Bids for the Asian Games

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.

List of Asian Games bids edit

Games Year Candidate cities Non-candidate
applicant cities
AGF assembly Ref
Host city Others
I 1951
details
  New Delhi Only bid   Delhi
(1949-02-13)
[1][2][3]
II 1954
details
  Manila   New Delhi
(1951)
III 1958
details
  Tokyo   Manila
(1954-05-06)
[4]
IV 1962
details
  Jakarta   Karachi   Tokyo
(1958-05-23)
[5]
V 1966
details
  Bangkok Only bid   Jakarta
(1962-08-30)
[6]
VI 1970
details
  Seoul   Colombo   Bangkok
(1966-12-5)
[7]
  Bangkok   Mexico City
(1968-10-14)
[8]
VII 1974
details
  Tehran   Kuwait City
  Tel Aviv
  Bangkok
(1968-12-11)
VIII 1978
details
  Singapore   Fukuoka   Munich
(1972-08-25)
[9][10]
  Islamabad   Daejeon   Tehran
(1974-08-29)
[11]
  Bangkok   Seoul   Montreal
(1976-07-24)
[12]
IX 1982
details
  New Delhi
X 1986
details
  Seoul   Baghdad
  Pyongyang
  Shanghai
  New Delhi
(1981-11-26)
[13]
Games Year Candidate cities Non-candidate
applicant cities
OCA assembly Ref
Host city Others
XI 1990
details
  Beijing   Hiroshima   Ulsan 3rd
  Seoul
(1984)
[14]
XII 1994
details
  Hiroshima   Beijing   Ulsan
XIII 1998
details
  Bangkok   Taipei
  Jakarta
9th
  Beijing
(1990-09-27)
[15]
XIV 2002
details
  Busan   Kaohsiung 14th
  Seoul
(1995-05-23)
[16]
XV 2006
details
  Doha   Kuala Lumpur
  Hong Kong (bid)
  New Delhi
19th
  Busan
(2000-11-12)
[17]
XVI 2010
details
  Guangzhou Only Bid   Amman
  Kuala Lumpur
  Seoul
23rd
  Doha
(2004-07-01)
[18]
XVII 2014
details
  Incheon   New Delhi   Beijing 26th
  Kuwait City
(2007-04-17)
[19]
XVIII 2019   Hanoi   Surabaya   Dubai 31st
  Macau
(2012-11-08)
[20]
2018
details
  Jakarta and Palembang Only Bid 33rd
  Incheon
(2014-09-19)
[21]
XIX 2022
details
  Hangzhou 34th
  Ashgabat
(2015-09-16)
[22]
XX 2026
details
  Aichi[a] and Nagoya 35th
  Danang
(2016-09-25)
[23]
XXI 2030
details
  Doha   Riyadh 39th
  Muscat
(2020-12-16)
XXII 2034
details
  Riyadh Only Bid

List of Asian Winter Games bids edit

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
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

  Bangkok
(2023-07-08)

[29]
X 2029
details
  Trojena Only bid 41st
  Phnom Penh
(2022-10-04)

List of Asian Youth Games bids edit

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]

Notes edit

  1. ^ The term refers to other subdivisions of the Aichi Prefecture that will host the event together with Nagoya city.

References edit

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