19th Asian Games (第十九届亚洲运动会) and also known as Hangzhou 2022 (杭州2022), were a continental multi-sport event which was held from 23 September to 8 October 2023 in Hangzhou, China. The games marked the 110th anniversary since the creation of the first continental event, starting with the 1913 Far Eastern Championship Games.
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Three cities submitted bids to host the 2018 Asian Games that were recognized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). The games were awarded to Hanoi, Vietnam. The other shortlisted city was Surabaya, Indonesia. This came after Dubai and the United Arab Emirates pulled out of the running at the last minute during the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) General Assembly meeting on November 8, 2012.
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The closing ceremony for the 2010 Asian Games began on November 27, 2010, at 20:06 local time in front of 35,000 spectators. The show had the theme "Leave Your Song Here", and had cultural displays from China, India, Indonesia, Lebanon, Japan, Kazakhstan and Mongolia. The ceremony featured songs from different cultures as follows: the Indian "Saajan ji Ghar Aaye" and "Aao re Jhumo re", Indonesian "Sing Sing So" and Japanese "Sakura". Various artists from Taiwan, Hong Kong and mainland China performed "Triumphant Return", among them were Alan Tam, Leo Ku and Hacken Lee.
Esports has been one of the regular Asian Games sports since 2022 edition in Hangzhou, China. It was first introduced as a demonstration sport in 2018 in Jakarta and Palembang.
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