2023 East Asian Youth Games

{{Infobox games

| name = 2023 East Asian Youth Games

| logo = 2023 East Asian Youth Games logo.svg

| size = 230px

| caption =

| motto =

| host_city = Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

| nations = 7

| athletes = 1,112

| events = 88 in 11 sports

| opening = 16 August 2023

| closing = 23 August 2023

| athlete_oath = N. Anujin

| judge_oath = Boldbat

| torch_lighter =

| stadium = National Central Stadium

| next = Jeonju 2027

| website = https://www.ulaanbaatar2023.org/en

|opened_by=D. Sumiyabazar, mayor of Ulaanbaatar}}

The 2023 East Asian Youth Games ({{langx|mn|"Улаанбаатар-2023" Зүүн Азийн залуучуудын наадам}}) was the inaugural edition of the East Asian Youth Games. The games was held in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia from 16 to 23 August 2023.{{cite news |last1=Shefferd |first1=Neil |title=Esports set to feature as medal event as part of 2023 East Asian Youth Games in Ulaanbaatar |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1131831/esports-2023-east-asia-youth-games |access-date=29 January 2023 |agency=Inside the Games |date=16 December 2022}}

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.{{cite news |first1=E. |last1=Oyun-Erdene |title=Ulaanbaatar 2023" East Asian Youth Games is under preparation |url=https://mongolia.gogo.mn/r/7jem4 |access-date=8 May 2023 |publisher=Gogo Mongolia |date=8 March 2023}}

=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”.{{cite news |first=Dulguun |last=Bayarsaikhan |title=Mascot of Ulaanbaatar-2023 East Asian Youth Games introduced |url=https://theubposts.com/mascot-of-ulaanbaatar-2023-east-asian-youth-games-introduced/ |access-date=8 May 2023 |publisher=The UB Post |date=10 November 2022}}

Venues

The following venues will be used for the competition.{{cite web|url=https://www.ulaanbaatar2023.org/en/venues|title=Stadium|publisher=Ulaanbaatar2023|date=9 August 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ulaanbaatar2023.org/en/p/ceremonies |title=Opening Ceremony & Closing Ceremony|publisher=Ulaanbaatar2023|date=10 August 2023}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.ulaanbaatar2023.org/en/noc|title=Participating NOCs|publisher=Ulaanbaatar2023|date=9 August 2023}}

{{flagicon|China}} China
{{flagicon|Chinese Taipei}} Chinese Taipei
{{flagicon|Hong Kong}} Hong Kong
{{flagicon|Japan}} Japan (48)
{{flagicon|Macau}} Macau
{{flagicon|Mongolia}} Mongolia (Host)
{{flagicon|Republic of Korea}} South Korea

Games

=Sports=

A total of 11 sports will be contested in the games:{{cite news |last=Khaliun |first=E. |title=E-Sports to be included in "Ulaanbaatar-2023" East Asian Youth Games |url=https://montsame.mn/en/read/309948 |access-date=8 May 2023 |agency=Montsame |date=16 December 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ulaanbaatar2023.org/en/sports/all|title=Sports|publisher=Ulaanbaatar2023|date=9 August 2023}}

{{GamesSport|Athletics|Events=22}}
{{GamesSport|Badminton|Events=5}}
Basketball
{{GamesSport|Basketball|Events=2}}
{{GamesSport|3x3 basketball|Events=2}}
{{GamesSport|Boxing|Events=10}}
{{GamesSport|Esports|Events=2}}
{{GamesSport|Football|Events=2}}
{{GamesSport|Judo|Events=12}}
{{GamesSport|Table tennis|Events=7}}
{{GamesSport|Taekwondo|Events=10}}
{{GamesSport|Volleyball|Events=2}}
{{GamesSport|Wrestling|Events=12}}

Calendar

Calendar of the games was published in July.{{cite web|url=https://www.ulaanbaatar2023.org/en/p/schedule|title=Schedule|publisher=Ulaanbaatar2023|date=30 July 2023}}

