East Asian Youth Games


The East Asian Youth Games is an international multi-sport event organised by the East Asian Olympic Committee and held every four years since 2019 among athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic Council of Asia, as well as the Pacific island of Guam, which is a member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees.
The East Asian Youth Games is one of five subregional Games of the Olympic Council of Asia. The others are the Central Asian Games, the South Asian Games, the Southeast Asian Games, and the West Asian Games.

History

On July 24, 2018, the East Asian Olympic Committee held an impromptu meeting at the request of People's Republic of China to revoke the hosting rights of Taichung in Taiwan, citing recent referendum movement in Taiwan to change its name from "Chinese Taipei" to "Taiwan" for 2020 Summer Olympics. The vote against Taichung passed 6 against 1 with PRC, Hong Kong, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea and South Korea voted against Taichung, Taiwan voted for Taichung and Japan abstaining. The move by PRC is considered by Taiwan as politically motivated and is part of recent PRC government aggressive schemes to massively diminish the presence of Taiwan on the international arena.

Participating nations

All 8 countries whose National Olympic Committee is recognized by the East Asian Olympic Committee and 1 country whose National Olympic Committee is recognized by the Oceania National Olympic Committees.
1Associate member

Editions

Sports

Fourteen sports were presented in East Asian Youth Games history, including 2019 Games in Taichung.

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