Asian Youth Games

Asian Youth Games
Abbreviation	AYG
First event	2009 Asian Youth Games in Singapore
Occur every	four years
Last event	2013 Asian Youth Games in Nanjing,China

The Asian Youth Games (AYG) is an international multi-sport event held every four years to complement the current Asian Games. The first Asian Youth Games was hosted by Singapore as a test in preparation for Youth Olympic Games (YOG).

List of Asian Youth Games

2009

2013

2017

2021

Host cities of the games through 2021

Year	Games	Host	Dates	Nations	Athletes	Sports	Events	Ref
2009	I	Singapore	29 June – 7 July	43	1,237	9	90
2013	II	Nanjing, China	16–24 August	45	2,404	16	122
2017	III	Jakarta, Indonesia		45
2021	IV	Surabaya, Indonesia						^[1]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	71	39	35	145
2	South Korea (KOR)	45	30	31	106
3	Thailand (THA)	17	22	18	57
4	Singapore (SIN)	14	18	21	53
5	Japan (JPN)	12	11	10	33
6	India (IND)	8	7	10	25
7	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	7	13	20	40
8	Hong Kong (HKG)	7	13	18	38
9	Kazakhstan (KAZ)	5	10	12	27
10	North Korea (PRK)	5	6	9	20
11	Vietnam (VIE)	5	6	2	13
12	Malaysia (MAS)	4	6	8	18
13	Kuwait (KUW)	4	3	5	12
14	Philippines (PHI)	2	4	1	7
15	Iran (IRI)	1	9	4	14
16	Qatar (QAT)	1	4	0	5
17	Uzbekistan (UZB)	1	2	8	11
18	Indonesia (INA)	1	2	3	6
19	Saudi Arabia (KSA)	1	1	2	4
20	Yemen (YEM)	1	0	1	2
21	Syria (SYR)	1	0	0	1
22	Sri Lanka (SRI)	0	2	7	9
23	Iraq (IRQ)	0	1	1	2
23	Macau (MAC)	0	1	1	2
23	Tajikistan (TJK)	0	1	1	2
26	Jordan (JOR)	0	0	3	3
26	Mongolia (MGL)	0	0	3	3
28	Bahrain (BRN)	0	0	2	2
29	Kyrgyzstan (KGZ)	0	0	1	1
29	Myanmar (MYA)	0	0	1	1
29	Pakistan (PAK)	0	0	1	1
Total		213	211	239	663

Officially, there were a total of 19 sports, which were held till date in the Asian Youth Games.

v t e Asian Youth Games
Sports OCA NOCs Medal table Mascots
Games	Singapore 2009 Nanjing 2013 Jakarta 2017 Surabaya 2021

v t e Events of the Olympic Council of Asia
Sports NOCs Mascots
Continental	Asian Games Asian Beach Games Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games Asian Winter Games Asian Youth Games
Regional	Central Asian Games East Asian Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Games
Defunct	Afro-Asian Games² Asian Indoor Games¹ Asian Martial Arts Games¹
¹ Merged to form Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games.² Inter-continental event involving Asia and Africa.