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

class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:90%; position:relative; width:75%"

style="width:2.5em; background:#00cc33; text-align:center" | OC

Opening ceremony

|style="width:2.5em; background:#3399ff; text-align:center" | ●

Event competitions

|style="width:2.5em; background:#ffcc00; text-align:center" | 1

Gold medal events

|style="width:2.5em; background:#ee3333; text-align:center" | CC

Closing ceremony

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%; line-height:1.25em; margin:0.5em auto; text-align:center; width:75%"
style=width:18%; colspan=2 rowspan=2\|Event/Date !colspan=8\|August !style=width:6%; rowspan=2\|Events
style=width:4%;\|16 Wed !style=width:4%;\|17 Thu !style=width:4%;\|18 Fri !style=width:4%;\|19 Sat !style=width:4%;\|20 Sun !style=width:4%;\|21 Mon !style=width:4%;\|22 Tue !style=width:4%;\|23 Wed
\|align="left" colspan=2\|Ceremonies \| \|bgcolor="#00cc33"\|OC \| \| \| \| \| \|bgcolor="#ee3333"\|CC \|
\|align="left" colspan=2\|20px Athletics \| \| \| \| \|bgcolor="#ffcc00"\|7 \|bgcolor="#ffcc00"\|6 \|bgcolor="#ffcc00"\|7 \|bgcolor="#ffcc00"\|2 \|22
\|align="left" colspan=2\|20px Badminton \| \|bgcolor="#3399ff"\|● \|bgcolor="#3399ff"\|● \|bgcolor="#ffcc00"\|1 \|bgcolor="#ffcc00"\|4 \| \| \| \|5
style="text-align:center;" \|align=left rowspan=3\|Basketball
\|align="left"\|20px Basketball \| \| \| \|bgcolor="#3399ff"\|● \|bgcolor="#3399ff"\|● \|bgcolor="#3399ff"\|● \|bgcolor="#ffcc00"\|1 \|bgcolor="#ffcc00"\|1 \|2
\|align="left"\|20px 3x3 basketball \| \|bgcolor="#3399ff"\|● \|bgcolor="#ffcc00"\|2 \| \| \| \| \| \|2
\|align="left" colspan=2\|20px Boxing \|bgcolor="#3399ff"\|● \|bgcolor="#3399ff"\|● \|bgcolor="#3399ff"\|● \|bgcolor="#ffcc00"\|10 \| \| \| \| \|10
\|align="left" colspan=2\|20px Esports \| \| \|bgcolor="#ffcc00"\|1 \|bgcolor="#ffcc00"\|1 \| \| \| \| \|2
\|align="left" colspan=2\|20px Football \| \|bgcolor="#3399ff"\|● \|bgcolor="#3399ff"\|● \|bgcolor="#3399ff"\|● \|bgcolor="#3399ff"\|● \|bgcolor="#ffcc00"\|1 \|bgcolor="#ffcc00"\|1 \| \|2
\|align="left" colspan=2\|20px Judo \| \|bgcolor="#ffcc00"\|6 \|bgcolor="#ffcc00"\|6 \| \| \| \| \| \|12
\|align="left" colspan=2\|20px Table tennis \| \|bgcolor="#3399ff"\|● \|bgcolor="#ffcc00"\|2 \|bgcolor="#3399ff"\|● \|bgcolor="#3399ff"\|● \|bgcolor="#ffcc00"\|5 \| \| \|7
\|align="left" colspan=2\|20px Taekwondo \| \| \| \|bgcolor="#ffcc00"\|6 \|bgcolor="#ffcc00"\|4 \| \| \| \|10
\|align="left" colspan=2\|20px Volleyball \| \| \|bgcolor="#3399ff"\|● \|bgcolor="#3399ff"\|● \|bgcolor="#3399ff"\|● \|bgcolor="#ffcc00"\|1 \|bgcolor="#ffcc00"\|1 \| \|2
\|align="left" colspan=2\|20px Wrestling \| \| \| \| \| \|bgcolor="#ffcc00"\|6 \|bgcolor="#ffcc00"\|6 \| \|12
style="text-align:center;line-height:1em;" !colspan=2\|Daily medal events ! !6 !11 !18 !15 !19 !16 !3 !88
colspan=2\|Cumulative total ! !6 !17 !35 !50 !69 !85 !88 !88
style=width:18%; colspan=2 rowspan=2\|Event/Date !colspan=8\|August !style=width:6%; rowspan=2\|Events
style=width:4%;\|16 Wed !style=width:4%;\|17 Thu !style=width:4%;\|18 Fri !style=width:4%;\|19 Sat !style=width:4%;\|20 Sun !style=width:4%;\|21 Mon !style=width:4%;\|22 Tue !style=width:4%;\|23 Wed

