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Asian Games Host Cities

The Asian Games are currently hosted every four years, in even-numbered years.

The 2018 Games were originally planned to be held in Hanoi, Vietnam in 2019, but after they withdrew it was awarded to Jakarta in Indonesia and brought back to 2018. The following edition was planned to be held in 2022, but the event in Hangzhou was postponed to 2023.

List of Host Cities

Year Games Host Dates
2034 XXII Riyadh, Saudi Arabia  
2030 XXI Doha, Qatar  
2026 XX Nagoya and Aichi, Japan Sept 19-Oct 4
2023 XIX Hangzhou, China Sept 23 - Oct 8
2018 XVIII Jakarta, Indonesia Aug 18-Sept 2
2014 XVII Incheon, South Korea Sept 19 – Oct 4
2010 XVI Guangzhou, China Nov 12–27
2006 XV Doha, Qatar Dec 1–15
2002 XIV Busan, South Korea Sept 29 – Oct 14
1998 XIII Bangkok, Thailand Dec 6–20
1994 XII Hiroshima, Japan Oct 2–16
1990 XI Beijing, China Sept 22 – Oct 7
1986 X Seoul, South Korea Sept 20 – Oct 5
1982 IX New Delhi, India Nov 19 – Dec 4
1978 VIII Bangkok, Thailand Dec 9–20
1974 VII Tehran, Iran Sept 1–16
1970 VI Bangkok, Thailand Aug 24 – Sept 4
1966 V Bangkok, Thailand Dec 9–20
1962 IV Jakarta, Indonesia Aug 24 – Sept 4
1958 III Tokyo, Japan May 28 – June 1
1954 II Manila, Philippines May 1–9
1951 I New Delhi, India Mar 4–11


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