East Asian Youth Games
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Abbreviation | EAYG |
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First event | 2019 East Asian Youth Games in Taichung, Chinese Taipei |
Occur every | four years |
Purpose | Multi sport event for nations on the Asian continent |
The East Asian Youth Games is a multi-sport event organised by the East Asian Games Association (EAGA) and held every four years since 2019 among athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), as well as the Pacific island of Guam, which is a member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees.
The East Asian Games is 1 of 5 Regional Games of the OCA. The others are the East Asian Games, the Central Asian Games, the South Asian Games, the Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games), and the West Asian Games.[1]
Participating nations
All 8 countries whose National Olympic Committee is recognized by the East Asian Games Association and 1 country whose National Olympic Committee is recognized by the Oceania National Olympic Committees.
1Associate member
List of East Asian Youth Games
Edition | Year | Host City | Host Nation | Start Date | End Date | Nations | Competitors | Sports | Events | Top Placed Team |
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I | 2019 | Taichung | Chinese Taipei | 9 | 14 | |||||
Sports
Fourteen sports were presented in East Asian Youth Games history, including 2019 Games in Taichung.
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See also
References
- ↑ Games page of the website of the Olympic Council of Asia; retrieved 2010-07-09.