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style=width:18%; colspan=2 rowspan=2|Event/Date

!colspan=8|August

!style=width:6%; rowspan=2|Events

style=width:4%;|16
Wed

!style=width:4%;|17
Thu

!style=width:4%;|18
Fri

!style=width:4%;|19
Sat

!style=width:4%;|20
Sun

!style=width:4%;|21
Mon

!style=width:4%;|22
Tue

!style=width:4%;|23
Wed

|align="left" colspan=2|Ceremonies

|

|bgcolor="#00cc33"|OC

|

|bgcolor="#ee3333"|CC

|

|align="left" colspan=2|20px Athletics

|

|bgcolor="#ffcc00"|7

|bgcolor="#ffcc00"|6

|bgcolor="#ffcc00"|7

|bgcolor="#ffcc00"|2

|22

|align="left" colspan=2|20px Badminton

|

|bgcolor="#3399ff"|●

|bgcolor="#ffcc00"|1

|bgcolor="#ffcc00"|4

|

|5

style="text-align:center;"

|align=left rowspan=3|Basketball

|align="left"|20px Basketball

|

|bgcolor="#3399ff"|●

|bgcolor="#ffcc00"|1

|2

|align="left"|20px 3x3 basketball

|

|bgcolor="#3399ff"|●

|bgcolor="#ffcc00"|2

|

|2

|align="left" colspan=2|20px Boxing

|bgcolor="#3399ff"|●

|bgcolor="#ffcc00"|10

|

|10

|align="left" colspan=2|20px Esports

|

|bgcolor="#ffcc00"|1

|

|2

|align="left" colspan=2|20px Football

|

|bgcolor="#3399ff"|●

|bgcolor="#ffcc00"|1

|

|2

|align="left" colspan=2|20px Judo

|

|bgcolor="#ffcc00"|6

|

|12

|align="left" colspan=2|20px Table tennis

|

|bgcolor="#3399ff"|●

|bgcolor="#ffcc00"|2

|bgcolor="#3399ff"|●

|bgcolor="#ffcc00"|5

|

|7

|align="left" colspan=2|20px Taekwondo

|

|bgcolor="#ffcc00"|6

|bgcolor="#ffcc00"|4

|

|10

|align="left" colspan=2|20px Volleyball

|

|bgcolor="#3399ff"|●

|bgcolor="#ffcc00"|1

|

|2

|align="left" colspan=2|20px Wrestling

|

|bgcolor="#ffcc00"|6

|

|12

style="text-align:center;line-height:1em;"

!colspan=2|Daily medal events

!

!6

!11

!18

!15

!19

!16

!3

!88

colspan=2|Cumulative total

!

!6

!17

!35

!50

!69

!85

!88

style=width:18%; colspan=2 rowspan=2|Event/Date

!colspan=8|August

!style=width:6%; rowspan=2|Events

style=width:4%;|16
Wed

!style=width:4%;|17
Thu

!style=width:4%;|18
Fri

!style=width:4%;|19
Sat

!style=width:4%;|20
Sun

!style=width:4%;|21
Mon

!style=width:4%;|22
Tue

!style=width:4%;|23
Wed

Medal table

{{cite web|url=https://www.ulaanbaatar2023.org/en/medal|title=Medal table|publisher=Ulaanbaatar2023|date=18 August 2023}}

{{Medals table

|caption = 2023 East Asian Youth Games medal table

|host = Mongolia

|flag_template = flagteam

|event = 2023 East Asian Youth Games

|team =

|gold_CHN=38|silver_CHN=32|bronze_CHN=19

|gold_JPN=22|silver_JPN=7 |bronze_JPN=11

|gold_KOR=11|silver_KOR=21|bronze_KOR=24

|gold_TPE=11|silver_TPE=10|bronze_TPE=21

|gold_MGL=3 |silver_MGL=13|bronze_MGL=29|host_MGL=yes

|gold_HKG=3 |silver_HKG=5 |bronze_HKG=12

|gold_MAC=0 |silver_MAC=0 |bronze_MAC=0

}}

References

External links

[https://www.ulaanbaatar2023.org/en Official website]

Category:East Asian Youth Games

East Asian Youth Games

Category:Multi-sport events in Mongolia

Category:International sports competitions hosted by Mongolia

East Asian Youth Games