ASIAN GAMES (FICTION)

The **2018 Asian Games**, officially known as the **XIX Asian Games**, and commonly known as **Manila 2022,** was a continental multi-sport event that was held from 18 June to 3 July 2022 in Manila and nearby areas.

The opening and closing ceremonies of the Games were held at Philippine National Stadium in Makati.

Several new disciplines were introduced at the 2022 Asian Games including Polo, Esports, Surfing, Obstacle Racing, and Muaythai.

led the medal tally for the. world, Asian and Asian Games records were broken during the Games, while was announced as the most valuable player.

## Bidding Process

The four candidate cities were Manila, Dubai, Bangkok, and Hong Kong. The applicant cities of Phnom Penh and Karachi were not promoted to candidate status.

 Dubai
 Bangkok
 Hong Kong

## Venues

 National Aquatics Stadium
 National Athletics Stadium

 Ligaya Athlete's Village
 The Peninsula Manila
 Media Press Center

## The Games

### Opening ceremony

The opening ceremony started at 19:00 Philippine Time (UTC+8) on Saturday, 18 June 2022. The ceremony stage showcased a towering 30 meter-high replica of several Filipino landmarks accompanied by Filipino dances, attires, songs, and plants and flowers.

Several artists from different parts of the Philippines performed including Dylan Hong, Jia, Ingrid Rafael, Zach Zamora, Retrakt, and Klea Lacson

The games was officially opened by the President of the Philippines

	+ Artistic Swimming
	+ Diving
	+ Swimming
	+ Water Polo
* Archery
	+ Recurve
	+ Compound
* Athletics
* Badminton
* Baseball
	+ Baseball
	+ Softball
* Basketball
	+ 5x5
	+ 3x3
* Billiards
* Bowling
* Boxing
* Canoeing
	+ Slalom
	+ Sprint
	+ Traditional Boat Race
* Chess
* Cricket
* Cycling
	+ BMX
	+ Mountain Biking
	+ Road Cycling
	+ Track Cycling
* Dancesport
* Equestrian
* Esports
* Fencing
* Field Hockey
* Football
	+ Football
	+ Futsal
* Golf
* Gymnastics
* Handball
* Jet Ski
* Judo
* Jujitsu
* Kabaddi
* Karate
* Kurash
* Modern Pentathlon
* Muaythai
* Netball
* Obstacle Racing
* Pencak Silat
* Polo
* Roller Sports
	+ Roller Skating
	+ Skateboarding
* Rowing
* Rugby Sevens
* Sailing
* Sambo
* Sepak Takraw
* Shooting
* Sport Climbing
* Squash
* Surfing
* Table Tennis
* Taekwondo
* Tennis
	+ Tennis
	+ Soft Tennis
* Triathlon
* Volleyball
	+ Beach Volleyball
	+ Indoor Volleyball
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling
* Wushu

### Participating National Olympic Committees

44 members of the Olympic Council of Asia participated in the games. North Korea did not participate due to the ban of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the whole of 2022.

Below is a list of all the participating NOCs. The number of competitors per delegation is indicated in brackets.

* Bahrain
* Bangladesh
* Bhutan
* Brunei
* Cambodia
* China
* Hong Kong
* India
* Indonesia
* Iran
* Iraq
* Japan
* Jordan
* Kazakhstan
* South Korea
* Kuwait
* Kyrgyzstan
* Laos
* Lebanon
* Macau
* Malaysia
* Maldives
* Mongolia
* Myanmar
* Nepal
* Oman
* Pakistan
* Palestine
* Philippines
* Qatar
* Saudi Arabia
* Singapore
* Sri Lanka
* Syria
* Chinese Taipei
* Tajikistan
* Thailand
* Timor-Leste
* Turkmenistan
* United Arab Emirates
* Uzbekistan
* Vietnam
* Yemen

### Calendar

*All times are in Philippine Time (UTC+8)*