2029_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
Next event	2025 Asian Youth Games in Tashkent, Uzbekistan

Asian Youth Games

International multi-sport event

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.

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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 and the next games will be held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in 2025.^[2]

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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	China (CHN)	^[3]
II	2013	Nanjing	China	Vice Premier Liu Yandong	16 August	24 August	45	2,404	16	122	China (CHN)	^[4]
—	~~2017~~	Hambantota	Sri Lanka	Originally awarded to Hambantota, then awarded to Jakarta, eventually cancelled by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA)
—	~~2021~~	Shantou	China	Originally awarded to Surabaya, then awarded to Shantou, eventually cancelled by the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) due to COVID-19 pandemic								^[5]
III	2025	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	Future event
IV	2029	Phnom Penh	Cambodia	Future event								^[6]

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
26	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 entries)		213	211	239	663

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