Bids for the 2022 Asian Games
Only one city applied with bids to host the 2022 Asian Games (also known as XIX Asian Games) in August 2015. The city of Hangzhou competed for the hosting rights to the event. The winning bid was announced on September 16, 2015, at the 34th OCA General Assembly in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan by OCA President Sheikh Ahmed Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah.[1]
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| Committee | OCA |
| Election venue | Ashgabat, Turkmenistan 34th OCA General Assembly |
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| Bid | August 5, 2015 |
| Decision | September 16, 2015 |
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| Winner | Hangzhou |
Candidate city
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| Hangzhou |  China |
Chinese Olympic Committee (COC) | Winner |
| Chinese Olympic Committee officially launched the bid on August 18, 2015,[2] after the winning of Beijing's 2022 Winter Olympics bid. The capital of Zhejiang, Hangzhou was the only city to declare its candidacy. This will be the third time the multi-sport competition has been awarded to China following Beijing in 1990 and Guangzhou in 2010. | |||
Potential bids
Hong Kong – The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government decided to submit a formal bid to Ocasia on December 14, 2010.[3] Previously, the region successfully hosted the 2009 East Asian Games. The original budget announced by the Government in September to host the games was a total of 44 billion HK dollars, among which 13.7–14.5 billion HK dollars would be direct cost. The Government decided to cut over half of the direct budget in early November in order to gather more public support.[4] After several promotional campaigns, citizen support remains around 30%, with majority of citizens(57%) against holding the event in 2023, according to a survey result.[5]
Thailand – Thailand would like to host the fifth Asian Games in 2022. But Thailand missed to submit the bid information because of delayed obtainment bid information and approvement from the cabinet yet. Although National Olympic Committee of Thailand make a proposal about postponement for submit bid information from August 5, 2015 to September 9, 2015, OCA denied for Thai proposal.[6]
References
- "Hangzhou confirmed as host of 2022 Asian Games". Inside the games. September 16, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
- "Hangzhou submits bid for 2022 Asian Games". Inside the games. August 18, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
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- http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-12/14/c_13648991.htm
- http://hk.news.yahoo.com/article/110109/4/m4wm.html
- "ไทยพลาดจัดเอเชียนเกมส์ 2022". Now26tv (in Thai). August 13, 2015. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
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