# Bids for the Asian Games

Bids for the Asian Games is the process where National Olympic Committees select from within their national territory cities to put forward bids to host an Asian Games.

## List of Asian Games bids

| Games | Year | Candidate cities | Candidate cities | Non-candidate applicant cities | AGF assembly | Ref |
| Games | Year | Host city | Others | Non-candidate applicant cities | AGF assembly | Ref |
| I | 1951 details | New Delhi | Only bid | | Delhi (1949-02-13) | |
| II | 1954 details | Manila | Only bid | | New Delhi (1951) | |
| III | 1958 details | Tokyo | Only bid | | Manila (1954-05-06) | |
| IV | 1962 details | Jakarta | Karachi | | Tokyo (1958-05-23) | |
| V | 1966 details | Bangkok | Only bid | | Jakarta (1962-08-30) | |
| VI | 1970 details | Seoul | Only bid | Colombo | Bangkok (1966-12-5) | |
| VI | 1970 details | Bangkok | Only bid | | Mexico City (1968-10-14) | |
| VII | 1974 details | Tehran | Kuwait City Tel Aviv | | Bangkok (1968-12-11) | |
| VIII | 1978 details | Singapore | | | Munich (1972-08-25) | |
| VIII | 1978 details | Islamabad | | | Tehran (1974-08-29) | |
| VIII | 1978 details | Bangkok | Seoul | | Montreal (1976-07-24) | |
| IX | 1982 details | New Delhi | | | Montreal (1976-07-24) | |
| X | 1986 details | Seoul | only bid | Baghdad Pyongyang | New Delhi (1981-11-26) | |
| Games | Year | Candidate cities | Candidate cities | Non-candidate applicant cities | OCA assembly | Ref |
| Games | Year | Host city | Others | Non-candidate applicant cities | OCA assembly | Ref |
| XI | 1990 details | Beijing | Hiroshima | | 3rd Seoul (1984) | |
| XII | 1994 details | Hiroshima | Beijing | | 3rd Seoul (1984) | |
| XIII | 1998 details | Bangkok | Taipei Jakarta | | 9th Beijing (1990-09-27) | |
| XIV | 2002 details | Busan | Kaohsiung | | 14th Seoul (1995-05-23) | |
| XV | 2006 details | Doha | Kuala Lumpur Hong Kong (bid) New Delhi | | 19th Busan (2000-11-12) | |
| XVI | 2010 details | Guangzhou | Only Bid | Amman Kuala Lumpur Seoul | 23rd Doha (2004-07-01) | |
| XVII | 2014 details | Incheon | New Delhi | Amman Hanoi | 26th Kuwait City (2007-04-17) | |
| XVIII | 2019 | Hanoi | Surabaya | Dubai | 31st Macau (2012-11-08) | |
| XVIII | 2018 details | Jakarta and Palembang | Only Bid | | 33rd Incheon (2014-09-19) | |
| XIX | 2022 details | Hangzhou | Only Bid | | 34th Ashgabat (2015-09-16) | |
| XX | 2026 details | Aichi and Nagoya | Only Bid | | 35th Danang (2016-09-25) | |
| XXI | 2030 details | Doha | Riyadh | | 39th Muscat (2020-12-16) | |
| XXII | 2034 details | Riyadh | Doha | | 39th Muscat (2020-12-16) | |

## List of Asian Winter Games bids

| Games | Year | Candidate cities | Candidate cities | Non-candidate applicant cities | OCA assembly | Ref |
| Games | Year | Host city | Others | Non-candidate applicant cities | OCA assembly | Ref |
| I | 1986 details | Sapporo | Only bid | | 3rd Seoul (1984) | |
| II | 1990 details | India | Only bid | | | |
| II | 1990 details | Sapporo | Only bid | | 8th Bali (1989) | |
| III | 1995 | Samjiyon | Only bid | | | |
| III | 1996 details | Harbin | Gangwon | | 12th Kuwait City (1993-12-02) | |
| IV | 1999 details | Gangwon | Only bid | | 12th Kuwait City (1993-12-02) | |
| V | 2003 details | Aomori | Only bid | | 16th New Delhi (1997-12-14) | |
| VI | 2007 details | Changchun | Beirut | Tehran Almaty | 21st Busan (2002-10-02) | |
| VII | 2009 | Beirut | Only bid | | 21st Busan (2002-10-02) | |
| VII | 2011 details | Astana and Almaty | Only bid | | 25th Kuwait City (2006-03-04) | |
| VIII | 2017 details | Sapporo and Obihiro | Only bid | | 30th Astana (2011-01-31) | |
| IX | 2025 details | Harbin | Only bid | | 42rd Bangkok (2023-07-08) | |
| X | 2029 details | Trojena | Only bid | | 41st Phnom Penh (2022-10-04) | |

## List of Asian Youth Games bids

| Games | Year | Candidate cities | Candidate cities | Non-candidate applicant cities | OCA assembly | Ref |
| Games | Year | Host city | Others | Non-candidate applicant cities | OCA assembly | Ref |
| I | 2009 details | Singapore | Only bid | | | |
| II | 2013 details | Nanjing | Only bid | | 29th Guangzhou (2010-11-13) | |
| III | 2017 | Hambantota | Only bid | | No Kuwait City (2012-06-12) | |
| III | 2017 | Jakarta | Only bid | | 34th Ashgabat (2015-09-16) | |
| III | 2021 details | Surabaya | Only bid | | 31st Macau (2012-11-08) | |
| III | 2021 details | Shantou | Only bid | | 38th Bangkok (2019-03-03) | |
| IV | 2025 | Tashkent | Only bid | | No Doha (2019-09-28) | |
| IV | 2025 | Manama | Only bid | | No Lausanne (2024-12-26) | |
| V | 2029 | Phnom Penh | Only bid | | 40th Dubai (2021-11-22) | |