OCA announces new dates for 19th Asian Games – Hangzhou
19 July 2022
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) has announced the new dates for the 19th Asian Games, which will now be held in Hangzhou from September 23 to October 8, 2023.
The 19th Asian Games were originally planned to be held in Hangzhou from September 10 to 25, 2022. Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Games were postponed by the OCA Executive Board (EB) on May 6, 2022, and a “Task Force” was created by the EB to finalise the new dates for the Games.
The Task Force over the last two months held various discussions with the Chinese Olympic Committee, the Hangzhou Asian Games Organising Committee (HAGOC), and other stakeholders to find a window for the Games which did not conflict with other major international sporting events. The recommended dates by the Task Force were duly approved by the OCA EB.
The previous edition of the Asian Games was held in Jakarta–Palembang, Indonesia, in 2018. Qatar and the Republic of Korea won gold medals in the men’s and women’s handball competitions, respectively.
