2014 Asian Games

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The 17th Asian Games (also known as the XVII Asiad) is the largest sporting event in Asia. The host city will be announced in the Olympic Council of Asia's general assembly in Kuwait, will be held from April 14 to April 17, 2007.[1]

[edit] Bidding process

Two cities has bids for this 2014 event, they are Incheon and New Delhi. However, the two biding cities had arguments even before the voting process. India’s sports chief thinks that they should win the bid after the sports infrastructure are well in place after hosting the 2010 Commonwealth Games.[2] But, South Korea's bid leader Shin Yong-Suk criticised the New Delhi attempt to host the event for the third time after 1951 and 1982, and hosting another bigger sporting event in a short period after 2010 Commonwealth Games. Also, he criticised India for offering free air tickets and accommodation in lobbying the event.[3]

Officials from South Korea claimed that Incheon would be a high-technology city by 2014.

[edit] Sports restrictions

The OCA has set the benchmark on the number of sports the 2006 Asian Games. Only 35 sports are allowed, with 28 of them will be Olympic sports and the other seven will be added as negotiated with the organiser. The reason for the decrease in the number of sports is because part of the Asian Games sports will be moved to the Asian Beach Games which will start at the 2008.[4]

[edit] References

  1. ^ OCA to select host city of 2014 Asian Games on April
  2. ^ India confident of getting 2014 Asian Games
  3. ^ India makes formal bid for 2014 Asiad, Incheon cries foul
  4. ^ OCA to cap number of sports at 35 for future Asian Games


Far Eastern Championship Games
Manila 1913 | Shanghai 1915 | Tokyo 1917 | Manila 1919 | Shanghai 1921 | Osaka 1923 | Manila 1925 | Shanghai 1927 | Tokyo 1930 | Manila 1934 | Osaka 1938 (cancelled)
Asian Games
New Delhi 1951 | Manila 1954 | Tokyo 1958 | Jakarta 1962 | Bangkok 1966 | Bangkok 1970 | Tehran 1974 | Bangkok 1978 | New Delhi 1982 | Seoul 1986 | Beijing 1990 | Hiroshima 1994 | Bangkok 1998 | Busan 2002 | Doha 2006 | Guangzhou 2010 | 2014
Asian Winter Games
Sapporo 1986 | Sapporo 1990 | Harbin 1996 | Kangwon 1999 | Aomori 2003 | Changchun 2007 | Almaty 2011
Asian Indoor Games
Bangkok 2005 | Macau 2007 | Hanoi 2009 | 2011
Asian Beach Games
Bali 2008
Asian Regional Games
Central Asian Games | East Asian Games | South Asian Games | Southeast Asian Games | West Asian Games


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