2023 East Asian Youth Games

The 2023 East Asian Youth Games (Mongolian: "Улаанбаатар-2023" Зүүн Азийн залуучуудын наадам) was the second edition of the East Asian Youth Games. The games was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 16 to 23 August 2023.^[1]

2023 East Asian Youth Games

Host city	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Nations	7
Athletes	1,112
Events	88 in 11 sports
Opening	16 August 2023
Closing	23 August 2023
Opened by	D. Sumiyabazar, mayor of Ulaanbaatar
Athlete's Oath	N. Anujin
Judge's Oath	Boldbat
Main venue	National Central Stadium
Website	https://www.ulaanbaatar2023.org/en
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Developments and preparations

In March 2023, the organizing committee of the games held a meeting with the purpose of intensifying preparation of the Games and key issues like emergency situation preparations, opening ceremony safety issues, volunteers training etc, are discussed and addressed in the meetings.^[2]

Marketing

Mascot

The organizing committee announced the mascot in November 2022. The mascots are two mythical birds, a khangardi mascot was named “Khaki” and a galbingaa was named “Inga”. The logo is inspired from the upper frame of the Mongol ger, which symbolizes “Let's unite under the roof of Ulaanbaatar”.^[3]

Venues

The following venues will be used for the competition.^[4][5]

• National Central Stadium – Opening ceremony / 12,500
• Athletics field of Nalaikh district – Athletics / 3,000
• Futsal Hall of MFF – Badminton / 640
• UG Arena – Basketball / 3,000
• National Amusement Park – Basketball 3x3, 600
• Wrestling Palace – Boxing / 2,500
• Central Cultural Palace – Esports / 1,300
• MFF Football Centre – Football / 5,000
• Steppe Arena – Judo, Taekwondo, Wrestling / 2,600
• Gan Sports Center – Table tennis / 300
• Buyant Ukhaa Sport Palace – Volleyball / 5,000
• Sukhbaatar Square – Closing ceremony / 20,000

Participating nations/regions

7 National Olympic Committees participated in the competition.^[6]

• China
• Chinese Taipei
• Hong Kong
• Japan (48)
• Macau
• Mongolia (Host)
• South Korea

Games

Sports

A total of 11 sports will be contested in the games:^[7][8]

•  Athletics (22) (details)
•  Badminton (5) (details)
• Basketball
  •  Basketball (2) (details)
  •  3x3 basketball (2) (details)
•  Boxing (10) (details)
•  Esports (2) (details)
•  Football (2) (details)
•  Judo (12) (details)
•  Table tennis (7) (details)
•  Taekwondo (10) (details)
•  Volleyball (2) (details)
•  Wrestling (12) (details)

Calendar

Calendar of the games was published in July.^[9]

All times and dates use Mongolian Standard Time (UTC+8)

OC

Opening ceremony

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Event competitions

1

Gold medal events

CC

Closing ceremony

Event/Date		August								Events
		16 Wed	17 Thu	18 Fri	19 Sat	20 Sun	21 Mon	22 Tue	23 Wed
Ceremonies			OC						CC
Athletics						7	6	7	2	22
Badminton			●	●	1	4				5
Basketball
	Basketball				●	●	●	1	1	2
	3x3 basketball		●	2						2
Boxing		●	●	●	10					10
Esports				1	1					2
Football			●	●	●	●	1	1		2
Judo			6	6						12
Table tennis			●	2	●	●	5			7
Taekwondo					6	4				10
Volleyball				●	●	●	1	1		2
Wrestling							6	6		12
Daily medal events			6	11	18	15	19	16	3	88
Cumulative total			6	17	35	50	69	85	88	88
Event/Date		August								Events
		16 Wed	17 Thu	18 Fri	19 Sat	20 Sun	21 Mon	22 Tue	23 Wed

Medal table

As of 23 August 2023^[10]

  *   Host nation (Mongolia)

2023 East Asian Youth Games medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
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