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 | |||
| 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 fourth year among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation (AGF) 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 (OCA), after the breakup of the Asian Games Federation. The Games are recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and are described as the second largest multi-sport event after the Olympic Games.
The 1990 Asian Games also known as the XI Asiad and the 11th Asian Games, were held from September 22 to October 7, 1990, in Beijing, China. This was the first Asian Games held in China.
The 1994 Asian Games, also known as the XII Asiad and the 12th Asian Games, were held from October 2 to 16, 1994, in Hiroshima, Japan. The main theme of this edition was to promote peace and harmony among Asian nations. It was emphasized by the host because the venue was the site of the first atomic bomb attack 49 years earlier. Due to the 1991 Gulf War, Iraq was suspended from the games. The games debuted former republics of the Soviet Union: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan.
The 2010 Asian Games, officially known as the XVI Asian Games and also known as Guangzhou 2010, were a regional multi-sport event that had taken place 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.
The 2014 Asian Games, officially known as the 17th Asian Games and also known as Incheon 2014, was a pan-Asian multi-sport event held in Incheon, South Korea.
The 3rd Asian Winter Games 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.
The 6th Asian Winter Games were held in Changchun, Jilin, China from January 28 to February 4, 2007. The Winter Games are a celebration of Winter sports in Asia. This was the second time that China hosted the Asian Winter Games; the first was in Harbin, Heilongjiang in 1996.
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The Sports and Olympic Committee of Macau, China, is the National Olympic Committee (NOC) of Macau and is responsible for organizing the Special Administrative Region's (SAR) participation in international sporting events. It is officially recognised as a National Olympic Committee by the Asian Olympic Committees, Portuguese Speaking Olympic Committees and East Asian Olympic Committees, etc., regional Olympic Committee, but not yet by the International Olympic Committee.
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 the ceremony was held outside the 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 choreographed by Chen Weiya (陈维亚), who was assistant director to Zhang Yimou in 2008 Summer Olympics opening ceremony and filmed by Guangzhou Asian Games Broadcasting (GAB).
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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.
The Sixth Asian Beach Games is due to be held in Sanya, China. Sanya would be the second Chinese city to host the Asian Beach Games, after Haiyang 2012.
The People's Republic of China competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018. China won 289 medals, leading the medal count for the tenth time in Asian Games history.
Chinese Taipei competed at the 2018 Asian Games in Jakarta and Palembang, Indonesia, from 18 August to 2 September 2018. At the last Games in Incheon, the country bagged a total 51 medals, including 10 gold, 18 silver, and 23 bronze. This time, Chinese Taipei is set to send a 738-strong team to compete in 36 of 40 sporting events, including 588 athletes.
The 1982 ABC Under-18 Championship was the seventh edition of the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC)'s Junior Championship. The games were held at Quezon City, Philippines from October 4–17, 1982.
The 2025 Asian Winter Games, officially known as the IX Asian Winter Games, and commonly known as Harbin 2025, will be the ninth edition of the Asian Winter Games, a multi-sport event celebrated from 28 February to 9 March 2025 in Harbin in China. It will be the second time that Harbin will host the event and third time China hosted the Asian Winter Games. Harbin was elected as the host city at the 42nd OCA General Assembly on 8 July 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand.
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