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19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2023
19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2023: Schedule, Sports, and Venues
The 19th Asian Games, officially known as the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022, is a multi-sport event celebrated in Hangzhou, China. It was originally scheduled to take place from 10 to 25 September 2022, but was postponed to 23 September to 8 October 2023 due to concerns of COVID-19 pandemic in China.
Hangzhou will be the third Chinese city to host the Asian Games, after Beijing in 1990 and Guangzhou in 2010. The games will be held at 67 competition venues in 17 competition zones across Hangzhou and its surrounding areas.
Here is the schedule for the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2022:
Opening Ceremony
- Date: 23 September 2023
- Time: 8:00 PM (UTC+8)
- Venue: Century Square, Hangzhou
Closing Ceremony
- Date: 8 October 2023
- Time: 8:00 PM (UTC+8)
- Venue: Century Square, Hangzhou
A total of 40 sports will be contested at the 19th Asian Games, including 30 core sports and 10 non-core sports. The core sports are:
- Archery
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Beach volleyball
- Boxing
- Canoeing
- Cycling
- Equestrian
- Football
- Futsal
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Handball
- Hockey
- Judo
- Kabaddi
- Karate
- Lawn bowls
- Weightlifting
- Wrestling
The non-core sports are:
- Artistic gymnastics
- Billiards and snooker
- Cricket
- Dragon boat
- E-sports
- Kabaddi
- Roller skating
- Rowing
- Shaolin kung fu
- Squash
- Table tennis
- Triathlon
- Wushu
The 19th Asian Games is expected to attract over 15,000 athletes from 45 Asian countries and territories. The games will be broadcast to over one billion viewers around the world.
- Afghanistan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- Brunei
- Cambodia
- China (host)
- Chinese Taipei
- Hong Kong
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Japan
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Lebanon
- Macau
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mongolia
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- North Korea
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palestine
- Philippines
- Qatar
- Saudi Arabia
- Singapore
- South Korea
- Sri Lanka
- Syria
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- East Timor
- Turkmenistan
- United Arab Emirates
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Yemen
A total of 45 countries are participating in the 19th Asian Games Hangzhou 2023. This is the largest number of participating countries in the history of the Asian Games.