2022 Asian Games

XIX Asian Games

Host city	Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China
Motto	Heart to Heart, @Future
Events	482 in 40 sports (Consist of 61 disciplines)
Opening ceremony	10 September
Closing ceremony	25 September
Officially opened by	President Xi Jinping[a] (expected)
Athlete's Oath	TBA
Judge's Oath	TBA
Torch lighter	TBA
Main venue
Website	hangzhou2022.cn
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The 2022 Asian Games (Chinese: 2022年亚洲运动会; pinyin: Èr líng èr èr nián Yàzhōu Yùndònghuì), also known as XIX Asiad (Chinese: 第十九届亚洲运动会; pinyin: Dì Shíjiŭ Jiè Yàzhōu Yùndònghuì), will be a multi-sport event celebrated in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China from 10 to 25 September 2022.^[1] Hangzhou will be the third Chinese city to host the Asian Games, after Beijing in 1990 and Guangzhou in 2010.

The Games will also include athletes from Oceania for the first time after the approval from Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) to compete in sports which qualify for the 2024 Summer Olympics through Asia, including volleyball, beach volleyball, basketball, football and fencing.^[2]

Bidding process[]

The Chinese Olympic Committee confirmed that Hangzhou submitted a bid, and is the only city to declare the candidacy in August 2015. Hangzhou was officially awarded as the host city on September 16, 2015, in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, during the 34th OCA General Assembly.^[3]

According to the proposal, Ningbo, Shaoxing and Huzhou will also be the part of competition venues. The Games also enhanced the construction of several railways in the city, and shorten the travel to one and half hours.^[4]

Development and preparation[]

Memories of Jiangnan

Marketing[]

Promotion[]

To promote the Games, the Hangzhou 2022 Organising Committee (HAGOC) has launched a television channel for its official information with the Hangzhou Culture Radio Television Group.^[5] For similar purpose, Loong Air – the Games' Official Airline Partner painted six of its planes in the Asian Games livery.^[6] A One-year countdown ceremony, titled “Expecting” was held on 10 September 2021 at the Hangzhou Olympic Sports Centre. The programme included the unveiling of the torch design and the official uniforms of the Olympic Council of Asia representatives and the referees, judges, technical delegates and jury members, which were produced by 361 Degrees.^[7][8]

Emblem[]

The official emblem of the games, titled "Surging Tides", was unveiled during a special ceremony at the headquarters of the Hangzhou Culture Radio Television Group on 6 August 2018 to prepare the city to succeed Jakarta & Palembang 2018 as Asian Games host city.^[9][10]

Mascot[]

Congcong, Lianlian and Chenchen, known collectively as the smart triplets "Memories of Jiangnan", were unveiled online on April 3, 2020, as the official mascots of the Games; male robotic superheroes that originated the Archaeological Ruins of Liangzhu City, the West Lake and the Grand Canal.^[11]

Motto[]

The official motto of the 2022 Asian Games: "Heart to Heart, @Future" was unveiled at the Tennis Centre of the Olympic and International Expo Park – nicknamed Little Lotus on 15 December 2019 to mark the 1,000 days countdown to the Games.^[12]

Venues[]

44 venues will be used during the Games, which 30 venues are already existing in the city, 10 are under construction and another 4 venues are in the planning stage.^[1]

The Games[]

Sports[]

On 8 April 2019, the Olympic Council of Asia initially announced that the Games would feature 37 sports, including the 28 permanent Olympic sports to be contested at the 2024 Summer Olympics as well as events in other non-Olympic sports.^[13] 3 sports were added on 12 September 2019, making the total increased to 40 sports (Consist of 61 disciplines).^[14] E-sports and breakdancing were added on 18 December 2020.^[15]

Calendar[]

The first edition of the schedule was published on 13 September 2021.^[17]

All times and dates use China Standard Time (UTC+8)

OC

Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

1

Event finals

CC

Closing ceremony

September		September																				Events
		6 Tue	7 Wed	8 Thu	9 Fri	10 Sat	11 Sun	12 Mon	13 Tue	14 Wed	15 Thu	16 Fri	17 Sat	18 Sun	19 Mon	20 Tue	21 Wed	22 Thu	23 Fri	24 Sat	25 Sun
Ceremonies						OC															CC
Aquatics
																		●	1	●	1	2
																						10
																			1	1		2
																						41
							●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	2
															●				●	●		10
																						48
											●	●	●		●	●	●	●				7
																			1	1		2
Baseball
								●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●		●	●	1		1
								●	●	●	●	●	●	1								1
	5 x 5		●	●	●		●		●		1	●	●	●		●	●		●	1		2
	3 x 3													●	●	●	●	●	2			2
Board Games
										●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	3			3
							●	●	●			●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●			4
							●	●	●	●		●	●	●	●							3
											●	●	●			●	●	●	●			3
							●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●								13
	Slalom												●									4
	Sprint																●	●				12
	Traditional boat race																					6
Cricket							●	●	●	●	●	●	1	●	●	●	●	●	●	1		2
	BMX													2								2
	Mountain biking							2														2
	Road cycling																					4
	Track cycling																					12
										●		●	●									6
Esports																						'8
																						12
Field hockey							●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1		2
Football		●	●	●	●		●	●		●	●	●		●	●		●		1	1		2
											●	●	●	4								4
	Artistic																					14
	Rhythmic																	1	1			2
	Trampolining														●	2						2
							●	●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●	1	1				2
Judo																						15
																						8
														●	●	●	●	●	2			2
																						12
																						7
				●	●																	4
	Roller skating																●					12
	Skateboarding						●		●													4
			●	●	●																	14
																		●	●	2		2
										●	●	●	●	●	●	●	14					14
Sepak takraw							●	●	●	●	●		●	●	●		●	●	●			6
										●												33
												●	●									6
									●	●	●	●		●	●	●	●					5
								●	●	●		●	●									7
																						13
Tennis
							●	●	●	●	●											5
																●			●			5
												1	1		1							3
Volleyball
							●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1						2
									●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	●	1	1		2
																						14
																						18
																						15
Daily medal events																						482
Cumulative total																						482
September		September																				Events
		6 Tue	7 Wed	8 Thu	9 Fri	10 Sat	11 Sun	12 Mon	13 Tue	14 Wed	15 Thu	16 Fri	17 Sat	18 Sun	19 Mon	20 Tue	21 Wed	22 Thu	23 Fri	24 Sat	25 Sun

Participation[]

All the 45 National Olympic Committees who are members of the Olympic Council of Asia are expected to send delegations. Oceanian countries will also be invited to compete in some sports in which Olympic qualification combines the two continents.^[18]

See also[]

• Asian multi-sport events in China
  • 1990 Asian Games
  • 2010 Asian Games
  • 2012 Asian Beach Games
  • 2020 Asian Beach Games
  • 1996 Asian Winter Games
  • 2007 Asian Winter Games
  • 2013 Asian Youth Games
  • 2021 Asian Youth Games
  • 2010 Asian Para Games
  • 2022 Asian Para Games

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Organising Committee's official website in Chinese