2026 Asian Games

2026 Asian Games
The 2026 Asian Games, also known as 20th Asian Games and Aichi-Nagoya 2026, will be a multi-sport event celebrated around the Aichi Prefecture in Japan from 19 September to 4 October 2026.The prefecture capital Nagoya will be the epicenter of the events. Nagoya will be the third time that Japan hosted the Asian Games, after Tokyo in 1958 and Hiroshima in 1994. The event is set to return to its traditional 4-year cycle, after the 2022 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China were postponed to 2023 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Bidding process
The Olympic Council of Asia (OCA) selected Nagoya to host the Games at their annual general assembly session in Danang, Vietnam, on September 25, 2016. The bid was initially in threat of falling apart after a budget dispute between Aichi Prefecture and its capital Nagoya, but was resolved, allowing the bid to be accepted. The OCA originally planned to choose the 2026 host city in 2018, but brought the planning date forward due to the intensity of the region's sporting calendar, including the next three Olympic Games between 2018 and 2022 (held in Pyeongchang, Tokyo and Beijing).
Development and preparations
Costs
The city of Nagoya received an estimate of roughly ¥85 billion in costs from the Aichi Prefecture government for the event, 30% of which is expected to be covered by sponsorships and other revenue, while the remainder is planned to be split on a 70–30 basis between Nagoya and Aichi Prefecture.
Venues
In addition to Nagoya, 16 other cities across Aichi Prefecture and main Japanese Metropolitan Regions will host Games events. This list includes 6 cities or yards in the Greater Tokyo Area that their venues also hosted events during the 2020 Summer Olympic Games.The planing of the Games expected that Paloma Mizuho Stadium will host both the opening and closing ceremonies and athletics, Nippon Gaishi Hall is to be used for both gymnastics and aquatics, the Vantelin Dome Nagoya is to be used for baseball, and the Toyota Stadium is to be used as football main venue.
Nagoya
Aichi Prefecture
Outside Aichi Prefecture and Nagoya
Gifu Prefecture
Shizuoka Prefecture
Tokyo
Football venues
The Games
List of Sports:
Core Sports
2026 Asian Games Programe:
41 Sports:
33 sports from the 2024 Summer Olympics (including surfing as a new sport) + 9 other sports:
Five regional sports that was nominated by each region of the Olympic Council of Asia:
Wushu (sport) (East Asia)
Sepak takraw (Southeast Asia)
Kabaddi (South Asia)
Kurash (Central Asia)
Jujitsu (West Asia)
Three sports who will be part of the 2020 and 2028 Summer Olympics program:
Baseball/Softball
Karate
Roller sports (Skateboarding)
Squash
Sports that entered due a common sense between AINAGOC (Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games Organizing Committee) and the OCA
Esports
Dancesport (Breakdancing)
Removed Sports
Some of the Hangzhou 2022 Asian Games removed:
Mind sports (-13): Contract bridge (-3), Chess (-4), Go (-3), Xiangqi (-3)
Dragon boat (-6)
Roller sports (-10)
See also
Asian Games celebrated in Japan
1958 Asian Games – Tokyo
1994 Asian Games – Hiroshima
References
International sports competitions hosted by Japan
Sports competitions in Aichi Prefecture
Sports competitions in Nagoya
Asian Games 2026
2026 in Japanese sport
Asian Games by year
Multi-sport events in Japan
2026 in Asian sport
2026 in multi-sport events