The 2023 East Asian Youth Games () was the first edition of the East Asian Youth Games. The games was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 16 to 23 August 2023.
Developments and preparations In March 2023, the organizing committee of the games held a meeting with the purpose of intensifying preparation of the Games and key issues like emergency situation preparations, opening ceremony safety issues, volunteers training etc., are discussed and addressed in the meetings.
Marketing Mascot The organizing committee announced the mascot in November 2022. The mascots are two mythical birds, a khangardi mascot was named “Khaki” and a galbingaa was named “Inga”. The logo is inspired from the upper frame of the Mongol ger, which symbolizes “Let's unite under the roof of Ulaanbaatar”.
Venues The following venues will be used for the competition. National Central Stadium – Opening ceremony / 12,500 Athletics field of Nalaikh district – Athletics / 3,000 Futsal Hall of MFF – Badminton / 640 UG Arena – Basketball / 3,000 National Amusement Park – Basketball 3x3, 600 Wrestling Palace – Boxing / 2,500 Central Cultural Palace – Esports / 1,300 MFF Football Centre – Football / 5,000 Steppe Arena – Judo, Taekwondo, Wrestling / 2,600 Gan Sports Center – Table tennis / 300 Buyant Ukhaa Sport Palace – Volleyball / 5,000 Sukhbaatar Square – Closing ceremony / 20,000
Participating nations/regions 7 National Olympic Committees participated in the competition. China Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Japan (48) Macau Mongolia (Host) South Korea
Games Sports A total of 11 sports will be contested in the games:
Basketball
Calendar Calendar of the games was published in July.
All times and dates use Mongolian Standard Time (UTC+8)
OC Opening ceremony ● Event competitions 1 Gold medal events CC Closing ceremony
Event/DateAugustEvents16Wed17Thu18Fri19Sat20Sun21Mon22Tue23Wed|align="left" colspan=2|Ceremonies | |bgcolor="#00cc33"|OC
|bgcolor="#ee3333"|CC ||align="left" colspan=2| Athletics
|bgcolor="#ffcc00"|7 |bgcolor="#ffcc00"|6 |bgcolor="#ffcc00"|7 |bgcolor="#ffcc00"|2 |22|align="left" colspan=2| Badminton | |bgcolor="#3399ff"|● |bgcolor="#3399ff"|● |bgcolor="#ffcc00"|1 |bgcolor="#ffcc00"|4
|5Basketball|align="left"| Basketball
|bgcolor="#3399ff"|● |bgcolor="#3399ff"|● |bgcolor="#3399ff"|● |bgcolor="#ffcc00"|1 |bgcolor="#ffcc00"|1 |2|align="left"| 3x3 basketball | |bgcolor="#3399ff"|● |bgcolor="#ffcc00"|2
|2|align="left" colspan=2| Boxing |bgcolor="#3399ff"|● |bgcolor="#3399ff"|● |bgcolor="#3399ff"|● |bgcolor="#ffcc00"|10
|10|align="left" colspan=2| Esports
|bgcolor="#ffcc00"|1 |bgcolor="#ffcc00"|1
|2|align="left" colspan=2| Football | |bgcolor="#3399ff"|● |bgcolor="#3399ff"|● |bgcolor="#3399ff"|● |bgcolor="#3399ff"|● |bgcolor="#ffcc00"|1 |bgcolor="#ffcc00"|1 | |2|align="left" colspan=2| Judo | |bgcolor="#ffcc00"|6 |bgcolor="#ffcc00"|6
|12|align="left" colspan=2| Table tennis | |bgcolor="#3399ff"|● |bgcolor="#ffcc00"|2 |bgcolor="#3399ff"|● |bgcolor="#3399ff"|● |bgcolor="#ffcc00"|5
|7|align="left" colspan=2| Taekwondo
|bgcolor="#ffcc00"|6 |bgcolor="#ffcc00"|4
|10|align="left" colspan=2| Volleyball
|bgcolor="#3399ff"|● |bgcolor="#3399ff"|● |bgcolor="#3399ff"|● |bgcolor="#ffcc00"|1 |bgcolor="#ffcc00"|1 | |2|align="left" colspan=2| Wrestling
|bgcolor="#ffcc00"|6 |bgcolor="#ffcc00"|6 | |12Daily medal events ! !6 !11 !18 !15 !19 !16 !3 !88Cumulative total ! !6 !17 !35 !50 !69 !85 !88 !88Event/DateAugustEvents16Wed17Thu18Fri19Sat20Sun21Mon22Tue23Wed
Medal table
References
External links Official website