| Abbreviation | EAYG |
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| First event | 2023 East Asian Youth Games |
| Occur every | 4 years |
| Purpose | Multi-sport event for nations of East Asia |
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The East Asian Youth Games (EAYG) is a continental multi-sport event organised by the East Asian Olympic Committee (EAOC) and held every four years since 2023 among athletes from East Asian countries and territories of the Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), as well as the Pacific island of Guam, which is a member of the Oceania National Olympic Committees.
The East Asian Youth Games is currently the only Games held by East Asian Olympic Committee without special edition for disabilities (Para Games).
The 2017 East Asian Games was scheduled to take place in Fukuoka, Japan, but was later scrapped and was scheduled to make a new event in 2019.[1] (It was supposed to be the 2019 East Asian Youth Games, in Taichung, Taiwan) before it was canceled.
On July 24, 2018, the East Asian Olympic Committee (EAOC) held an impromptu meeting at the request of the People's Republic of China (PRC) to revoke the hosting rights of TaichunginTaiwan,[2] citing recent referendum movement in Taiwan to change its name from "Chinese Taipei" to "Taiwan" for 2020 Summer Olympics. The vote against Taiwan passed 6 against 1 with PRC, Hong Kong, Macau, Mongolia, North Korea and South Korea in favor, while Taiwan was against the vote, and Japan abstaining.[3] The move by PRC is considered as politically motivated and is part of the PRC government's aggressive schemes to diminish the presence of Taiwan on the international arena.[4][5]
The first East Asian Youth Games is scheduled to be held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 16 to 23 August 2023. Over 1,500 athletes from 9 countries and regions are expected to compete in the games. [6]
All 8 countries whose National Olympic Committee is recognized by the East Asian Olympic Committee and GUM is the observer recognized by the EAOC.
Guam1
Hong Kong, China
Japan
Macau, China
Mongolia
North Korea
South Korea
Chinese Taipei
1 Associate member
| Edition | Year | Host City | Host Nation | Opened by | Start Date | End Date | Nations | Athletes | Sports | Events | Top Placed Team | Ref. |
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| – | 2019 | Originally awarded to Taichung, cancelled by East Asian Olympic Committee (EAOC) | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2023 | Ulaanbaatar | Mongolia | 16.Aug | 23.Aug | 7 | 1500 | 11 | 88 |  China (CHN)
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| 2 | 2027 | Jeonju | South Korea | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA | |||||
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  China (CHN) | 38 | 32 | 19 | 89 |
| 2 |  Japan (JPN) | 22 | 7 | 11 | 40 |
| 3 |  South Korea (KOR) | 11 | 21 | 24 | 56 |
| 4 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 11 | 10 | 21 | 42 |
| 5 |  Mongolia (MGL) | 3 | 13 | 29 | 45 |
| 6 | Hong Kong (HKG) | 3 | 5 | 12 | 20 |
| Totals (6 entries) | 88 | 88 | 116 | 292 | |
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Events of the Olympic Council of Asia
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1 Inter-continental event involving Asia and Africa.2 Merged to form Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games. | |
