East Asian Youth Games

East Asian Youth Games
Abbreviation EAYG
First event 2019 East Asian Youth Games in Taichung, Chinese Taipei
Occur every four years
Purpose Multi sport event for nations on the Asian continent

The East Asian Youth Games is a multi-sport event organised by the East Asian Games Association (EAGA) and held every four years since 2019 among athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), as well as the Pacific island of Guam, which is a member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees.

The East Asian Games is 1 of 5 Regional Games of the OCA. The others are the East Asian Games, the Central Asian Games, the South Asian Games, the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), and the West Asian Games.[1]

Participating nations

All 8 countries whose National Olympic Committee is recognized by the East Asian Games Association and 1 country whose National Olympic Committee is recognized by the Oceania National Olympic Committees.

1Associate member

List of East Asian Youth Games

Edition Year Host City Host Nation Start Date End Date Nations Competitors Sports Events Top Placed Team
I 2019 Taichung  Chinese Taipei 9 14

Sports

Fourteen sports were presented in East Asian Youth Games history, including 2019 Games in Taichung.

Sport Years
Aquatics since 2019
Athletics since 2019
Badminton since 2019
Basketball since 2019
Bowling since 2019
Canoeing since 2019
Cycling since 2019
Football since 2019
Judo since 2019
Table tennis since 2019
Sport Years
Taekwondo since 2019
Tennis since 2019
Volleyball since 2019
Wushu since 2019

See also

References

  1. ↑ Games page of the website of the Olympic Council of Asia; retrieved 2010-07-09.
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