Asian Youth Games

Asian Youth Games

Official logo of the Games
Abbreviation	AYG
First event	2009 Asian Youth Games in Singapore
Occur every	4 years
Last event	2013 Asian Youth Games in Nanjing, China

The Asian Youth Games, also known as AYG, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games have been organized by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA). The Games are described as the second largest multi-sport event after the Asian Games.

The creation of the AYG is part of Singapore's bid to host the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics. It was intended to show Singapore's organisational capabilities and infrastructure.^[1]

In its history, two nations have hosted the Asian Youth Games. Forty-five nations have participated in the Games.

The last Games was held in Nanjing, China from 16 to 24 August 2013, while the next games scheduled for 2021 in Shantou, China have been postponed to December 2022.^[2]

List of Asian Youth Games[]

2009

2013

2021

2025

2029

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Host cities of the Asian Youth Games

Edition	Year	Host City	Host Nation	Opened by	Start Date	End Date	Nations	Competitors	Sports	Events	Top Placed Team	Ref.
I	2009	Singapore	Singapore	Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong	29 June	7 July	43	1,237	9	90	(CHN)	[3]
II	2013	Nanjing	China	Vice Premier Liu Yandong	16 August	24 August	45	2,404	16	122	China (CHN)	[4]
2017		Originally awarded to Hambantota, then awarded to Jakarta, eventually cancelled by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA)
III	2022	Shantou	China		Future event
IV	2025	Tashkent	Uzbekistan		Future event
V	2029	Phnom Penh	Cambodia[5]		Future event

Sports[]

Officially, there were a total of 19 sports, which were held till date in the Asian Youth Games.

Medal count[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	71	39	35	145
2	South Korea (KOR)	45	30	31	106
3	Thailand (THA)	17	22	18	57
4	Singapore (SIN)	14	18	21	53
5	Japan (JPN)	12	11	10	33
6	India (IND)	8	7	10	25
7	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	7	13	20	40
8	Hong Kong (HKG)	7	13	18	38
9	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	5	10	12	27
10	North Korea (PRK)	5	6	9	20
11	Vietnam (VIE)	5	6	2	13
12	Malaysia (MAS)	4	6	8	18
13	Kuwait (KUW)	4	3	5	12
14	Philippines (PHI)	2	4	1	7
15	Iran (IRI)	1	9	4	14
16	Qatar (QAT)	1	4	0	5
17	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	2	8	11
18	Indonesia (INA)	1	2	3	6
19	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	1	1	2	4
20	Yemen (YEM)	1	0	1	2
21	Syria (SYR)	1	0	0	1
22	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	2	7	9
23	Iraq (IRQ)	0	1	1	2
	Macau (MAC)	0	1	1	2
	Tajikistan (TJK)	0	1	1	2
26	Jordan (JOR)	0	0	3	3
	Mongolia (MGL)	0	0	3	3
28	Bahrain (BRN)	0	0	2	2
29	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	0	1	1
	Myanmar (MYA)	0	0	1	1
	Pakistan (PAK)	0	0	1	1
Totals (31 nations)		213	211	239	663

References[]